He was smiling as he read the letter, quite fine until he reached that one sentence, you love him!, at which point he had to put the letter down and get up from his seat to keep from hyperventilating.
He'd never thought that far, never contemplated what he felt further than 'it felt right'. Pansy's words brought a whole new level of thoughts into his system and he really did wish she hadn't written them. He was doing fine until now. Now he was feeling, well panicky. Suddenly there was a whole lot more on line here.
Getting out of the room for a moment, he left the letter sitting on the coffee table for a while, only returning to it once he'd calmed himself down enough to read the rest - and end up having to put it down again when she mentioned Polly. By the time he actually sat down to reply it'd been several hours since he started reading the letter. Really Pansy needed to stop scaring him.
Dearest Pansy,
Stop scaring me with babies and words like If you want to sleep with him properly, you need to be naked. I'm sure he won't deny you, especially if he's agreed to a relationship. And of course I won't tell anyone. Who would I tell? Your secret is safe with me. Just don't get drunk, you talk too much when you are. Or so Percy says (Matchmaking, what on earth were you thinking?)
Me being in a relationship doesn't mean that I lo- have that feeling, seeing how I can't even write it I'm so scratching this out Books? What type of book did you have in mind? Not only do I have quite a few myself but I do have access to Percy's too. Is there anyone in particular he recommended or should I just send you something I like? And I might sort of have moved in with him - for now - well maybe longer - we'll see. Just don't mention that word again because it might make me run. Well not really, but it scares me and...I really should be shutting up
You want me to make a portkey? I usually just swipe them at work. I guess I could possibly find someone who can. I'll see what I can do.
And of course I'll make sure Polly is all right. I've never been able to deny you anything, have I? Not that you need to worry, because nothing is happening to you. I'm not going to let it and neither is Harry - or Percy for that matter. He likes you.
Cuddling and flirting sounds just like what I need. I think that's a brilliant idea. And cuddle Percy as much as you want. It takes him a while, but he'll get used to it. If he doesn't let me handle it.
I never thought about it, we'll need to see with more Gryffindors, but it might very well be. Odd.