Thoughts at a Hundred Miles per Hour

[Leroy Fairbanks]

While the fire hadn't spread to Bartonburg, Leroy was paranoid that the same someone who started the fire in Wellingtonshire wouldn't be impressed enough with the damage there and on a High Street, enough that they would set the middle-class properties to flames. Through all the upheaval with the fire and the plague, he'd had no time to play quidditch, rather it be with his team or with a group of friends, and quite frankly, it upset him. His sister got to run around and help with the rest of the citizens as an auror, but he got to sit around pathetically and bring in no income.

Walking down one of the brick roads, the tall blond scowled, watching as a group of children played in the streets under their mothers' supervisions. He'd decided a while back that he didn't want to ever have children, seeing the amount of money they cost and the burden they would put on his shoulders. Yes, he was their heir to his father's small fortune—and he meant small—but he would give that up if he was forced to have children. Marrying a woman was one thing, but having a house full of children was another.

  

[Catherine Weasley]

Catherine had heard of the fire that had struck the upper class regions of the community but she had been kept away from the area for her own safety. The young Hufflepuff alumni hoped that Bartonburg would remain safe. There was no need for her to do anything, really, but she still clung to the dream of becoming a healer. She had only agreed to spending one season as a debutante and that was nearing to a close. It had not been a very enjoyable or fruitful first season though, due to the fire and the plague. Luckily, she wasn't infected and her father had theorized that perhaps her half veela blood would keep her safe from the plague. It was an idea but not one any of the Daltons were willing to test.

The recent Hogwarts graduate was out for a walk with her usual chaperone trailing along behind her. A group of children caught her sight and she smiled at the happy image of children playing despite all the chaos that was happening among the "grown up" world. She was sure that she would love to have children someday. After she fulfilled her dream of being a healer. Catherine was lost in her thoughts and ended up bumping into a man that at first glance, looked to be quite cross. "Oh sir, I'm so sorry," she apologized as she moved a respectable distance away as her chaperone moved closer and checked her charge over.