sally-anne perks cares

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They're all alive. They're not okay, but they're alive.

I shouldn't be so happy to know that when other people aren't alive, but they are.

It's not okay. Sometimes it seems like it won't ever be okay.

But they're alive.

[Warded to Hufflepuff 98]

Hello, everyone! Ellie and I are back from our camping trip (we told you about this last Wednesday, when we left, so I think you knew we were coming back today, but just in case)! And that means we'll be writing on these again, since we weren't, because, well, trip rules! Nature must be enjoyed fully!

How is everyone? Hopefully you didn't miss us too much!

[Wayne Hopkins]

What in the name of my giddy aunt do you think you're doing?! You had better apologize to Ellie this instant, and if you so much as try to avoid her or make her cry more you will regret it. You will go over to her house right now, in person, and you will apologize, Wayne Hopkins, or I will know why and so help me I will drag you over kicking and screaming if I have to and you will grovel. And then you are going to stay there with her and understand her and watch movies or take her to lunch or something. You are going to make up for the past few days. You are never, ever going to do this again or I will be very upset with you.

And I had better not hear that you have said anything about her looks ever again or I will have to hurt you. Even if it was a joke you are not allowed to make jokes about that and you should know better, Wayne Hopkins!

Don't you dare ignore this or I will send howlers. You have ten minutes to respond or I am sending them, and I will send a new one every ten minutes until you do fix things or one of us dies.

Make this right.

[Private]

Scotty hates me. I promised him I would go to his game last year and I didn't because I

he wanted to be a wizard so much when he was eleven.

Everyone has changed and it scares me. I don't want

I'm smiling. I'm still smiling. I have to keep my chin up.

I am not going to cry.

Someone has to be happy and silly and I will do it. I will.

It will be alright. It has to be.

It's over now and things will be better.

They have to be.

There's a party today, so I have to smile.

[Private to 1998 Puffs]

How do I go about getting a Jarvey? I mean I'm not really certain what they are to begin with and I don't know how I'd do it, but I need to do so.

Help?

[Warded to Department of International Magical Cooperation workers]

So! Since we're supposed to ensure a quick translation on mail among other things, I thought maybe it would be really helpful to have a list of what languages we know or feel comfortable working with, in specific? So that we know who to go to if we're having trouble? I mean, you don't have to say anything if you don't want but I just thought it'd be really nice, since I know I would like help sometimes!

For myself, I'm fluent in German and French! If you need it. And English, but that was sort of obvious. And if I have reference books and a few hours I can try my hand at Danish and Russian and Italian, but I'm really only literate in the ones listed. I can find bathrooms and food and hotels in Danish, though, if it ever comes up. Which I don't think it will? But I do feel better about Danish than the other two. I'm working on that one, really!

And also we should probably say what cultures we know the most about! So that we can help out more. For me, Germany and France and Denmark. And here. But I think we all know about here!

Also, I'd really, really like it if we could have some sort of get together, since we'll be seeing one another! I mean, so that we can get to know one another? It's sort of really hard to do when you're running around doing things, and I think we'd be more efficient at running around and doing things if we knew one another better!

Hi! Ellie linked this for me - she's brilliant, isn't she?

It's Sally-Anne Perks, by the way! Although I suppose you can tell that. These are nifty, aren't they?

How is everyone?

[Private]

What do you say to friends you left behind? I knew what to say to Ellie. Or I didn't know, not really, but it was Ellie and she knows what it is I'm saying when I don't know how to say it, even though it had been so long. I don't know.

I know it wouldn't have done any good for me to go back to England. I wouldn't have even been able to keep them smiling, because I would have been in Azkaban, or worse, and Ellie said she doesn't blame me so really I don't think they can, or they can, but they won't, or they will but...I don't know.

Justin came back. I didn't know before it was all over, I didn't, but is that an excuse of any sort? They fought and Ellie said

some of them

I wasn't there.

Ellie doesn't know what to say to me.

I don't want to face my parents and Scotty. They won't understand it still, will they? I don't think they can. And I can't, either, not when I wasn't there and Ellie is so different, and how different must everyone else be?

I don't know what to say.

But I'd better say something. And smile.

( It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day to day basis. )