Private Message to Susan Bones

[alt_pansy]

Hey Bones

I hope we keep up Tea of the Strange next term. I think we ought to induct Loony Lovegood as an honourary member. Did you see the hat she wore to the match?

I wanted to ask you a favour, actually. If you're not busy. I've been working on this song, see, only I'm having trouble with getting the melody just right, and I can't sing terribly well so it's hard for me to tell if it's the way I want it, and I'd usually ask Draco to help me out, but it's really not his kind of song. So if you could help me out with it a bit, I'd really appreciate it.

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[alt_susan]

I didn't see it--was it brill?

And yes, I think she'd be a great member!

I'd love to help with your song--would you like to meet before dinner?

It seemed like the room where we had TTotS had quite good acoustics.

[alt_pansy]

That'd be ace. And yes, that room would work fine. I'll bring my guitar along.

Thanks, Sue.

We'll have to bring it up to everyone else to see if they agree, of course, but I think she's a shoe-in. We ought come up with a really funny way of inviting her. Hah! Maybe we should find a really weird looking shoe and write the message on the inside or something and send it by owl.

[alt_susan]

A shoe would be perfect--or some other little odd thing we find around the castle. Maybe we should all bring something and send the weirdest one.

I'm tempted to say we should chuck out Bulstrode, but it seems an awfully Brown & Patil thing to do...so maybe better not!

[alt_pansy]

I think that'd be just the thing. We could write the invite and send it to her over summer. Or maybe we could send her five bits, each with a clue!

And Milli might act like she doesn't care one way or the other, but I really think she likes it. She came to both of the ones this term, didn't she? And if she doesn't care to, she certainly doesn't have to come!

Thanks for helping me out today. You really do have a very pretty singing voice. I'm especially glad we sorted out that tricky bit in the verses, I know I couldn't have sorted it out half as fast on my own.

[alt_susan]

Let's do the clue-sending--it'll give her a fun sort of mystery to puzzle out over summer hols.

Thanks! Yeah, I liked the idea of having the choruses be a bit faster, almost cheerful, and then having the verses be slower, instead of slow all the way through.

I especially liked the "coloured my soul" bit, that was really good; and the bit about the joy of love and the pain of loss crashing together.

That's just how people talk, at funerals and things when they're really sad, but sharing good memories of the person.

[alt_pansy]

That's exactly what I wanted. For it to be sort of sad and happy at the same time. Because the reason it can be sad is because of the good times, and if you're only sad, you forget the happy bits too. And I wanted it to be sort of hopeful, too. If that makes sense.

Maybe we should all meet up one more time before end of term? We could talk about letting Loony in, and what to write on the bits we'll send her over summer.

If you talk to Brocklehurst, I'll ask Sally-Anne and Milli what they think.