INJURED AGAIN.

[hannah_salix]

Hannah was at work, checking her list of patients for that afternoon. A few hexes, some potioned people... and an Auror, but not Derek. Still, maybe she should check someone else's list. Spotting Charles, or Charlie as she called him, Hannah headed over and grabbed his patient list. "Let me see this, Charlie" she said as she studied his list

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[derek_bly]

St. Mungo's was never Derek's favorite place to be. At least not the patient rooms. He'd been injured a few times during training, accompanied fellow students a time or two when they'd gotten hurt. It might have been comfortably familiar if not for the bad associations and the fact that all of the staff seemed to have it in for Aurors in general. Derek supposed they had a point but still. It wasn't as though they tried to get hurt. It was just how things went.

"Hannah." When she was the one to walk in, Derek brightened. And then there was some other bloke he may or may not have seen around before. Derek focused on Hannah. Which, maybe he shouldn't have. They were at her work and he didn't want to complicate things for her here by making their connection obvious if she didn't want it to be but bugger it. It was good to have her here.

"It's not that bad," he assured. "Someone threw a curse and twisted my leg around. We mostly sorted it, it's just a bit numb. They wanted it checked out. How's your day going?"

[hannah_salix]

"Not as interesting as yours it seems," Hannah said with a grin.

Hannah glanced at his leg and started to examine it before Charles had a chance to start. He voiced his disapproval and informed her that if she wanted to be a more productive Healer then perhaps she should spend more time looking after her own patients.

"Why don't you worry about your own productivity, Charlie." Hannah snapped at him and then informed him that she was almost on her lunch break so she was just checking in on Derek.

"Fine," she said as she backed off and let him examine Derek. Charles asked him all sorts of questions, as he poked and prodded at him. Hannah watched him closely, disapproving of the way he looked Derek over. Besides, Charles was somewhat rude or brisk.

[derek_bly]

If asked, Derek would have had to confess that he enjoyed Hannah's protectiveness and the mild argument over who was treating him. He tried not to smile too much. The Charlie fellow didn't seem the type to appreciate it. Or much of anything for that matter

[hannah_salix]

Hannah rolled her eyes at Charlie lecturing Derek and did not like that he was hurting him. The thought did cross her mind that perhaps this is exactly why she should not be treating him, but she ignored it.

Not to say she hadn't thought the exact same thing when other Aurors had shown up to be treated by her with a quick fix in place. Never mind that right now. Hannah watched as Charlie continued to work.

She grinned at Derek. "The favourite part of his job is lecturing patients, I think. He's been here two years longer than I have and he acts like he's my boss. It's ridiculous," Hannah said, knowing full well that Charlie could hear her.

Charlie made a comment about how Hannah still had a lot to learn, which made Hannah laugh. She ignored him now, focusing her attention on Derek. "So this wasn't your fault? You're still on the track to be the greatest Auror student along with Nora?"

[derek_bly]

"Well it shows," Derek agreed. "He's excellent at it." He didn't care that they were talking right in front of the bloke. It couldn't be the first time he'd been mocked openly.

Derek laughed when she asked about being in the race for the greatest. "Absolutely. This counts as experience," he insisted. Well, it sort of did. "If I'd skated through training without anything happening to me they'd think I wasn't working hard enough. But no, this one wasn't my fault. One of the newer recruits wasn't paying attention and started throwing spells around."

[hannah_salix]

Charles informed Hannah that she was being very unprofessional before finishing his treatment of Derek. Hannah told him to write her up if he wanted, before stopping herself short of telling him to sod off. Best not to get herself into trouble. With Charlie, all she had to do was turn on the charm and he'd forget about wanting to write her up.

With a glance at the time, Hannah realized that she had to meet her mum for lunch. "Hey Derek, did you want to join me and my mum for lunch? We don't have to tell her anything yet, it can just be a social lunch. I'm sure she's dying to hear how Auror training is going." Hannah leaned over and kissed Derek on the forehead before dragging him up to go. Really, he didn't have a choice.

[derek_bly]

Well, that felt much better. Whatever the bloke's bedside manner, at least he knew what he was doing

[hannah_salix]

Hannah also enjoyed holding Derek's hand, which made her realize that perhaps they should touch base on whether they were telling Abigail or not. "So, are we telling my mum that we're dating again? Or should we leave that for a family dinner or something? Shall I introduce you as my friend? Boyfriend? Shagging partner?" She giggled as she squeezed his hand. They were approaching where Hannah usually met Abigail for lunch anyways.

[derek_bly]

"Oh Merlin, not shagging partner." There was the panic Derek had been expecting to feel in his gut. He gave Hannah a 'not funny' look. He let out a breath to calm himself. "I don't know. What do you think? We should probably tell her and your dad both, right? Or, am I over thinking this?" It wasn't like they were telling her parents they were engaged or anything. Not yet. But their being together again was serious.

"I'll go with whatever you're thinking. She's your mum. I'm not sure if she'll like me more or less if she knows we're together just yet."

[hannah_salix]

"Well, we'll wait till family dinner, which apparently you're coming with me to on Sunday now. Although, you know Abigail, she'll figure it out. And if she asks, then we'll tell her. How's that?" Hannah spotted her mum and let go of Derek's hand.

She smiled at Abigail, who returned her smile with one of her own. "Hey mum, look who I found, wandering the halls looking to be treated for an injury." Hannah nodded towards Derek before asking if he could accompany them to lunch.

"Of course," Abigail said as she gave Derek a polite smile. "I'll change the reservation."

On their way over, Abigail looked over at Derek. "So how did you injure yourself this time, Derek?"

[derek_bly]

Ah, Sunday dinner. Well, he wanted to be part of the family right? Fair enough. "Sounds good," he nodded. Derek quickly pulled his hand away from Hannah when he noticed her mum. No need to get off on the wrong foot.

He smiled at Abigail when Hannah introduced him. "Abigail." Otherwise, Derek kept his mouth shut until she addressed him directly. "Today? Oh, someone wasn't paying attention. Thew a stray curse and it ended up hitting me." Suddenly Derek wished he had a better story. He wasn't sure what that would be, but accidentally taking a hit didn't seem to speak highly for him.