Okay, here's the second chapter I promised you guys! Hope you enjoy! And remember what I said about killing the author… it isn't a very smart thing to do… The author is your friend… right?
Well Journal,
I must admit, it's hasn't been a great Christmas. Hermione, Harry, and Ron were the only other Gryffindors who stayed for Christmas and they spent the whole time either off having fun together, or conspiring about something! I spent most of it alone or with a Hufflepuff 3rd year named Kim.
To top it all off, Ron forgot to get me a Christmas present, and Neville's pet frog Trevor (who went missing right before Neville left!) got into the sweets mum sent me! I didn't even think frogs liked that sort of thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the only good part of this whole Christmas was the present from my pen pal. It's this beautifully crafted, silver, hand-held mirror, which has a handle carved into the shape of a fire sprite, and the frame of the mirror has dancing faeries carved into it! The detail on it is AMAZING!!! Each faerie has a unique expression on its face, and the fire sprite is so realistic I keep expecting it to jump up and scamper away! It must have cost him a FORTUNE!!!!!!! My present must seem so cheap to him!
Oh well, not a lot I can do about that now.
I'll write more later.
-Ginny
Hi Journal,
Everyone is supposed to be coming back tomorrow! I can't wait!!!! I've really missed Sandy, and I've missed "D" as well. I've been soooooo bored! Hermione spent the day with me today though, so it hasn't been too bad.
We had a snow fight against Harry and Ron (we won of course!) and then we went to her room and played around a bit with some of her cosmetics, (which are mostly muggle stuff) and some of my cosmetics (which is mostly magical stuff). Did you know that together, we don't even have an eighth of the amount of make-up as Lavender or Parvati! It's rather sad.
Later we went down for dinner and then we played three games of exploding snap and talked about all sorts of girl things! I was really surprised when Hermione told the guys she wanted to hang out with me today after the snowball fight. When we were talking though, she confided in me that she doesn't get to do much stuff with other girls and sometimes really misses having just a day of "girlyness" as she put it! I can see how that would be true. After all her two main friends in Hogwarts are Harry and Ron.
Well, I should go to bed now!
-Ginny
Hi D,
How was your Christmas? Did you like my present? I absolutely love the mirror you gave me! I'm almost afraid to touch it, scared I'll get finger prints on it or something! This has got to be one of the best things I've ever owned! It's just so beautiful! I don't know how I'll ever be able to thank you enough! I fear my gift isn't anywhere near as good as this!
Well, hope to hear from you soon! Bye!
-G
Dear G,
My Christmas was okay, a little boring. How was yours?
I loved my present by the way! My mother laughed when she saw what I got, she has always thought my chocolate tooth was rather funny. And don't worry about who gave who the better gift, as far as I'm concerned, I got the better end of this exchange! But I'm glad to hear you like the mirror. When I saw it I thought it seemed like something you would like, but I wasn't sure! You have to be careful with mirrors you know, they are VERY important! Why I've been going steady with mine for over two years now! (Just don't tell my girlfriend!)
Well, I'm going to go give my mirror a kiss, and gaze adoringly into the reflection!
-D
Hi D,
My Christmas sucked! But I don't really want to talk about it. It was just REALLY BORING!!!!
So you're going out with your mirror, huh? Well, just as long as you know you're completely crazy, and very vane, I guess that's okay. You know, I had almost forgotten about the whole vanity thing! Anyways, I'm going to go.
-G
Hey Sexy,
Did ya miss me? Meet me in the usual place tonight. This time I'll bring the champagne and you bring the candles!
-Padma
Hey Gin,
You're daydreaming again, but you don't look happy! Is it your pen pal?
-Sandy
Yeah, I didn't have a chance to tell you before, but I found out he has a girlfriend!
-Ginny
What! That sucks!!!! Wait a minute, that means you do have a crush on him!!! Oh how sweet! Your first crush since you got over Harry!
-Sandy
Oh, Shut up!
-Ginny
Sorry Gin, you know I'm only teasing. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings! How about we talk about this more after Potions. I'm always so nervous passing notes in Snape's class! I swear he knows what everyone does!
-Sandy
Fine. Later.
-Ginny
Dear G,
Sorry to hear about your Christmas. And I'm not crazy! I'm insane!
Got to go, have lots of homework to finish! (You know they really shouldn't be allowed to assign this much right after the Holidays!)
-D
Hi D,
Insane? You know I've never really understood why it's called insane. I mean, if you're sane, then you're the opposite of crazy, and if you're insane you're the same as crazy. But shouldn't INsane mean that you are inside sanity, thus sane? Therefore, shouldn't insane really be outsane? Okay, I'll stop babbling now.
Write back.
-G
Dear G,
You see, because the term "insane" makes absolutely no sense, as you pointed out. That makes it crazy. Thus, the term insane is actually the opposite of sane! It all doesn't make sense if you think about it!
-D
Hi D,
As I said, you're completely crazy. Oh, sorry, INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But that's okay, I'm not much better. (However I don't date my mirror!)
-G
Dear G,
Don't worry, you and your mirror will get there. You just don't know each other well enough yet! Give it some time. Man, some people just try to rush everything! Before you can even start flirting with it you have to give it a name. Mine's name is Miranda, which means beautiful or admirable. I thought it seemed fitting!
'Till some time in the future, my dear!
-D
Okay, so you guys are happy with your two chapters, and I'm happy cause I get to go to bed now, so no one needs to mention the fact that Padma and Draco are still going out… That's what I thought! Ummm, remember to review, and go easy on me! It's one in the morning!
Oh, and by the way, the whole thing on insanity, that's how my brain usually works during the day. My best friend can vouch for that! What are your theories about why it's called INsanity? Does anybody know the real reason? If you do, could you tell me? It's always rather baffled me!
-Dazma