Fire for a heart

The cumulative stress of recovering from the wedding and launching straight into exams had had it’s toll on Dominique. She came out of the exam hall tired and drained, wishing she could go back and correct the mistakes she already knew she’d made. Concentration had been an issue for her lately.

“ You can always tell people you did great. Tell your parents that, they buy you presents and you can have a great summer. And then when you grades come and if they are bad, you just say you don’t understand what is happening.”

Post-NEWTs

She laughed. “I did a similar thing at some point. You are right it’s fifty-fifty.”

I like things to be right, what’s so wrong with that

I don’t like when people makes me feel like I’m stupid. It makes me not nice. 

“Interesting. What else do you sell then?”

“ A lot of things. You’d be surprised. You should check us.”

Chloe eyed the bottle and looked at Rania, “I don’t know, a cat which has an unfortunate accident and then runs into a helpful wizard? Whatever it is it doesn’t look pleasant.”

“Wrong ! I was talking about Sphinx hair. But props for being inventive.” 

I have a lot of responsibilities. I’m willing to let some stuff slide.

I’m not selling it to you but if you buy me a nice present and I emphasise on nice, I might be willing to trade. 

I’m not really looking for an argument. I was just wondering if you had any good luck charms or anything like that. One of my professors wrote a recommendation for me for a job and I wanted to thank her.

We do actually ! We have a couple of amulets in Heka’s Bazaar that would be perfect for you. We dip them in the Nile too. 

I absolutely will. Could I have the address?

If you have a piece of paper, I’ll write it down for you. 

“Study with someone else. It might make it more fun granted that you actually get work done.”

“ Do you want to study with me ? You look like you’re smart.”

June 6th

“Mia ! I hadn’t really had a chance to talk to you since the wedding. What a tragedy for your family. How are you ? And your mother ? Is your property getting fixed alright ?” 

“Something personal.” 

“Sounds bad enough if you don’t want to tell people about it.”

I’m not saying it’s a joke. It might work for other people. I just like to stick to things that have worked for me in the past. 

Good because if you were, I would have seriously argued with you.

People do it all the time.

And you as a headboy let them do it ?

That’s true. I might have a batch of strawberry scones coming up soon.

Sounds yummy ! 

Your parents are retiring and giving you their shop? Do you think you’re ready for that?

Not exactly. My father is opening a Hogsmeade Branch and I’ll be in charge. I’m pretty confident I can do it. It’s in my veins and I’ve been working with my fathers, watching him for years.

“Just don’t get too dependent on the boost or expect longterm retention any greater than normal.”

“Don’t worry about that. I might even end up trading the for something else with another student.”

For starters, the riddle refers to man. Not the Sphinx. The sphinx gave the riddle. And pretty sure it’s still a highly restricted ingredient

Ugh why do you have to be like this ? I thought that was pretty clever. Maybe but it’s not forbidden.