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Post by Copper on Jan 3, 2015 19:49:15 GMT
"That's stupid," Elizabeth grumbled. "Keeping someone in a cold room in a hospital, of all places."
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Post by Dawnmist on Jan 3, 2015 19:53:23 GMT
She shrugged. "They fixed it pretty quickly, just not quickly enough in my opinion. You should have seen the patient across from me; he'd been hit with some sort of ice spell. Now that was bad."
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Post by Copper on Jan 3, 2015 19:55:38 GMT
"Ugh. That's horrid. Oh, and... mum and dad said that they wanted you to tell me the results of the brain scan. What were they?"
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Post by Dawnmist on Jan 3, 2015 20:00:07 GMT
Tessa paused, all thoughts of obtaining the prints slipping from her mind. "They didn't tell you? Oh... Well," best to come straight out with it, really, she thought. "Lizzie, I have a brain tumour."
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Post by Copper on Jan 3, 2015 20:01:48 GMT
Elizabeth froze, eyes widening. "Wait. WHAT?!"
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Post by Dawnmist on Jan 3, 2015 20:07:34 GMT
"I-" she faltered, looking down at the handkerchief with stinging eyes. How could Giovanni possibly believe that her sister was to blame for all of this? Despite all her misgivings, she obviously did care. "I have a brain tumour. It's malignant."
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Post by Copper on Jan 3, 2015 20:09:32 GMT
Oh my god. This sets my plans way off track... Elizabeth searched her sister's face, eyes wide. "Do they have any way to treat it?"
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Post by Dawnmist on Jan 3, 2015 20:11:42 GMT
Tessa shrugged. "Nothing magical. They, um," she wiped her eyes with her sleeve. "They don't know enough about the brain yet to treat it very effectively with magic, so they said something about muggle treatments. You know, chemotherapy and stuff like that."
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Post by Copper on Jan 3, 2015 20:14:12 GMT
"But... oh my god, Tessa, all of your hair..."
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Post by Dawnmist on Jan 3, 2015 20:18:02 GMT
She raised an eyebrow, managing a smile. "I'd rather be bald than dead, to be quite honest. Besides, there are always wigs. Hey, I could have green hair - how cool would that be?"
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Post by Copper on Jan 3, 2015 20:32:37 GMT
"Or purple," Elizabeth added, smiling through tears forming in her eyes. Despite herself, some of the hatred she reserved for her sister was starting to fade. At least, now that she knew that Tessa was actually going to die. But... had it been hate int he first place? Anger, sure, disgust, definitely, but hate? What if...?
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Post by Dawnmist on Jan 3, 2015 21:07:22 GMT
"I've always wanted to dye my hair purple," she said, and offered her sister the handkerchief. "Looks like you need this too."
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Post by Copper on Jan 3, 2015 21:11:48 GMT
Elizabeth took it in her hands, wiping away at a tear. "Oh my god. I hope that they manage to get rid of it."
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Post by Dawnmist on Jan 3, 2015 21:23:23 GMT
"I'm sure it'll be fine," she said brightly, only a slight waver in her voice. "The Muggles seem to know what they're doing, for once."
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Post by Copper on Jan 3, 2015 21:25:16 GMT
Elizabeth hugged her sister tightly. "Alright. I'll be there with you every step of the way."
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Post by Dawnmist on Jan 3, 2015 21:27:21 GMT
She buried her face briefly in Elizabeth's shoulder, letting the tears fall for the first time since arriving at Hogwarts. "Thank you. I... I wasn't sure how you'd react."
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Post by Copper on Jan 3, 2015 21:29:08 GMT
Elizabeth sighed. "What did you even think I would do? Get mad about it?"
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Post by Dawnmist on Jan 3, 2015 21:30:59 GMT
Tessa shrugged apologetically, withdrawing and wiping her eyes again. "I don't know. It was silly, really, but those things cross your mind when you have to tell somebody you love something important. At least now I know how Ricardo must have felt."
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Post by Copper on Jan 3, 2015 21:32:12 GMT
She sighed. "Well, it's okay now. What did the others think?"
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Post by Dawnmist on Jan 3, 2015 21:35:03 GMT
"I'm not exactly sure," she said, blushing slightly. "I let it slip last night - I was drunk. I don't even know how many of them remember."
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