Date: July 4, 1999.
Characters: Katie Bell, Marcus Flint.
Location: The Limping Thestral, Knockturn Alley.
Status: Private
Summary: Katie goes to drink away her troubles and runs into the last person she wants to see.
Completion: Complete
Katie had finished off the bottle of champagne easily. She couldn't face seeing Dean, hearing his comforting words, having him try to cheer her up. She didn't want to be cheered up. She wanted to bury the shame and failure underneath a tower of booze.
She apparated shakily to the Limping Thestral, pleased that she'd not managed to splinch herself in the process. She got a few funny looks when she entered, but that was probably because she was wearing Muggle trousers and a t-shirt. Or because she was stumbling. She wasn't likely to run into anyone she knew. No one would tell her that things would be okay, or haul her home and sober her up. As long as she had money to pay, they'd keep serving her.
"Firewhiskey. Double. Keep it coming," She said, sliding onto a bar stool.