Hestia Jones can charm the pants off of you. (hastyhestia) wrote in wished,
It had been a hell of a night for Hestia so far. Fresh off the high of what she deemed as a success for the start of Potterwatch, it was a typical experience for Hestia that things couldn't always sail smoothly. The rather difficult situation with Tonks had momentarily put her in best-friend-mode. She was the one with the box of tissues and the logical input. She tried as hard as she could to convince Tonks that this pregnancy wasn't a bad thing. She truly felt that the baby was going to be a blessing for the couple, not the end of the world like Tonks thought.
And she was having a little boy. Merlin. Hestia couldn't even to comprehend what Tonks was going through.
A letter from Fleur was exactly the last thing she expected. But by the looks of the handwriting and the urgency in the note, she knew she was needed.
With a small pop, a rather frazzled looking Hestia Jones Apparated outside of the front door to Shell Cottage. Her cloak billowing slightly in the wind, she landed a heavy knock on the front door.
"Who knew it'd be so bloody cold," she muttered to herself.