I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good: Private message to Ron and Pansy

[alt_sally_anne]

Ron, Pansy and I 'raised a glass' to your father last night, like your brother said.

It was chamomile tea, but we didn't have anything better.

I hope yesterday wasn't too hard for you.

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[alt_ron]

Thanks, you.

We went up and had supper with Ginny in the Hospital Wing, but she was falling asleep and we didn't stay too long. And there was rehearsal to get to, anywiz.

I'm glad I'm doing that, actually. I guess it helps with not thinking too much about Dad. I mean, I guess I thought about it more during the day yesterday, and then it was good to be busy later.

[alt_pansy]

I know you're keeping busy with the Revue and all, but if you ever want to talk or chuck rocks in the lake, just say the word.

[alt_ron]

Oh, and-

Well, we probably need to talk about Ginny, don't we? I don't really see how we can give her a galleon now. I mean, she doesn't act like she's got any sense at all sometimes.

Which, I know, you think I don't either when I do stuff without thinking. But I don't think I've ever been that daft. Fred says there was stuff she wrote that could have got Bill and Charlie and maybe us in bad trouble, which is why they hexed her to make her cry. I guess Fred had got her to tell him what she said, and I don't know what all it was. Mostly he says she was complaining about how we don't pay her enough attention.

But the thing is, I'm not sure she even understands how bad it could've been, writing a PM like that a week after Sophie Fleet. I mean, we couldn't really talk much last night, but she just doesn't seem to get it. She gets so cross sometimes and can't seem to think straight. I don't know. Mum's like that a bit, but Gin's way worse. Way worse.

So, yeah. No galleon. Not now.

[alt_sally_anne]

I've been cross with you loads of times but I've never felt like I couldn't trust you.

How did they know what she wrote, did Bill tell them? Is that why Lee wrote that list of insults? (You should ask Lee what the rest of it said and tell the lock. What we heard was pretty brilliant.)

[alt_ron]

No, I think Fred got her to tell him what she wrote after he saw it in the journals. Probably good he was the one, cause I'd probably just have shouted at her for being so stupid. So the twins knew ahead of time that if Umbridge made her read that PM, they'd need to be ready to do something. Like a diversion tactic, really.

Which, actually. I hadn't thought about whether Lee's PM was part of their plan. So they'd all get hauled into Umbridge's office with Ginny if she decided to do it in private. I mean, it was really better she did take them all to her office. I don't know if their hex would have been as easy to do on the sly if they'd had to cast it in front of everyone in the Great Hall.

I'll ask him, yeah.

That was really a moment, wasn't it? When he started reading that!

Maybe he should put his list on the galleons. One at a time.

[alt_sally_anne]

Oh GOOD IDEA about the galleons.

[alt_pansy]

It'd be good for a laugh.

[alt_pansy]

Yes. Sense first, then galleon. But you really ought to at least try and do something about the sense part. If she could've got Bill and Charlie in trouble, and doesn't learn any better, she might up and do it all over again without thinking.