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RP: Tea and Sympathy

Jan 07, 2007 19:41

Date: January 7, 2005
Characters: Colin Creevey, Minerva McGonagall
Location: Professor McGonagall's house
Status: Private
Summary: Colin and Minerva finally get together for tea
Completion: Incomplete

( There is always time for tea )

january 2005, place: private residence, minerva mcgonagall, colin creevey

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shh_minerva January 8 2007, 00:52:21 UTC

Minerva was surprised by the knock on the door. She wasn't expecting anyone. When she opened the door, she quickly broke out in a wide smile.

"Colin, dear, do come in!" she said, moving her chair out of the way to let him through. "I thought you might have forgotten our tea," she said in mild chastisement.

"You look very well," she said as she waited for him to take off his coat and scarf.

She guided him to a seat by the fire. "Do come and sit down, It's lovely to see you again." With a flick of her wand, she had the kettle boiling, and the tea items summoned through the air to the table.

shh_colin January 8 2007, 01:06:31 UTC

Colin smiled as his former professor let him in. He grinned bashfully as she chastised him mildly for missing their original meeting.

"Sorry about that professor, I didn't forget, but I was taking care of a sick friend when we were to have our meeting. Romilda Vane, actually; she's been working herself sick recently. So I felt the need to stay home and make sure she got some much needed rest." He explained as he shed his coat and scarf, and followed her to a seat by the fire.

"You look well, professor." It was hard though to see her in a wheelchair. Colin hadn't been expecting that.

It just didn't seem to fit the McGonagall he knew from school. She had always been feisty and strong, and to see her in that chair Colin felt for the first time the way the war had effected others in their world.

shh_minerva January 8 2007, 01:39:30 UTC

"Oh," Minerva seemed worried when she heard that Colin's friend had been sick. He had always been a generous and helpful young man. She noticed the usual stare that was reserved for her wheelchair, but to his credit, he made no mention of it.

"I do home Miss Vane is feeling better, then," she said, concerned for the young woman, who was a student at the new school. "I seem to remember that you and she were close at school. Are you still close?" she asked subtly. Minerva was well aware that there was some mystery behind the father of Miss Vane's son. It would not have mattered as much had the girl not made ridiculous public declarations about Harry Potter.

"Now then, you said you had some photographs of the school." Her face lit up in anticipation.

shh_colin January 8 2007, 01:47:57 UTC

"Well she seems to be feeling better, she was back at work as soon as she could," He paused for a moment and ran a hand through is hair. "I suppose I just think she needs more rest, she's always busy doing something."

He smiled slightly, and arched an eyebrow when Minerva asked if he was still close with Romilda.

"Oh yes, she and I are still quite close. I suppose I feel like an older brother to her." He shrugged and grinned.

When she mentioned the pictures Colin smiled brightly and opened his bag. "Yes I did. I'm sure you remember my love of taking pictures," Colin didn't go too far into his near obsessive habits when he was younger.

"I've got so many boxes of photos that I've taken over the years, and I was organizing them so they might get some use besides sitting around in boxes in my flat."

He handed her one of the boxes and let her start looking through the many photos inside.

"When I found all of these pictures from school, you were the first person I thought to show them to."

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shh_colin January 8 2007, 06:01:48 UTC

Colin breathed a breath of relief when Minerva didn't press him about his family; he found himself doing that far too often these days.

"Yes, I think I will. Thanks for the suggestions professor. I really was completely lost on what to do with these pictures." He was glad that she had come right out and suggested that he owl Hermione so he could mention that when he wrote her, just in case the communication was not appreciated.

He felt better now that his mind was back on what he would do with the pictures, keeping his mind busy was one of the only things keeping him from going mad with worry over his family these days.

shh_minerva January 8 2007, 06:05:33 UTC

Minerva looked through the box of photos again. "Would you indulge me a while and let me keep this box for a little while? I'd like to spend some time looking through these more carefully. I can have them back to you whenever you need."

She really just didn't want anyone to see her pouring over simple photos of towers and brick walls and knowing that such things would not stand again - at least not in her lifetime.

shh_colin January 8 2007, 06:11:13 UTC

"Oh of course professor, please keep them as long as you like. I'm in no hurry to do anything with them. And I could think of no one better to have them than you."

Colin could tell, seeing the photos had really affected Minerva. It had been her home far longer than it had been his, and he was sure she had many many memories in those halls. He would be only too happy to let her take her time with them.

shh_minerva January 8 2007, 18:18:09 UTC

"Thank you, Colin. This means an awful lot to me. There are many people out there who deserve to see these two, but I appreciate you indulging your old head of house for just a while." She tried to smile and turn the conversation around to more pleasant topics.

"So how was your Christmas and new year?" she asked, taking another sip of her tea.

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