Mercifully Tyb was not playing in this match and Elsie wasn't even sure why she was here, but Owen and Harvey had dictated her presence, since she'd gotten to go into a nice box last time, that she revisit the experience from the normal stands. It wasn't any better really, but she'd agreed to come, if only because Tyb had also purchased a ticket near to them, so they could catch a few minutes together, even if in public. He'd been in the second string box for the first part of the match, as far as he knew, but she'd see him soon. Instead she was stuck wringing Harvey's arm every time somebody was viciously hit and the injuries to the players started to accumulate.
One of the chasers was ferociously hit again and then something happened to a bludger, sending it straight into the stands and that was when the chaos erupted. Elsie felt her stomach drop as she watched the bludger smash into a mid-tier box, though she was fairly certain Tyb was up higher, she dread settled into her gut rather quickly as everyone around her started scrambling to either see what happened to leave. Harvey was required to go check in with his boss, looking white as a sheet, which left Elsie with her younger siblings and Mrs. Haynes. Everything went sideways as people pushed and shoved their way through the stands themselves and since Elsie had been on the far end of the row, she'd already been separated. She could just barely see her chaperon's blue hat at the top of the stairs with her siblings before disappearing.
On a good day, Elsie could handle a small crowd without much help- in a situation like this, she could barely breathe for the anxiety that built up in her system. Some people were moving toward the exit, many were staying put to see what happened next and Elsie was caught somewhere in between, following the small flow of people toward the stairs, but she stumbled, near the back of the stands. Trying to keep Mrs. Haynes visible was impossible and she only made it down a couple flights of stairs before her legs gave out entirely. At this point she wasn't even sure where in the stadium she was and so she promptly rooted herself to the spot trying not to lose herself in the oncoming panic attack without anyone she knew to help her.
One of the chasers was ferociously hit again and then something happened to a bludger, sending it straight into the stands and that was when the chaos erupted. Elsie felt her stomach drop as she watched the bludger smash into a mid-tier box, though she was fairly certain Tyb was up higher, she dread settled into her gut rather quickly as everyone around her started scrambling to either see what happened to leave. Harvey was required to go check in with his boss, looking white as a sheet, which left Elsie with her younger siblings and Mrs. Haynes. Everything went sideways as people pushed and shoved their way through the stands themselves and since Elsie had been on the far end of the row, she'd already been separated. She could just barely see her chaperon's blue hat at the top of the stairs with her siblings before disappearing.
On a good day, Elsie could handle a small crowd without much help- in a situation like this, she could barely breathe for the anxiety that built up in her system. Some people were moving toward the exit, many were staying put to see what happened next and Elsie was caught somewhere in between, following the small flow of people toward the stairs, but she stumbled, near the back of the stands. Trying to keep Mrs. Haynes visible was impossible and she only made it down a couple flights of stairs before her legs gave out entirely. At this point she wasn't even sure where in the stadium she was and so she promptly rooted herself to the spot trying not to lose herself in the oncoming panic attack without anyone she knew to help her.
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MJ always makes her so pretty