#verse 5

“Are you okay?”

Perhaps it was a stupid question as the woman in the pruple dress didn’t look okay at all. She seemed astonished, or rather disappointed seeing that their family documents had been removed from the Ministry and none of them had anything to do with being okay. However, this was the first thing coming into Tina’s mind. Well, the first thing she could actually say to this woman. She couldn’t start with “I’ve thought you’re engaged to Newt, so I don’t like you.” No, she couldn’t say that to her. Especially because there weren’t many things she knew about Leta Lestrange besides her being Newt’s school sweetheart and Theseus’ fiancée. Who knows, she might have liked her if they had met in different circumstances. Now she had the opportunity to get to know her better.

“Fine“ - that was her answer, although she didn’t seem fine at all, and then she asked Tina how she was. She was disappointed that the family tree was missing; worried, because it meant that someone had outrun them and this also meant danger. But despite all these feelings, Tina was also relieved hearing that Theseus Scamander was the one engaged to Leta Lestrange and not Newt. She knew this wasn’t the right time to think about such things, but she couldn’t help it. She couldn’t tell that to her either.

“I’m fine, too,” she said, then she held out her hand to introduce herself. Not as an auror, but as a person. “Tina Goldstein.”

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Nick’s eyes fluttered at her voice, returning to their normal hues as he came out of whatever trance he had induced in himself. The KL700 glanced around the throng of silicone bodies, chewing on his synthetic lip, procrastinating on answering her- if he had his LED still, it’d be pulsing red.

It was difficult to push down his usual cynicism, but he managed. Snapping at Penelope and telling her they were most likely going to die would just make the smaller android upset, and they were both stressed enough as it was.

“I..” His voice synthesizer faltered, and he rubbed at the long, thin nick over his left brow. He then reached out for her, gripping the exposed plastic of her shoulder firmly, trying to give her some measure of comfort.

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Tina raised a brow hearing Leta Lestrange’s words and she felt a little ashamed, remembering what she had been thinking about her, even though she had never met her before. She didn’t think that horrible things of her at all - she just always imagined her as a person she didn’t like. Arrogant. Rude.  Boastful. Even the sound of her name felt like a punch in the stomach. Not that she thought of her very often. No, not at all. Although when she came to her mind, she brought with herself the feeling she got reading that article.

Now that she knew that the article was wrong and Leta Lestrange was standing right in front of her, she felt bad for her thoughts about her. She hoped the other woman could not read her mind and figure them out. Especially because they most probably weren’t true. Maybe she just noticed that Tina was keeping her distance. “I’m sorry,” she apologized. “I didn’t mean to act like I’m scared of you. But that’s good to know,” she added with a small smile. Yes, it was indeed good to know that Leta Lestrange wasn’t that scary.

Entering the safe house, the first thing Tina noticed were the different kinds of potion bottles and flasks everywhere, along with cauldrons in many different sizes. Was the owner a potion maker? Maybe. They layed Yusuf Kama on the sofa, but he was still unconscious, so Tina decided to take a closer look on the owner’s equipment.

Basically, she would do anything to avoid talking to Newt. Or Jacob. Not that she had anything against the No-Maj, in fact she was actually wondering what on earth he was doing in Paris, but she was too upset to talk to him either. The two men had messed up her interrogation with Kama and she was definitely not happy about it. Well, she wasn’t happy about seeing them here in Paris. Jacob should be in his bakery in New York and Newt back in his house with his beasts and his fiancée...

An alchemist. Realizing that the owner was a bit more than a potion maker snapped Tina out of her thoughts. Taking a closer look of the equipment made it obvious to her. She took a step backwards from the potion bottles when he noticed that Newt was standing next to her. She startled a little bit as she didn’t hear him coming. “Sorry, I haven’t seen you there,” she said. “Did he wake up?” she asked, making a nod towards Yusuf Kama.

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