Er, Marvolo?

[alt_ron]

Hey, mate. Happy Birthday. I'm late, I know. Sorry. I tried sending an owl, but it came back tonight with the letter unopened, so I guess you didn't get it. Mum wouldn't let me send you any chocs, 'cause she said you get so many gifts from people you don't even know that the parcel room at Buckingham is probably just buried under a mountain of packages. Maybe that's why the owl didn't make it to you?

Anyway, I guess I'll see you this week, yeah? It's going to be wizard, I think! (In fact, it might be even better than I'd thought--I think maybe my parents aren't going to let Percy come along. He's in a huge amount of trouble right now, so I think maybe they're going to make him stay home. Which would be completely wizard since it was going to be dead awful to have him there shouting at me all the time.)

Hope you had a good birthday and all. See you soon!

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[alt_draco]

This is getting really odd. Harry does get a lot of packages from strangers and nutters, but usually they do a decent job of weeding out the ones that come from his mates. Which is what you are, I guess. Have you noticed that he hasn't written in his book in awhile, either?

[alt_ron]

Well, I guess I figured he was busy and all. What with all the important stuff his father has to do. And it's not like he ever writes much. Which I totally get, don't you?

I mean, what is there really to say about everyday stuff?

And then, there's got to be lots of stuff he can't really say because of who he is and what people would think if they read him saying he's bored all the time or that he likes cheddar and pickle sarnies or whatever. I mean don't you bet the people who make stilton cheese would get all bent if he said he likes cheddar? And the people who think eating pickle is naff would say rotten things about him in the papers... or maybe not, 'cause who dares write anything bad about Marvolo, but you know what I mean. Anything he says will get talked about for six weeks and twisted all sideways until people think he said there were purple people from Venus who visited him and told him not to ever eat Wensleydale cheese or his ears would fall off. And all those folks would start saying he's nutters when he never said anything even remotely like that in the first place.

But we'll see him this week, so we can find out if there's something wrong or whatever. He's still coming, isn't he?

[alt_draco]

He is busy, and he does have to be careful about what he says, but he also has that nobels oblige thing, where he has really posh manners and always says thank you. So the fact that he's not even popping in to say something while we're here writing about him is odd, because he wouldn't want people to worry about him.

His mublood said he was coming, so I guess so. She also said he was "miffed."

[alt_neville]

I've been wondering why he hasn't posted all summer. I hope his birthday was as good as mine, at least.

Did your brother ever make it home okay?

[alt_ron]

Yeah, Percy's home. He came in right before breakfast and upset Mum all over again, so we had to get our own. He and Dad went off for a long 'talk', and I don't know. He's up in his room now, not talking to anybody. Not that anyone minds that, of course, but we're not allowed to make any noise because Dad says Percy's got a lot 'to think over'.