Who: Penny and Charlie and Benjy, oh my! What: Checking in with Smaug Where: The hospital wing When: Tuesday Rating: worried
Since the explosion, since she'd left the great hall, Penny had been worried that something was wrong. Once she had gotten home she'd felt the twinges, felt an ache in her stomach, a pain that she hadn't felt before. And she was terrified. Too much was going on at the school, too much was happening, she didn't want to put this on anyone else. It was one more terrible thing on top of the shit storm that was cascading down on them.
It was only a few days, but she couldn't stand it any more. She'd spent the last few days hiding in her bed, but now she had to go and get something done about the twinges. All of the healers and Madam Pomfrey were going to be so busy, she was going to be wasting their time, but she was worried.
Penelope was more than surprised when Madam Pomfrey ushered her straight over to a bed, telling her she'd be moments, that it was important they check on Penny.
"It's just- I have these twinges-" she whispered as the matron pressed against her belly, jumping slightly at the sudden twitch that went through her.
Madam Pomfrey looked up. "You know that was your baby kicking?" she asked, as though Penny were completely stupid. Which, apparently, she was.
"Kicking?"
"Moving around. He's getting big now, you're over halfway. And with all the work you did on New Years Eve I wouldn't be surprised if you strained yourself a little bit. We can do another scan, see if we can see the gender, if you'd like? And to just check up-"
"Gender-" Penny murmured. "Oh. Yeah. Yes. I need to- I need to contact Benjy. And Charlie."
"I'll be back in a few minutes. Let me just go and check on the others-"
Penny wrote a message to Charlie and Benjy, then settling back to look around at the closed off beds, listening to the murmurs behind them, wondering how everyone was doing. Theodore must be here somewhere. She should look for him. She would look for him. After.