Date: January 6, 2005
Characters: Katie Bell, Cedric Diggory
Location: Exeter
Status: Private
Summary: Cedric owes Katie dinner, at least.
Completion: Complete
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As usual, Cedric was running a bit late to pick up Katie, so he arrived at 6:10 instead of 6 sharp. )
"A public painting will be more work, I'm sure of it, but important. And yes, that's what my mother thinks I'm barmy about. She said the same thing you did -- I'll just have to redo much of it, or all of it, to make it look decent. But I know that going in, and it's not really the point. I just want to get people in the door to see the place, and let them paint a little so that later, they'll feel more as if it's theirs.
"Mum ... she'd usually prefer to avoid rubbing elbows too much with the hoi polloi." He grinned. "She's a bit of a princess sometimes, although it's less about birth for her than ... intelligence? She doesn't have a great deal of confidence people's common sense, I suppose." It was one of his mother's more Slytherin-ish qualities that he disliked. "But I'm glad you're still set to help with the actual painting."
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