Chapter 3: The Diary

Ellisana woke up and it was daylight again. She saw her notes in front of her and gasped, "I fell asleep here…great now I am in-"

The shadow of a neatly dressed Grabiner with his wizard hat could be seen behind her. He approached her with his arms crossed. He cut her off with a smirk, "You are in great trouble Mrs. Grabiner." He pulled his cape off of her body which served as her blanket last night and put the robe on over his left shoulder. He picked up a few books and just glared at her with a look of disappointment on his face, "What am I going to do with you foolish girl."

Ellisana lowered her head, "I'm sorry. I did not mean to fall asleep here. I only meant to…study for a few hours then go back to the dorms."

Grabiner sighed and growled angrily at her, "You cause me so much trouble lately. Get out now! Get yourself ready for lessons with Professor Potsdam."

Ellisana nodded with sadness shown in her eyes, "Yes sir!" She gathered up her books in a rush and dashed out of his room. She could not believe she fell asleep studying in Grabiner's room last night. She felt so terrible. He was probably very upset with her right now.

Grabiner looked around on his desk and found that she left a small notebook on his desk. It seemed she was being careless and left something behind. This foolish girl who also happens to be my wife, thought Grabiner. It did not look like it was a school related book though. It was a cutely designed turquoise notebook with a rose colored bow taped on it.

Grabiner was quite curious about what the strange book was about and he opened it up. There were many entries in the book and they were all dated. It was a journal of some kind? About what he wondered? He flipped to a random page and started to read. It was a 2012 dated entry. His eyes widened. These were Ellisana's personal thoughts. He quickly shut the book. How childish, he thought. He threw it back on the table not wanting to read anymore. He grumbled, "Great, if a student were to come across this they would not only know her business, but my personal business as well. She needs to enchant it with magic so it does not fall into the wrong hands!"

Suddenly the diary glowed as Grabiner cast a spell. He sighed with relief, "Now it can only be read by two people. I find it hard to believe that a witch of her caliber would be leaving a book of her thoughts out without any magical safeguards. How foolish!"

He kept the diary on his desk and walked out to start his classes for the day. He would discuss this foolishness later with her after classes.

Ellisana walked through the hallways and slipped into her dorm room for a moment to get herself organized. Only Ellen seemed to be in the dorm room this morning. She was organizing her clothes on her bed neatly. She looked up from her cleaning and shouted, "Ella! Where were you last night! We checked the library and you were not around!"

Ellisana looked a bit uneasy. Maybe it was best to tell the truth. She painfully replied slowly, "Well….I was….in…" She gulped, "Grabiner's room. I fell asleep studying…Sorry to worry you two."

Ellen gasped, "Ah ha, so I was right. You have been spending the night over at Grabby's room." She shook her head, "I do not know what you see in him Ella. He is so mean, but whatever makes you happy I suppose."

Ellisana continued on, "Please do not spread this information to other students. I do not wish to anger Grabiner. I trust you and Virginia as my roommates." Ellisana walked off and Ellen blinked a few times and went back to cleaning. Ellisana was a strange girl. Who would want to marry Professor Grabiner? It was just weird to her.

Ellisana went to Professor Potsdam's class and worked diligently for the rest of the day.

After class, Ellisana avoided Grabiner for a while. She hid out in the school's dining quarters for a while. She sat down drawing something on a piece of paper for a while. It looked to be a card. It read, "I am sorry!" She wrote inside her thoughts and how she was sorry she was such a burden to Grabiner and that she would try her best to become a more fitting wife for him and to cause him less trouble. Then she bought a few snacks and put the card on the tray.

She walked out of the dining quarters and headed towards Grabiner's room. She stood in front of the door for a while looking quite nervous, then she finally built up the courage to knock on his door twice.

Grabiner got up from his desk and put down his book. He opened the door and much to his dismay was Ellisana again.

Ellisana walked in and put down the tray on his desk next to his book. She shyly looked at him and whispered, "This is for you Hieronymous…I am sorry." She looked down as she felt quite embarrassed, "I cause you so much trouble."

Grabiner looked at the tray and then at Ellisana. He sighed, "You wasted your time doing such childish and cheesy things one would see in a romantic movie."

Ellisana blinked, "How do you know about those?"

Grabiner groaned, "Unfortunately as a teenager, a wildseed girl who quested for my heart also watched many romantic movies which I know loathe from hearing so much about them. I visited her house over the summer once and she made me go out to a…they call it a movie. You watch people called actors pretend to be other people on a big glowing screen. What a ridiculous waste of time!"

Ellisana giggled at the thought of Grabiner going on a movie date, "You do not seem like the type of person who would even be caught dead doing that." Ellisana's eyes shot over to Grabiner's desk for a moment. She saw a notebook on the desk that seemed very familiar. She turned a bit red, "Oh…I left something here…" She reached her hand out ready to grab it off the desk and Grabiner suddenly grabbed her hand away.

He looked at her in the eyes seriously and bellowed, "A witch of your caliber should of added protection to this private book. It contains lots of personal information. Some of it seems to be about me!"

Ellisana turned scarlet and looked uncomfortable. He read her diary?! She gulped, "You are not supposed to read a girl's diary Hieronymous!"

Grabiner let go of her hand and sighed, "How was I supposed to know what that rubbish was you left behind. I did not know what the notebook contained until I examined it closer. Anyways, I put a cautionary spell on it that diary. We are the only two people who can read it. Everyone else will just open it and think it is a boring cooking manual you left behind."

Ellisana took it off the desk and clutched it close to her chest, "You can still read it? Why do you want to read some more of my inner-most thoughts Hieronymous?"

Grabiner shook his head, "No, I do wish to read your ramblings. They are quite...childish and uninteresting. For future reference, I do not like to referred to as a harmless cuddly bear when sleeping. Also can you please tell me which ungrateful student referred to me as Crabby Grabby?"

Ellisana chuckled a bit, "So you did read more than I thought you did." She shook her head, "Hieronymous is a bit curious about me just like I am curious about him!" She darted out with a gleeful look on her face. She looked filled with joy.

Grabiner sat at his desk with his head down on his desk. His hands were covering his eyes with a look of defeat on his face, "Examining that book...was a mistake." Then he looked up at what Ellisana brought up for him. He looked at the piece of parchment and how it was cutely decorated. He could tell she spent quite some time writing and drawing this card out by hand. It said that she wanted to be a good wife for him and that she would try harder to make him happy.

He pulled the card away and shook his head, "She does not seem to give up." Then his eyes became watery. There was another person who was also the same way. Violet.