♕ 2nd Queen♕

[nobodyscrumpet]

Well, my trunk is packed, Thistle and Fern have been taken to the vet for check ups, and my robes are neatly pressed and waiting.

I finally feel prepared for Hogwarts this year. And I'm even planing on trying out for Quidditch Keeper this year, because not only will it look good when I finish, but mumsie thinks I should try to have more friends than just Madeline and Arthur.

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[di_intraining]

You don't know many {inkblots.] I'm glad I've got your vote of confidence then. Wish I could say the same for myself. I mean, part of the reason why I offered is because I know you and Arthur will at least give what I have to say a go. Can't say the same for some other people I know off.

[nobodyscrumpet]

We aren't fools, we know sound advice when we hear it. And when I'm not pushing you. You look like you have patience when I'm not teasing you.

[di_intraining]

Really? I've never thought of myself as a particular patient bloke. I tend to say the things on my mind, rather than think it through first. Dad says the reckless streak in me is gonna get me in trouble one day. Can't help but agree with him, the way I sometimes shoot my own foot with my mouth.

[nobodyscrumpet]

Well, you're rather patient with me. That or you are a glutton for punishment.

All you need to do is think before you leap.

[di_intraining]

You're one of the rare exceptions, and that's only because at the end of the day I know you've always got something good to say, even though you lace it with all that teasing.

And don't get any ideas; it doesn't mean I'm saying the teasing's alright. It's still bloody irritating.

I'm working on it. I think I'm better than when I first started.

[nobodyscrumpet]

Oh Greg, really.I say one or two nice things and you try to hit on me like this, you really are shameless aren't you?

And don't worry, I have no intention of teasing you any more or less then I already do.

[There's a pause]

Well, maybe more.

Sadly I haven't known you long enough to help judge that one.

[di_intraining]

Oh my God Victoria, didn't we have this conversation during summer? Just because I said something nice doesn't mean I'm trying to hit on you! Do you do this to every single bo


...you're teasing me again, aren't you.

[nobodyscrumpet]

[Her reply takes a while as she can't write properly for laughing.]

You're catching on quicker and quicker.

[di_intraining]

[Oh, he suspects as much. He's just scowling at this point, glaring at the words before he scribbles a reply back.]

Not quick enough, unfortunately.

[nobodyscrumpet]

It's all a matter of evolution, one must adapt or perish.

[di_intraining]

Well I'm glad to know that I'm not going to "perish" then. I didn't know that catching people out when they're pulling your leg has become a survival skill.

[nobodyscrumpet]

Oh Gregory. We are in a school. That's the only way to survive.

[di_intraining]

Victoria, it's Greg. It's on my birth certificate. And I thought surviving school meant keeping your head low and your grades up.

[nobodyscrumpet]

Well, I think Gregory sounds more proper.

Well yes, that's another part of surviving too.

[di_intraining]

Well, I prefer Greg. Gregory doesn't sound like it'll suit me much.

It's good to know that I've increased my chances of graduating in one piece than.

[nobodyscrumpet]

On the contrary. It makes you sound like quite the upstanding gentleman.

Something you should be very proud of indeed.

[di_intraining]

It's just a name. It doesn't prove anything about me. You could be called Fitzgerald and still be a pri jerk.

...I don't know if you're really being serious or not.

[nobodyscrumpet]

Names are very important. They're part of what makes up a first impression.

I'll let you decide that one on your own.

[di_intraining]

I think I do well enough for myself with "Greg" and a neat outfit, thanks.

[nobodyscrumpet]

You can always do better, Gregory.