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[alt_ron]

All right. So... no one's hurt. We're all back in common rooms, and Himself's off with a bunch of the teachers, having a firewhiskey or playing Snap or whatever evil gits do after a feast and a fighting demo.

It was... not what I expected. At all. I mean, who knew He's ever in a decent mood?

I mean, for a bloke who doesn't look physically capable of smiling, He looked next thing to cheerful tonight.

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[alt_ron]

Yeah, she's been a real joy to be around recently. Never pleased.

I mean, I don't think Voldemort's capable of smiling, but S-P? She could do it, but she's totally forgotten how.

[alt_hydra]

Dueling her was very boring.

Though maybe that's because we were stopped after two minutes.

Private Message to Hydra

[alt_justin]

Dux,

Worst night ever to try to sleep alone, what, and dashed impossible to risk any sort of sneaking about.

Send Jack? Preferably with something to remind me of you. I'll send him back again if you like.

Sweet dreams,

-J

Re: Private Message to Hydra

[alt_hydra]

What reminds you of me?

Or, if that's a challenge to be inventive, I'll see what I can do.

I suppose it is getting late, isn't it? Well, we'll see what tomorrow brings.

Re: Private Message to Hydra

[alt_justin]

I've told Ron I have a ridiculously boring book, what, but I'd rather go to sleep thinking of the things that remind me of you....

The colour of your hair. Your scent. The crinkle in your nose. The stairs by the Slytherin dungeon. Fifth-year textbooks. Jack. The muff you used at the Yule Ball. Pink. The nightgown you brought to Gretna Green. The quill you favoured all last month, the one with the stripe of grey through it. The blue-grey of your eyes. The way you stand when you're watching carefully.

The

feel

of

silk

[alt_ron]

I'd be disappointed, too, if I'd got cheated of a chance to knock S-P off her feet. For starters. With no punishment. That'd be too rich.

Wish you'd got the chance to put her in her place in front of all of us.

[alt_hydra]

Do you think I would have bested her, though? She might've just been warming up.

[alt_ron]

Of course, you would have.

She was wrong-footed almost from the start. And slower than you.

And, yes, she might've been warming up, but you could've dispatched her before she got her rhythm. Easily.

(My opinion.)

[alt_harry]

I agree with Ron. She was in the wrong frame of mind as well as being off-balance.