Who: Leanne and Katie
What: Talking and eating lunch
Where: Three Broomsticks
When: Lunch
Rating: PG
Status: Incomplete




It had been about seven months since the new laws had come out and taken its effect on Leanne. It had been frustrating and exhausting seven months at that. Since then, she had become split on whether it was best to continue working for the Ministry or finding some way out of the country. The atmosphere in the Department of International Cooperation had changed drastically, leaving Leanne lonely and feeling very insecure about her position. Her colleagues didn’t look at her nor talk to her when they walked by her. Conversations were never held near her and whenever she would walk by, they abruptly stopped. It was all because she was the daughter of a Death Eater and she was nothing like her father. These people had known her and liked her prior to the laws and even offered sympathy when her father was sent to Azkaban. It had become a terrible work environment. At least, now, Leanne knows that she isn’t quite so alone in her thinking, but still she finds it rather difficult how other people can see her, and others, in this situation.

But on this particular Friday, Leanne was quite grateful to be leaving work early, grateful that she had a good reason to leave early. It had been a while since she had actually seen Katie and was glad that she would get a chance to see and visit with her over lunch. There was only so much that could be conveyed in the journals, but it made pretending so much easier, not that she had planned on pretending how she felt around Katie. Besides, she knew she’d be happier today just because she was going to see a friend.