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Minerva shoved her sunglasses in her bag and was tossing things around in it as she walked. Where the heck did that go.. She was so frustrated over it. Stopping she looked around.. where had she wondered to? Was she loosing it today completely. Once she looked up she saw Ethan and his mother and walked over to them.
"Sorry about that.. I was wait.." she looked around. Now where did fluffy go.. Yes, Minerva decided she was loosing it or she lost it, one or the other she was about to stomp her foot like a three year old if she lost one more thing.
"Has anyone seen.. Just as she was about to ask she saw the pink ball of fluff,
"Oh never mind there she is." picking up Fluffy she pushed the puff onto her shoulder.
"Now if only my Ipod was as easy to find and Laura.. I have seem to miss place her as well." She looked around for her friend seeing if she could find her anywhere. She had been watching her like a hawk for the last week or so since she found her in a cafe in Germany. Looking back Ethan's mom Minerva smiled,
"Thank you again Mrs. McCarthy for letting me stay this summer, I had a great time, plus thank you for helping me get that job at the hospital it was such a great experience." She was very grateful for Ethan's parents the last two summers, it was really nice of them to put up with her so much.
Meloria frowned slightly at her son's words. "Ethan, you can get over it.. I just want to say goodbye, then I will be on my way," she said, her voice faltering a bit. She thought back to the first time she sent him off to Beauxbatons six years ago. Where had the time go? Seemed like just yesterday that he was that nervous 11 year old. And now he was an adult.
The blonde put a hand on the side of each of his arms and looked at him for a moment, giving him an approving smile. He was taller than her already.. well, he had been for some time.. but it was as if she was looking at him for the first time as his own person. Soon, he'd be off on his own with his own life. Meloria's hands left his arms and her green eyes left his face as she saw a movement coming towards them. "Oh.. there's Minerva.." she told her son, knowing he had been looking for her again.
Ethan knew his mother was right, but that didn't mean he liked it. But he would be polite and humor her and he gave a very slight nod to her words.
Now what was she doing? The boy raised an eyebrow as his mother stood in front of him, just looking at him. He gave her a kind of half-smile as he stood there awkwardly then turned as she mentioned Minerva's name.
"Oh, there you are.." he started, grin on his face which soon faltered as he continued watching her. Why did she seem so flustered? Seen..? Ethan raised an eyebrow before his eyes landed on Fluffy and he chuckled.
"Might want to use that tracking charm I put on Elise." He glanced down at the Siamese sitting patiently at his feet. He wondered how long that would last. Oh.. now wondered she seemed so flustered with everything seeming misplaced.
"Well, I haven't seen Laura.. but you did leave this on the kitchen counter," he said, suddenly remembering he had picked up her ipod before leaving, and he pulled it from his pocket to hand to her.
"Figured you'd want that," he added with a grin.
Meloria smiled warmly at Minerva as she spoke. "It was our pleasure to have you," she said to the girl. Really, other than an incident that needed to be addressed, she had been a delightful guest.. well-mannered, helpful, and even rivaled the house elf in cooking. "I'm glad you enjoyed yourself and Healer Schmidt tells me what a fine addition you were this summer." Her green eyes looked to Ethan than back to Minerva, smiling a bit at both. "Do know that you're welcome to visit any time you like.."