August 7, 1998

Dear Diary,

I just got a letter from Ron. He says that his dad and Lupin will be coming to pick me up on the 9th. TheyÕre going to be traveling by floo powder (whoopee). I donÕt really like traveling by floo powder, because it makes me feel all queesy. Anyway...

ItÕs been pretty quiet all today. The main reason being that Dudley isnÕt here, and neither are Aunt Petunia or Uncle Vernon. IÕll tell you why.

Yesterday, Dudley and his friends were hanging out on their regular street corner, doing the stuff they usually do. You know, throwing rocks at passing cars and children, and smoking. Anyway, one of the cars that they threw rocks at was a police car, so the policeman pulled over, and said that if they threw anymore rocks at the car, heÕd be telling their parents. And then he spotted DudleyÕs ciggarette, and apparently, at 16, you are not allowed to smoke, so the policeman took Dudley into his into the police car, and drove him home, and well, you can probably guess what happened next.

To make a long story short, Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, and Dudley are all over at the police station trying to get this all straightened out.

2 more days till I go to RonÕs house.

Until next time!