Yesterday

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Errol's bringing thank you notes from all of us to the Strettons--including from Mum, who says she wants Mrs Stretton to know that she knows what it is to have so many of us all at once.

Anywiz, yesterday was dead snitch. For real. I mean, how often does a match end with the snitch flying up the Seeker's robes and knocking him off his broom? Haha! Lee, that was the funniest thing ever!!! And a good thing it was so low when you saw it!!

See, Nev? You're not the only one that sort of thing happens to! It was really great, though. You'd have loved all the food. The Strettons just let us tell their servants what we wanted, and then Jeremy had them bring it all out so we could have a picnic outside under the trees. They have a bunch of servants to do everything for them. Well, I guess they've got loads of work to do there, running their farms and factories and all.

Anywiz, we played two matches in the morning--'cause the first one ended really fast when Lee caught the snitch by pretty much dropping out of the air right on top of it and then falling off his broom when it got caught in his robes and started pounding him. And after lunch we switched the sides around and made it a rule that you could only have one beater, 'cause Stretton's side in the morning decided to have two beaters and two chasers (y'know, instead of one and three), but that made it a bit too much like a real match and it didn't seem really fair with people playing who aren't used to flying all the time.

Oh, and the twins and Lee and Stretton all had ideas for other spells we could try on the old brooms, since the ones we put on my Silver Arrow last time are working a treat. And we got Fred's broom so it can go way high, and Stretton's Nimbus 1000 was really shooting about after we got done with it. Wood got kind of cheesed off at us for spending time charming the brooms at the start, 'cause he wanted to just play. (So it's pretty rich he's the one who held things up after lunch when he was off talking to Stretton so long. Didn't you think, Sally Anne?) But it was wizard he was there. Wood, I mean. Ginny was really chuffed when he said she's a natural Seeker. That was pretty nice of him.

So, yeah. It was really great.

Oh, and when we got home, Mum had got an owl from Professor Sinistra with all the stuff about what to pack for the YPL trip, and forms she has to fill out giving permission for stuff. So today I'm having to decide what I want to take so she can wash everything and mend stuff, and she's fussing about the fact that I've grown a couple inches since school ended and now the sleeves are short on my school robes, and I guess we have to have a set of school robes for the trip for something. Mum said at least they didn't say we have to have dress robes with us.

Comments

[alt_sally_anne]

It was utterly brilliant having all of you over. Although I don't know why it's Ginny who's clearly meant to be a Seeker; she had to actually catch it instead of having it fly up her robe. Don't you think it shows a really unique talent to be able to attract it to your person the way Lee did?

[alt_ron]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

No.

[alt_ron]

And yeah, I don't see that Ginny's got any special thing for Quidditch.

At all.

But it was nice of Wood to say that to her. I think.

I mean, I wish she'd shut up about it now, though.

I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

And I think Pansy believed it when you said Nev owled you about his camping trip but BE CAREFUL next time, yeah?

I don't know why Nev didn't talk about it anywhere but the lock. A camping trip with his great uncle doesn't seem like a state secret.

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

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I know, right? Sometimes it's really tough to remember who said what where. Like under the lock or not--know what I mean? I mean, it's hard enough to be sure no one who shouldn't see ever sees the ink we use--like Finnigan and Thomas--and you had some close calls with Pansy.

But that was kind of close yesterday about Nev.

[alt_pansy]

Please please please tell me you're going with the group next week, and not the week after? Because it would be just awful if they split us up.

And I really want to show you Hyde Park, too!

[alt_ron]

Oh. Yeah. I'm in with you next week. I dunno who's in the other group. Do you?

And that'd be wizard if you can show us some of the stuff in London that you like to do.

[alt_pansy]

Ace! We'll have lots of fun. And yeah, I don't know who's in the second group either.

[alt_luna]

Maybe Lee Jordan could give the Ravenclaw seeker tips. If he can do that sort of thing on purpose.

[alt_ron]

Um. I dunno why he'd give the Ravenclaw seeker any tips. I mean, if he's got any tips to give, he'd give them to Coote, I'd think. Actually, Coote could really use a few pointers. He didn't do as well last year as the year before--and that wasn't anything to owl home about.

I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

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Although, actually. I wondered if Stretton was giving Wood some tips about Ravenclaw when they were off talking so long after lunch. But if he was, I wonder what he thought he was going to get in return. Cause Stretton doesn't seem like the kind of bloke who just does a load of favours for people without having something he wants from them, yeah?

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

Huh.

Well, I know what Jeremy wants. He wants to play professional quidditch, or failing that, he wants to work for a quidditch team -- ANYthing but coming home to work for his parents after he takes his NEWTs. He'd give anything and he'd certainly sell out his own House's team -- they kicked him off, after all.

Rumour has it some of the pro teams are interested in Wood, yeah?

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

Yeah. We asked him about that, and he said he'd heard from a few clubs wanting him to come for a tryout. He didn't really want to talk about it, I don't think, but he did say the Cannons and Puddlemere and the Falcons.

Maybe Stretton should go work for Nimbus or Cleansweep or one of the other broom companies. He could totally do it.