Midnight Musings
I've finally got away from all the distractions long enough to get the lab put to order. I had to use some transfiguration spells to make the area serviceable. It's small, but it will suffice. Bart was successful in retrieving supplies from Diagon Alley (and quickly) so I don't have to worry about running out of ingrediants, which was my main concern.
Now my primary concern is Potter. Things have happened to him that I was not aware of, and they are obviously still affecting him. I'm afraid that I have no experience in the area of giving comfort, and even less in the area of giving advice that doesn't sound like an order. There are things we still need to discuss, but I am going to give him a day or two before broaching the subject again. To be truthful, I need a day or two to process it all. He was so...broken. He always seemed to be so strong, but he's not.
Merlin, what am I doing with him?
If I manage to heal him, body and spirit, will he stay, or realize that he doesn't need me anymore? Odd. Yesterday he asked me why I kept him around. The idiot boy didn't think I needed him. Honestly, I wouldn't let myself believe that I needed anyone, but I do. I need him. If he left...I don't even want to contemplate that.
I start my employment at the Library tomorrow. I can only hope that the library affords me some kind of peace and quiet that is sorely lacking in my life at the moment. I believe I have pushed House past his limit of tolerance, which I find oddly satisfying, yet I also feel a sense of disapointment. Despite his accusations that I am a child molester, which I am not, I found that I enjoyed verbally sparring with him. Ah well.
On the bright side, I haven't had to see Black again, though Dumbledore did stop by to try and 'explain'. I set his beard on fire. I've wanted to do that for the longest time.
Now my primary concern is Potter. Things have happened to him that I was not aware of, and they are obviously still affecting him. I'm afraid that I have no experience in the area of giving comfort, and even less in the area of giving advice that doesn't sound like an order. There are things we still need to discuss, but I am going to give him a day or two before broaching the subject again. To be truthful, I need a day or two to process it all. He was so...broken. He always seemed to be so strong, but he's not.
Merlin, what am I doing with him?
If I manage to heal him, body and spirit, will he stay, or realize that he doesn't need me anymore? Odd. Yesterday he asked me why I kept him around. The idiot boy didn't think I needed him. Honestly, I wouldn't let myself believe that I needed anyone, but I do. I need him. If he left...I don't even want to contemplate that.
I start my employment at the Library tomorrow. I can only hope that the library affords me some kind of peace and quiet that is sorely lacking in my life at the moment. I believe I have pushed House past his limit of tolerance, which I find oddly satisfying, yet I also feel a sense of disapointment. Despite his accusations that I am a child molester, which I am not, I found that I enjoyed verbally sparring with him. Ah well.
On the bright side, I haven't had to see Black again, though Dumbledore did stop by to try and 'explain'. I set his beard on fire. I've wanted to do that for the longest time.