rings_a_bell (rings_a_bell) wrote in to_be_or_not, @ 2010-06-01 16:39:00 |
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Entry tags: | *complete, character: katie bell, character: oliver wood, date: 1998 06 (june) |
When even magic isn't enough
Date & Time: June 1, 1998
Post Type: Introspection / Owl
Open To: Private
Character(s): Katie Bell, Oliver Wood
Location: Respective
Summary: Katie takes the plunge.
Katie stared up at her ceiling. She hadn't slept in her childhood room in well over a year now. It felt strange, foreign. She sought comfort and familiarity when she moved back with her parents for the week before her appointment. Katie frowned, it felt like sleeping in a guest room. The furniture was the same but it wasn't hers any longer.
She sat up. She could smell her mum cooking downstairs. It smelled brilliant but the potions had destroyed Katie's appetite. Tomorrow was the big day. It was her last chance to eat before she had to start fasting. Something about how they would make her go to sleep. Aunt Clarissa has tried to explain the idea of muggle surgery to Katie but it'd only scared her more. Now, she could feel her stomach churning from nerves.
Should she tell Al? Angie? Oliver? Katie knew George was clearly distract by far more important things. He'd never owled her back. She stared at her hands, shaking ever so slightly with nerves. Katie would never admit she was scared. Petrified. She ought to tell someone. Oliver already knew. That's who she'd owl, Oliver. He was always there for her.
Katie stood up slowly and settled herself at her desk, wondering what to say.
Oliver,
I'm sorry I haven't told you sooner but I'm going to have a muggle procedure done tomorrow. They said it could reduce my need for pain medication, maybe completely. I'm scared shitless. I wanted someone to know in case something goes wrong. I'm staying with my mum and dad. They said the procedure should be done by tomorrow afternoon. I took what you said seriously, and this seems like my best option. Wish me luck.
Kat