RP--Bath, Day Two

[bth_andromeda]

Title: Bath, Day Two
Date: August 26 1998
Time of Day: 9:45 am
Characters: Andromeda Tonks, Molly Weasley
Location: Bath, Somerset
Status: Semi-public (although I doubt anyone else is in Bath)
Summary: Molly and Andromeda go sight-seeing.
Completion: Incomplete

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[bth_andromeda]

"That she is, Mol. And I hope you get that grand baby you've been wanting soon. Wouldn't it be something if they had a girl and she fell in love with Teddy?"

The both of them smiled at each other and entered the shop. Andromeda walked over to the window and found the jewellry box she'd found for Ginny. She leaned over and reached for the box when her hands brushed up against another pair.

"Oh! Excuse me!" she said, flustered at the touch of the stranger. She looked up and saw a middle-aged man with dark hair and wire-rimmed glasses. There was the beginning of some gray hair at the temples.

"No, no, it is I that must ask forgiveness. Were you going to purchase the box?" he asked, grasping it and then holding it in his hands.

"Er, yes, I was." She looked at the box in his hand, annoyed that he still held onto it and that he wouldn't give it to her.

"Well, then, you shall have it." He handed over the jewelry box and again, their fingers touched, sending a shock of...something up her arm. "Charles du Paige, at your service." He bowed slightly.

"Thank you, sir." Andromeda began to turn around but felt his hand on her arm, stopping her progress. "Pardon me, but please let me go!" He was beginning to frighten her.

"So sorry, ma'am, but you are very attractive and well, you reminded me of someone I once knew. I'm sorry if I was too forward." He bowed his head again and backed away. But before he left her completely, he asked, "May I ask your name? Someone as lovely as you must have an equally lovely name."

Andromeda swallowed hard and then whispered, "Andromeda."

"Until next time," he said softly and left the shop, leaving Andromeda confused and bewildered at what had just happened.