All very discrete. Let's put the lads together and seewhat develops."Alex exhaled with relief when both women returned. He still wasn't surewhat he ...anted but at least SOMETHING was happening. Then Eudora calledout, "Martin. Martine."Through the door of the library came a lissome figure who was less'Martin' than 'Martine'. Alex gasped in spite of himself. The newarrival was a young man too and, like Alex, had been made over into anexample of feminine attractiveness. He wore a cropped top. "Must you ruin this life for him, as well?"Malfoy's mouth snapped shut. He glanced at Harry's invisible scar, at the couple's blue eyes and the not entirely Muggle company they kept. "Can we discuss this further in private?"Harry couldn't help it. He laughed. Though it might not have been a very pretty laugh. "Coming from your mouth, the word privacy just really doesn't scan..."Ginny hugged Harry tight, glowered at Malfoy and finally snapped: "Come outside. You have five minutes. - Bye, Marcy;. Big eyes. Great figure. He was smitten. He walked her home in the twilight and was delighted when she invited him in. 'Home' was a caravan parked next to a pub on the tow-path of the canal.His delight was short lived. Mum was at home. But Mum liked soldiers, she said. All the women in her family liked soldiers. She liked to talk. She also liked scotch and was generous with it. She looked like Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra, Arthur said, particularly when her blouse slipped to reveal an expanse. I sure hope they get a good reward because they have sure been good to us since we came here. I am really glad we didn't have to come in by force to get all this stuff. With all the guns and ammo they had here, it would have lasted quite a while if they wanted to hold out and fight. You know a lot of the team members have come to like these people and their simple ways. Not to mention that there are a lot of good looking single women here. It wouldn't surprise me if some of them came back to do.