Dear Jessie,
I was so excited to get to the kitchens this afternoon, and Nuna and Leville were actually there! Sorry, I mean Luna and Neville. I think that some part of me was very super afraid that they were just teasing me yesterday, and that they wouldn't show up, but they did! Can you believe it!
If you were here right now, I think that you would say you believed it the whole time. You've always been able to find an impossible amount of faith in me. I wonder how much faith you could possibly have in me now?
Well anyways, the three of us stayed and helped out in the kitchen, and while I'm usually in there for a couple of hours, we were in and out in under one hour. And it was fun, too. They mostly did all the talking, while I listened and laughed along. There are some pretty interesting stories about this school.
Apparently a few years ago, Hermione was petrified (basically turned to stone/paralyzed completely) by something called a basilisk. Neville said that it's some giant snake thing. This other kid, Harry something, is the one who defeated the snake, but Neville said that according to Harry's story afterwards, it was Hermione who gave him the information he needed. She's so smart, I can hardly believe it.
After we finished helping in the kitchen in every way we could, the three of us left. They said 'same time same place tomorrow' and then went off to wherever they spend their free time. I feel so happy. Despite you being a muggle (non-magical person) I think that you would fit in really well here.
Everyone's so nice here, maybe not to me, but I don't really deserve their kindness anyways. Today I really wanted to talk to someone, anyone, and actually have them listening and responding, but I know that that is impossible. My teachers are always hurrying away when I try to approach them, and it's only the second week of school. Oh well.
At least today is a Friday, so I will have all weekend to myself. I have a little bit of homework, but I've been permanently excused from most of it, on account of me missing the past five years. Some of the teachers are so wound up, even you would be able to set them off.
So what I wanted to talk about (besides my new fr- Neville and Luna) is this: a girl who is in several of my classes. Of course that makes her a year older than me, since she's in my year. I don't know her name, I don't really pay much attention when the professors take attendance. She has long red hair, and a lot of freckles.
And for the past couple of days, I've noticed her staring at me. I first I thought I was mistaken, because no one will even glance at me, let alone stare. She's in Gryffindor, I can tell by her robes, and she's usually with a bunch of other people. But I can feel her staring. It's not particularly unfriendly or anything, just maybe a little unnerving.
Today I told myself that I would just stare back, and once she sees my 'creepy' eyes she would look away and not stare again. But I couldn't work up the courage to do that, so she just continued to stare. Maybe she knows about what happened back in the states. Maybe she doesn't like me for some other reason, I don't really know.
Tomorrow I'll ask Neville (since he's in Gryffindor) and maybe I'll get her name. Then I can ask him what her deal is, and he can (possibly) tell me, and then I can (hopefully) talk to her. But I guess for now, I'll just get to sleep. I hope that I will eventually have some more things to put in the trunk at the end of the bed, but for now it's just these letters.
Yours always,
Sophie