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[attr="class","lyric2mungo"]That's true, laugh until we think we'll die
Barefoot on a summer night
Never could be sweeter than with you

[attr="class","textbodmungo"]Anna was exhausted. A normal twelve-hour shift ate away at her energy a lot more now that she didn't have her magic. It drained her like never before. Not being able to summon something, or set bones with a quick spell, meant that Anna was speed-walking from patient to patient and doing everything by hand. She was keeping up, just barely, but it was still a struggle. It was by the skin of her teeth--but she was determined. Anna had always loved her job and that passion had not died down even in the slightest now that she no longer had her magic. She felt discouraged, yes, but she was still passionate. She still wanted to be an amazing nurse and take care of people. And--well, this was a road block. That was putting it lightly, but for the sake of keeping things simple, it was a road block. She hadn't seen it coming at all, and it had certainly made things in her life go a lot slower. So much so that Anna was feeling a little lost, if she was being perfectly honest with herself.

But she didn't want to voice that, because she was trying to find herself. Anna was working hard to get better at her job, to make herself a worthy asset. She knew it wouold only be a matter of time before people started talking treatments or cures, and Anna wanted to be a part of that as soon as it took off. She wanted to be involved in the path to recovery of her world. As much as she was learning to manage without her magic, as much as she knew she could still make an amazing nurse, magic had been a part of Anna's life from a young age. It was a part of her soul, and every time she forgot she had lost it and tried to draw her wand just ate away at her spirit a little more. Anna--she just wanted things to go back to normal again. A life where her biggest worries were whether Bee had eaten dinner and finding out what boys Kasey was seeing. Not one where she had to clean her clothes every other day because they were covered in soot, since the only way she could get to work now was by Floo. Or, well, she couold side-along apparate with her mum. Either way, there was a lot of queasiness involved.

Anna stumbled out of the floo into her apartment with a small sigh. Her night shift had gone all right, really, and then she had paid a visit to an old school friend, so her day was really normal on the surface. Just subtract the part where she had walked about fifteen blocks to find a Floo she could use to get home. Still, she was home, and all Floo issues aside, Anna felt like this had been one of her more normal days ever since this crisis had started. She had had a good day at work. She had hung out with a friend, even talked to Alice about her little coffee date--for a moment, Anna had forgotten about everything else. And now she was home, and home was always... really nice. Just her and her sisters in a cozy little apartment. Magic loss aside, this place could always put a bit of a smile on Anna's face. It was her comfort zone. The one place she could turn to when she just needed to unwind, vent, and be herself.

Dropping her bag on a nearby chair, Anna strolled into the living room and glanced around for a moment. She couldn't exactly see anyone, so unless Bee and Kase were still at Lufkin... "Hello? Anyone home?" Anna called out. "Kasey? Bee?" One of them had to be home. Or both. Anna headed into the kitchen, reaching for some mugs and hot chocolate mix, deciding that if anyone was home, they were due for some hot chocolate and chit chat. Overdue, really.

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You And I In A Little Toy Shop 

Buy A Bag Of Balloons

With The Money We've

Got

Lufkin. Cal. Home. Lufkin. Home. See Cal. Try to hang out with the team. Read. Stare at a wall. Text Cal. Go sit and badger her sisters to speak to her at lengths so she couldn't overthink or over-analyse everything. Call Cal. At this rate Kasey was convinced of one of the following happening; Either her sisters were going to bin her out of the flat to go and find a proper social life, as she had neglected to do so since leaving school, or else Cal was going to get tired of answering his phone and things were going to get a bit awkward. Honestly, she wasn't obsessed... this whole love thing was still entirely new to her and it was so full on that it just.. she didn't know what she was supposed to be doing okay? She was trying her best. Plus... she was terrible at making new friends! Everything sounded good in theory and then she just sorta... well she kinda... didn't do it. 

One day she would beat this whole shy thing to extinction. Today was not that day.

Still, to distract her from the fact that she still had no magic, that both of her sisters had no magic, Cal had no magic and nor did Louis... She had English homework. Fun times. And when that didn't work then she went back down to the pitch to sit with the Bats so she could stay involved. Kasey refused to leave the team unless she was physically forced out and had a ban to prevent her from going back and staying regardless. Knowing that they hadn't just dropped her and weren't shunning her was the only reason why she could concentrate on University stuff in the first place! And she stuck at it like a permanent sticking charm... up until her phone buzzed and a certain person's face lit up its screen and-

'Focus, Kase. This essay isn't going to write itself. Get it done first.'

