A New Distraction
Percy Weasley sighed as he ate his lunch in a small, quiet café. Why was his life constantly changing? It was always moving in some new direction. Why couldn't there ever be a constant balance? Graduating from Hogwarts as Head Boy was one of the greatest achievements of his life. When he got the job as Mr. Crouch's assistant, he was thrilled. But then, Crouch was being controlled by Lord Voldemort, so he lost that job. His girlfriend, Penelope Clearwater had left him soon after for a Muggle law student she met overseas. Then he was hired by the Minster of Magic himself to be his assistant. Of course, (and Percy really hated to admit this) now he knew that the only reason was because Fudge wanted to know what was going on with Dumbledore, and he knew that Percy's family was really friendly with him. Percy didn't want to believe that Voldemort was back, it was a very uncomfortable thought. It had been so much easier to believe that Dumbledore had gone senile. But exactly one year ago. Voldemort had been seen at the Ministry of Magic by so many people, and now everybody knew that he was back.
Now that Fudge understood that Dumbledore really was not out to get him, he didn't care about knowing what the Weasleys were up to, so he had been fired.
Strangely enough, Dumbledore gave him a job as his new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. That really shocked Percy. Why would Dumbledore trust him? If he had been Dumbledore, he wouldn't want anything to do with himself. But Dumbledore offered him the job, and he needed one badly. Percy didn't know much about DADA. He had gotten good grades in it school (along with all the other subjects) but it was not his strong suit. Although Percy enjoyed being in charge, and having lots of authority, he wasn't sure that teaching was a good job for him, but a job was a job, and maybe it would be a good reference for later in life.
So, now it was his first summer break after becoming a teacher, and he was sitting in a café by himself. He was feeling very lonely. He hadn't moved back home with his family because he lived the independence that his own London apartment gave him. Most of the time he was alone lately. He didn't mind solitude, he was very used to being by himself. After all, he did his best studying and work without distraction. But she was his new distraction, and he didn't want to be alone.
He had met a girl there. One of his students., and she was amazing. She was unlike anyone he had ever met. There was something about her that just took his breathe away from the moment that she walked into his classroom. He knew student-teacher relationships weren't kosher, but he would be happy to quit his job if that meant he could be with her. She was only a few years younger than him, anyway.
Why did he love her? Oh, there were so many reasons. She was very intelligent, and he did admire a brainy girl. She Kinda of pretty. No, not stunningly beautiful or anything like that, but there certainly was something about her. She was very unique in the way that she looked at the world, and she was most defiantly an individual. She made him laugh, she made him smile. Basically, she just made his life so much better.
Suddenly, he didn't care about work or school, or grades, or any type of social standards anymore. He didn't want a fancy career, or a title. All he wanted was a little house in the country with HER.
Percy sipped his tea dreamingly. He remember the first time he kissed her.
(flashback)
She had floated into his classroom like one of the ghosts, with her long hair gliding behind her. She wore a peculiar expression. Percy had been attracted to her since their first lesson, and he knew she just had to feel the same way!
"Professor, I'm having some trouble with the Stilling Spell?" she told him.
"You mean, the Stillness Spell?" he asked with one eyebrow raised, he knew very well that she doing an excellent job with that jinx.
"Er, right." The one where you curse the person so that they can not speak or communicate in any way with another person for two hours."
"Yes, that's the one. I saw you do it in class. You did quite well." he told her.
She smiled sheepishly. "I just don't feel like I really have a handle on it. Can you help me?"
"Of course." he said. "Hold on for a second."
Percy walked into the hall and grabbed Mrs. Norris, who squalled in protest.
"We will practice on her, if you'd like. She may be a cat, but she an still meow and communicate with Filch." said Percy.
She giggled. "That's cool. I never liked Mrs. Norris, I always wanted to give her a good strong kick in the tail."
Percy chuckled. "Now you sound like a certain pair of twins that I know."
"I always liked Fred and George. I miss not seeing them at school. They made this place very lively." she said.
"You should try living with them. That's one of the reasons I like my London apartment, no Weasleys Wizards Wheezes.. Now, let
see you do this curse."
She pointed her wand at Mrs. Norris. "Silcenio commonu" she commanded but it did not work.
"Oh, you see, there is your trouble. You are not holding the wand correctly." Percy told her.
"Can you show me?" she asked.
