birthday party

[alt_draco]

As you might now, my birthday is today, and my parents sent me a hamper of sweets and other nice foods from the Harrod's food halls. There's fancy cheeses with quince chutney and figs, truffles, chocolate marzipan, biscuits with grapefruit marmalade and strawberry conserve, macaroons, little pies with either venison, stilton and orange, or chicken, ham, and walnut. Oh, and turkish delight. I've not ever tasted grapefruit before, I don't think, so it must be really hard to get and expensive. And of course there's not very much it. But I want to share it with friends, and also to play the new game that Nanella sent me, Imploding Snap. I don't know what it does yet or how it's different from Exploding Snap, but I want to find out.

So if you're someone I consider a friend, you should come to my party tonight. It will start at eight tonight in the empty classroom where Pansy used to make people listen to music.

Comments

[alt_pansy]

I never made anyone listen. If they came it's cause they wanted to.

Are we friends this week or not? Because I'd like to taste grapefruit.

[alt_draco]

I suppose you've been less mental than usual lately. But there's really only enough for everyone to have just a taste, just so you know.

[alt_pansy]

Don't strain yourself.

I'll just pig out on the turkish delight, then.

Honestly.

[alt_harry]

I dont think I like quinces.

You'd never had grapefruit before?! I suppose I only had it a little. Father put one in my Christmas stocking once. Or I suppose the elves did but he said he did. I was really small. It split the stocking open, it was too big.

[alt_draco]

I usually get satsumas in my stocking, but maybe one year I got a grapefruit and don't remember. Twelve seems a lot older than eleven for some reason. I wonder what life will be like at twelve? And only two months more for you to wait for your twelfth, only I don't think we'll be here then...

[alt_harry]

Remember when you were ten you told me I was a kid because I wasn't in double-digits yet? I can't wait to be twelve!! It seems like everyone's older than me.

Anyhow we'll just have to Owl about it. Maybe I can have a late birthday party at the camp thing.

[alt_draco]

Did I say that really? Haha, what a pillock. I expect I'll say it again to you when I hit the teen numbers, though.

Ooh, yeah, then that way everyone will be there. Think Professor Sinistra would mind? Well, even if she did she really wouldn't be able to say anything!

[alt_lavender]

Did you like your card? Parvati did most of the drawing, because she's better at that, but I did the charm. And the Ribbons!

Thank you for hosting the party, it was grand fun!

[alt_draco]

Yeah it was wiz-nift. I'm glad you guys came, too.

[alt_padma]

Twelve is great you get more grownup things but you can still do some kid-things if you want.

I mean, the spell on my robes finally died (I think it was because I've been paying much more attention to exams this week and not playing with it), but besides that stuff mum gave Parvati and me real henna, and I bet this summer we'll get some much more grownup saris.

Haruman started tying his turban around twelve, too, I think. Twelve or maybe thirteen. Or maybe twelve was when he started learning to tie it. Anyway, I think birthdays are basically nift, no matter what.

[alt_lavender]

You are so Right about birthdays and how nift they are!