Hestia Jones can charm the pants off of you. (hastyhestia) wrote in wished,
"I obviously can't talk for the rest of the single world out there, but I haven't been able to think about dating for even a second this year. I just haven't been allotted the time," she said, her shoulders sagging slightly as the thought caught up with her.
Since the turn of the year, things had taken a fairly drastic turn in the wizarding world. Decrees and prejudices were taking ahold of the daily media and turning perfectly normal folks into scared people. She'd vaguely recalled her parents talking about how many marriages took place during the last war. She had a feeling things would become quite similar if given the chance. She looked toward Charlie with a small smile.
"Bill got lucky," she continued. "Once in a while, you can manage to do all those things at once. Work, worry about what we've got to worry about and still manage to find someone - that's lucky. But honestly, I'm not much for luck. And I'm not much for looking for it, either."
She took a forkful of her food and mulled over her thoughts as she chewed.
"Are you?" she asked, grinning suddenly. "Think you've got what it takes, still?"