Private Message to Sally Anne Perks and Pansy Parkinson

[alt_ron]

Happy Christmas.

Yeah.

Things are quiet here. I mean, we got up and had breakfast and Charlie made us all laugh by making the buns jump out of reach when anybody tried to take one. And the twins admitted they'd tried to nick a snack in the night but Ginny'd booby trapped the food! But mostly we all just ate a little and then made excuses why we needed to leave the table.

I went up to my room for a while and then walked out through the fields and pitched rocks into the stream but it wasn't much fun without the squid. Or you.

Thanks for being here. You know, during all of it.

I'm not sure what we're going to do now. We've all got gifts for everyone, but nobody wants to do it without Dad because he always made it such fun. And then there'll be tomorrow and...

Yeah.

Comments

[alt_sally_anne]

Happy Christmas, Ron.

That book of pretend CCF scenarios you wrote was really great. I read it out loud to Gemma and Philip and Philip made fun of it and Gemma tried to think of solutions. I wasn't expecting 'You're on an island in the middle of a large body of water with only a wire whisk, a kneasle and a vacuum flask of turtle soup. How do you escape to the mainland and return safely to base camp?' Gemma wanted to know if maybe she could make an island-escaping potion out of turtle soup.

[alt_ron]

Gemma's clever and Philip's a tit.

If you could come again tomorrow we could do some flying. Get in some practice, but make it fun so Pansy'd have a good time, too, yeah?

[alt_pansy]

I'll have fun! Even if it's on a broom.

[alt_ron]

Excellent!

[alt_sally_anne]

I don't know if I can come tomorrow. I think the Strettons want me to go around doing things for their muggles, again, and that's not something Hitty could do in my place. Do you remember their Boxing Day tradition? With new clothes and 'favours' where they can ask for things they really need.

[alt_ron]

I hope none of them are ill this time! Be careful, yeah?

[alt_sally_anne]

Oh, believe me. If anyone's ill, I think the Strettons will be keeping me as far away from them as they possibly can.

[alt_sally_anne]

Though I think the Strettons would let me spend the night at Pansy's and maybe I could be there in the late afternoon or early evening? So at least I'd see you tomorrow for a little while.

[alt_ron]

That'd be brilliant.

Or if it's better with the Strettons, you could come Thursday and spend the whole day.

I haven't forgotten what I said about flying drills sometime if you wanted. And maybe later in the week we could ask the twins to help with bludger drills for both of us. They'll do it. I mean, we're already all starting to go spare, being cooped up around the house.

[alt_pansy]

That's what friends do, tuna lips.

I made it through the end of my second year because of you both, you know. The least I can do is be there for you when you need it most.

I could come over tomorrow if you'd be in the mood to chuck rocks some more. Or go on a walk. Or do absolutely nothing worthwhile. And Sally-Anne, you know that Hitty's ready to help at the Strettons again.

[alt_ron]

That would be wizard if you can come. And we can go for a fly or pitch rocks at the fish or walk up to the place that looks down into the village. I've been wondering, actually, whether we could find out anything about who wrote that rubbish on the buildings around the hall where, y'know. I've been thinking about what that stuff meant.

[alt_pansy]

That all sounds very worth doing. Count me in.

If they'd have known, really known your dad, they wouldn't have written it.

[alt_ron]

I know, right? And that's the thing. I'd be interested to know who thinks heroes of the Protectorate are rats, y'know? Could be we'd like to know them. Or really not. It depends what they really mean by it.

I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

Yeah. I mean there are definitely people who don't like the Lord Protector who I wouldn't want to know. Like the ones who blew up the QWC.

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

[alt_ron]

Yeah. That.