I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good: Private message to Pansy

[alt_sally_anne]

I'm on my way to the Burrow for supper tonight. Tomorrow I have to do the perimeter check on my broom in the afternoon and will be stuck having supper at the Strettons but I'm free all day on Wednesday. Maybe we're appreciating tea that day? If not do you want to get together anyway?

Are you going to ask them for careers advice? Other than 'you're probably not going to run a greenhouse'...

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[alt_pansy]

Of course it's what I'm doing!

Why would it be good if I was also there?

Other than the obvious, I mean.

[alt_sally_anne]

I like Mrs Weasley.

I have always liked Mrs Weasley and she has always seemed to like me reasonably well.

But now

Now she APPROVES of me. It's unnerving. I think it unnerved Ron, too. WE HAVE BEEN SNOGGING EACH OTHER FOR LESS THAN A MONTH.

I suppose this is why it's normally a big deal to Meet Someone's Parents only I have known Mrs Weasley since FIRST YEAR so...I don't want to stop going to the Burrow!

Yeah anyway. She invited me back on Sunday. You need to come. I think that will help.

[alt_pansy]

Right. I can do that.

So has she already told you what she wants you to call her future grandbabies?

You just know they're going to be ginger. And Gryffindor. Just so you're prepared.

[alt_sally_anne]

Oh bloody hell maybe I should stay home on Sunday and pretend I'm ill.

She wasn't THAT bad, thank goodness. She just beamed at me a lot. And once she got a little misty-eyed. You know what? She CLEARLY hasn't thought through the possibility of Slytherin Weasley children if we get married and OH GOD I REFUSE TO THINK ABOUT THIS

[alt_pansy]

I think it's lovely she's happy.

But I can see how it'd be weird to be around.

So we are BOTH going to dinner next Sunday, and I'm bringing a fruit basket, and we can talk endlessly about everything except your future ginger babies. Who would be utterly brilliant, by the way. And thoroughly spoiled by their Auntie Pans.

[alt_sally_anne]

WE HAVE BEEN SNOGGING FOR LESS THAN A MONTH. LESS THAN A MONTH.

[alt_pansy]

I'm just pulling your hair.

It's great that he stopped being thick about it. Honestly. And that you FINALLY

We would talk while we were waiting for you to walk up from your dad's, and he really does like you. I mean, you can just tell.

And I'm glad.

[alt_sally_anne]

Well, thanks.

I'm glad, too.

[alt_sally_anne]

By the way, I asked Mr Snape about Mysteries, since I know you're interested, and whether the Order knows anything about what would be useful for getting a job there. He didn't really know. He says that in the past, they recruited some generalists who were interested in everything, and specialists who were totally obsessed with some particular thing (like poor Capper with Arithmancy -- if he hadn't been a half-blood maybe that's where he'd have ended up.) But that was a LONG time ago, anyway.

Have you thought about asking Mr Malfoy? You got that tour all those years ago and met Mr Rookwood. It wouldn't be suspicious if you told him you've been thinking about that again.

[alt_pansy]

Yes, that's a good point.

I'm not sure what he'd think about it, but it's worth asking him, I think.

I'll have to sort out how to approach it. I don't think he'd be quite as old-fashioned as Slughorn is, though.

[alt_sally_anne]

Slughorn was just ridiculous.

And yeah, I think it's worth asking him. Unless you think he'd gossip to Dolohov -- that could be a little risky, considering. I mean he didn't see you there, but he saw me, and he probably guessed you were there somewhere.

[alt_pansy]

Good point. Who knows with Dolohov, though? It might work in my favour.