Mandy Brocklehurst (bl_mandy) wrote in bloodlines_rp, @ 2009-11-10 15:47:00 |
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Entry tags: | jan 2003, loc: private residence (hogsmeade), loc: st. mungo's, mandy brocklehurst, type: introspection |
Oh, no.
Date & Time: 10 January, 2003
Post Type: Introspection
Status: Closed: Complete
Character(s): Mandy Brocklehurst
Location: St. Mungo's, then home.
Summary: Mandy finally looks at a calendar.
Mandy sat at the desk on the empty side of the ward, sifting through replies to her letter. Most of the patients had replied with willingness to be tested, and now she just had to come up with some dates. The lab would be working straight through once samples started coming in, and she hoped to gather them all in the same space of days.
Mandy opened the calendar, turning the page, then sighed. There was a new one. This was January. She opened the drawer she'd claimed as hers, pushing aside a box of tea to pull out a fresh planner. She'd bought it ahead, knowing that there were things planned into the new year...
She froze, hand poised over the cover. New Year.
Mandy opened the planner. Turned to January. Red ink circled Saturday the seventh. Red letters spelled out Wedding! in her own round script.
Saturday. The seventh.
Four days ago. How could she have forgotten?
She covered her mouth, fighting off a sudden surge of grief. Or was it panic? She stumbled to her feet and down the hall to Healer Svindle's office.
"I have to go."
"Amanda?" Greta stood, moving toward Mandy, her expression worried. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine. I just need to go." She backed out of the office before Svindle could reach her and fled for the lift. Got her handbag and Apparated directly to her bedroom. Left her work things on the floor and climbed into bed.
She wished for something to make her sleep, sleep until spring.