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One last outing before we all go back to school, right? Anyone coming? I should warn you that Jeremy's coming with me. He stopped pouting about not getting a quidditch day at the Burrow when I pointed out that Mrs Weasley is BEREAVED and perhaps doesn't feel like hosting yet this summer. (He wanted to organise one here but Mrs Stretton said no.) But he really wanted to come flying with us, at least.

(And one last posting before our year starts dropping off this lock. Who all has a birthday in the autumn? Hermione, yours is in September, isn't it?)

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alt_sally_anne

Oh.

Yeah.

My father got wind of what happened with the people who broke into the Stretton farm and the MLE finding Diviner's Mint and all the rest. I don't know how, because it wans't in the papers. I got a letter from him that he also sent to Half-Blood Affairs questioning the character of my foster family and saying that I ought to come to him for Christmas hols, instead of them.

And Mrs Stretton pulled me into her office a few days later -- she had this tone like she was doing me a huge favour -- to say that of course once I turn 17 I have every right to spend my holidays wherever I like, and of course the Office of Half-Blood Affairs can send me packing to my father's hovel (that was her word, hovel) for Christmas if they choose but once I turn 17 I'll be able to choose where I live and then she offered me a job. More or less. As an overseer on their estates. She said that she knew I was hard-working and honest and that since I'm a half-blood no one will want to hire me. I said I wanted to be a Healer and she laughed and said that naturally I should complete my NEWTs and apply to the training programme and see what happens, but there will be a job waiting for me when they inevitably turn me down.

Oh and she said that I also had the option of living off Pansy's charity. (That's how she put it.) At least until Pansy got tired of having me around.

Anyway. That was while you were all at CCF and I didn't post about it because I was too cross to write about it and so I decided to wait until I could tell people in person. Only then when you were back from camp I just didn't feel like talking about it, and now I'm not cross anymore exactly just ... tired of the Strettons. Tired of Mr and Mrs Stretton, anyway. Jeremy's not awful, Phillip's not awful, Gemma's not awful. Even the twins aren't awful (they were pretty awful babies but they're better now that they're older.)

Sometimes I think this would all be easier if they were ALL JUST TOTALLY AWFUL. Their offer isn't really terrible. She told me what the salary would be and it's decent, better than what a lot of fostered half-bloods wind up with after they leave school. If they'd had Megan as a foster daughter just think how pleased she'd be by that? They'd have got on well with Megan, I think. Instead, Megan had that old lady...

Yeah.

Anyway.

What do you think the Jugsons want you to do?

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alt_justin

Oh, I say, I'm sorry you had to bear that without the rest of us round to support, what.

And yes, I do understand. Tonks had the advantage that the Crouches were bally well hateful--I mean to say, not that one would wish her abused but that it made her decision to leave unquestionable.

There are moments I feel the Jugsons aren't bad sorts, either. At least I do believe they've tried, what. I've a notion Mr Jugson might like me to stay on, particularly if they believe I've a chance to marry Hydra. I'm well certain I'd rather not, what, but it's a question of what alternatives one has.

-Justin

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alt_sally_anne

Well, if you've got other alternatives you could tell them 'I'll live with you if you stop doing the following annoying things' (like grounding you) and see what they say.

From:

alt_pansy

What? She

What?

Oh, Sally-Anne. How horrid. Honestly. And it's even worse because from their point of view, they're trying to be reasonable. I still want to slap her, though,

From:

alt_sally_anne

Yes, she absolutely thinks she's being reasonable.

And in a lot of ways she is.

I've been thinking about it and wondering if I should recommend Megan Jones to them. Jones isn't very well connected, especially with Dolores Umbridge inside a plate. And she'd be competent enough at the sort of things they want from their staff.

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alt_pansy

True. She did get through her OWLs. And you're right that she doesn't have much else in terms of connections. Harry'd probably know more. They talk sometimes. Or Justin or Sue, of course.