"Mama," I pleaded to the woman sitting in my kitchen. "Mama, please, I can't—"
"'Ou can and 'ou will!" My mother exclaimed. "Give John anot'er chance and if 'ou still don't like, t'en 'ou can move on! T'at is final!"
"But Mama—"
She put a silencing charm on me.
Mothers are hard to contradict when they want grandchildren.
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I found myself sitting across from John Willis once again at a fairly decent restaurant. John really isn't a bad guy. It's just that I had an Order meeting that night. So, I was rather preoccupied with watching the time until when all of a sudden he pulled out a bouquet of periwinkles out of nowhere. One thing I couldn't resist was periwinkles.
"Oh, John! You shouldn't have!" I said, accepting them from him. He smiled.
"Of course I should've. Beautiful flowers for a beautiful woman." He said. I looked up and smiled sort of bashfully.
"Thank you. It was very sweet of you." I said. He gave me a striking grin and I swear I could have caught fire from all the blushing.
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I had thirty minutes to get to Grimmauld place and yet I was still with John. I was almost arguing whether to stay a little bit longer with John or to go to the meeting. I decided that since I was a new member it would be best if I wasn't late or absent unless totally necessary.
"I hope you enjoyed tonight." He said after he had walked me back to my apartment.
"I did. It was all lovely." I said. He took my hand.
"Perhaps we can do this again sometime?" I smiled.
"I do hope so." I said. He reached up with his hand and gently caressed my cheek and then leaned in and we kissed. His tongue slowly slid along my lower lip and I opened my mouth to him. My arms had found their way around his neck and he was running his hands along my waist. He was starting to press me against the wall so I found myself again before we got carried away.
"I'm sorry, but I must go now." I said breathlessly. He caressed my cheek again.
"Goodnight, Peri." John said in the most tantalizing voice.
"Goodnight, John…don't hesitate to send an owl." We shared one last kiss and then he departed. I started to swoon and then looked down at my watch to see that I had no time for swooning. I had twenty minutes left!
"Ohmyohmyohmyohmyohmy!"
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I bustled into the kitchen of Grimmauld place five minutes before the meeting was to start. I sat by Tonks, who eyed me curiously.
"What's got you smiling so much?" She asked. I blushed.
"Is it that obvious?" I said.
"Yes. Date, I'm guessing?" Tonks asked. I nodded. "Well that's cutting it a bit short now, isn't it?" I was about to respond when Dumbledore stood up to speak.
"Lately, we have received information that there have been suspicious Muggle deaths." Dumbledore said.
"How do we know that it is magic related and not Muggles doing it?" Kingsley Shacklebolt asked.
"Two Muggles were found dead outside the Meadow Stone flat building located on 5th street and Moonlight Desert…Flesh-eating slugs were found near their bodies."
I froze. My flat was in Meadow Stone.