It's been a while. Months.
But there's a blonde behind the bar.
Wiping down, humming South of Heaven.
The sign is hanging off to one side of her.
Happy Hour
Fallen Angel Head HunterRebel Yell 1/2 off your drink if you donate
to the Milli-Kids Fund for Christmas
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Though both say that wasn't a greeting.
"There's a fund for all unattched and underaged minors for their food and rooms."
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Jo set her hands on the wood.
"However young is too young for each world."
He'd definitely count, even not knowing his kind.
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One is usual Hogwarts student flotsam and jetsam. Quills, rolls of parchment, a chocolate frog in the packaging, an interesting owl feather she picked up outside, two spare phials, a bottle of ink, a stray Every-Flavor Bean, the current edition of the Quibbler....
The other pile is smaller, and is made up of odd-looking coins. A silver sickle and eight bronze knuts. These, Luna pushes across to the bartender.
"You can have these," she offers. "For your fund?"
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Jo is trying not to smile already.
"It's not usually kids donating in."
Especially ones young enough to be on it.
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"I suppose not," she agrees. Just going by the way it's worded.
"But I can give it."
The Lovegoods, while they don't live in what anyone would call opulent splendor, are actually reasonably well off. There's just Luna and Dad, after all, and Dad's magazine is pretty popular even among those who scoff at it. The fact that the house is perpetually untidy, that Dad likes to pick up second-hand odds and ends, and that Luna likes to take a hand in making her own clothes and jewelry is more a matter of personality than finances.
"If it's all right."
"Is it for presents? For Christmas?"
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Then came back up. Plopping a mason jar down.
Best thing in the world for spare change. (Or tips.)
"It's for everything. The fund actually exists all year round. But at Christmas, it goes toward more seasons things. Food and winter clothes still. Gifts to and from people. Equipment for playing outside."
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"... you've got to be kidding."
Sam's staring at the specials sign.
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Jo stopped drying a glass in her hand.
Eyebrows up. Mouth quirking at the edges.
Looking over at the sign. "Which part?"
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"Pick one."
Dryly. A beat.
"Hey, Jo. How's it going?"
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Which were amusing. But not noteworthy.
At least they weren't noteworthy to her.
She set the glass down. Next to others before it.
"Still walking and talking, so I take it for a good day."
She's found out enough what a bad one can look like.
"How are you?" Beat. "'n Dean?" Because, really?
Matched sets were matched sets. You got one with the other.
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Jo shrugged. A what can you do.
But there was a smile attached.
"But we got a good turn out so far, too."
"People like the concept. And kids."
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"And no one here would ever take advantage of that."
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