Dear Jessie,

I'm so glad that it's finally the weekend, though I'm pretty sure the week drags on much worse for the students who are actually expected to do their work and stuff. But still, it's tough for me too. At least now I don't feel extremely awkward walking around, since I'm not the only student who isn't in class.

I went to the kitchens, just to see whether or not the others got my warning from Hermione. I wouldn't want them all to suffer and be punished because of my own inability to stay out of trouble with the professors (especially Snape).

To my surprise, they were all in there, Neville, Luna, and Hermione, all toiling away for the sake of the house elves. And despite what Snape told me on Thursday, I think the elves are very grateful for the help, since they're clearly being overworked. I hurried away, and this time I was extra careful to make sure that no one saw me. I don't want to get a reputation as being a sneaky spy or something.

I started to go back to the Slytherin common room, but then decided to stay away. Hanging around there for no reason can only cause more trouble. Not that I think I can get into any more trouble than I'm currently in, but still. It's the thought that counts, right?

So I decided that I needed to work off some of the excess energy. Apparently schooling took a lot more out of me than I thought, because whenever I skip classes I always seem a lot more energetic. And the teachers are probably more energetic too, because they don't have to be constantly worrying that I'm going to do something dangerous (like explode) and let someone get hurt.

I walked back and forth down the hall on the seventh floor (it's the straightest one, with the least possible interruptions). I walked up and down the corridor about twenty times before Ginny approached me. She just came right up to me. 'Listen, we need to talk'.

I gulped. If she wanted to punch my face in right then and there, I really wouldn't be able to blame her for it. The proper response for staring at someone doesn't involve almost killing them with magic that you have no idea how to control. 'Okay'.

She smiled. 'I was afraid that you were going to run away. So listen, I haven't gotten a chance to talk to you because presumably your classes were switched around, but I wanted to apologize'.

That just confused me. Why would she ever want to apologize to me? And we had already spoken after the incident, and that was several weeks ago at this point. 'What? Why?'

She shrugged. 'I shouldn't have been staring at you. I shouldn't have told you that Ron likes Hermione too. Hell, there's a million things that I could apologize for, but I've learned a long time ago that no matter what anyone says, apologizing doesn't fix anything. So I want to help you'.

I frowned. 'With what?'

She smiled. 'My brother's such a git. He doesn't understand the first thing about love, and lately he's been parading around with another girl, not Hermione. Lavender Brown, she's in their year, not ours. And if Ron is going to have a different girlfriend, then he's no longer got any stakes in Hermione's relationships. So I'm going to help set the two of you up!'

I must have looked as shocked as I felt. 'That's really not necessary. Besides, she's probably not into… you know… chicks'.

Ginny frowned. 'Geez, Americans sure have some weird expressions. But you don't know who she's interested in. I'm going to make sure you are happy'. She smiled kindly. 'It's the least I can do, so please, at least let me try'. And I must be as crazy as her, because I agreed.

Yours always,

Sophie