Order Only: Private message to Ron and Pansy

I should probably tell the whole Order about this but I wanted to talk to both of you about it first.

While I was at the yarn store in Hogsmeade, Avery found me -- Ron's sponsor for this stupid miserable competition. He told me that I'm holding Ron back, and I ought to drop Ron for his own good, he'll never get anywhere with a half-blood clinging to his sleeve.

And he said, I ought to remember that my first loyalty should be to Pansy, and maybe Pansy hasn't told me to break things off with Ron, but she ought to, because everyone knows Lucius Malfoy is out of favour with Our Lord, and the time may come when Voldemort wants to punish him for something, and when that happens, Avery says he can see to it that it's Pansy who gets hurt. After all she's far more expendable than Draco or Mrs Malfoy.

I should have asked him who he'd suggest instead, then. If I break things off with Ron like he wants, who would he consider expendable enough, but isn't Pansy. But, I didn't, I just stood there and he smirked at me and left.

Anyway I figured you should know, both of you.

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I just wanted to mention that while I was in Hogsmeade yesterday Avery tracked me down while I was by myself to tell me I ought to break things off with Ron because he'll never get on the Council with a half-blood girlfriend, and I'm holding him back, and when I didn't seem properly impressed he said that everyone knows Lucius Malfoy is out of favour with Our Lord and if He wants to punish Mr Malfoy for something, Avery could see to it that it was Pansy who got hurt. Because she's more expendable than Draco, or Mrs Malfoy.

He didn't say who he'd tell them to hurt instead, if I went along with it and broke things off with Ron. I'm sorry I didn't think to ask.

Anyway

I thought I should tell, well, enough people that I didn't make this a PM to Mrs Longbottom (though I did tell Ron and Pansy last night).