Chapter 29
Dear S
It was ok I guess, it was a ministry run event, all very formal I suppose I enjoyed it and it also raised some more money for charity. You see S some of my family are ministry workers so we have to go to most events as a family, and actually they really are quite fun but so far I've had to go to three of these events this month and we're only half way through the month. Soon I'll be at hogwarts with you though and won't have to go to many of these events.
Thank you S, I feel the same as you. You are my friend not a friend of the family or a cousin of mine, you're my friend and I've only ever had one of those. She was my best friend but her mum got sick and unfortunately died so they moved to be closer to her grandparents because her dad was so busy. Its been four years since she left and three since I last saw her. She was called Nim, do you know why she was my best friend? No? Well it's because she didn't have to be, my cousins don't hate me but they could, they would still have to be my friends though because that's our family and its the same with our family friends, so she was my best friend because she had a choice, just like you did, and still do. You chose to reply to each letter even in the first letter you could have put no, I don't want to be your friend because you would have contacted me at least once like our letters told us to but you didn't. I don't know about you but that's how I chose my best friend's.
Firstly there is always a choice and sometimes that is between what is right and what is easy and sometimes its between good and bad or right and wrong. Whatever, it doesn't matter you have a choice. Secondly now you know your cousin also knows there is something wrong you can talk to her. She needs you S, now more than ever especially if she has to leave Salem too. I don't know what your family or her's is like but if you're right then its going to be unsettling and disruptive that doesn't mean you can't try to help. You can do anything if you truly believe. So believe S, believe and change the world.
Yes I'm sure the book is right, books are always right. No, I wouldn't want to live and sleep in a cupboard (especially ours, too many cobwebs and spiders for my liking) but I think harry did live in the cupboard. Oh I had a list almost as long as the books, I found out so much from the books about my family, my parents even more so, I learnt how my parents fell in love. No one important to the war really likes to talk about it, or so I've found and if they do not to 'us, the little kiddies' who they think are too young, who they think they're protecting.
Yup you were amazingly close with the name especially with it being so unusual. He's written Charlie and the chocolate factory, fantastic Mr fox, the twits, James and the giant peach, George's marvellous medicine and tons more, I like Charlie and the chocolate factory, then again I like chocolate. Yum.
You will get your iPod eventually even if you have to buy it your self. Hope S, hope.
Your father had never been on holiday? Well at least you both enjoyed yourselves in the sun, you did enjoy yourselves right?
Question 19 answer, well it's an interesting question, one I don't know the answer to, but an interesting question all the same. If I could go anywhere in time or space I would go into the past. I would go into the past and meet my uncle who died in the battle of Hogwarts, I would go to a time when the war wasn't as bad though just incase, if I got the chance I would also love to see my parents aged 2 or 3 or something like that anyway to see how they've changed. I would go into the past, because if I went into the future then I would want to go into my future, and I don't know what that will hold, I could be alone and upset, or happy and carefree. I could see something I hate about me, my life or even something else, but I would know I couldn't change it. I can't change the past and although I would love to what has happened have made people who they are, change the past and you change them, but see what is going to happen and know I can't change it even though it hasn't happened, what's the point? I do love your answer though the founders would be so inspiring to meet, somehow though I think we lost our ability to time travel when all ministry time turners were destroyed (I suppose one or two could still be left that weren't in the ministry).
Question 20, I feel this question should be important, we're at the half way mark after all but for some reason the question I'm going to ask is one I don't really want an answer to. So question 20: do you still want to play?
My answer is I do, but I almost feel like we don't need to. The idea was for us to get to know each other, and I think we have even though we're only half way through. I feel like you've always been there.
You brighten my day too S
Love from R
P.s despite my question I await question 21 S