Who? Lavender and OTA
When? Saturday afternoon
Where? St. Mungo's - gift shop
What? Lavender is finally out of the house
Rating? low; PGish

Lavender and Kevin had come to an agreement that she could go to the hospital to run through some paper work before the baby was born under a few conditions. He'd hired a bodyguard for her that Lavender was, under no circumstances, allowed to walk away from for any reason. She could agree to that - minus needing to use the loo, which she did... a lot these days. Secondly, she was only allowed to be at the hospital for one hour to do some paper work, give instructions to her team then come home. She agreed to all of that and he had to give her a foot massage and make sure there was something fabulous for dinner that night.

All agreements set, Lavender headed to the hospital, taking a Ministry car as she could no longer apparate or use the floo network in her condition. Walking was not easy anymore, nor was is very comfortable. At thirty-four weeks, due the first weekend in December, Lavender nearly waddled and was always tired. As she walked down the hall toward the gift shop, she earned stares and well wishes to which she smiled and thanked people. Once in her shop, she immediately sat down behind the desk, sending her assistants to gather up the ledgers for the month so she could work the books.

She was just about to get into it when someone approached the counter...