"Happy Christmas everyone! I'll see you soon!" Elisabeth got off the
train and went through the barrier.
"Hey Cage."
"Hey. Ready to go? Your dad is at a budget meeting so I came to get you."
"Are you staying with us for Christmas?" She asked as they boarded the Knight Bus.
"Yep, I'd not want to be caught in the company of Chastity."
"Who else is coming?"
"Just Draco and Oliver."
"Great. Three unrefined bachelors and me."
Cage smiled. "So I here you reverted back to Lily. How come?"
"Something a good friend once said to me."
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"That was the most enjoyable budget meeting I've ever been to." Harry said, as he walked in the door and shed his cloak.
"Ah, has Mister Potter found love?" Draco asked, laughing as he too, walked in the door.
"Was that her name? I didn't quite catch it."
"It must have got lost in your open mouth." Oliver said, hanging up his jacket.
"Hey sweetheart." Harry said, sitting down next to his daughter. "Seriously, what was her name?"
"Do you really want to know?" Draco asked.
"Yes."
"That was Parvati Patil."
Harry jumped up. "You can't be serious?"
"Dead serious."
"But she's not at all like the Parvati I used to know!"
"Nope, she's changed man. She was the British ambassador to Greece, actually. Now she's got herself a nice little job as president of the International Wizard Bank Association."
"Hermione said that she and Padma had themselves a Divination business."
"When has Hermione had anything nice to say about the Patils?"
"Do yout hink she'll call?" Harry asked, ignoring Draco.
"Wait. You gave her your number and you didn't even know her name? Dad!"
"Well we were talking and I didn't want to sound rude and ask her what her name was."
Elisabeth shook her head. "So who is this Parvati woman anyway?"
"I went to school with her, took her to the Yule Ball, actually. She worked as a nurse during the war and then I never heard anything about her after that."
"Ah don't worry about it. You'd have been worse off if you had caught her name."
Harry rolled his eyes. "That'll be her." He said, as the phone rang. "Parvati! Hi! How are you?"
Draco looked at Lily and rolled his eyes. "He's mad, that one."
After a time Harry came nd sat back down. "So guess who is paying me a personal call on Christmas Eve?"
"You better hope Hermione doesn't see her." Oliver said.
"You better hope Hermione doesn't see you." Draco added.
"Hey Cage."
"Hey. Ready to go? Your dad is at a budget meeting so I came to get you."
"Are you staying with us for Christmas?" She asked as they boarded the Knight Bus.
"Yep, I'd not want to be caught in the company of Chastity."
"Who else is coming?"
"Just Draco and Oliver."
"Great. Three unrefined bachelors and me."
Cage smiled. "So I here you reverted back to Lily. How come?"
"Something a good friend once said to me."
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"That was the most enjoyable budget meeting I've ever been to." Harry said, as he walked in the door and shed his cloak.
"Ah, has Mister Potter found love?" Draco asked, laughing as he too, walked in the door.
"Was that her name? I didn't quite catch it."
"It must have got lost in your open mouth." Oliver said, hanging up his jacket.
"Hey sweetheart." Harry said, sitting down next to his daughter. "Seriously, what was her name?"
"Do you really want to know?" Draco asked.
"Yes."
"That was Parvati Patil."
Harry jumped up. "You can't be serious?"
"Dead serious."
"But she's not at all like the Parvati I used to know!"
"Nope, she's changed man. She was the British ambassador to Greece, actually. Now she's got herself a nice little job as president of the International Wizard Bank Association."
"Hermione said that she and Padma had themselves a Divination business."
"When has Hermione had anything nice to say about the Patils?"
"Do yout hink she'll call?" Harry asked, ignoring Draco.
"Wait. You gave her your number and you didn't even know her name? Dad!"
"Well we were talking and I didn't want to sound rude and ask her what her name was."
Elisabeth shook her head. "So who is this Parvati woman anyway?"
"I went to school with her, took her to the Yule Ball, actually. She worked as a nurse during the war and then I never heard anything about her after that."
"Ah don't worry about it. You'd have been worse off if you had caught her name."
Harry rolled his eyes. "That'll be her." He said, as the phone rang. "Parvati! Hi! How are you?"
Draco looked at Lily and rolled his eyes. "He's mad, that one."
After a time Harry came nd sat back down. "So guess who is paying me a personal call on Christmas Eve?"
"You better hope Hermione doesn't see her." Oliver said.
"You better hope Hermione doesn't see you." Draco added.