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Dear Spencer
You're the best son I know, nobody else I know would do half as much for their mother as you've done for yours for years now. Dudley doesn't do anything at all for Aunt Petunia, not even use manners that he's been taught when he's well aware it makes her unhappy when he speaks to her like that, and from what I've seen, none of his friends are any better. I know it was hard for you to leave her care to others particularly since they were the people that should've been looking after you both all along and have failed you. But you would have been mad to let the opportunity to attend Caltech go, it's the school of your dreams, the one place you're going to meet likeminded people and make use of that incredible brain of yours to its full capacity. Your mother would have been very upset if she'd ever realised that her condition had prevented your dreams coming true.
Caltech sounds amazing for you! I'm glad you are enjoying your new school and have made friends with your roommate. Gladder still that you still want to be friends with me too, and that you're safe there and among people who love learning the way you do.
School here is much the same as last year, though finally I'm not in the same class as Dudley this year, or any of his gang which is great but surprising. I thought they'd want to split them up. I don't know why the teachers decided not to divide the class by grades this year, but the teacher I have is one who I had not last year the year before so she already thinks I'm a deadbeat. Maybe one of the teachers has noticed the bullying and is trying to prevent it, because most of the other kids they pick on when they can't find me are also in my class. The rest of the class seems content just to ignore me for now. I still have to take my marks home for Aunt Petunia to sign though so I can't do well on tests but I am making sure I learn the work. I am spending a lot of time in the library reading again though and the librarian is starting to act less suspicious and more friendly, and I've been reading up on chemistry in the town library so I know a bit about what you're learning, thought only on the most basic level. Don't feel guilty about that too though, I'm finding it fascinating.
I read about a heap of other things too this summer history and geography, foreign cultures and astronomy and all about NASA and the Apollo space program and the probes sent to Mars which all sounds beyond incredible and exciting, I am looking forward to next year when Dudley and I will be going to different schools. Dudley is going to Uncle Vernon's old boarding school 'Smeltings' and I will go to 'Stonewall High' the local comprehensive, unfortunately I'll still be with Dudley's gang and most of the rest of the kids from our primary school but there are four other primary schools that's students will also go there so without Dudley there I should be able to make some friends and I also should be able to try to do well in class, so long as I bomb the end of term exams and don't turn in half my homework. I know you think I should do as well as I can but there's no real point. I won't be able to go to university, even if I got a scholarship the Dursleys will never support me that long and I'm not smart enough to get a full ride scholarship like you, so I thought I'm good at cooking and gardening and reasonable at fixing stuff. If I take mostly vocational subjects I could try for an apprenticeship as soon as I'm old enough. I can always go back to school and get my O levels later if I want to.
Petunia seems to have finally noticed that something is up with Vernon about two weeks ago and she's not happy about it. She hasn't confronted him but she's cooking meals she knows he doesn't really like all that much, extra vegetables and Spaghetti and Curries things other than good old fashion British foods and the laundry hamper is always full of her and Dudley's clothing, even my stuff and she's giving me a lot of other tasks to do so she's washing his shirts, or rather making sure they're not washed as quickly as they could be. He's noticed, but he hasn't said anything either in fact he looked a bit shamed by it when she frowned at him at dinner last night. I find it amusing that he's being punished and Petunia is unknowingly punishing Dudley as well since his taste in meals is so similar to Vernon's.
One thing about returning to school was a disappointment though, I really felt that I'd grown this summer, having enough to eat most of the time and stuff. I've even put on some weight and feel stronger, but everyone else seems to have grown just as much if not more and I'm still the smallest in my year.
I'm glad to hear you're happy!
Your friend
Harry
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