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Laura came tumbling. She was a whirlwind of blond hair. Or at least, that's what she felt as she was transported by the boot Portkey. Nooo way could she have known that morning that she would soon be caught up in such a mess. Where was she now?
When at last recovered from her little trip, Laura stood up straight and brushed herself off, looking around. The place looked vaguely familiar, like a sidewalk that she had passed more than once. Ahh! There were some people she knew.
"Oh, goodness," she sighed, approaching her co-workers. Her toes were cold. Daaarn. She looked down at her bare feet in disappointment.
Well, that would have to wait. Where were the other division heads? Laura looked around. Oh, Merlin, they were all new, right? For some reason, her brain wasn't functioning correctly and she could hardly remember who they were. Ah, well.
"Hey!" she called, hesitation in her voice. "Hey, Level Six people!" she called again, this time louder and with more certainty. She hoped she wasn't drawing Muggle attention to herself. "Can everyone just come around over here? We need to figure out who's present and if anyone was left at the office," she said.
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CharGryffindor Jamie nodded thoughtfully. "I think because in the winter your ice cream doesn't melt within two seconds of buying it." He laughed. All this talk of ice cream made him want some now. He wasn't sure if he could hold out til tomorrow. Maybe he'd go and stop by Florean's before going home...
Jamie's eyes widened. That was... sweet? Yeah, it was, but it was also kinda fast. Okay, no kinda. It was verrry fast. But... there was something about Katrina that made him think that it didn't matter. He felt... well, he didn't know how to describe it. Typical. He wanted to say yes so bad it was insane. He didn't want to let her down. But could he be around people at this time of year? He was pretty sure that he would be in a foul mood the entire holiday, and if he was meeting her family *gulp*, he didn't want them to think he was a grumpy idiot. "I don't think I'll be in a very... festive mood this Christmas. I don't want to inflict my misery on you and your family. But if I don't go home, I might take you up on it." He replied carefully. Gah, he felt like such a horrible person. He hoped Katrina wouldn't take it the wrong way. "Thanks, though." He said sincerely.
... And here was someone else. Perfect, another division head. He grabbed Katrina's hand (cue blushes) and went over to her, smiling. "Hey, I'm Jamie Gerrard. Do you have any idea what's going on?" He asked, mentally kicking himself. Of course she did, otherwise she wouldn't be calling everyone over. Man was he making a mess of his first day.
Katrina smiled.
"Yeah, maybe that too," she laughed. She didn't like it when her ice cream melted, it was such a pain trying to keep her hands free from stickiness.
She fiddled with her watch's strap again, because his reaction was kinda weird. It wasn't like she was rushing into things, she just felt bad and his reaction made her seem like she was a terrible person.
"Alright then," Katrina said, giving him a small smile. With everything she doubted that he would come over anyways.
"Just don't want you to be alone for Christmas, it's a happy time of year," she explained. Being alone staring at the tellie the whole time? Not exactly an ideal way to spend Christmas.
Katrina was a bit shocked when he grabbed her hand and blushed a bit following him over to the lady that had just arrived.
"Hello, I'm Katrina Rayne," she said, smiling at the division head who had landed a bunch more gracefully than most had.