little patience (open)

As her Father said he would be extremely busy over the next few weeks and couldn't visit his wife or the twins, Matilda had been asked to come and pick up some gifts he had for them. As Professor Riddle's office fire was connected to the floo network, Matilda had suggested that she ran this errand for him. Of course, she also wanted to be back at Hogwarts again for a little while.

She sat on top of her Dad's desk wearing her pleated mini and thigh high white stockings, and something on the top half that merely appeared to be a decorated bra. Although Dad had told her not to go wandering, she was already itching to sneak about around the castle. Where was her Father, anyway? He said he was only going to be a minute, and he'd been away for twenty!