"𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮."
"𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶."
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Following the events of the Battle of Hogwarts, Eloise Laurent moved from France to live with her childhood friend Fleur and her...
A/N: I won't be writing Eloise or Fleur's accents in the way JK does, I don't think I would be able to do it consistently and I think it would take away from the dialogue. But both of them still have lovely French accents.
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July 1998
The humid summer air filled Shell Cottage. Fleur was sitting at the kitchen table, leaning back in the chair lazily and fanning herself with the latest edition of The Daily Prophet. She had her blonde hair wrapped up loosely into a bun, held in place by her wand. In an attempt to feel more comfortable in the summer heat, that had her feeling incredibly grumpy, she was wearing a flowy white summer dress - although it didn't help much.
"My love, it is entirely too hot today." the blonde witch complained to her husband.
"I agree darling." Bill responded, straightening his tie and bending over to place a kiss on his wife's forehead.
Bill turned around to continue what he was doing and Fleur set down the newspaper, leaning forward to rest her chin on her hand as she watched him walk around the kitchen getting ready to go to work, a frown still plastered on her face. "I would gladly work if it meant getting out of this oven we call a house." she grumbled.
He laughed, "I assure you Gringotts has been very stressful in the last few months, turns out a war changes people's views on money and security, who knew? Besides, aren't you excited for Eloise to arrive today?"
Eloise was one of Fleur's closest friends. They met while studying together at Beauxbatons, and although Eloise was a year below her in school, the two were inseparable growing up.
They were so close that Eloise was meant to be a bridesmaid in Bill and Fleur's wedding but her family forbid her from attending, saying it was far too dangerous for her to travel from France at the time. As most little girls do, they had many conversations about their wedding days while growing up. They would talk dreamily about the types of dresses they would wear and the flowers they would carry, so not being able to be together that day broke both of their hearts.
They hadn't been able to see each other since Fleur moved to England to work at Gringotts part-time during Eloise's last year of school. Though they haven't seen each other in person for several years, they were very consistent with sending letters to each other, even during the war for a while, which stressed Bill out. He would tell her that the owls could be intercepted to which Fleur would respond "I am not stupid enough to sign my name on these letters, William. Let the Death Eaters read my letters about recipes I am learning and the books I am reading, I do not care. Maybe they can be my pen pals too."
"I am excited to see her. But I hope she is not late, she was always terrible about arriving on time. It is truly one of her worst traits." she mused.
Fleur had always been incredibly blunt, it was one of the things that caused tension between her, Molly, and Ginny when Bill first brought her to the Burrow to meet his family. Though her honesty has always been one of Bill's favorite things about her.
