Private message to Daphne Greengrass

[alt_draco]

Daphs, I'm sure you've heard that Teddy's hosting a social tomorrow. Holiday with my parents got cut short unexpectedly, so I've decided to attend.

Would you do me the pleasure of being my plus-one again?

I'm sure I don't have to tell you, but since it's Teds, we might as well prepare ourselves for anything. If you'd just as well stay at home I won't take offence, though I can assure you that you'll be missed by many.

-Draco

Comments

[alt_daphne]

You don't need to tell me that anything goes at Teddy's! But I'm quite comfortable with that - or at least, everyone will think that I am.

I'd be very happy to have you as my escort, but you know, if we keep going to these things together people will start to believe that we're together, despite the fact that we might tell them otherwise.

[alt_draco]

Would you really be bothered if people thought we were together?

[alt_daphne]

Oh - no. No, I'd not be bothered by it in the least.

[alt_draco]

Good to know. I reckon it might be beneficial to both of us, socially-speaking. Fewer questions for me about why I don't feel like dating just anyone, and fewer questions for you about why you dallied about with Weasley.

Mind, I'm not one of the ones judging you for that. Weasley's alright. Most of the time.

[alt_daphne]

Oh, of course. Yes, I suppose it would be a useful seed to plant in the heads of the collective.

Only I thought you were worried about Pansy drawing conclusions about us? I don't want her cross with me, you know.

[alt_draco]

I doubt it's you that Pansy will be cross with.

I'm not saying that we should tell people we're dating, or anything like that. I wouldn't put you in that position. I was envisioning something more like when you and Blaise used to insist that you were "just friends" but nobody really quite believed it.

[alt_daphne]

Mm, I quite remember how to do that.

But Draco, isn't there a girl - any girl - that you well and truly fancy?

Or is it that getting over Pansy is harder than you thought? Only it was you who broke up with her, so I suppose I might have thought it meant that you'd started to fancy someone else...

[alt_draco]

If I well and truly fancied a girl there are very few things that would stop me from asking her out.

May I come round yours tomorrow? Say an hour before the party gets started...

[alt_daphne]

Are you-

That sounds perfect. My parents will be so thrilled to see you.

[alt_draco]

Brilliant - see you then.

[alt_draco]

Oh, another thing - do you reckon Moebius Ollivander's been invited?

[alt_daphne]

I'm not sure, but Teds doesn't seem the type to exclude him. "Anything goes," remember?

Why do you ask?

[alt_draco]

No reason. It'll be a pleasure to see him again.