Six Simple Spells

Audrey was frustrated. She was at work, and her boss, George Weasley, asked her to clean up a mess from earlier that day. Audrey worked at Weasley Wizard Wheezes', and was a very good worker. It was just that she was just learning how to perform spells. She only knew six spells (well she could only perform six spells), and not one of them was tergeo. She knew the incantation, but she was yet to be able to perform it.

"Mr. Weasley, where is the mop?" Audrey asked, embarrassed that she couldn't do the right charm.

"Audrey, please call me George." George sighed; he had asked her to call him this many times. "The mop is in the back closet, but a simple Tergeo would do the job." Audrey blushed.

"Remember what I told you about my magic ability. Tergeo is not one of the spells I can do yet."

"Oh yeah. Sorry Audrey." George smiled at her, trying to reassure her that it was alright.

Audrey disappeared into the back, and came back with a bucket and mop.

"Aguamenti." Audrey pointed her wand into the bucket, and it filled with water.

"You can do the water charm. Very good, that's a new one isn't it?" Audrey heard the voice of her crush, Percy Weasley. Percy was George's older brother, and he often stopped by the shop to help George out. They had recently lost a brother, and George was having the hardest time.

"Hi Percy." Audrey greeted him. "Yes, Aguamenti is a new one." Audrey smiled at Percy as she mopped up the mess.

"How was business today?" He asked casually. Audrey could tell he liked her too; she just needed a way to bring it up.

"Good. We made a fortune!" Audrey chuckled, and so did Percy.

"Good, I'm glad. I was worried how the shop would come back together after the war, but it was a quick success."

"It has been." Audrey agreed. She pointed her wand at the mop and bucket. "Depulso." The bucket and mop disappeared to the back room.

"Very good. Last time you were having a hard time with that one. Which one are you working on at the moment?" Percy smiled at Audrey, and she felt her heart skip a beat.

"I'm working on Tergeo. It just doesn't seam to work for me." Audrey sighed, in a sort of defeated way.

"Don't worry; I'm sure you'll get it soon. Which ones do you know right now?"

"I know Aguamenti, Depulso, Accio, Wingardium Leviosa, Lumos, and Nox. Just the some simple ones."

"Well that's a good start." Percy took out his wand. "Tergeo." He pointed his wand at the floor, and it sparkled clean. "Just imagine what the area, or object will look like when it's clean, then cast the charm. Here." He held his arm out to her, and she came up to him. "Point your wand at that spot on the floor." He pointed across the room. "And concentrate on what it will look like when you're done."

Audrey looked at the spot on the floor, and imagined that the shoe marks, and shoe scuffs were gone. "Tergeo." She said. A few specks of the dirt disappeared.

"Good. Now just concentrate a little harder, and think of a clean floor." Audrey was a very patient person, and was going to keep trying.

"Alright." She took a deep breath. "Tergeo." This time the floor went completely clean, almost sparkling clean.

"I did! I did!" Audrey jumped up and down like a little kid, and Percy laughed.

"Yes, you did do it!" Next thing he knew, she was giving him a huge hug.

"Thank you, Percy." Audrey said when she let go of him. "Thank you for continuing to encourage me, and help me with my magic."

"No problem." Then, Audrey reached up and gently kissed him. It was a small soft kiss, but a loving one no less.

"Percy, I like you." Audrey told him firmly.

"I like you too, Audrey." Percy confessed, and Audrey smiled. "Would you like to go out to dinner with me?"

"I would love that." Audrey said with a smile.

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