She tone is dismissive as she takes a determined bite of chocolate, viciously dismembering the poor bunny in her hand. Luckily it is not the wizarding kind, so it does not writhe as she does so.
Oh! It's February for him, isn't it? THis could be fun.
"Because it's Easter."
She can't believe he just said that.
"Arthur, you have spent the past several months actively avoiding me and/or dating other girls. Why the sudden desire to spend time with me?"
Well, all right, it's probably been more like weeks to him. Milliways has gotten her all confused about the non-paralell time lines, but the point remains the same.
"It was perfect. But I'm only seventeen, what do I know of perfect? I had to know, ahd to find out, if this was simply how it was, or if what we had was real."
"Go look at the calendar on the notice board...go look outside - out back. It's definitely spring.:
Then she looks down at the table, not meeting his eyes. Not sure she can.
"It's not the reason you gave me. You hurt me and risked breaking something in two to see if it was real? Well congratulations. I hope you got your answer."
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But then, when you love someone, they're easy to spot. What, those other women? He's a boy, what do you expect?
"Do you know...The walls are filled with lightning?"
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"I told Bernard...."
She looks him over and eyes his smoking hair with a faintly wrinkled nose.
"I'd heard something like that. They're called elcklectrical wires. It makes Muggle stuff go."
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"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! I wonder how the keep it from leaking out the holes?"
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She tone is dismissive as she takes a determined bite of chocolate, viciously dismembering the poor bunny in her hand. Luckily it is not the wizarding kind, so it does not writhe as she does so.
"A friend told me that you're bound."
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"Why do you have a chocolate rabbit?"
And then a nod.
"Ah yes, yes, I do believe that is the word. Rather... nasty, sounding. But, well, it gives me some time to spend with you, yes?"
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Oh! It's February for him, isn't it? THis could be fun.
"Because it's Easter."
She can't believe he just said that.
"Arthur, you have spent the past several months actively avoiding me and/or dating other girls. Why the sudden desire to spend time with me?"
Well, all right, it's probably been more like weeks to him. Milliways has gotten her all confused about the non-paralell time lines, but the point remains the same.
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He shakes his head.
"None of them could compare to you Molly."
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Bitter, much? Nooooo...
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"How can you tell, with no sun?"
He's still not looking at her.
"It was perfect. But I'm only seventeen, what do I know of perfect? I had to know, ahd to find out, if this was simply how it was, or if what we had was real."
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Then she looks down at the table, not meeting his eyes. Not sure she can.
"It's not the reason you gave me. You hurt me and risked breaking something in two to see if it was real? Well congratulations. I hope you got your answer."
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He considers.
"I was male."
A thought.
"Your brother threatened me."
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She doesn't need to consider.
"You are."
A smirk.
"Good."
An after thought.
"When was Gideon at Hogwarts?"
She knows it was Gideon, because Fabian wouldn't have wasted time with threats.
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He still refuses to look at her.
"I didn't know I made you cry."
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She jumps to her feet suddenly, looking around wildly, as if expecting to see her brother sitting at the bar or the next table.
"You saw him here? When?"
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'Uh, just a couple days ago?"
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