Post by Justin McDowell on Sept 5, 2011 13:54:09 GMT -8
Follows: Shot Through the Heart
Monday, 12 September 2011
3:29 p.m.
By this point, Justin doubted his day could possibly get any worse. First, he had been caught by Professor Conleth while about to give Lissa a good snogging. Then, Lissa had hurt him by saying that, while she loved the time they spent together, it wasn't helping her. And lastly, his cousin had admitted she loved him in a non-platonic way, and she had made him touch her in a way he was still shocked about. He had stayed just long enough to apologize and hold her for a while. He had then said he had to get to the professor's office before he got in too much more trouble and left. He took a pit stop at the bathroom, however, but that didn't last much longer than a few minutes, and his piss was interrupted midway through by some classmate who was amazed to see he was alive. "Yeah, can it," he'd said before putting himself away and zipping his pants. He typically couldn't finish his business with some other bloke right there on any given day. Now that he was being bombarded by questions, he stood absolutely no chance.
So, thoroughly unsatisfied with how his bladder was feeling, he left the facilities and headed for Conleth's office. Ah well. It wasn't like he was going to have much time to focus on his bladder as soon as he got to Conleth's office. There'd probably be a swarm of Ministry officials waiting for him like they were waiting for her around this time last school year. Justin shuddered. What was going to happen to him? Was he going to rot in a cell in Azkaban? If so, how long? Days? Months? Years? Life? Would he be enslaved as well? or was it just imprisonment? What would his parents think? What would happen to them? More importantly, what would happen to Lissa? Would he be forced to reveal her identity? Would she be punished? Killed? Wear a scarlet letter? Be given less food? Be given fewer privileges in case she decided to run?
It felt like the last few steps and the reach for Conleth's office door took forever, but soon, it was open, and he looked around, surprised to find only Conleth in there, but that didn't make him feel any less wary of the situation. One full-grown, fully trained, experienced wizard could probably take him down with ease. And besides that, what was to say that Ministry wizards didn't have invisibility cloaks, even if they were rare? He shoved his hands in his pockets as he walked in, trying to act cool, calm, and collected. "'Sup? You wanted to see me?"