Secretaries, or Pansy/Coffee OTP

[girly_pansy]

Pansy cursed as she examined the wreckage of what had been the DMLE's coffee maker.  "Well you've really done it this time,Tonks," she muttered in irritation.  She wanted her caffeine fix, and she wanted it now

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[maliciousmillie]

"Having a rough day?" Millicent asked, stirring sugar into her cup of tea.

She'd just left Percy and had intended on having her lunch hour to herself. Keeping him under her thumb was harder than she expected, though he was no longer fighting the Imperius curse.

She was one step closer to her goal.

[girly_pansy]

"You have no idea," Pansy groused, "Aurors are like bloody children, I swear. And then they broke my coffee machine, if you can believe it!" She took another sip of her coffee, closing her eyes in bliss.

When she opened them again, she smiled at the other secretary, "How about you? I imagine the Minister is easier to handle than a pile of Aurors."

[maliciousmillie]

"Minister Weasley has his...quirks," she replied, smirking as she took a sip of her tea. "Nothing that really drives me up the wall, mind you, but still he's...very straight laced."

[girly_pansy]

"I've noticed," Pansy said dryly. "He keeps coming up with these new forms that everyone needs to fill out in triplicate, and these new procedures. Last time he came down to my department he had the gall to tell me that my skirt broke Ministry regulations."

[maliciousmillie]

"He seems to have been keeping to his office recently," she replied. "Perhaps the power of staying in once place to command is taking over finally."

[girly_pansy]

"Maybe," Pansy said vaguely. She was more interested in complaining about the Minister than actually speculating about him on any deeper level.

"You know," she commented, "I don't think I've ever asked your name."

[maliciousmillie]

"Bethany," she said, holding out her hand. "Bethany Roberts. And you would be Pansy Parkinson, yes?"

[girly_pansy]

"That's right," Pansy replied, shaking Bethany's hand. "I had no idea I was so well known," she added with a smirk.

[maliciousmillie]

"I've made it a point to know all of the secretaries," she replied with a smile. "Head of departments as well. I suppose I do the most paper work of anyone at the Ministry. Thanks to my employer."

[girly_pansy]

"You poor thing," Pansy commiserated. "Whatever possessed you to take that job?"

[maliciousmillie]

"The pay," she replied with a laugh. "That and I can do the work faster than any other secretary he's ever had. That's got to be something."

[girly_pansy]

"Hm, yes, I can see that," Pansy agreed, finishing off her coffee, "We should chat again. Perhaps we can start up a support group for secretaries with impossible bosses."

[maliciousmillie]

"I'm sure there are more of us," she said, taking a sip of her tea. "More than likely they have one in each department, but I'm sure they tend to keep their distaste to themselves."

[girly_pansy]

"I know a few," Pansy answers, as she stands. "I really should be getting back to work. I left a Weasley in charge of the Floo. It was nice talking to you."

[maliciousmillie]

"I hope the Floo is still operational when you return," she replied with a laugh as she finished her tea. "Same to you."