Written for 'The FRIENDS Competition' - TOW George Stephanopoulos (Write about someone admiring from afar)
Written for the 'Can You Make It To The End' challenge - write a drabble under 500 words about Petunia Dursley
Emotion/Feeling - Hopeful
Pairing - Petunia/Vernon
Rating - K
Word Count - 272
Hopeful
Petunia Evans was never the type of person to act first – she would sit patiently and wait for things to happen before even considering making them happen herself. She was the girl in her yeargroup who would sit in the back of the classroom in silence and just watch. She was quiet, and would only answer questions when the teacher specifically asked her to answer.
She knew everything about everyone because she was a good listener. She could listen for hours upon hours, and she would always remember everything she'd heard.
Her favourite person to watch and listen to was Vernon Dursley – he was in the same form class as her and she had fancied him for the longest time. She was extremely hopeful that they'd end up together, not just because she was an optimistic person but because she'd been watching him for years and never once had she heard her name pop up until quite recently.
Unfortunately she hadn't heard the full conversation, but she'd heard her name alright. Every day she would sit in her usual seat and watch Vernon, and as each day went by she hoped and she hoped until the day would come where he would approach her.
And he would approach her, because she was never the type of person to act first.
At last the day came, and after all of Petunia's hoping, Vernon approached her. He didn't even get a chance to ask her out before she yelled "yes!" and wrapped her arms around him. And it seemed that all of her waiting had paid off in the end – she couldn't be happier.
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