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Characters: Molly Weasley and Cho Chang
Date: April 3, 2000
Location: The Burrow
Summary: Molly wanted Percy to swing by
Status: Private (Note: the linked entry is NC-17)
Completion: In Progress

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[pb_cho]

Needless to say, Cho was a little nervous.

She didn't mind doing errands for Percy, when it was necessary. She didn't mind at all. But it was one thing to pop down to the store for a minute, and quite another to floo into the Burrow unannounced. She'd gone to visit often enough that it wasn't so strange, and it was true that most of her nerves at the moment were quite taken up with Saturday's plans... but she'd also never come calling by herself, and never when there wasn't a party of some sort going on.

It was true that she really ought to get used to this sort of thing, if she was going to be Percy's wife; she was well aware that any niceties she could exchange with Molly now would help greatly after tomorrow. It was just ... She couldn't help herself. The woman made her a little nervous. And yes: she wanted very much to be liked and accepted by her, but it was ... difficult.

Then again, she knew difficult. She'd been dealing with difficult for a long time now, and by golly -- she'd be going for those papers

[pb_molly]

The voice Molly heard coming from the floo area was not the one she'd expected, but rather one that had recently been added to her memory files. Of course, when she'd first learned that Cho was Percy's latest girlfriend, Molly had her reservations. She remembered the way Harry had fallen hard for the girl shortly after Diggory's death. Not that Harry had ever told any such things to Molly, but a mother, even a surrugate one, knew these things.

Molly wiped her hands on her apron as she exited the kitchen into the living room. "Cho dear, what a pleasant surprise." Molly really meant this as she hadn't had any time to speak with the girl since her ordeal. Not that Molly would pry, she just knew that any girl that could make Percy Weasley choose her over his work had to be something special.

[pb_cho]

Cho smiled brightly, if not nervously. "Oh! Hello, Mrs. Weasley."

Oh, hello Mrs. Weasley?

So eager! Too eager! She flushed slightly, a bit self-conscious, but quickly swallowed the feeling. That would not do. It wouldn't do at all. Smoothing her skirt, Cho cleared her throat to begin again.

"I'm here about that note you sent. Percy's awfully busy with work..." Here she shrugged good-naturedly. "So.... I'm here for the files instead, if that's all right."

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Molly forced her smile to stay on her face as Cho's light greeting turned to match Percy's too buisness like behavior.

"The files are in the kitchen," Molly turned to fetch them. "Would you care for a cookie dear. I just finished frosting them." She ignored the box and immediately took up the plate and stood between Cho and the box.