Ron Weasley

Say, Daphne, I think I might need another lesson like tonight to really be sure about that thing you were showing me, y'know?

Do you think we could try again tomorrow night? After rehearsal, I've got all the way till curfew. Unless you've got Prefects duties again or something.

So I had to read my thank you letter to Arista out to everyone in Umbridge's office. I tried to make it an entertaining performance. Hope they all enjoyed it. (Bloody Umbridge, though. Made Starling read a letter to her Mum about not having any decent socks in her trunk. The rest of them were fairly funny, though, I thought. Especially Scroops and Frobisher getting caught out planning a stupid prank.)

I'm starving, though. I totally missed out eating because Umbridge went on and on about our better selves blah blah, and I've had lessons all day since. And Quidditch club and then Revue practice, so I've got to find something to eat now, or I'll fall off my broom or swoon on Greengrass or something later.

Um, Nev?

Have you seen The Prophet today?

Mum's all upset about it. Guess it was kind of a rotten article. I haven't really seen it, but they were all talking about it when I came down for breakfast.

Sorry, mate.

I mean, I don't reckon it's going to be much fun. Not being there with Patil and Zabini and Greengrass and Malfoy and all that lot. Not to mention Thomas and Finnicky. I hope we don't have to share rooms with people from our own Houses.

Anywiz, it's a real shame about you crashing your broom that day. You were doing so well until that happened, I really think they'd've taken you.

So what is it with girls and flowers?

All the girls in Gryffindor are all gooey today about Zabini sending Greengrass those roses this morning.

Honestly? Who cares if Zabini's got more galleons than sense?


I guess Frobisher's probably glad they've all got something to talk about other than just her, though. Not that she seems to notice. Anything, really.

At least the weather was decent.

And it was nice to be able to buy some things at Honeydukes and look at stuff in Zonko's and have a butterbeer at the Broomsticks, but honestly?

I don't know about having a Hogsmeade day so close to Valentines. I mean, it's just not on how many people were making gooey eyes with girls and, y'know, doing other stuff.

That's just not quidditch.

Hiya.

I think you maybe know about me getting hexed Tuesday

I'm all right now, though

but I don't know if you've heard what the hex made me say

did Percy tell you? or Ginny? They're not really saying much to me right now. Well, Ginny said I shouldn't go and do anything to get them back, but I mean, she didn't tell me if she wrote you anything about it.

It was

I feel really bad about it, Mum. I mean, I don't exactly like being poor, but I don't anyway want to be like those snooty people--y'know, like Greengrass and Malfoy and Zabini and and Marvolo--who think it's so important how big your house is and how many you have and where you buy your clothes and how much they're worth and all. Or like McMillan and Smith and Brown and the Patils, who want to be just like them. And I know Perc

I just

It was really horrible to have to say that over and over again. I mean, I wouldn't've cared about saying I'm an eeejit, cause that's just mean and y'know, whatever. I mean, I'd've been cheesed off still about them hexing me, but it wouldn't've been But making me say my parents

I guess I just wanted you to know I'm sorry or

I dunno

that I feel bad about it

and

yeah

just that, I guess.


Ron