I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_hydra]

I spoke with my cousin, and she and Mr Ponds will be happy to have the new Tea Appreciation club meet at the cafe on Wednesday. She says that the biscuits are nice, but the tea is just ordinary (but when was the last time you had your tea poured by someone with purple hair? I know it's only happened to me just the once.)

She seemed a little bit worried about how big the group would be, so we might not want to make it an open invitation for everyone. Maybe we can do something like Daphne does, and say "there's only room for X number of people." Or I suppose it could just be whoever can make it from the lock, plus Remy, plus Harry and Draco... if you think they would want to come along, Pansy.

What do the rest of you think?

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Re: Private Message to Hydra

[alt_hydra]

If he's worried about his family's money being taken away, well, he must be worried that the Lord Protector would do it. Because who else would be able to?

He's better at pretending everything's fine than I realised.

And If he's worried about his family, then I can see him being extra-careful about his image right now, and making sure he's doing the appropriate thing.

Only I'm not sure what image it is that you don't think you have. I guess you might mean that you're not as worried about what people think of your actions as he is?

I don't know. I do sometimes worry about what people will think, not because of what it will mean for me, but more because of what it means for people I care about. It probably helps that people who don't know me, don't really know what to make of me. Or else they're maybe afraid of me because of who my Mother is. So if they see me doing something, like going to a dodgy tea shop in Camden, they probably think I'm spying for Mummy or something. I suppose no one would ever imagine that Auror Lestrange's daughter could be anything but absolutely, positively loyal.

And really, I want to make sure that they keep thinking that way, because I think it's probably better if they do.

Re: Private Message to Hydra

[alt_pansy]

Well. There was that queen of the scumbloods... thing. That was a pretty clear sign that some people think I've stepped out of my place. And there's his parents. His mother has never liked me much, and Lucius has been very distant about our being together.

The message I get from all that is that I'm not good enough. But I never get that from him. Which is something. Which is everything, really.

I can see what you mean about wanting to keep people on their toes, so they don't know what to think. How that might be best. But it must get rather tiresome. And lonely.

I'm glad you have Justin. So you don't have to be that way to everybody. And you have us too.