013 [Filtered to Greg Lestrade]

[rule_britannia]

Do you have a minute?

[Understatement. He'll need more than a minute]

I need a word.

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[rule_britannia]

[He smiles a bit, but it looks a little forced]

I'd appreciate that.

[di_intraining]

[Today, Greg should get a golden star for being more alert.]

...there a problem?

[He sounds more curious and...worried by that little forced smile of yours Arthur.]

[rule_britannia]

[Gold star, it's yours]

A problem? No.. not exactly.

[He rubs the back of his neck and frowns]

I just worry about her. She means a lot to me.

[di_intraining]

I'm worried about her too; I didn't know she'd gone through four years in Hogwarts with less than five friends.

[He's not going to bring up how upset she had looked at the thought of Arthur not spending that much time with her anymore either.]

I know I don't have that many myself, but three isn't a healthy number.

[rule_britannia]

[Just as well, but Arthur already knows, just as much as he knows she'll be afraid of that no matter how much he reassures her]

I know. I'm not sure why she doesn't have more friends than she does. If you could help her..

[Of course he knows. Victoria is somewhat rude, and abrasive to people she doesn't know, but.. so is Arthur, so he can't quite understand it]

[di_intraining]

You don't even need to ask. I know some friendly girls in Hufflepuff, pretty hard to tick'em off too. Not that she does a lot of it, but sometimes she can be a bit, well, blunt isn't exactly the right word...you know what I mean. But yeah, I'll see about them getting together and doing some, I dunno, girly stuff or whatever it is they do.

[rule_britannia]

I think 'blunt' would be exactly the right word, Greg.

[di_intraining]

[He grins and shrugs his shoulders, submitting to Arthur's point.]

Well it comes with the situation of course.

Seriously though, I'll do my best to get her some friends by the end of the year. Promise.