Going to Pansy's

[alt_sally_anne]

Pansy, Mrs Stretton says I can use the floo sometime after lunch, so I don't know EXACTLY what time I'll be there but probably early afternoon. It might be as late as three.

I can't WAIT.

(I didn't make this a private message because if anyone's trying to find me this week, they should know I won't be at the Stretton's.)

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[alt_pansy]

HOORAH! It will be so brill to have you hear. I'm camping out by the fireplace until you come.

[alt_sally_anne]

I hope you brought a book. They had a whole load of shipments they were planning to make before lunch but it turned out they got an order of fruit that arrived from somewhere else and they spent all morning bringing that in. And NOW they're shipping things out. Yes, you'd think they'd use owls, but this is their first try at orders placed by private journal posts, they've got a messenger who's carrying everything through the floo and is going to collect payment. Doesn't that seem utterly mad to you? SO much more trouble than owls.

[alt_pansy]

Don't worry, I've got nothing better to do, and Mina has me fully stocked with tea and sandwiches.

Why all the bother with floo? Or do they depend on people sending their own owls there, and they don't have enough?

Any ways, sounds dead boring. Get here soon!

Private message to Pansy Parkinson

[alt_sally_anne]

The good news is, I nicked two oranges. (OK I didn't really NICK two oranges, the assistant slipped them to me when Mrs Stretton wasn't looking.)

Re: Private message to Pansy Parkinson

[alt_pansy]

Haha, nice.

[alt_hydra]

It sounds like so much fun.
I hope you both have the grandest time!

From,
Hydra

[alt_pansy]

We shall!

Do you think... would your mum let you come over for tea one day while Sally-Anne is here? Maybe Wednesday or Thursday? I think it would be brilliant.

If you have plans, or can't come because it's such short notice, that's fine. But I think you'd enjoy meeting the horses, and looking at Sally-Anne's quilting project, and eating Mina's chocolate cake, and it'd be wiz nift.

[alt_hydra]

I don't know, because there are so many things scheduled from between now and when school starts again.
But oh, I forgot all about the horses!
And chocolate cake is my favourite, except maybe for lemon.
I will ask Mummy when she gets home tonight, and hopefully either Wednesday or Thursday will work.

From,
Hydra

[alt_pansy]

Good! And I know my mum likes things to be scheduled too, so if she says no, I understand.

I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

So did you get there or not?

I hope so. I can't believe those Strettons made you wait all day to go. I bet you were glad to get there.

If you did.

Did you?

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[alt_sally_anne]

Oh! Yes, I got here just fine a few hours after I wrote. I haven't written again because I've been busy. We're having a good time. And we got an owl this morning, Hydra's mum is letting her visit tomorrow.

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[alt_ron]

Oh.

That'll be nice, I guess.

We're having a big supper tonight cause it's Ginny's birthday. But that means Mum's got about a millionty extra things she wants us to do while she cooks.

And Ginny's being, well, queer. All secret and moody and

you don't think she's

I mean, sometimes you girls get all

well

she's turning twelve and

yeah

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[alt_sally_anne]

What exactly are you asking me about your sister, Ronald?

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

Uh. Nothing?

Never mind.

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

Do you think she fancies some boy or what?

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

No.

I think she's got that monthly thing that makes girls

y'know

whatever

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

Ginny hardly needs PMT to be moody and secretive with brothers like you lot!

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

PMT? Never heard of it.

And she's lucky to have brothers like us. No one'll get away with doing anything to her with all of us around looking out for her. And we're pretty nice to her, too. Or at least we're not any harder on her than on each other.

I mean, for her birthday, I'm telling her I'll do all her turns with the chickens and goats until we go back to school. That's rather nice of me, I think.