Miss Scamander (George Weasley)

Lunch?

The shop was mobbed. It had hit 12 O'clock and I still hadn't fed the creatures. Harry came in about 12:15 alone. "What brings you here Harry?" George asked. I smiled in relief knowing exactly why he was here. "He's here for me" I grabbed him and lead him to the case. "Just be careful, Meryl is in season" I spoke before he could ask I pushed him down the case and closed it. "I'll be back in half an hour" I shouted closing the stock room door and locking it. I came back into the store and George gave me a confused look, I just smiled and went back into work.  A couple of girls came in a couple of minutes later, and started talking to George. "Who's that?" One of them asked. "Oh this is Tina, Tina this is Angelina and Katie" he shouted over I gave an awkward wave before getting back to work. I couldn't help but look into Angelina's thoughts.

'Wow she is ugly.'

'I bet she's only working here to try and sleep with George'

'I suppose I'll have to win him over before she gets there first'

"Hey George can I talk to you in private?" She asked smirking. "Of course we can talk in my office" she smiled before giving me a glare and walking away with George. I stood packing the shelves for a couple of minutes and don't ask me why I did it but I did. I ran up to the office and barged in on Angelina and George. She was pretty close to him and he most certainly felt uncomfortable.

'Thank god' he thought

"Oh I'm so sorry am I interrupting anything?" I asked innocently. "No no are you okay?" George asked. "I can't find the extra love potions" I lied. He smiled telling Angela he'd be back then followed me to the stock room.
"Tina they are right here" he said lifting the box. "Oh I'm so sorry my heads all over the place." I lied kicking the case further away so he couldn't see it. He just laughed. "Come on I'll help you put them out"
We were putting them out in silence, but I had the urge to ask him about Angela. "Is she your girlfriend?" I asked him focusing on the shelf. "What no! She was Fred's girlfriend for a bit but they broke up before he passed" he told me. "I didn't think she was" I told him not thinking about what I was was saying. "Why?" He asked looking up. I was still focused on the shelf. "I mean you look awful" that's when I noticed what I said. I looked up at him with guilt. "Not like that, I didn't mean it it like that" he started laughing. "What did you mean then?" He asked. "Well I guess you could use a haircut and a shave" I admitted trying not to look up. He just laughed. Then I remembered that Harry was still in my case. "I uh will be right back" I jumped up and run over to the stock room opening it up. Harry jumped out his clothes were ripped. "I'm so sorry George wouldn't leave" I told him he laughed. "It's okay, but I have to run, Ginny will wonder where I am." He quickly got up and ran out the shop. I picked up the case and headed to the stairs with it. "Come on" George said opening the door and changing the open to close sign. "Where are we going?" I asked. "To get me a haircut" he smiled walking out as I followed.

Once we reached the barbers he was sitting down on the seat trying to choose our a haircut. "I think you should go with the one in the photo" I told him quietly. "What one?" He asked. "The haircut you and you're brother have in the photo by the night stand" he smiled sadly. "Yeah" he said, before getting up and going over to the barber to get done. Once he came back I couldn't even recognize him. His beard was gone and he had nice short hair. He was actually quite nice looking if truth be told. His freckles perfectly co-ordinated on his nose and cheeks, his hair was brightly ginger again. Not to dull, and not to light. "You look great" I smiled looking down. "Let's go grab lunch" he smiled. "What? lunch?" I asked nervously "yeah" he looked confused. I've never ate lunch with anyone since before the war. "Uh okay" I smiled. My thoughts were all over the place, why did someone want to eat lunch with me? Was he using me? Did he know about my ability? Did he want to use it for something? I was broke out my thoughts when George started talking. "Mum?" George stated I looked up to see a shocked Mrs Weasley standing in front of us. "George? You've had a hair cut" she almost stuttered out the words. "Uh yeah" he said awkwardly grabbing the back of his neck. "Oh Tina love hi" she smiled "hello Mrs Weasley" I smiled back

'Are they on a date?' Mrs Weasley thought.

"We're just on a work break, we're heading back to the shop now" I smiled trying to get the date idea out of her head. "Oh well I will leave youse to it" she spoke before pulling George into a hug. "I am so proud of you" she whispered. He hugged her back and then she left and we headed back to the store. "So no lunch?" He laughed awkwardly. "We should probably get back" I admitted. We headed back to the store when George started speaking again. "Do you know anyone looking for a flat?" He asked. "No why?" I got curious. "Oh no reason, just the shops going into a bit of money issues so I need to rent it out." He told me.

'The shops going to close if I can't find anyone' George thought

I don't know if it was my Hufflepuff niceness that came over me but for some reason I couldn't help come out with. "I'm actually looking for a new place" Stupid Tina just constantly desperate for people to like her. "You are?" He asked "yeah my place is really run down" that part was true. "Maybe I could help you look over some paperwork and help you out with the store" I told him. He smiled and nodded. "Thanks Tina, the place is yours if you want it" and he done something unexpected. He hugged me. I wasn't too sure what to do, I slowly placed my hands around his waist and hugged him back before quickly letting go. We went back to the shop and he gave me all the paper work up until before the war. I sat in his office whilst he was downstairs helping people out in the store. His problem was because he had no new items, people were getting bored, people wanted new things. Once he came up stairs I explained why he didn't have any money. "People want new things, like I don't know a stuffed toy collection" I sighed knowing that was a bad idea, but his eyes lit up. "Well there was one thing we were working on before the war" he ran through to a room and pulled out a glass box. "Isn't that just a love potion" I looked at it, it was purple rather than pink. "That it is, but rather than it working as a "the person. That gives you it" it's the first person you lay eyes on. We didn't get a chance to test it, it's a fun idea because it doesn't need to be you to give them it." He smiled holding it up. "We need someone to test it" I said looking up his eyes were already on me. "No way" I said standing up. "Oh come on please you said you'd help come on, you can do it for me, and it'll only last for 24 hours." He begged. "If I do this, I get a week of next month, I get a pay rise once the store is doing better again and we never talk about the embarrassing things I'm going to say to you on this potion." I gave him my demands and he agreed. "You still have to work tomorrow though so I can make sure it's working okay" he gave me his demands and I agreed. "You go take this in the room and make sure I'm the first person you lay eyes on when you walk out." I nodded and took the potion slowly to the room cringing. What am I doing? What if I tell him everything I can't do that!