I can't wait to get home

[alt_ron]

For Christmas!

And Mum's cooking. I mean, here at school you don't ever wake up because you're smelling breakfast cooking, do you? Or know it's time to come in for lunch because you can hear Mum banging pots about in the kitchen. And you don't start thinking about supper at half-four because you can already smell the roast cooking.

And none of it will be transfigured!

It's been a while since I've been home for Christmas, too. So I can't wait to see all the decorations: the garland and the candles, and Mum sticks cloves into apples--and oranges, too, if she can get any--and that makes everything smell great!

I hope they haven't brought in the pine boughs yet for over the doors. I remember going with Bill and Charlie when I was still pretty small and helping them pull the branches back home.

And Mum'll be humming carols all the time. And there'll be sweets for tea time.

I don't know how much snow there's been at home, but one year we got great gobs of it over the hols, and when Charlie came home from school, we made a giant snow fortress, and the twins made a cannon and shot snow balls at Percy and Ginny when they came out to see what we were up to!!!

And there'll be pie. And Mum's jam. And toast soldiers with our eggs.

So, yeah. I can't even wait!

Comments

[alt_padma]

You've got a great family? Excuse me? That's a laugh.

I've seen your mum, Weasley. I bet she was on someone's list of the porkiest witches when she was our age and she certainly hasn't got any better since. And who in the world would admire a couple of delinquents like Fred and George Weasley? One day they'll be in Azkaban where they belong. And let's not even start talking about your other brother or that sister of yours. And like Zabini says, your dad may as well work for the ghost relations office for all that he'll ever amount to anything at the Ministry.

Besides, it's really quite mad to be crowing about going home for Christmas now, when last year you were so miserable because of them you made certain to stay, even before everyone had to stay in the castle for our own protection from Black's Paralysis!

If you were any kind of proper wizard you'd be well ashamed of having a family like that.

[alt_sally_anne]

Oh, do talk about the Head Boy, Patil, I'm sure he's dying to know what you think of him.

[alt_padma]

Nobody asked you, Perks.

[alt_ron]

Patil, while I disagree completely with what you said about my parents, you were right that I was insensitive. I will try to be more careful of what I say in the future.

[alt_padma]

.....

Is that really you, Weasley? Or has someone nicked your journal and is writing it for you?

[alt_ron]

...

I was thinking, does that even work? And then I remembered Director Selwyn's daughter.

It's really me.

[alt_padma]

Right. How come you don't sound like you then, at all?

Well.

It's good that you've finally realised what you did to Marvolo, so. Yeah. All right, then.

Private message to Ronald Weasley

[alt_neville]

Um....now that you've sort of smoothed things over, maybe you put the journal away for now, Ron? You said you wanted to look over that Care of Magical Creatures essay again before you turned it in. And look, there's pudding for dessert!

Re: Private message to Ronald Weasley

[alt_ron]

That's a really good idea, Neville, thank you for reminding me about the homework.

Re: Private message to Ronald Weasley

[alt_neville]

Uh, anytime.