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"Thank you," she said genuinely. "I miss them," she added, "in different ways..." She watched her spit her tea back into her cup. Weird woman. If it was too hot, why hadn't she just charmed it cooler, or done the muggle thing and blown on it.
At the thought of Sage being a better dancer she laughed. "He might, but I'm not one for balls and dancing. My second husband was... He forced me to take lessons with him, so we could attend parties... I wanted to remain in my lab perfecting the potion that could have saved him..." She remembered her husband coming into her lab and wanting to dance with her, IN HER LAB, one day when she was working... She shooed him away and told him she didn't have time... He died the next morning.
She shook her head trying to get that memory out of her brain.
"So. Yes. If I need him to dance, I can always charm his feet to move." She said smiling. "He'll be none the wiser."
Still in a rather weird mood, Lexi sat up a little straighter and tried to sound as reassuring as she could.
"Oh, I bet you do miss them. I can't even imagine how their deaths must have affected you," she commented. Hecate
seemed to have moved on, though, so Lexi didn't feel the need to dwell on the subject too much more. There were surely more pleasant things to talk about.
Lexi glanced down at her shirt and frowned. She'd spewed a bit of her drink on it, and now there were tiny drops of whatever this catnip stuff was all over her. Ugh. With her wand, the Charms professor quickly cleaned up the mess before going back to the conversation.
Hecate was saying something about her second husband and dancing, but Lexi just nodded once in reply to show that she was still listening. She didn't say anything, though, mainly because the talk turned back to Sage a second later. Hecate talking about charming Sage's feet to move made Lexi think about the time she'd charmed his pants legs a little longer. He'd been none the wiser then either.
"He may be able to dance on his own, you know. You may have to show him where to put his hands and tell him which direction to move, but he can dance...," she replied.
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Waterloo Sage being the paranoid freak he was, had apparated back to the castle mid-summer to check up on the gardens and make sure all the watering charms were in place. The last thing he wanted was to return to school to DEAD PLANTS.
The very thought alone was enough to send a shudder down his spine.
That shudder would be nothing compared to the one he received when he stepped into the staff room.
Intending on making himself a cup of coffee before his trip back to Yorkshire, the Herbology professor had made his way to the staff room ... and stopped abruptly in his tracks, when he saw who was in here.
Lexi and Hectate.
He opened his mouth... and closed it again. Then he opened it... and then he closed it. He looked like a scared fish out of water.
Maybe he should just turn and run while he had the chance..
Lexi thought she may have heard the door open...or at least some sort of shuffling near the door, but she assumed it was just Hecate moving about.
"So..., uhhh," she mumbled, suddenly not sure what to say. Truth be told, her focus was still on Hecate's poor, deceased husbands. She took a sip of her drink then whirled around in her chair, her eyes meeting Sage as soon as she did so.
...oh. Of course he was here to see Hecate. The two were apparently dating now.
"Sage, hey. I didn't hear you come in," she greeted, giving him a little smile. She'd caught up with Sage a week or so ago at some fountain in Diagon Alley. It was nice to see him again, though.