She still wasn't used to having her feet on solid ground all of the time. If anything, the whole running shindig that she had ultimately despised was now her saving grace when it came to clearing her head and stopping her having a meltdown or a panic attack. Sometimes a girl just had to work these things out for herself instead of constantly relying on others, and so far, berating herself the whole time she was running, for running, those few miles as hard as she could distracted her and let her vent. A blessing hidden within an utter nightmare. Kase supposed it wasn't all bad since it was keeping her fit and thin as she was doing a lot more sitting around these days but still her mind wrapped around the phrase 'at what cost'. 

Lying upside down on her bed, with her head dangling over the side and her hair draped over the carpet, Kasey blew out a deep breath and tried to focus on the book she was reading. It was part of the series that Cal had helped her reach that day in the athenium, and while it was a brilliantly captivating string of books... she was distracted. There was just too much going on in her head and she was trying that hard to deal with it, too hard on concentrating... that she couldn't concentrate and ended up just staring at the pages for extended periods of time while her wind wandered. Rolling her eyes, she let the book slip through her fingers until it closed and then set it to the side. She needed more friends. 

Hearing AnnaBanana calling, she rolled her legs to the side and finally found her feet. Tugging her bats jersey down over her legs again as she yawned and stepped out of her room, she thought about where these mates were going to come from. Were her team her mates or just her teammates? Was there a difference? Popping her head around the door as she turned up behind her sister, she took a moment to see if Bee was around before she fully stepped inside the room. She was pretty sure she owed the latter something from Honeydukes... but then it might have been the other way round. Either way, she was fresh out of sweets for the week. 

"You called, banana-dearest?" Kasey greeted her with a grin, poking her in the sides before moving round to hop up onto the counter. Clocking the mugs and the hot chocolate mix, her grin brightened further and she clapped her sweater-covered hands together. "Oooh, what's the occasion?"

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[attr="class","lyric2mungo"]THAT'S TRUE, LAUGH UNTIL WE THINK WE'LL DIE
BAREFOOT ON A SUMMER NIGHT
NEVER COULD BE SWEETER THAN WITH YOU

[attr="class","textbodmungo"]Being a nurse had been Anna's dream for a long time now. At first, the idea of being a Healer had drawn her in. Maybe maternity--but she wasn't too set on specializing in anything. And being general practice just didn't fit. Nursing, though, would allow her to float around the departments as she wished, and it gave her a chance to be closer to the patients. That was what had drawn her into the idea of healing in the first place, Anna had realized. It wasn't just the subject itself, although that was interesting enough. No, the thing that was most important to her was the support. Being there for the people that needed it. Going to the hospital, sometimes, didn't just demand a solution to a problem. Not everyone left happy. Anna wanted to be there to provide something more than just a quick fix. She was a people person, and liked taking care of others. A lot of the times, treating patients as case studies did the exact opposite... there was something to be said for bedside manner, after all, and that was the motivation she had at work every day.

There was, of course, also the aspect of helping people. Anna liked that too. Giving people hope, making them better. Or, at least, helping them adjust to whatever it was that was plaguing them. But that wasn't always possible, Anna had learned. As hard as it was to admit, healers and nurses didn't have all of the answers. Some, maybe. They could do a lot of good. But it was more obvious now than ever before that sometimes, the only thing they could do was be a comforting presence--which was what Anna had always been good at, so it was just working on getting used to not having her magic that came next. That was... easier said than done. Anna was optimistic and determined, yes, but she had still grown up with magic. Her reflex was always to reach for her wand, and magic was the way that she knew how to help people the most. Now... she really had to adjust.

A lot, actually, because Anna was finding herself with so many people to focus on. Which was what she enjoyed, yes, but she felt this overwhelming fear that she might let everyone down without her magic. There was Cole, who was trying to pull Damion out of... whatever it was he had. She still didn't quite understand it--but it was something big, and Anna wanted to help. And then there was Liam, who was also losing his magic... as if being treated like anything but a human wasn't enough. She wished she could do more than just go out for coffee with him. Something that actually made a difference. But they--the Order--didn't have any power. Barely any at all, actually, and that made this so much harder. Anna wanted to make a difference, more than just for a few people. The things she could do now were fleeting. Anna wanted to do something more... permanent.

Anna looked up as Kasey rounded the corner, offering her youngest sister a smile. "I did. Wasn't sure who would be around," she replied as she tore open a couple of hot chocolate packets and emptied them into the mugs. "The occasion is that we haven't done this in a while... and I think we could use some warm drinks and chatting," Anna answered as she moved around the kitchen to grab the kettle from a cupboard and fill it with water. "I feel like I've just been constantly at Mungo's, lately..." she admitted, looking back at Kasey with a small apologetic smile.

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