Percy nodded, and stood behind her, putting his arms around her slender waist, holding her wand.
"Silcenio commonu". they said together.
"Oh, it worked!" she exclaimed. "I'm so glad it did, I really had some trouble with that one, Professor Weasley."
She spun her head around. His arms were still around her, still holding her wand together. Their eyes locked for just a moment, but just a moment was enough. Before he realized what he was doing, he was kissing her.
The kiss was unlike anything he had ever experienced before. It was heaven on earth. Percy knew at the very moment that she was right for him. They were so different, but yet they had a lot in common. Deep down. He never wanted that kiss to end.
(End Flashback)
A jingle of bells announced that someone was stepping through the door of the café. The sound jolted Percy out of his daydream, and he looked over to see a pretty young girl entering the café. She smiled when she saw him, and walked over to join him at the table.
"How about a chocolate sundae for my girl?" Percy asked the waitress, who hurried off to get him his ice-cream.
"You didn't have to buy me anything to eat. I wasn't hungry. I came here to see you. Your brothers told me you might be here." she said to him.
"It was a surprise to see you here. I missed you. I didn't know that you would be coming." said Percy.
"I wanted to be with you. I missed you so much. It's really awful being apart for the summer holidays. My family doesn't know I am here." she explained.
"I'd like to meet your parents sometime soon. I know they don't know about us, but I don't think we should keep this a secret. We shouldn't be ashamed of our relationship."
'No, I don't think we should keep it secret either, but let's talk about this later. I want to enjoy this lovely looking ice-cream you bought me." she said as the waitress sat down the ice-cream.
"It looks delicious. I should have ordered me one too." said Percy.
"I'll spilt it with you." she offered. "I can't eat all this anyway, it's much too big,. You shouldn't have bought me a snack anyway."
"Now how could I let the love of my life sit down beside me in the best café in London and not have their finest ice ream?" Percy joked.
She laughed
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Author's Note: That's' all for this Chapter. I should update soon, and in the next chapter you will find out who the mystery girl really is. (Since I never gave her name.) I gave a lot of clues,, and I'm curious to see if you can figure it out. Please include any guesses with your reviews. Which will be highly appreciated. :-
Percy Weasley sighed as he ate his lunch in a small, quiet café. Why was his life constantly changing? It was always moving in some new direction. Why couldn't there ever be a constant balance? Graduating from Hogwarts as Head Boy was one of the greatest achievements of his life. When he got the job as Mr. Crouch's assistant, he was thrilled. But then, Crouch was being controlled by Lord Voldemort, so he lost that job. His girlfriend, Penelope Clearwater had left him soon after for a Muggle law student she met overseas. Then he was hired by the Minster of Magic himself to be his assistant. Of course, (and Percy really hated to admit this) now he knew that the only reason was because Fudge wanted to know what was going on with Dumbledore, and he knew that Percy's family was really friendly with him. Percy didn't want to believe that Voldemort was back, it was a very uncomfortable thought. It had been so much easier to believe that Dumbledore had gone senile. But exactly one year ago. Voldemort had been seen at the Ministry of Magic by so many people, and now everybody knew that he was back.
Now that Fudge understood that Dumbledore really was not out to get him, he didn't care about knowing what the Weasleys were up to, so he had been fired.
Strangely enough, Dumbledore gave him a job as his new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. That really shocked Percy. Why would Dumbledore trust him? If he had been Dumbledore, he wouldn't want anything to do with himself. But Dumbledore offered him the job, and he needed one badly. Percy didn't know much about DADA. He had gotten good grades in it school (along with all the other subjects) but it was not his strong suit. Although Percy enjoyed being in charge, and having lots of authority, he wasn't sure that teaching was a good job for him, but a job was a job, and maybe it would be a good reference for later in life.
So, now it was his first summer break after becoming a teacher, and he was sitting in a café by himself. He was feeling very lonely. He hadn't moved back home with his family because he lived the independence that his own London apartment gave him. Most of the time he was alone lately. He didn't mind solitude, he was very used to being by himself. After all, he did his best studying and work without distraction. But she was his new distraction, and he didn't want to be alone.
He had met a girl there. One of his students., and she was amazing. She was unlike anyone he had ever met. There was something about her that just took his breathe away from the moment that she walked into his classroom. He knew student-teacher relationships weren't kosher, but he would be happy to quit his job if that meant he could be with her. She was only a few years younger than him, anyway.
