Title: Chocolate Fondue
Series: Winter Tidings
Rating: PG-13
Author: Jmaria
Disclaimer: Joss and JK (that's sounding a bit repetitive) own all - I own a pair of nifty legwarmers and the ten buck lip gloss this is titled after.
Pairing: FFA #183 Andrew/Pansy Parkinson
A/N: Side note, this is kinda in the same theme as another Andrew/Pansy fic I did awhile back.
"You said it was chap stick." Andrew whined. "You said that it smelled like hot cocoa because it was in a Christmas set. You didn't tell me you used your witchy ways to disguise it!"
"Oh, quit whining, I'm trying to rope in a nice catch." Pansy sneered, trying to be as menacing as Draco as she tried to find a vampire. Her watcher wasn't buying it. He was too busy complaining about the chocolate scented lip gloss she'd given him as a prank Christmas gift. She was actually quite proud of herself. She'd cast a glamour on it that only worked on Andrew. While he saw some Muggle brand-name chap stick tube with a fat jolly Santa Claus, everyone else saw the Tutti Dolci lip gloss tube for what it was.
She'd been out with that insufferable brat, Dawn and a gaggle of the other muggle Slayers Christmas shopping, and had gotten it as a free gift. Dawn had been pressuring her to be nice to her Muggle Watcher, and even gave her hints on what to give him. Pansy had been so annoyed with her that she thought up the prank gift. That and she was frequently annoyed with Andrew, who'd single-handedly crushed her dreams of marrying Draco Malfoy.
An hour, three vamps, and a Christmas Eve later, Pansy found herself back in the small set of rooms in the New Watchers Council she shared with Andrew. He smiled tiredly, as he yawned.
"That was a really good hunt, Pansy." She shrugged him off, eager to be done with this very annoying day. "Pansy, wait a minute."
"What, Andrew? I'm tired." She snapped.
"Merry Christmas. Here, I got this for you a few weeks ago." Andrew held out a large square green wrapped gift box with a big silver bow.
Pansy took it cautiously from his hands. She shook it gently before carefully pulling back the wrapping. Setting the paper and bow to the side, she cautiously lifted the lid. Inside the green tissue paper was a pale pink jumper she'd been eyeing discreetly at one of the Muggle boutiques. On top of it was another smaller green wrapped box. Inside of it was a simple silver cross, and etched into the back was a small green snake.
"Do you like it?" Andrew asked eagerly.
Pansy felt her mouth go dry. It wasn't the most expensive gift she'd ever received. But it was what she'd really wanted. And now she was really regretting her prank gift to him. She could only nod.
"I'm so glad you like it. C'mon, Barbara." Andrew called to his pet Golden Retriever, who gave her a disgusted look. "Night Pansy."
"G'night, Andrew." She was left in the main room by herself. Setting the box on the couch, she reached for the pot of Floo Powder and yelled Diagon Alley.
That morning, a small Christmas tree was placed beside the fire, and two large boxes were placed beneath it. A very tired Pansy lay curled up on the couch, the silver cross dangling from her neck. Andrew nervously went over to her to see if she was ok. Her hand snaked into the front pocket of his pants and yanked out the lip gloss.
"That's mine, by the way. You're gifts are under the tree." Andrew stared in shock at the tree. "And Andrew, keep the mutt away from me for the rest of the day." Pansy smiled as she rolled over on the couch. "It was a long, tiring hunt last night."