Another Rock and Roll Christmas (Evy)

[sarah jane oliveira]

December 26, 2028
Oliveira Home

Apart from the T-shirt signed by Mickey McLaggen that she had managed to score for Sebastian through no real effort of her own, Christmas, as usual, had been a bust. The full moon hadn't ruined the holiday, but Sarah felt that would have made for a good excuse not to have to deal with her family. Sarah had never been happier to have her own place and an Apparition license, because she was pretty certain that she would have lost her mind if she had to spend the night at her parents', too. She could only take so much of the annual Oliveira theatrics, and she was thankful that she had never been the "responsible one" of her siblings to be expected to hold everyone together.

By the time Boxing Day rolled around, Sarah had lost track of everything that had happened, but her mother's drunkenly walking out on the rest of them on Christmas Eve was up there on the list of things that had gone wrong. It definitely wasn't enough to alert the Ministry, and she just assumed that her mother would return home at some point Christmas night. She was an adult; she wasn't in any real danger, and she probably needed some time to herself.

Sarah decided to go back to her parents' house when she woke up to nothing from her sisters or father about her mother's return. The full moon wasn't until New Year's Eve, which meant that wouldn't be an issue for a few more days. Knowing her, Sarah thought, she'd show up again well before then. Either that, or she had gone to Claustrum de Lupus or someplace and would be back after the full moon.

Letting herself inside, Sarah saw no signs of anything's having changed, but it seemed that everyone else was still asleep.

evelyn rhea oliveira

[evelyn rhea oliveira]

Same roads

lead to same destinations

December 26, 2028
sarah jane oliveira

Christmas Eve had progressed as expected—terribly. Before the sunset for the evening, their mother was deep into the wine and in her own little world. But not so far gone, she could not be in the same room as their father. So, they managed to get through dinner with only snarky remarks, and Sebastian seemed pleased with the gifts from his grandparents and doting aunts. Sarah had gotten him a signed shirt from one of his favorite professional Quidditch Players. Mina didn’t seem impressed, but Evy thought it was a good sign as Sebastian jumped up and eagerly hugged his mother.

All the excitement meant the seven-year-old promptly fell asleep. After settling him in one of the spare rooms, their mother deemed it the best time to pick a fight with their father. Evy couldn’t recall ever seeing their father fight back much, basically just taking what was thrown at him physically and verbally. But words were exchanged. Evy did her best to scroll through her phone aimlessly and ignore it for a while but then decided to leave. She didn’t even say goodbye to anyone, merely grabbing her coat and apparating the first place she thought of—outside Nate’s apartment in Hogsmeade.

He didn’t turn her away, and Evy spent the night and the following day there. Something about sitting around lazily while eating takeaway made for a perfect day—the peaceful holiday Evy had always wished for. Unfortunately, Evy had to return home at some point. And Nate returned to one of his jobs as well, so she couldn’t continue to hide out with him. Entering her family’s home, Evy tried not to make too much noise since it was before noon. But the first person she saw was Sarah, which was odd considering she had her own flat. ”Sarah?” Evy slipped out of her coat. ”What are you doing here so early?”

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