Private Message to Linus

[alt_lavender]

I really wish we were in the same House right now, so that we could see each other.

Professor Sandoval-Pennifold hasn't let anyone leave, except to go to the infirmary. And we still don't have our wands. I can't do my morning toilette without it, and I simply don't feel like myself.

I didn't get much sleep last night (I don't imagine anyone did); I've been trying to doze off in this armchair because there are two firsties asleep in my bed and they kick. No one in 1st or 2nd year wanted to be alone in their rooms last night, so some of them are here, some are in the Common Room being watched over by the Weasleys, and Ed Bones has got the rest of the younger boys. Knowing his ideas of fun and distraction there's probably broken furniture somewhere.

You know who would be nice to have around right now? Evelyn Longbottom. She had a cool head and was good with the younger years. Half the time I seem to make them cry more.

I feel so useless

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[alt_linus]

My dearest heart, you are never useless. Yes, I could read that through the scratching-out. Hold fast, and we shall weather this storm. And we shall not be apart from each other long, though truly every minute does feel like hours.

And fret not about your toilette; in my mind's eye, your image is resplendent as ever, and will so remain.

I haven't gotten much sleep myself, come to that. Even poetry fails to comfort.

[alt_lavender]

Thank you, darling. I didn't write much during the wedding because I was...I was honestly a little jealous of Daphne.

She's She was so much the model Daughter of the Protectorate, and pretty much at the top of the list of people I should be trying to be more like, according to Mum. Or trying to outdo, depending on her mood.

And now I feel terribly sorry for every uncharitable thought I ever had about her.