AN: The following collection of letters have been written for the Dumbledore's Army Boot Camp with the character Padma Patil. The letters are not in chronological order.
Challenges and Prompts for this letter:
Prompt #2 - Flowers for Dumbledore's Army Boot Camp
Prompt #95 - Lonesome for the If You Dare Challenge
Sunflowers
10th October 1993
Dear Parvarti,
I miss you.
You're only sitting a table away but it feels like miles.
Michael told me you were dating today, well he didn't exactly tell me. He asked me what type of flowers you would like because Valentine's is coming up. I don't know why it surprised me, I guess I just thought that you'd tell me when you got a boyfriend.
Remember when we were younger and you used to say that when one of us got a boyfriend the other one would act like a brother, like a Dad because we were all we had. I've only got you Pavvie and I want to think you've only got me but we both know that's not true.
Michael is a good person. He'll be a nice first boyfriend or a forever boyfriend, depending on how it goes. He's got a little sister who writes letters to him twice a week and he's sweet. His favourite class is Ancient Runes because he loves languages and wants to one day work in South America helping to translate ancient ruins, artefacts, stuff like that. He's trying to teach himself Portuguese, the Grey Lady is helping him.
I don't even know what your favourite class is.
I told him your favourite flower was a sunflower but now I'm not sure if that's supposed to be mine. Remember when we picked them for Mum when she was in hospital? You used to say they'd make her better, because they were so bright and happy.
I miss her.
Most of all I miss you Pavvie. I don't know when I lost you, if it was when we came to Hogwarts or when Mum died… if it's all my fault, if there was something I could have done. You're laughing and teasing Dean Thomas as I write this and you just look so happy.
I've always wanted to be you.
Perhaps that's part of the problem.
Padma.