Oh bother

[Utopia Browne]

She'd been a bit surprised when she'd received an invitation to Mister Merlin's campaign function. Surprised and delighted. Of course when the time came, delight turned into a jittery ball of nervousness in her stomach as Hogsmeade weekend neared. When the time came for her to actually go to the Huxley home, she was certain that she'd do something stupid to embarrass her friend. That was the last thing she wanted to do, especially in front of voters. She just wanted to help support him. As such she was wearing one of the rosettes that she'd managed to talk Annette into making and it went quite well with the simple lavender gown she had chosen to wear. It wasn't nearly as fancy as anything Anne might wear and she would probably be lost in the crowd of upper class ladies that might show up but she thought she looked respectable enough.

After being let into the house, Pia fussed with her gloves and looked around for familiar faces in the clusters of people; namely Annette who had been invited as well. Apparently a handful of Mister Merlin's friends had been invited and she was quite honored to have been one of them. Her fingers found the locket she always wore on a long chain though today she had the chain doubled so that the locket rested just above the neckline of her gown.

Finding an out of the way place to stand, Pia watched as the attendees rubbed elbows with a faint smile on her lips. Maybe if she just stood off to the side, she wouldn't accidentally get in the way and cause some sort of mishap.