RP: Idle hands Who: Alice Longbottom, Harry Potter Where: Harry's office, MLE, Ministry When: day, 9 October 2024 Warning: None Summary: Alice sees Harry about getting reinstated.
It was strangely comforting to realize that even in the intervening years, the Ministry had not changed all that much since she had wandered the halls. A little annoyed at having to check in, she bit her tongue, reminding herself that she was not an auror, not an auror yet, in their eyes. She'd show them.
Frank wasn't too keen on her going back to work, but he knew she couldn't sit around and do nothing as she grew bigger and bigger. She'd only get into mischief that way, involve herself in projects. Alice highly doubted Neville wanted to come home to a completely redecorated and rearranged Longbottom house one day. It was better that she work. Besides, she highly doubted that she'd be reinstated as a full, combat ready, auror. There were too many factors to consider, but she could fill out paperwork like the best of them (though it was a particularly hated task) or lecture those on the Dark Lord's tactics.
After being directed to the head auror's door--Lily and James' son--Alice bit her lip. It was the first step to normalizing her life. She would have her family and her job. Everything would be okay. It had to be.