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Chapter Eighteen: Dear Uncle Jack (part 3)

Greetings again!

I can't believe it's April already. Hell, I can't believe I'll be getting on a train almostthan3 months and be coming home. Well, as close to home as it gets.

Classes are getting even more brutal, if you can believe it. O.W.Ls are coming up and for the first time in my life I think I'm actually feeling the academic squeeze. I mean, I'm really nervous about these exams. It seems like every waking moment I'm either in the library or the common room! Happy Birthday to me…I'll be buried so far in a textbook that my sweet 16 will fly by without so much as a party favor.

On the plus side, I've been so busy trying to cram for these exams that I haven't been able to get into (much) trouble. I'm still dealing with detention with Professor Snape, but it's actually kinda useful for my Potions final. Yeah, he's still a pain in the arse, but at least I'm too busy being productive to be a delinquent. Transfigurations is going slightly better—I haven't set anything on fire or disfigured any animals in weeks now! Unfortunately, in my Defense Against the Dark Arts class I haven't been so successful with Patronus charms. It's hard to describe it…you need to find a happy memory to make this kind of force field. And now I sound like a Jedi Knight Peter Pan. Yay me.

We did manage to pull ourselves out of our books a few weeks ago for Ron's birthday party. It was lots of fun. And that's all I'll say…disclosing much more will not do me any good.

I'm sooooo looking forward to coming home for awhile…even though I'll miss school. Bet you never thought you'd hear those words coming out of my quill, huh? This old castle is really starting to feel like home. Or maybe it's just the people inside it. Or maybe it's being surrounded by nothing but magic and wizards all the time. That sounds really insensitive of me. You know how much I love you, Uncle J…it's just…you know. It's nice to be around and accepted by your own kind. Don't worry, I won't be this deep thought-prone during the summer…I'll be annoying the crap out of you in no time.

Hope everything with you is going okay. Can't wait to see you again!

Love,

Reggie

P.S. I know I'm accepted by you and all…but it's a magic thing.

P.P.S. Actually, it's more a classmate thing.

P.P.P.S. I have no idea what the hell I'm talking about and studying for the O.W.Ls for has fried my brain.