Theo hadn’t been in a hurry – he was on his own schedule today, sorting some investments and making some new purchase orders of equipment – but his mind must not have been on following his feet, because he hadn’t noticed the person on the other side of the door until they had obstructed each other.
“Thanks,” he said, with a short exhale to settle his heart rate, then had made to step past her, but the real surprise came at her address of him. Theo halted suddenly, his hand holding the Cauldron’s door open behind him, as he looked at her again. There was something familiar in her face, he was sure, and she stood out in her choice of clothes (not a face from society, then), but – he also couldn’t place her. Not a quidditch player, he didn’t think. Someone from school?
Some people might know him on sight, but more often just his name, and if they did, usually he could at least guess they were from one or the other. “Sorry,” he said hastily, because his brow had furrowed slightly, and he was worried he’d been staring – and he knew this was more embarrassing than near-colliding in a doorway, but it had to be less awkward in the long run than feigning that he knew who she was, in case they met later, “... do we know each other?”
“Thanks,” he said, with a short exhale to settle his heart rate, then had made to step past her, but the real surprise came at her address of him. Theo halted suddenly, his hand holding the Cauldron’s door open behind him, as he looked at her again. There was something familiar in her face, he was sure, and she stood out in her choice of clothes (not a face from society, then), but – he also couldn’t place her. Not a quidditch player, he didn’t think. Someone from school?
Some people might know him on sight, but more often just his name, and if they did, usually he could at least guess they were from one or the other. “Sorry,” he said hastily, because his brow had furrowed slightly, and he was worried he’d been staring – and he knew this was more embarrassing than near-colliding in a doorway, but it had to be less awkward in the long run than feigning that he knew who she was, in case they met later, “... do we know each other?”
