Private message to Pansy Parkinson

[alt_sally_anne]

I feel like I've been doing homework for so long my brain is about to start dripping out my ears.

I'm done with Transfiguration, Defence, Potions, and Dark Arts. I'm almost done with Runes for Tuesday. I haven't even started Charms, or Care of Magical Creatures. Or History, actually, but I don't think I'm even going to bother, it's not as if Binns even remembers my name. If there's one thing I agree on with Patil, it's that History Club is a better way to learn history than Binns' class.

Say, I noticed that in Mrs Malfoy's diary entries she's mentioned a Mr Collins who keeps sending her owls. He sounds like a textiles merchant, which got me wondering over the summer -- the Strettons don't know him, and they know most of the people in the business. Do you know him?

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[alt_pansy]

Blah. I need another few inches on my Potions essay to really round it out well -- but my hand and my brain are no longer working at all, so I'd better hold off til tomorrow morning. Otherwise I'll honestly end it by writing,

'And that's all I've got to say about that, so there. Happy?' And I'm pretty sure Professor Slughorn wouldn't take that well.

From what I know, Mr Collins is someone that used to be sweet on Aunt Narcissa, and so he probably isn't anyone of consequence, just a hanger-on who tries to be one.

[alt_sally_anne]

If you're out of things to say you can always say the thing you started out saying but in different words. 'I believe I have shown that fried billywigs can be substituted for powdered asphodel, but it's not ideal,' or whatever.

I've finished Charms and I've gotten a start on CoMC but I think I'm going to bed. It would be nice not to have to do homework after Miserable Monday is over but I think I'll have to start earlier next weekend.

[alt_pansy]

Agreed. But the music study thing went fairly well, I thought. Should we invite Hydra next time too? I think she enjoyed herself, and she keeps so quiet, it's not like it'd be any trouble.

[alt_sally_anne]

Oh, by all means invite her. I like Hydra.

[alt_pansy]

Well, good, because I do too.