Characters: Theodore Nott, Porrima Nott, and Padma Patil Locale: Robinswood, and then Bramblebrook Estate Date: 13 November 2003 Warnings? Likely none.
Bare feet tucked under a cushion in the window seat, Padma pressed a frayed book marker between the pages the novel she was reading, a sigh for giving up a favorite activity for an unpleasant one. She had not seen Porrima for a year, at least, and that she and Theodore had put off her dinner invitation for so long would no doubt render the evening more strained than it already promised to be.
She padded across the floor to the bottom of the stairs, book in hand, and tried not to look wretched as she peered upward.
"Will you bring me my shoes, sakha, when you come down?"
How much she would have preferred to leave them off, and ascend the stairs in search of Theodore and see how much better they could fill an evening.