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Reacquainting with Old Enemies

Dec 10, 2007 20:38

Who: Percy Weasley and Narcissa Malfoy
What: A little luncheon, and the trouble of family
Where: the Mangobajito Cafe in Hampstead
When: Monday, 10 November - noon
Status: Complete
Percy settled himself into a seat by the window, but had yet to open the menu that had been placed before him. His eyes looked out the window absently at the people ( Read more... )

percy weasley, narcissa malfoy

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augury_cissy December 11 2007, 02:03:45 UTC

It had been rather some time since Narcissa last saw Percy Weasley. Really, a ridiculous oversight on her part and one she had finally made the time to correct. With everything going on lately- the placement of Thicknesse, the takeover of the Ministry, Draco going back to school- she had quite foolishly let one of her best new sources of information go untended.

Well, not for any longer.

A small smile touched her lips at the boy's display of manners. She had to remind herself that he was, indeed, the only Weasley who might possibly make something of himself, if he was careful. She slid into her chair, waited for him to be seated.

"Thank you for meeting with me on such short notice. I realise you must be very busy at present."

courage_unseen December 11 2007, 02:08:06 UTC

"The Ministry is busy as always, and I fear it always shall be," he acknowledged, waiting for her to take her seat before retaking his own. "However, a gentleman must always make time to meet with a lady, particularly one such as yourself. Indeed, it is my pleasure."

Not to mention, the simple opportunity to leave the Ministry these days has become all too welcome. Hopefully, that will not last very long.

He gestured to the menus on the table, inviting her to take hers. "I have not taken the opportunity to order as of yet. Did you wish to share a pot of tea, or would wine be preferable?"

augury_cissy December 11 2007, 02:16:13 UTC

Narcissa glanced at the menu, expression darkening for a fleeting moment. Last time she had taken wine with a Weasley, things had ended very poorly.

"Tea will be fine," she said lightly. "It's early yet and you have your post to return to. I understand the regulations at the Ministry have become very strict of late."

courage_unseen December 11 2007, 02:21:49 UTC

"Yes, they have," he replied with a nod and a tight lip. "However, that is not what has brought us here today..."

Before he could broach the subject of her owl, the waiter had returned in order to take their meal requests. He ordered their tea, then a sandwhich and soup for himself. He watched as she gave her order as well, and once the waiter had left again, he turned his gaze on the pale woman across from him.

Her letter had been proper, as ever, but beneath the words he had felt an undertone of... something. He softened his gaze and attempted to look sympathetic without becoming undignified. "Did you wish to wait for our meals first, or shall we speak now? I felt you wished to speak to me of a rather... important matter."

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courage_unseen December 17 2007, 02:51:09 UTC

Percy shook his head. "Of course, he tampered with your drink. With them, it is always something to do with food or drink, is it not? Them and their silly pranks and experiments. On occasion, I must wonder if they must have something of an oral fixation, but the mere thought is enough to make me lose my appetite," he offered in his own attempt at adding a touch of humour, though he feared he would only fail terribly.

"What did it do, what he added to your drink? Did it turn you into a canary? Or change your hair colour? Or, Merlin forbid, it wasn't the one that makes you rise up from your seat and dance something extraordinarily strange and embarassing, was it?" he asked with the horror of one who has experienced just such a thing.

augury_cissy December 17 2007, 02:55:58 UTC

"After I drank what he gave me... It was wine. He was being so... so gentlemanly. I was surprised, of course, I didn't expect that from..."

A Weasley.

"... one of the twins." She pursed her lips, continued to stare at her rapidly cooling luncheon.

Fred would have to be destroyed before he died. It was only fitting.

"I became very hot, very quickly. I believe he gave me..." She would die from embarrassment, but it had to be said. "A love potion."

courage_unseen December 17 2007, 03:06:49 UTC

Percy's gentle attentivenes came to an end the moment she mentioned just what kind of potion she suspected Fred of having slipped her. A love potion. For a moment, he had a far-off look as he remembered the one and only time he had been given any such potion. That witch Kellan LaGuerre had come to his office with her plate of cookies, and had it not been for Hestia's timely arrival, he... could have died from his reaction to the love/lust and veritaserum the confections had contained.

His grip on his teacup tightened suddenly, and he forced himself to put it down before it could break in his grasp.

"A love potion?" he asked, his voice as tight as his features. "Did he.. did he try..."

He was stopped from speaking as images flashed across his memory, of an amorous embrace with a woman he barely knew, and in the aftermath, a feeling of being violated.

"Did he take advantage of you?" he asked, his voice quite serious and even somewhat dangerous.

augury_cissy December 17 2007, 03:12:35 UTC

The boy's sudden anger was quite surprising, though not unwelcome. He was taking her- taking this whole wretched affair- rather seriously then. Narcissa had been prepared to argue until she had convinced him of the truth and was quite relieved that she wouldn't have to.

But to answer his question...

Her cheeks burned. She squeezed her eyes shut, swallowed away the sudden feeling of sickness that was threatening to bubble forth.

Awful boy. Disgusting twin.

"Yes."

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