章 48: II
Cassiopeia took a bite of the toast in her hands in silence and raised her head when Tonks walked into the dining room.
"Any sausage left?" she inquired.
"You can have mine," the blonde pointed at her plate. "I've got plenty of eggs."
She thanked her cousin, sitting down by her side and snatching the meat from her plate to hers. Working at the store with the twins meant that the blonde had to run around it all day, cleaning, restocking, dealing with customers and looking for products over and over – and over – again. She never stopped or even sat down. After the girl had fainted on the second day of the job, she had become more careful and storing more energy, which meant that her intake of food had increased quite a bit.
"I'll be late today," the girl informed the small family around her. "George said that Bill wants to introduce his new girlfriend to the family. And, apparently, I'm part of the family now, so… They want me there."
Tonks elbowed her cousin on the side with a wicked grin.
"Welcome to a serious relationship!" she teased the blonde. "What's gonna be next? George is gonna show up and propose to you?"
Cassiopeia felt her face, neck, and ears burning hot in embarrassment, and her aunt turned to her daughter with a displeased look on her face.
"Dora, don't tease your cousin!"
She laughed out loud.
"What? It's not like she doesn't want it! She's deeply, madly, and insanely in love with George," she pointed out, her voice lowering from an exclamation to a simple explanation tone. "And, honestly, they are the cutest couple."
Cassiopeia lowered her head, and Mr. Tonks cleared his throat.
"Tell Molly and Arthur I said hi when you get there, will you?"
"Sure."
"And don't forget to pack something pretty for the dinner," her aunt instructed. "You don't want to be in the same clothes from work, you always get home with something crazy on them."
She held back a smile.
"Yes, ma'am."
. . .
Seeing George in the morning never failed to make Cassiopeia happy. He was always glad to see her, engulfing her in a hug and kissing her until Fred started making gagging noises.
"Did anyone check on the love potions?" she questioned, checking the shelves for anything out of the normal. The three cleaned everything up every morning before opening and every night after closing, and that wasn't exactly her favourite part of the job.
"Can you go?" Fred questioned. "I think they are supposed to be ready now."
"I'm on my way," Cassiopeia jumped out of the ladder, grinning at the sight of her boyfriend chuckling.
"You keep getting her off of cleaning duty every day," he looked at his brother.
"I want to be on her good side. Your girlfriend can be cruel if she wants to, and she's too good of a potion maker to have as an enemy."
The blonde shook her head, entering the stockroom and moving right to the brewing cauldrons. Fred was right, it was ready to be bottled.
The weak love potion was one of the biggest sellers of the store along with its antidote – which she had finished just yesterday -, so the girl was pretty much always producing and bottling new ones every three days.
Cassiopeia enjoyed all that; working in the store and having a routine was something that was slowly finding its place as some sort of dream life for her. She felt good working, which was a bit of a surprise. Never in her life had the blonde imagined she'd say such a thing.
When the girl finished with the love potions, it was already opening time, so she ran to restock it, and had to hold back a frown at how a young boy she knew to be a Gryffindor jumped in surprise when he saw her. He wasn't the first one, and probably wouldn't be the last, to be shocked to see the Malfoy girl there.
"Can I help you with something?" she turned to him, holding a now empty box by her side.
He blushed deeply, and she held herself from rolling her eyes. Cassiopeia still needed to work on her skills regarding strangers.
"I'm looking for something to prank my brother."
The blonde young woman gave the request a momentary thought.
"What kind of prank?"
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