who ? siobhan vaisey and terence higgs when ? late sunday afternoon, 27th november where ? st mungo's what ? hospitals and terrible coffee status ? complete
It wasn't the first time Higgs had been notified of his sister having been taken to the hospital because of quidditch. That didn't actually make it any easier. Higgs hadn't been listening to the game, having been at work instead, but the owl had arrived very promptly, telling Higgs where Gemma was. He'd apparated to St Mungo's almost before he could even finish reading the letter. It hardly took Higgs very long to find the ward where Gemma was and be informed that whilst his sister was still unconscious, the Healers thought she would most likely make a quick recovery. 'Most likely' was not something Higgs felt particularly happy about hearing, but then, it wasn't like the Healers were in a position to make promises. Just in case. There wasn't much they could do until Gemma woke up and there was even less Higgs could do. So he went off to owl their parents, very carefully outlining that Gemma was going to be fine. But also that they probably should come. Then Higgs sent another owl to Gladys, knowing that his grandmother probably would've heard the game on the wireless and he didn't want her to worry.
Once all the owls had flown off, Higgs decided to find some coffee. For a hospital, it turned out to be quite difficult to locate coffee and when Higgs finally did, the hot liquid tasted more like tar than coffee. Despite the fact that it had taken Higgs a while to find a drink, when he returned to the room Gemma was in, his sister was still unconscious. "We need to run some tests," one of the Healers informed Higgs. "Could you please wait outside?" He added and Higgs nodded, fingers around the coffee cup tightening a touch too hard. Once out of the room, Higgs sat in one of the chairs across from the door that the healer closer behind Higgs. With a sigh, Higgs looked down at his coffee, trying to remind himself that Gemma would be fine and a concussion and a broken arm were hardly deadly or unexpected in her line of work.