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about_abbott (about_abbott) wrote in pandorarpg,
@ 2011-11-02 16:34:00

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!status: complete, ^date: november 01 2003, character: alicia spinnet, character: angelina johnson, character: bianca dunstan, character: hannah abbott

Who: Hannah Abbott and OPEN to ALL
What: Free Drinks in Memory of Harry
When: Saturday, November 1, 2003 8:00 pm
Where: The Leaky Cauldron
Rating: Depends on who all joins and what language they use

After the shock of the Prophet's morning news sunk in, Tom had spent all morning retelling the story of Harry's first trip to Diagon Alley a little over twelve years ago. To have been a fly on the wall of the Leaky that day one would have heard all kinds of tales of interactions with Harry Potter over the years. Some were true, many were not. Many spoke as if they had lost their best friend, their own kin, the savior of their world.

Hannah had gotten word earlier that morning that her shift would be extended by at least two hours. In a way she was glad, not only would she make a few extra tips but she would be able to push back what was likely to be an uncomfortable encounter later in the evening. For now though, she watched as the hour Tom had set for the memorial approached. She didn't think the old bar keep had thought about the marketing genius behind the idea, but Hannah noted it. Many had shown up early for a spot of food and would stay well past the end of the hour to continue drinking.

At about a quarter til eight, Hannah was in the back room completing the spellwork necessary to ensure that the glasses were continually filled and continually washed in order to keep up with the demand that was certain to take up her time for the next hour or so.

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about_abbott
2011-11-05 12:34 am UTC (link)

Hannah had been running around like a crazy person, but she wasn't complaining. For the first time all day she had actually felt normal. It about five til nine and the last round of drinks was going out just as quickly as Hannah was sending the empty rounds to the back. When she got to one of the corner booths, Hannah recognized Alicia Spinnet, former Gryffindor Quidditch player and regular drinking buddy of Angelina Johnson. The woman looked as if she didn't need another drink. Several people had looked that way tonight, but Hannah figured that having been an actual teammate of Harry's that the witch before he was probably taking things harder than most of the other patrons in the pub.

Assessing the situation, Hannah decided that she would try to talk the other witch up for the next five minutes until the time frame on the free drinks was over. Then she could use the wizarding ordinance that strongly recommended cutting off patrons that were too sloshed. "Alicia, how are you holding up?" she engaged.

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	spinrightround 2011-11-05 12:48 am UTC (link)
	"Rather horribly," she answered honestly, but gave Hannah a discouraged look to cut the blow of her words. "I'm sort of torn. Do I have more to drink? Do I have something to eat and risk it all coming right back up? Or do I go home to my empty flat?" She sighed. "Bugger that, I need a firewhiskey." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

about_abbott
2011-11-05 01:09 am UTC (link)

Hannah's day had not been the best either. She'd spent the morning cleaning and re-cleaning her flat to simply keep herself busy. Not only was she trying to process the loss of Harry, she hadn't been able to communicate with her two best friends through it all.

"How about you cut the middle and try a bottle of fizzy water, on the house?" Hannah offered an option that would help settle Alicia's stomach and try to get her away from more alcohol. Normally, she would have point blank cut Alicia off but when people were emotional, they didn't often react in rational ways. Seeing as she'd never had to do that with Alicia before , Hannah didn't want to find out her reaction under such tragic conditions.

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	spinrightround 2011-11-05 02:19 am UTC (link)
	She nodded. "All right, I'll try it. But if it doesn't help, I'm sticking with the firewhiskey." She absently moved around the empty, upturned glasses on the table before her. "Did you want to have a seat? Maybe get off your feet a moment?" She could also use the company, but she didn't want to say so out loud. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

about_abbott
2011-11-05 01:25 pm UTC (link)

Hannah used an unspoken summoning spell used by the Leaky employees to cause a fizzy water to fly over the crowd to her location. Once she had the drink in her hand, Hannah waved her wand and sent the shot glasses toward the kitchen where they would be washed post haste to ensure they were keeping up with the demand for the night.

She looked at the clock on the wall, two minutes til nine. "Sure I can have a seat," she knew Tom wouldn't mind her bailing out a few minutes early considering she had worked two hours longer than she was supposed to on a day when others had used Potter's death as a reason to call out of work.

Suddenly, the fact that Harry had died hit Hannah like a brick. She had kept herself so busy all day that she'd not really taken the time to process it at all. A tear began to fall slowly down her cheek. "Have you talked about it today?"

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spinrightround
2011-11-05 01:53 pm UTC (link)

"Angie and Mel came over for a while," she said as she stared at the bottle of water. She tapped a fingernail against the glass, not really wanting to drink it, but knowing she probably should at least take a sip.

"I only had a couple of appointments so they were easy to cancel. That's the thing when your job involves providing a calm and relaxing atmosphere and intimate touching - you can't do it when you just want to scream out to the world."

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about_abbott
2011-11-05 04:27 pm UTC (link)

"That's good," she reached up and wiped at the tear, "you should be with friends at a time like this." Hannah's job gave her many acquaintances. She had even had friends from her school years that she would spend time with on occasion. Still nothing could replace the comfort of being with your closest friends when bad news arrived. At least despite their fight, both of the guys had owled her no matter how brief their words had been.

Hannah would have grabbed herself a firewhiskey but she felt it would be counter productive to do so when she was trying to cut Alicia off. So instead, she sat there without a drink. "That's the good thing about this job. At times it keeps you so busy there is no time to think."

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spinrightround
2011-11-05 05:47 pm UTC (link)

"I could do with some less thinking," Alicia admitted.

All right, it was time to try it. She lifted the bottle of fizzy water and brought it to her lips, feeling the stuff go down her throat. It tasted weird, but at least it didn't make her want to vomit. That was good.

She put the bottle down, waiting to see if it would help.

"I've been thinking all day, but I still can't make sense of it. And the more I think, the more scared I get, because if Harry can go, then anyone can."

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about_abbott
2011-11-05 11:45 pm UTC (link)

Any time Hannah's thoughts had wandered today, it had been to Ron and Hermione. She couldn't imagine how hard today must have been for them. She had pondered whether or not she ought to send them a note but she knew that any words she would have to offer would not suffice.

"I've thought of that today as well," she really wished she had a drink. It would help her escape the guilt she was still harboring over last night's events between her and Justin. She knew he was mad at her, but he'd never ignored her before when things were off kilter and she was really worried.

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