Date: 6 June 2005
Characters: Mandy Brocklehurst, Greg Goyle, Dean Thomas, Roger Davies
Location: The animal shelter.
Status: Private
Summary: Vet, volunteer, architect and builder meet to go over the plans for the new shelter building.
Completion: Complete
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She took a sip of her tea, sensed his temper as he wolfed down his sandwich, but also knew the annoyance wasn't directed at her, so she just steered the discussion to something less aggravating. "Did you get a chance yet to check out the pond like you'd mentioned?"
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"Yeah, that's a great resource. I don't know Crabbe or what he does," she confessed. She looked at him more curiously. Goyle and Crabbe had seemed inseparable at school, and their reputation hadn't exactly been the best. But Greg didn't seem to hold his former housemate in very high esteem now. "Professor Slughorn is in town, isn't he? Do you know if he still makes potions? And there's the apothecary, don't they make some of their own?"
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She gestured down the corridor. "Greg just came in from one of the farms, he'll be right here. Roger's not arrived yet, but we could probably start discussing the plans when Greg's ready and Roger can jump in with his input when he comes? His suggestions will probably depend on the specific needs we discuss with you anyway."
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After she gestured down the hallway, Dean walked by her, reached out and touched her arm. He turned his face toward her and said sincerely. "You know, it's just great to see you and that wonderful smile of yours, Mandy." He dropped his hand and grinned as he walked down the corridor.
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She followed him into the kitchen, clearing the cups and plates away from the table. Greg was gone, probably to get his notes that she'd seen him jotting down since Dean's drawings arrived. "We can talk here first; it's rather cramped but we don't have much in the way of conference room facilities, I'm afraid. Your plans will help with that though," she said with a grin. "Want a cup of tea, or a cold drink?"
She added as she turned to the cupboard, "Good for me your laundry monster is greedy. I've used up all my odd ones and I hate to break up matched pairs."
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It was fortunate that the shelter was close enough to walk to, but considering the time, he simply Apparated, not wanting the others to be waiting around for him any longer. At least he and Mandy had been able to clear the air a bit. Once this job started later this summer, things would likely have been uncomfortable for them both.
When he arrived, he walked up to the door and opened it, looking around and spotting Dean and Mandy in the reception area. He'd been here before, of course, with Blaise and Terry as well as when Zuzu had adopted him, so he knew the layout well. Smiling, he lifted his hand in a wave and pulled his trusty dog-eared notebook out of his pocket as he headed over.
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With the table cleared, she lay the folder with the shelter's copy of the plans there, and went to the fridge. "Dean's just said yes to a cold drink, would you like one too?" she asked Roger, peering in at the few soda cans in the fridge. "Um, I've got lemonade and ... lemonade?" She took two cans out, questioning them with an arch of an eyebrow.
"Just have a chair," she offered, and went back to the reception desk to get the extra chair from there, wondering if it would even be possible to squeeze it four chairs around the table. It would be quite practical to eventually get a separate conference room, she thought with a sigh.
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He arrived back at the shelter and found that Dean and Roger had arrived while he was gone. The kitchen seemed oddly crowded with the extra people and he had to stop himself from hunching his shoulders. He also recognised the two men in the kitchen from school and had to fight the nervous flutter that grew in his chest.
"Sorry I'm late," he said with an apologetic smile. "I was out all morning on a call and I needed to get my notes." He paused then realised that it was probably better to introduce himself rather than just assume they'd recognise him. "I'm Greg Goyle by the way. The new vet."
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"Thanks, Mandy. you know the way to a man's heart." He smiled after she handed him a lemonade. He opened the drink and took a sip before he said, "and I guess that's lemonade."
Dean looked at the man entering the kitchen, surprised to find someone who was about the same height as him. He recognized him as one of Malfoy's goons from school after he saw the man give an apologetic smile and look around nervously, he decided to give the man a chance. Dean held out his hand and smiled. "Hi, I'm Dean Thomas, fairly new architect. How're you doing, Greg?"
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