Why did he love her? Oh, there were so many reasons. She was very intelligent, and he did admire a brainy girl. She Kinda of pretty. No, not stunningly beautiful or anything like that, but there certainly was something about her. She was very unique in the way that she looked at the world, and she was most defiantly an individual. She made him laugh, she made him smile. Basically, she just made his life so much better.
Suddenly, he didn't care about work or school, or grades, or any type of social standards anymore. He didn't want a fancy career, or a title. All he wanted was a little house in the country with HER.
Percy sipped his tea dreamingly. He remember the first time he kissed her.
(flashback)
She had floated into his classroom like one of the ghosts, with her long hair gliding behind her. She wore a peculiar expression. Percy had been attracted to her since their first lesson, and he knew she just had to feel the same way!
"Professor, I'm having some trouble with the Stilling Spell?" she told him.
"You mean, the Stillness Spell?" he asked with one eyebrow raised, he knew very well that she doing an excellent job with that jinx.
"Er, right." The one where you curse the person so that they can not speak or communicate in any way with another person for two hours."
"Yes, that's the one. I saw you do it in class. You did quite well." he told her.
She smiled sheepishly. "I just don't feel like I really have a handle on it. Can you help me?"
"Of course." he said. "Hold on for a second."
Percy walked into the hall and grabbed Mrs. Norris, who squalled in protest.
"We will practice on her, if you'd like. She may be a cat, but she an still meow and communicate with Filch." said Percy.
She giggled. "That's cool. I never liked Mrs. Norris, I always wanted to give her a good strong kick in the tail."
Percy chuckled. "Now you sound like a certain pair of twins that I know."
"I always liked Fred and George. I miss not seeing them at school. They made this place very lively." she said.
"You should try living with them. That's one of the reasons I like my London apartment, no Weasleys Wizards Wheezes.. Now, let
see you do this curse."
She pointed her wand at Mrs. Norris. "Silcenio commonu" she commanded but it did not work.
"Oh, you see, there is your trouble. You are not holding the wand correctly." Percy told her.
"Can you show me?" she asked.
Percy nodded, and stood behind her, putting his arms around her slender waist, holding her wand.
"Silcenio commonu". they said together.
"Oh, it worked!" she exclaimed. "I'm so glad it did, I really had some trouble with that one, Professor Weasley."
She spun her head around. His arms were still around her, still holding her wand together. Their eyes locked for just a moment, but just a moment was enough. Before he realized what he was doing, he was kissing her.
The kiss was unlike anything he had ever experienced before. It was heaven on earth. Percy knew at the very moment that she was right for him. They were so different, but yet they had a lot in common. Deep down. He never wanted that kiss to end.
(End Flashback)
A jingle of bells announced that someone was stepping through the door of the café. The sound jolted Percy out of his daydream, and he looked over to see a pretty young girl entering the café. She smiled when she saw him, and walked over to join him at the table.
"How about a chocolate sundae for my girl?" Percy asked the waitress, who hurried off to get him his ice-cream.
"You didn't have to buy me anything to eat. I wasn't hungry. I came here to see you. Your brothers told me you might be here." she said to him.
"It was a surprise to see you here. I missed you. I didn't know that you would be coming." said Percy.
"I wanted to be with you. I missed you so much. It's really awful being apart for the summer holidays. My family doesn't know I am here." she explained.
"I'd like to meet your parents sometime soon. I know they don't know about us, but I don't think we should keep this a secret. We shouldn't be ashamed of our relationship."
'No, I don't think we should keep it secret either, but let's talk about this later. I want to enjoy this lovely looking ice-cream you bought me." she said as the waitress sat down the ice-cream.
"It looks delicious. I should have ordered me one too." said Percy.
"I'll spilt it with you." she offered. "I can't eat all this anyway, it's much too big,. You shouldn't have bought me a snack anyway."
"Now how could I let the love of my life sit down beside me in the best café in London and not have their finest ice ream?" Percy joked.
She laughed
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Author's Note: That's' all for this Chapter. I should update soon, and in the next chapter you will find out who the mystery girl really is. (Since I never gave her name.) I gave a lot of clues,, and I'm curious to see if you can figure it out. Please include any guesses with your reviews. Which will be highly appreciated. :-