Date: December 23, 1998
Characters: Pansy Parkinson, Hermione Granger
Location: Ministry of Magic, elsewhere
Status: Semi-Public
Summary: Pansy catches up with Hermione after work
Completion: complete
It had been an odd day. Well, an odd several days, really. Maybe it was the bizarre feeling that this Christmas would be the first of many without her
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Work had gone okay, though Hornby was tense this week, most likely from the Carrow trial. He wasn't working directly on it, but it seemed to have caused a lot of stress in the department. She was worried how her friends were handling it, those who had endured Carrow's reign last year, but she wasn't sure how many of them were even following the trial.
She was nearly at the lift after work when she heard someone call her name. She glanced over her shoulder to see Pansy walking towards her. "I'm doing well. How are you, Pansy?"
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"Are you looking forward to Christmas?"
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"I am. It'll be nice to celebrate without worries of war or thoughts of it possibly being the last Christmas I experience," she said matter-of-factly, stepping onto the lift when the doors opened. "Are you handling the holidays well enough?"
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"Yes, that will be a nice change," she said, wondering if her parents worried this would be their last Christmas. It wasn't as if they were going to be executed, but she questioned their ability to make it out of Azkaban alive.
She shrugged. "As well as can be expected. It's hard not to get in the spirit of things when everyone is cheery. Aside from the MLE."
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"I don't know the place, but I've never had any need for event planning." She shook her head slightly, aware of just how huge the social gap between her and Pansy was but not really paying it much attention until conversations like this brought it to mind. "Maybe he'll be willing to take on an apprentice or intern or something. I think you'd enjoy doing that sort of work."
She finished her breadstick as her salad arrived. "This looks good." She picked up her fork and looked at Pansy. "How have you been enjoying the time off from class?"
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"I'm trying to work at Hogwarts as much as I can. I think I'll go crazy if I just sit around the house. It is definitely nice to not deal with revision and assignments. Aside from the extra studying anyway," she said. "How about you?"
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She ripped off part of a breadstick to eat with her salad. "I worked there earlier this week, since I won't be going in tomorrow. Otherwise, I've spent my mornings revising and getting ready for Christmas. It's been nice, in a way, having time to do random things without having to go to class."
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"Yes, I can understand that. It's funny to think that in two months we'll be done with Hogwarts, isn't it?" she asked as their food arrived.
"I go from being excited to nervous and depressed very quickly when I think about no longer being a student."
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