(P) Witch Weekly Head Office[7]

[Tallia Gauthier]

*Re-enters and lays down on the couch*

*Sighs, reaches for the Prophet and begins to read*

[Draco Malfoy]

*sends his reply*

I hear you have already sent my mother flowers. I hope this is a good sign that you can keep to my deal. Tomorrow night is good, I'll meet you in The Leaky Cauldron at 7pm and we can do the interview at the back of a shop, where I know the owner.
Come by yourself.
D Malfoy.

[Tallia Gauthier]

*Reads the note, accios a dictating quill and some parchment*

Mr Malfoy,

I look forward to seeing you. And I do hope your mother liked her flowers.

Tallia Gauthier

*Rolls up the parchment, calls Fell over, attatches it to his leg then sends him off out of the window and continues reading*

[Tallia Gauthier]

*Slowly the paper falls from her fingers as she drifts off to sleep*

[Tallia Gauthier]

*Wakes up and rubs her eyes then notices a piece of paper on the floor by the window*

*Accios it to her and reads*

Mon Cher Tallia,

Je suis écrivant pour vous rappeler du fête d'anniversaire de votre père ce soir. Je sais c'est pénible pour vous le voir la façon il est mais est venu s'il vous plaît. Bien qu'il pense que vous êtes votre mère, je sais qu'il estimera votre compagnie par-dessus tout.

Votre tante,

Odette

((My Dear Tallia,

I am writing to remind of you your father's birthday party tonight. I know it is painful for you to see him in the manner he is but please come. Although he thinks that you are your mother, I know that he will value your company over all others.

Your aunt,

Odette))

[Tallia Gauthier]

*Wipes a tear from her eye then walks to her desk, scribbles a note, attatches it to Fells leg then sends him off out of the window*

*Sits back down on the sofa and looks through a catalogue, tears still streaming down her cheeks*

[Draco Malfoy]

*Enchanted note comes fluttering into the room through the window, landing Tallia's lap*

Gauthier,
Fine. Bring a bottle of strong Hungarian mead to make up for the inconvenience.

D Malfoy.

[Tallia Gauthier]

*Reads the note, places it in a drawer and crosses to her drinks cabinet, rmoving the finest Hungarian Mead there is*

*Takes her cloak and bag from the peg and floos out*

[Tallia Gauthier]

*Walks in wiping tears from her eyes, a red hand mark on her cheek*

*Whispers to fell*

Why, Fell, why? Do I really look that much like her?

*Strokes his head and gives him an owl treat*

Had a close call with Malfoy earlier. Nearly let slip about you.

*Fell lets out a short hoot*

Don't worry I covered it up. I may be a journalist but I wouldn't rat on you.

*Sighs and wipes a few more tears from her cheek*

Hey, I'm going out. I'll see you in a bit.

*Puts the hood of her cloak up and goes out of the door, heading towards the Three Broomsticks*

[Tallia Gauthier]

*Walks in, feeling the effects of the whiskey, and tosses Fell an owl treat then climbs the stairs, undresses and clambers into bed and drifts off to sleep*

[Tallia Gauthier]

*Wakes up, pulls on her kimono heads downstairs and gathers together the scripts for today's magazine*

*Magically copies the interview with Draco and enchants it to fly off*

*Ties the rest to Fell's leg then sends him away out of the window before going back upstairs and falling back into bed*

[Tallia Gauthier]

*Wakes up, stretches and goes for a bath*

[Tallia Gauthier]

*Goes downstairs and, thinking about what Pansy said to her a few nights ago, cautiously begins to write a letter then making a copy of it*

*When she's done she calls Fell over, attatches it to his leg and sends him off out of the window*

*She accios a butterbeer from the drinks cabinet and flops onto the sofa*

*Flicks her wand at the wireless which crackles into life*

[Tallia Gauthier]

*Gets up from where she was dozing, takes her cloak from the peg and sets off into the night*

[Tallia Gauthier]

*Walks through the door and hangs up her cloak*

*Looks at Fell who is preening himself*

Fell, you vain man!

*Laughs as he gives an indignant hoot*

*Tosses hima few owl treats then goes upstairs, undresses and climbs into bed*

*As she drifts of to sleep Freds image slips into her mind*

*She murmers to herself*

Oh Fred, if only you knew how long I've loved you...

*Falls into a deeps sleep*