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Chapter 10:
Whine and Wine
Daphne smiled when Pansy sat down at the table- smiling back Pansy picked up a menu looking over the dishes. They didn't talk for a bit- Pansy ordered a glass of wine- while they drank in silence. Daphne had asked her to meet up at the Green Garden Café to talk. Pansy had agreed figuring she'd get girl chat time.
"Sorry I'm late," Pansy sighed after a few minutes of silence.
"It's fine," Daphne shrugged. They ordered, salads for both.
"How was the restaurant I recommended?" Daphne asked. Pansy smiled.
"It was nice. Potter is," Pansy said trying to find the words. Daphne laughed.
"So you are dating him! I read in the paper but before you hadn't confirmed anything!" Daphne told her smug. Pansy tried not to groan.
"It's still new," Pansy told her. She had totally forgotten about the wizarding world wanting to know everything about Harry Potter. They would probably make her out to be some villain in a bad picture.
"Right, four months and it's still new?" Daphne scoffed. Pansy frowned- had it really been four months since she'd been surprised by Granger and gone on a blind date with Harry Potter?
"How about you? And new family members or something?" Pansy asked trying to change the subject.
"God no, two children is all I need. They don't tell you about vaginal ripping or that fact that after nine months of not have your period you bleed like forever. Not to mention trying to get your body back afterwards! It's not worth another child not matter how much you love them," Daphne told her. Pansy cringed at her detailed pregnancy information.
"Well I hope to at least have two maybe three," Pansy shrugged.
"Call me after the second one!" Daphne laughed.
"How is your sister?" Pansy asked.
"Travelling the world, still. Our parents think it's time she comes home and gets married. They don't understand that it's a new society and that what she's doing is normal!" Daphne snorted. Pansy smiled thinking of her own mother. It had been months since she last checked in even though she knew Dokey would take good care of her.
"I know what you mean. My mother will have a fit when she realizes I've got off with Harry Potter," Pansy told her. Daphne nodded and sighed taking a bite of her salad. Pansy glared at her lunch- if she had had lunch with Harry Potter she could have ordered whatever she liked without someone thinking she was fat.
"The whole world will go crazy you know. You tried to turn him in to the Dark Lord, you also picked on him and his friends for six years and paraded around as if you were better then him. Everyone is going to think your together because he likes the sex," Daphne sighed. Pansy stared at her for a few moments. She didn't really care what people thought of her but she hadn't taken into account what they would whisper about her.
"I should get back to work," Pansy said. She pulled out her change purse and put some money down for the meal. Daphne watched her with a frown on her face.
"You work now?" Daphne asked surprised. Pansy smiled happy that everyone was proven wrong when she told them she had a job. She couldn't be just plain old spoiled Pansy Parkinson now.
"Yeah, I wish I could have started sooner," Pansy shrugged.
The store was quite. It was always quite which lead Pansy to read. She mostly read the charms books- and if she was lucky she'd get to take a damaged copy home at a discounted price. Most costumers would come by in the evening on their way home from work. The store closed at 9.30 pm everyday but Sundays when the store was closed. Pansy worked mornings to mid-afternoon. Sometime she'd help with other tasks that she wasn't hired to do for over time.
"Have you got the new book in by Abitor Happens?" asked a middle aged women.
"All new books should be at the front of the store. If it came out in the past two weeks we should be getting it in by Friday," Pansy replied politely. The women huffed but said no more before turning to front of the store.
"Oh my God! You're Harry Potter!" she heard the women cry a few moments later.
"Er, yeah, I am," Harry Potter replied. Pansy smirked to herself and tried not to laugh.
"Is it-" the women began. Harry Potter cut her off though with a smile.
"Sorry, but I need to talk to my er girlfriend," he told her sheepishly. The women stared at her before looking back at him then snorted.
"Her? I thought you were dating Ginny Weasely!" she said confused.
"Er, no. I'm dating Pansy Parkinson. Now excuse me," Harry Potter said walking away quickly. Pansy tried not to snicker as Harry Potter gave her a grin. He leaned over the counter to give her a small peck on the cheek before handing her some wild flowers she didn't see when he came in.
"Ah, what's going on?" Pansy asked wary. Harry Potter rarely came to her place of work unless they were eating lunch together.
"Remember how I told you about some Ministry function?" Harry Potter asked. Pansy nodded vaguely remembering him mentioning something about it.
"Yeah, why?" Pansy asked. Harry Potter shifted slightly looking nervous while glancing at her breasts.
"Will you go with me," Harry Potter asked, "as a date?"
"Of course. Is it formal?" Pansy asked trying to hide a smile. Harry Potter grinned at her nodding.
"Yeah, it's ah tomorrow. I'll pick you up at seven," Harry Potter told her. Pansy shook her head- he had waited to last minute to tell her.
"Okay," Pansy smiled.
By seven the next night Pansy was dressed and ready to go. She had decided to wear lavender dress robes and pearls. Her hair was placed in a bun with loose curls coming out of it. Harry Potter was in fact on time for once and they flooed from her house to the Ministry. Pansy hadn't ever really been to the Ministry and was amazed at how confusing it was. Harry Potter led her through the maze to a magically enchanted ball room. Pansy watched at people stared at them before they whispered something to their partner or friends.
"Don't worry about what they said," Harry Potter whispered into her ear. Pansy smiled at him and he put his arm around her waist.
