Percy Weasley

I wanted to send you a note before arriving on work on Monday to express again my deep appreciation for your kind invitation this past Wednesday evening. I felt truly honored by your willingness to share your advice and very valuable time, not to mention the exceedingly gracious introductions to a number of the gentlemen there at your club.

I feel exceedingly fortunate in your willingness to mentor me, and I shall do my utmost to justify your faith in me. Thank you very much.

I am staying at Bill's, and he has agreed to put me up for the next few days.

I realise we will need to decide what to do about the lease quite soon, if not exactly immediately. I am sure we can discuss the matter like civilised adults sometime over the next week. In the meantime, I will need to come by the flat tomorrow to pick up a few personal necessities. I will be by between 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm, if...if you wish to absent yourself during that time window.

If you prefer.

I cannot meet you for lunch today as we planned. My meeting with Mr Malfoy this morning...well, it was horrible.

I don't dare leave my desk today.

I just spotted the announcement in the Ministry weekly roundup. Assistant Director of Purity Control! How fine it sounds!

Congratulations, Bill! I'm extremely gratified to see your virtues and merit being rewarded. (Not to mention your devotion to pureblood principles. True blood will out, eh?)

Penny:

When clearing out the cold box early this morning before leaving for work, I found four spoiled containers of take-away curry. If you're going to order take-away, please check for leftovers, first.

(We really must stop ordering take-away so often. Have you seen the latest Gringotts statement?)

Penny,

I found out today that Mr Malfoy has bespoken practically all my time tomorrow. I'm to represent his office at a number of Freedom Day events throughot the day and into the evening. I"m afraid this means I won't be free to work on arranging things at the flat, or doing any of the shopping we planned. And I won't be able to escort you to any of the Freedom Festival events.

I'm really sorry.

We lost out on the flat. By the time they received my owl, the landlord had accepted another tenant's offer.

I'm sorry. We'll just have to keep looking.

This week's been

I'm here at Hogwarts! Mr Malfoy graciously agreed that I could attend the Third Task. Where can I meet you so we can sit together in the stands?

Well, that was one of the quietest Easter holiday fortnights I think we've ever had here at the Burrow. Ginny was gone to New London practically the entire time, Ron was off several times for CCF events. And the twins, inexplicably, spent most of the hols holed up in their room. And no explosions.

It's a pity we couldn't spend more time on the search for flats. I realise we're just trying to figure out what neighbourhood we want at this point but...it is discouraging, isn't it? I had no idea that a simple one bedroom could be so expensive. Never mind the two bedrooms that we want. I realise that we could economise more if we chose something like the last one, but really, what's the point of saving our Galleons with the hope of eventually hiring a muggleborn when we're forced to share a bath on the floor with someone in another flat?

Well, we still have time. With some further hunting, I'm sure we'll find an acceptable neighbourhood with more affordable rents.

I'd give anything to be able to be with you tonight.

How are things at the school?