Who: Marietta and Cho
What: a chance meeting
When: dated forward to Friday evening
Where: the streets of Hogsmeade
Rating: low
Status: ongoing complete!
Cho hadn't decided, by the end of the work day on Friday, whether she'd go to the Valentine's Day event at Qualitea or not. The week felt longer than usual, and the last thing she really wanted to do was attend a holiday party in celebration of dating and romance. As she bundled up for her walk through the village back to her flat, Cho decided: she'd stay in tonight, get ahead on a memo she needed to send next week, and then curl up with a book and a glass of wine. She still had a few novels left over from Christmas to choose from and, as she considered which to start tonight, she was soon enough treading the pavement along Main Street, distracted.
A particularly hard gust of wind broke her concentration and Cho glanced up, registering someone walking toward her from the opposite direction. Her stomach dropped as her memory, always good with putting names to faces, immediately recognized who it was.
Marietta.
There was nothing to do but keep walking. Cho wouldn't have turned back even if she could've done it without drawing attention to herself. She'd told Serena that they'd run into Marietta eventually, but the being confronted by the prospect still left her shaky and panicked, a feeling she wholly hated. Eyes fixed forward, Cho prepared to pass Marietta without slowing or offering any kind of acknowledgment.