"It can't be as bad as the nick name pug face," Pansy shrugged. Harry looked at her for a second shock and guilt before he nodded in agreement.
"Potter!" boomed Mr. Herbtree. He shook Harry Potter's hand and tried to smile at Pansy.
"Nice to see you again," Harry Potter said.
"Is Parkinson your-" Mr. Herbtree began. However Granger and Draco were walking towards them. Draco looked bored and tired while granger seemed to be glowing with happiness. Mr. Herbtree smiled for a second before muttering about talking to other people.
"Harry!" Granger smiled.
"Hermione, Draco. I thought you weren't coming," Harry Potter frowned. Granger grinned at Draco who sighed.
"My wife has plans. I should warn you that you ex-girlfriend may be here tonight," Draco told them dully. Pansy snorted and sighed while wondering why she was here.
"You mean you're trying to make Ginny see reason?" Potter asked.
"Or rub our relationship in her face," Pansy muttered. Harry Potter frowned again and looked at his co-workers.
"I guess I'll have to make lots of small talk tonight," Harry sighed before looking at Pansy, "How do you feel about faking getting sick?"
"Should it be fever or vomit?" Pansy smirked.
"Both- so that no one but me gets to touch you," Harry leered down her chest.
"Touch me? Are you sure you're going to get to touch me tonight?" Pansy smiled her eyelashes fluttering.
"Please stop flirting in front of me," Draco asked. Pansy glared at him.
"What? You're flirted with Hermione tons while I was there and I didn't complain!" Potter said.
"Well I'm sorry now. It's like watching my younger sister flirt," Draco grimaced. Hermione chuckled while shaking her head. Pansy and Harry looked at each other wondering if Granger(Hermione) would gloat the rest of the night because of her match making skills or dumb luck.
"I should go talk to Gawain Robards," Harry said. Pansy stared at for a second but followed leaving Granger and Draco to chat with other people.
"I thought you weren't fond of Robards," Pansy said. Potter shrugged looking around the table for seating.
"I'm not but he is my boss and a way to get away from Ginny and her drama. Actually if I say hello to him and Kingsley we could get out of here faster," Potter told her.
After a few minutes of socializing Harry found Robards. He was a stern looking man and Pansy realized that he didn't like her. Rbards had mention several times young women around his age who he thought Harry should go on a date with. Potter must have picked up on it too because he didn't chat for long.
"Have you seen Kingsley?" Potter asked.
"No, maybe he's talking with the Wizengamont," Pansy suggested. An elf walked past carrying a tray of drink which Pansy grabbed two of- handing one to Harry. He smiled at her and she realized they both hated functions like these. They both hated having to be polite to people who would the second you turned your back gossip about you.
"How do you stay doing this?" Pansy asked as they stood there. Harry chuckled and pulled her closer.
"I don't know, usually I bring some tart who talks way too much. I just sit back an relax then," Harry smirked. Pansy hit him playfully and sighed.
"Hopefully we'll see the Minister soon so we can go," Pansy sighed.
"Pansy, darling! I didn't know you'd be here!" said Daphne. Pansy rolled her eyes and smiled at her.
"Daphne this is ah, my boyfriend Harry, Harry this is my friend Daphne," Pansy said.
"Nice to meet you," Harry smiled.
"Yes, I've heard so much about you," Daphne said. Harry looked uncomfortable and glanced at pansy. Pansy smiled until she saw Potter's ex headed there way and nudged him.
"Fuck," Harry muttered. Weasel was taking long powerful strides towards them with rage on her face. Pansy saw that she had been talking to Granger and Draco before spotting them. Daphne of course hadn't realized the drama that was about to happen.
"Excuse me?" Daphne asked surprised.
"Ah, listen Daphne I'll owl you later. Something has-" But Ginny Weasely had already smacked Harry Potter calling all the attention onto them.
"You arsehole! I thought you were going to give us a chance!" the Weasel exploded. Pansy could see from the corner of her eye that granger and Draco were hurrying over along with interested people.
"Ginny," Potter began.
"How could you pick that whore over me! I'm more then half the women she'll ever be! I've given you my time and effort and love! And all you had to say to that was it's not working out? Well fuck you Harry Potter! I thought you loved me!" Weasel shouted. Harry grip on her waist tighten as the Weasel's face grew redder.
"What about Blaise Ginny? Were you ever going to tell me about him? We broke up two years ago and you've clearly moved on. I haven't had feelings for you like that in a long time," Potter told her calmly.
"Ginny, why don't we talk about this-" Granger began. Weasel glared at her before tears fell down her face.
"No, you helped set him up with this slag didn't you?" the Weasel demanded.
"I set them up on a blind date, that's all!" Granger defended.
"Weasely-" Pansy began.
"Don't talk to me you gold digging whore!" Weasel shouted, she then turned to Harry, "I hope this doesn't work out and you come crawling to me! Because I won't take you back if you're with that bitch."
"Ginny please don't talk about my girlfriend like that," Potter asked firmly with a warning tone. The Weasel snorted and shook her head. Pansy wondered how she'd even gotten in only to remember she worked at the Ministry.
"Does she know where your cock's been?" Weasel sneered. She threw one last glare at Pansy before storming away.
"I think we should go," Pansy said into the silence.
"Yeah, your right," Potter agreed.
So...yeah...I've gotten writer's block sorta. I'm trying to work through it though aka writing another short( maybe a five chapter story). So please review it brings a smile to my stressful (my own doing) life!