subplot 35

[Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy]

CharlieWEASLEY--ApolloniaZABINI

Tonight, I'mma fight
'Til we see the sunlight

It’s hard to be a dragon tamer these days. Charlie Weasley has been sent back to England after a horrible accident in Romania which has left him with a limp that will persist for the rest of his life. Not being able to remain at home being babied by his aging mother he takes a job at the Hogs Head in Hogsmeade as a bartender. Several nights a week he sees a girl come in, one he comes to recognize as the daughter of Blaise Zabini and Pansy Parkinson only because the political status of her father has seen their family’s faces in the papers. He begins to watch her and notes that she’ll disappear upstairs with a different chap each time and make her exit alone. As he observes this trend he finds her breath taking and when she laughs he can hardly take his eyes off her. But when she approaches him and appears to be flirting he convinces himself of all the reasons he can’t reciprocate and tells her she should stop what she’s doing before she gets herself into trouble.

Foreshadowing is a funny thing, because it just so happens that when she finally does land herself in over her head he’ll be the one there to save her.

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