LETTER SEVENTEEN

Mr. Oliver Wood
23 Woodwing Rd
Puddlemere
England

Dear Oliver,

I will wait until forever if that's how long you need to sort things out.

If Puddlemere honestly believe the rubbish that Darren is feeding them then you are better off without them.

To try and cheer you up I will continue to tell you what is going on here at Hogwarts- I know neither of us have written very long letters to each other for way too long. I was just re-reading them and the last few have only been a few sentences each!

Well where do I begin? There is news with Ron and Lavender, Harry and Natahlia, Malfoy and his family and the Weasley family.

I will start with Ron and Lavender.

Lavender was ranting and raving non-stop and it was really beginning to buy Parvati and myself. By the way, Lavender has chestnut brown hair that is wavy and Parvati is tall with dark hair. She's the one with the twin sister (Padma who is in Ravenclaw). Anyway, eventually I could not stand it any longer and one night I yelled at her "For crying outloud, shut up Lavender! I am so sick of hearing about Ron- you either like him or you don't. Make up your mind and let us get some sleep!" Boy, did I cut sick. I don't think she deserved quite what I said but I was feeling a little blue that day so I guess I took it out on her. Anyway, she realised what I was saying was actually accurate and apologised. I am glad I said what I did now because she and Ron are going out! They do make a lovely couple don't you think?

As you know, Harry is writing to a friend of mine, Natahlia from Durmstrang. She's very pretty and sent Harry a photo of herself. Boy, did his eyes bug out or what!!! Nat has short wavy brown hair and is quite thin (but not disgustingly thin) and is very beautiful. Harry was shocked because she told him she wasn't good looking. So now he's in love! The other girls at school are all upset because you know how Harry is quite the ladies man. Haha.

I have big gossip about Malfoy and his family too! Ron told me this because his Dad works at the Ministry of Magic and hears everything pretty soon after it happens. It seems Mr. Malfoy has a bit of a muggle gambling problem! Strange isn't it? I mean this is the man who hates everything and anything muggle related (believe me, I know!). So he got fired from his job and his family are now scrimping and saving! Draco is so humiliated because his father was in the public eye and he always used to brag about him. Not much to brag about now though! I suppose I shouldn't laugh at their unfortunates but I can't help it. He has put me through a lot of misery here at Hogwarts and it is about time something happened to him!

Finally, the Weasley family are going on holidays to Romania to visit Charlie who still works with the dragons. Ron was excited but of course is no longer because it means he won't be able to see Lavender for a couple of weeks. He is sort of happy though because he gets to take a couple of weeks off school! I kept telling him it wasn't that good because he'd have a lot to catch up on but that hasn't bothered him. He misses Charlie a lot I think, even though he doesn't say much, I think they were pretty close.

Anyway, that's all I have to say for now. The divorce has finally gone through and Dad moved out two days ago. He hasn't moved far though so I will get to see him and Mum heaps still! Apparently they are going to stay friends which I am happy about and they don't HATE each other like I thought.

Please, feel free to talk to me whenever you want to!

Love,
Hermione


Author's Note: Please, please, please review my other fics too!!! I won't keep posting up letters if I don't get any reviews for them too. But thanks for following this story, it means heaps to me.

And yes, I am glad people have noticed the more friendlier signings offs now. (eg. Love always, Hermione) *Pats you on the back*