WHO: Hannah Abbott and Neville Longbottom WHEN: October 10th (backdated); set after this WHERE: The Leaky; Hannah's flat RATING: Low SUMMARY: Hannah needs someone to calm her down
Hannah had kept it together long enough to get Ginny help. That had been the main thing of importance. It seemed like Ginny would be okay, hopefully, so there came a point when she finally just needed to butt out and let the expectant mother be taken care of by people with far more medical knowledge than her. Sitting around St. Mungo's wasn't doing anyone any good. She returned to the Leaky Cauldron far too late to go back on her shift, but Tom had been more than understanding given the circumstances. He had also put all of Ginny's abandoned packages just inside of Hannah's flat. She found herself staring at the various bags of baby stuff the instant she got home.
She needed to go pick Lucy up. She needed to... Merlin, she needed to calm down before she went anywhere. She wrote and sent an owl to her father saying she would be there soon but would have to be late, then - after a good deal of hesitation - wrote and sent one to Neville. She knew he hadn't been around in ages; she didn't want to force him to be around, but she needed a friend to talk to right about then. Since he popped to mind first, he seemed like the best option.