(AN: Sorry this took so long to get put up. Thank you for being patient with me. My updates may be alittle slower so I'm sorry for that. Again thanks to Azaelia Silmarwen for looking this over. I'll hopfuly have the next chapter of my Reading the books fic up some time next week for those of you who are reading that one as well.)
March 20, 2002
New York City, New York.
Dear Ron and Hermione,
I feel sorry for that guy Owen, but he should know better.
Good news; I should be done with school by next spring. I'll be coming back to England in 2003, if nothing big happens here.
I hope you are sleeping better, Hermione. Why have you been getting home so late?
I quit the coffee shop job and now I'm an understudy - is that the right word? - for the police. I mainly observe the officers and whatnot. I went out with this one guy, Jim, on a call a few nights ago. Some sixteen year olds where trying to break into a house. Nothing bad happened. We got there before they could even get into the place. Turns out the house has a silent alarm that went off.
Lottie is doing well. I'm taking her out on a no money date this weekend. So that should be interesting.
I bet Ginny is looking forward to her wedding.
I better go and get my laundry out of the wash. Last week, when I was washing my clothes, I forgot that I had them in the dryer, so some wise guy took them and tossed it out of the window. That was fun chasing my clean laundry down the street and into Central park. Good thing it was mainly shirts.
Talk to you later.
Your friend,
Harry
P.S. Enclosed is a birthday present for Teddy.
April 20, 2002
Dear Harry,
How are you? Ron and I are fine. So is Teddy. He loved the paint set you got him.
Oh good! Teddy will be glad. So will Ron and Neville, but I don't think he'll be staying much longer. Professor Sprout is going to retire and she wants him to take over for her, so he might be the new Herbology teacher.
I hope you are careful when you are out with them. I'm glad that nothing bad happened the first time. Aren't you glad we were not like that when we were sixteen? We had other things going on in our lives then, without worrying about breaking into a flat. Remember what happened to Katie Bell? The look on McGonagall's face when you said that you thought it was Malfoy; I thought she was going to toss you out of the office. Turned out you were right. Looking back we should have followed your instincts more often, but what is done is done and we cannot change that.
That is funny, about your laundry. When I read that out to Ron, he could not breathe from laughing so hard.
What is a no money date? Whatever it is I hope you had fun.
Yes, Ginny is really looking forward to it. I see you replied to her invitation and you are coming. Great! See you in July, then.
Stay safe.
Love,
Hermione