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Tweak says, "Let's do the time warp again!"

Peter Pettigrew (p__pettigrew) wrote in hogwarts_dawn,
@ 2021-04-12 10:32:00

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character: padma patil, character: peter pettigrew

RP: Peter/Padma
Who: Peter/Padma
When: mid morning, 12 April
Where: research floor
What: they talk work

Peter wasn't surprised to see Remus when he arrived at the research floor. Head of a department or not, if there was no work, Remus wouldn't sit around doing nothing, and Peter understood. He was already bored doing nothing. "Hey, there," he told his friend. "I'm here to see a beautiful woman. I'll let you know how it goes with that idea."

With a few short words, he was on his way to find Padma. She was in one room, sitting on a big table with plenty of chairs and even more books. "Ms. Patil? I'm Peter, nice to meet you," he said, stepping inside.

He closed the door and then sat a few chairs down. "You've appropriated a lot of books already." He and Remus had spent enough hours in the library to find the spells that the Marauders needed that this seemed normal. "I'm not sure where to even start, with the memory thing. Your work, though, that's awesome. I wanted to go into the Department of Mystery and- well, not enough connections. In my time, those were as needed as your NEWTs." And apparently he was still unable to speak properly when talking to a woman when he knew for a fact that she had no interest in him and he had no interest in her. He got nervous and rambled on.

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p__pettigrew
2021-04-17 04:22 pm UTC (link)

"I'm not sure that's exactly how it works. Unless you're blind. In which case, maybe that's how it works." He grinned. "And in case you think I'm exaggerating, I'd like to point out to the great love story that is James and Lily. I can say with precision that being in the same house did nothing to make them immune to each other's charm."

Peter wasn't as optimist as she was. After all, she had been born rich and with family connections and where her gender might be a problem, her connection to Harry solved that. "I wished I could believe you."

He snorted. "I just meant that they survived the war. At this point, the bar is really low." Maybe it was because Peter never imagined that they would survive the war at all. "Oh in that case, I'm fine with discussing the specific with you, even now. After all, we're still free and getting a salary isn't really a priority when there is nothing to buy. I think they are underestimating people's desire to work. Or they just forget that they have to give alternatives when they fire you." He doubted that Harry would remember until they brought this little project up. "Yes, Nott, we can definitely talk to him, but I sense some kind of problem there, with Harry. Maybe we want to make it official before we reach out to him. Gryffindors, we like things to be nice and easy," he said, grinning, but he had a feeling that if they went too fast, Harry might put a stop to it. "Until then, It can be our own little secret. Now, what do you say that we start working."

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