It was early when Gabriel stepped out of one of the showers at the Zamperia residence. It was seven in the morning. He and Mihai had been up working until two. After such a long night the Obliviator had offered to let intern crash at his place for the night and the remainder of it in which he slept was maybe four hours. The shower helped to wake him up but he would be feeling the lack of sleep later. It seemed he would be one of those that ran on a major amount of coffee today as well.

Drying off he wrapped the towel around his waist before opening the package of a disposable toothbrush. Gabriel doubted they'd miss a small amount of toothpaste. He hadn't eaten just yet but likely they would be headed back into the ministry as soon as he finished eating so better to do it now.

Rinsing his mouth out after tossing the toothbrush he looked towards the door as the handle turned and the door was pushed open.

Juni was, surprisingly, a morning person. She liked to get up early to have coffee with her dad when she was not mad at him, or the house elf when she was mad at her father. She had every intention to wear her pajamas all day and try to figure out how to get an old gameboy color to work. She had the batteries, she had the game-- but perhaps there was too much magic in the house for the muggle electronics to work.  She was desperate.

Gameboy in hand, Juni made her way down the hall to the kitchen to get some toast and coffee.  Behind her, Heeby[1] hobbled along, clad in a very clean paisley-print pillowcase.

"Don't forget to wash your hands before breakfast, Juni." The house elf said sternly. Juni rolled her eyes. "I'll do it in the kitch--" Heeby's big, round eyes began to water and Juni let out a resigned sigh. "Fine."  Heeby continued on her way, looking back every now and then to make sure that Juni was following the household rules.

With an exasperated groan, Juni leaned against the nearest bathroom door-- her father never used this one-- and turned the handle. The room smelled like soap and the air was heavy with moisture. What the hell..? No one ever cleaned themselves in here, except for Heeby-- but.... It wasn't her.

Juni's eyes widened as she realized there was a man in her bathroom.

She had been gone for too long, and some idiot had decided to squat in her home. Her dad had spent most of the last week working, and had barely been home. He would have warned her if they had company. Mihai was inconsiderate, but he wasn't that inconsiderate.

In a panic, Juni let out a shrill screech and chucked her gameboy at him, smacking him squarely in the face. It crashed to the floor and the batteries fell out. 

She screamed incoherently at him-- all the more incensed that she had possibly ruined her handheld in order to fend off what was probably a serial killer.  Whatever she was trying to say, it was clearly a threat. The witch looked around frantically for a weapon to arm herself with, and reached for the plunger.

1.	The house elf, old and arthritic. A bit of a neat freak, keeps everything pristine.

The next few moments hadn't a bit too quickly for his still semi-asleep brain to keep up with. Something slamming hard against his head gave it a bit of a jolt though and he started to think much more quickly. Ignoring the throbbing pain for the moment his gaze quickly took in the figure at the door as she appeared to be searching for a weapon.

She was younger and seemed familiar, possibly he had seen her about at Hogwarts. Mihai did say he had a daughter and had asked if they knew each other. This girl was most likely that daughter. She - Juni - was startled as to his presence. Mihai did not tell her he was staying the night.

Seeing her reach for the plunger he moved and reached with his longer arms, plucking it out of her reach and depositing it on the counter behind him. "Juni, calm down. It's alright."

"Why do you know my name?!" She screamed, jumping back as he took the plunger before she could get ahold of it. This was not looking good. Juni didn't have a wand, she couldn't contact aurors. Where was her dad when she needed him? Did he go to work already?

Stalker. She had a stalker. And he was in her bathroom, using the house's towels.

Juni felt her heart pounding in her chest. He was trying to calm her down, so that he could murder her. That's what stalkers did to their victims. "I'LL KILL YOU FIRST IF I HAVE TO!" She once bit a guy's face and made it bleed, she could totally take on this asshole.

It was too early for this much screaming. The fact that they were in a bathroom was not helping as the sound just echoed and rang in his ears more. If he wasn't fully awake after the shower and knock to his head he was now.

"Juni. Please." If she screamed again she might possibly bust one of his eardrums. "I'm not here to kill you. Your dad let me sleep here after we had to work so late. I'm interning with him and the other obliviators. I go to Hogwarts."

Speaking of her father, he glanced over her shoulder hoping the older man would show up and clear up the whole mess that shouldn't have happened in the first place.

Mihai cursed to himself as he heard his daughter screaming something about an intruder. It didn't take legilimency to figure out that she had found Gabriel. Too late, Mihai realized that he had forgotten to warn Juni. Once again, he berated himself for being such a wonderful father. Mihai found that he was berating himself for upsetting his daughter more often than not lately. His letters to her when he was working had not been responded to, and she had not accepted any apologies.

She was as stubborn as only Zamperias could be.

"Mihai!" Heeby squeaked, "I hear--"

"Me too, Heeby. Me too." The wizard sighed before rushing in the direction of his daughter's screaming. Jesus, she had some powerful lungs and a sharp tongue to match. He arrived at the bathroom only to see Juni's face flushed with rage. If a single look could cause a person to burst into flames, that was the look that she was giving the poor intern. And now she was yelling profanities and threats at him in Portuguese--

"Juni, stop. Calm down." Mihai rested his hand on her shoulder and she startled, jumping before shrugging it off. "I am sorry, I forgot to tell you--"

She crossed her arms over her chest, stiff and angry. Juni glowered up at him with his mother's eyes. Juni looked the most like her when she was angry, and it put him on edge. "Go eat breakfast." She didn't protest, though her chilly body language indicated that this was yet another thing going against his 'good father' status.

He rubbed his temple and let out an exasperated sigh, "Finish getting ready, Gabriel. We need to leave soon."

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