urgent meeting -order members-

[itsaspaz]

Liam ran a hand through his hair, biting his lip lightly. True to her word, Cici had returned to his parent's farm, in order to rest for the duration of her pregnancy. It wasn't good for an expecting woman to be dealing with that sort of stress. But Liam was finding that he wasn't nowhere near as good as handling all the stress his wife had. He had been insistent on taking over as a temporary headmaster, he felt that Lyla had enough to worry about. And on top of that he was running the duties involving the Order.

"Ah, Cici, I don't know how you do it," Liam muttered to himself. An emergency meeting had been called due to the attack on the Wimbourne Wasps Quidditch stadium, and Isabelle going public under her new identity. The ministry was scrambling, and quite frankly, so was Liam. The Order needed a new plan of action, immediately. He looked over at the door as it opened, hoping the members would come quickly.

[calcetines]

Angel came in, looking practically half-dead. The twins were a lot of work, and on top of that full moon was rapidly approaching. Perhaps the night of full moon she would ask for Gabriella and Isaac to watch the twins; the Wolfsbane potion allowed her to keep her mind, but she still turned into a monster incapable of even holding a baby. She felt like collapsing, being in two places at once wasn't helping either. Thanks to her time-turner, there wasn't a need for a babysitter. "Hello Liam," Angel said tiredly.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella walked into the room of requirement, giving a small smile to Liam, who looked rather stressed, as Gabriella herself was. After Isabelle attacked the crowd at the Wimbourne Wasps stadium, everything seemed to have changed. Now that she was out in the open, everything seemed more real to Gabriella. A war was surely around the corner. She was scared. Gabriella took a seat and ran a hand through her hair, an old habit of hers.

[omghprp]

Carrietta slipped in quietly, giving only a nod of greeting to Liam. As a staff member, she had known a long time ago that Cici was going back into hiding due to her pregnancy, she felt that it was a good idea. The O'Malley's had tried a long time to have a baby, Cici needed her rest to ensure a healthy baby. Still underweight from her kidnapping last year, Carrietta looked terribly frail. She took up a seat quietly, practically trembling from a combination of stress, exhaustion, and being cold.

[calcetines]

Angel quietly took a seat beside Gabriella, it seemed that Order meetings were the only times she saw her cousin and best friend these days. "Might I be able to trouble you with watching Isaiah and Morgayne a night next week?" Angel asked of her friend quietly, "a certain phase is going to present itself then." Gabriella would understand all too well what that meant. During her pregnancy she had gotten a respite from transformations at full moon, but now she was going to have to get back to her monthly suffering.

[imadecoy]

Levi entered, appearing tired as usual, his job had been even more demanding since the attack on the Wimbourne stadium. Although Runes had nothing to do with it, everyone was being given tasks relating to security until they knew the ministry was void of Death Eaters. Even then Levi might not be returned to his usual job, not until the danger had passed. Without a word Levi took up a seat as far away from everyone else as possible. He looked old almost, he certainly didn't seem to be seventeen anymore.

[broadway]

Raychel entered then. Her perfect features were pale and grave, her mouth set in a dangerous line. Her fists were clenched tightly, more tight than humanly possible. Without a word, she took a seat next to Levi. Silently, impulsively, she reached for his hand. It was strange, being an actual part of the Order. After the stunt Isabelle pulled at the stadium, Raychel was infuriated. If she had wanted to rip that woman's throat out before, she wanted to completely gut her now. Raychel glared about the room, her black eyes not their usual charmed color. They had burned through the charms in her rage.

[imadecoy]

Levi gently grasped Raychel's hand, she looked infuriated. He was far too exhausted to be anything but tired, anger had not even crossed his conscious mind at that moment. He winced a bit as her grasp was quite a bit firmer than usual, enough to hurt his fingers. He didn't like seeing her this angry, it was almost scary. But she would control herself like always, Levi reassured himself. He looked over at her before speaking up. "Raychel, your grip," Levi said gently, quietly.

[igloogirl]

Though Angel spoke in a low tone, it was easy for Gabriella to understand her every word. "Of course I'll watch them," Gabriella replied, understanding that Angel would be transforming into a werewolf. It was bound to be difficult for the young mother to deal with both her kids and being a werewolf. Gabriella would be glad to help her out. She watched as Raychel came in, looking rather angry. Gabriella tried to give her an encouraging smile, but it came out as more of a grimace.

[calcetines]

Angel gave Gabriella a wide smile, feeling a rush of gratitude toward her cousin. She didn't trust anyone else to care for her sons while she was in wolf form, other than Bradly of course. But she had yet to tell him the nature of her condition, Angel was afraid that he would leave her if he found out she was a werewolf. Very few people knew, not even the whole of the Order was informed. Angel would rather keep it that way, she did not need any discrimination.

[broadway]

Raychel looked around the room, her black eyes meeting Gabby's. Gabby's smile looked more like a frown, but Raychel was grateful for the gesture. Raychel managed a small smile back, her lips barely upturning. At Levi's warning tone, Raychel released his hand. "I'm sorry, love," she apologized, her tone gentle but laced with her obvious rage. She folded her hands in her lap. Raychel didn't want to cause Levi any pain in her distress, should she loose control.

[imadecoy]

Levi offered a small smile and a nod, as if to tell his love that it was all right. He just could not get the words to come to his throat, that was all. His hand briefly grasped her shoulder, and then his hands returned to a resting position clasped upon the table. Levi bit his lip lightly, it just didn't seem fair, what was going on. For them to be tormented this way... A quiet sigh escaped his lips, but other than that, Levi remained silent.

[broadway]

Raychel took a few calming breaths, but she just thought more and more about the dead bodies at the stadium. The shadows all around the room flicked violently in her rage, and she had to clench her fists even tighter to get herself calmed down. It was so infuriating. The fact that Isabelle had the gall to reveal herself like that. Raychel was even more angry that she hadn't been there to help. Even more so than at the beginning of her involvement in the war, she wanted to murder Isabelle, to stop her from taking more innocent lives.

[imadecoy]

Levi wished that he knew something to do or say that would make Raychel feel at least a tiny bit better, but he had absolutely no idea. He remained quiet, his blue-grey gaze meandering over to the door to watch for more Order members to come in. They weren't all there yet, but Levi had a feeling that the Aurors of their group might not be able to come, the Ministry was working them extra hard.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella smiled slightly back at Angel and then turned to look at the rest of the room, hearing their anxious heartbeats (most of them) and seeing their grim looks. It certainly wasn't a happy sight and Gabriella found herself hoping Isaac would hurry up and arrive.