What Do We Do Now? | Mary&Ted
Everything hurt. Marlene’s bone mending charms were doing their job, but Mary had forgotten how painful the process was to repair broken bones. She had told herself in her sixth year that that would be the last time she experienced the ‘Brackium Emendo’ charm, yet here she was, calling it quits because she couldn’t take another minute of it.
Marlene had gone, though the tone in her voice promised she would return sometime later that day. Mary didn’t protest, knowing that no amount of ‘I’m fine’s would save her the experience of being baby sat.
She hadn’t been alone for hours, at least since the party had started, and the silence wasn’t helping anything. What happened at the minister’s estate changed everything. Up until this point, no one even knew the Order existed, now it looked like it was just a bunch of kids who were doing all the fighting. Something Mary was sure the Prophet would have a field day with.
If people hadn’t completely made up their minds on which side they stood, time was quickly running out. War didn’t have a place for people who couldn’t figure out where they stood. All the relationships that people tried to hold on to despite their differing opinions would quickly come unraveled, if anyone who was already fighting was having second thoughts about their place on the battlefield, well they were stuck with the rest of them.
Mary gingerly made her way around her apartment, playing music and brewing coffee, trying to abide by the rule that “mending bones needed to be stretched.” What a load of bullshit. She was just about to retire to the couch when there was a knock at her door, and Mary groaned. Moody let himself in, so did Marlene. There was so way in hell it was Sirius, and the rest of the Order was probably out mending their own wounds. Maybe Death Eater’s were making house calls now.
Swinging her door open, Mary was surprised to see Ted, who looked just as tired and warn as she did, standing on her porch. Even while the party was meant to be enjoyable, she hadn’t seen him; figured he was using the advantage of the crowd to see a certain girl. But without questioning why he was here instead of anywhere else, her arms were around him, hugging him tighter than her ribs wanted. “Good to see you in one piece mate.” There was true relief, for the first time since the minister’s speech was interrupted, that he was one of the lucky ones to make it out.
“There’s coffee if you want some.” She gestured to the kitchen, slowly making her way back to her cough, struggling to find a comfortable position, Mary sat. There was a long list of people Ted could see, or things he could be doing, but here he was at her apartment. He was one of the goods ones. “You doing alright?” A loaded question, they all had a lot to take in and consider, Ted especially. He had a foot on both sides, and that never made anything easy.
