Solving the Nott

Chapter 6|

    The two former Hogwarts students sat at a table in an expensive restaurant. Of course, Theo has practically dragged Hermione in there, telling her it would only cost him a knut.

    "Theo, you didn't have to do this!" Hermione exclaimed.

    Theodore rolled his eyes, "Oh, but I did! Or you would never relax."

    Hermione glared at him, "Does this look relaxed to you?"

    "A simple 'Thank you, Theo' would be absolutely amazing!" He said, sarcastically.

    Hermione blushed, "Sorry, where are my manners. Thank you. Really."

    "You don't need to thank me, I was only joking." Theo said.

    "Well, I should've said it either way," she said, politely.

    The food appeared at their table, prepared neatly. Both went to grab their plates from the air and accidentally touched hands. Hermione blushed and Theo cleared his throat.

    "I've never been to a restaurant this nice before. Not in either the muggle or wizarding world," Hermione said, looking around happily.

    Theodore smiled at seeing her so happy, "Im glad you like it, Mi."

    "Like it? I absolutely love this restaurant! We should go out to eat more often!" Hermione exclaimed.

    He was still smiling and stared at her, genuinely happy.
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It was now time to get back to work, they had just finished eating and Hermione was anxious to get back to work.

Theo paid the bill, and then they were off. He held out his hand to help her out of her seat. She gladly took it, blushing. The two walked out of the restaurant, hand in hand. Hermione decided to apparate to the office without Theo's consent.

They disappeared with a pop and landed in Hermione's office, "Bloody fuck! You gave me a heart attack!"

"Payback," Hermione responded.

"For what?!" Theodore asked, catching his breath.

Hermione glared at him, and then he remembered, "Oh...sorry about that."

She still glared, "But you would've never gone to lunch! Let alone a restaurant like that!" Theo exclaimed.

Hermione nodded, "Touché. We've got to get back to work! Look at the time!"

"Hermione. It's only 1'o clock." Theodore pointed out.

She shook her head, "Only?!"
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     Theo twirled his wand in his long fingers, awaiting Hermione to find something remotely interesting. He had honestly gotten bored about an hour ago and stopped working. Hermione was muttering random incantations and translating runes.

     Hermione kept looking up to see Theo smirking and tapping his quill on the table. She was starting to get sick of it. What work is he even doing? She questioned herself. He tapped his quill extremely loudly and that set her off.

     "Nott. What kind of work are you doing right now?" Hermione asked, tone slightly irritated.

     Theo rolled his eyes and said, "Why, I'm working on the infamous skill of tapping my quill on the table because I'm bored and we're not finding anything at all."

     Hermione glared at him, "I wonder why we're not finding anything! You're not doing anything except sitting down. If you looked for something in the case files and the many books down here then, perhaps we would find something."