Choices

Choice thirty four: Peter

So I didn't do all that well in my NEWTs I did pass them all well except Divination but I didn't pass very well. That meant that lots of doors were slammed shut in my face from the word go. I knew that I couldn't be a paper pusher and I'm not smart enough for Auror training like James, or to become a Healer like Sirius and Lily and I hate surprises so an unspeakable like Scarlett just frightens me.

I got a job in a café in Diagon Alley and it was okay lots of people to talk to good money plus I got to keep tips on top of my normal pay. Then there was the fact that James and a few of the other trainee Aurors use to spend their breaks in there so I had company. Only thing was I kept messing up the orders. All the coffees looked alike and I lost the job.

So then I got a job in Flourish and Blotts the book store and that was alright. Okay it was rather stuffy in there but I was always busy because everybody always wanted a book. The pay wasn't too bad either okay I didn't get tips like in the café but it was pretty good. But then me being me I fell over and knocked over one of the bookcases causing all the books to go everywhere, and we had to close the shop for the day, they didn't want me back after that.

But I got another job okay I went to work in the Leaky Cauldron. I had to show people to their rooms and serve in the bar. It was a pretty good job I enjoyed it the gang use to come in every night after work and hang out. I just forgot the main rule; I wasn't allowed to get drunk. Yep Tom wasn't happy with that so another job gone.

Then James convinced his mother to let me work in her restaurant, he said that I was reliable but just unsure of what I wanted to do so she gave me a job. I lasted two days; I kept putting my fingers in people's food, by accident. Then I got the tables mixed up and dropped all the plates. But she was nice about it; she paid me two weeks notice and didn't even take the broken plates from my wages.

Scarlett stepped up then she got me a job in the Ministry as the security guard. That was a pretty good job but then I let the Death Eaters into the building, but I didn't know that Malfoy was a Death Eater, at the time. I found out afterwards but that meant I lost another job again. I was beginning to see a pattern.

But then my dad stepped up, his best friend was the coach for the Falcons and he got me a job there. Okay so I wasn't going to be a Quidditch player I'm not good enough for that I can fly but I'm not comfortable having to take my hands off the broom.

So I became equipment manger and I love the job so much. It's really great actually. I'm in charge of maintaining the team's brooms which is okay because I can do that. I clip the tails and polish them up make sure they hover alright and if something is wrong I take them back to the manufacture.

Then I have to make sure nobody messes with the balls and I'm pretty good at that, I have to make sure the beaters bats are firm and that the pitch is kept in good condition. There are perks to the job too I get to go to every game to make sure nothing is wrong with the equipment.

Okay so it's not the best job in the world and it's not as important as the jobs my friends have but I love what I do. If I had to choose all over again I would make the same choice because I've learnt that I'm not suited to a lot of jobs.