Padma Patil

I'm at St M's. Draco brought me but then he left.

I don't blame him. I made such a fool of myself.

Lakshmi, I'm so tired. I couldn't even sleep last night, I was writing poetry and thinking about ways to win him for myself, or kill Daphne. (Omigosh, Daphne! She probably hates me, I was so horrid!)

They said it had to have been a love potion or a love compulsion but they can't ever be sure unless someone else comes in with the same exact problem. It wasn't one of the commercially available potions, the Healers said. MLE were here just to take a statement but the Junior Auror said not to expect much in the way of investigation. There just isn't anything to investigate.

Haruman's been talking to them and the Healers and to Mum. They want to keep me for a while in case I relapse. But Pav brought me my journal, at least. So maybe I can think of something to say to him. Thank you for saving my life, for a start.


It was horrible.

Oh, Rama! BLAISE!!!

Well, I spent the day in the shop with Parvati and Mum. Pavs is designing a whole line of lightweight cloaks for spring and they're putting them into production now.

Are you done with whatever it was you said you had to do today? Tomorrow's really almost the last day of hols, so if we're going to go somewhere just the two of us, now's the time to say.

Or are you still cross over Daphs and Draco being splashed about in the papers as the newest It couple?

I mean, we could have done better ourselves if you hadn't spent so long talking to Auror Mulciber. Is it really true his house burned down this week? I can't imagine going through something like that and still looking so cheerful--I mean, he was positively happy. It was a little creepy, honestly. I mean he smiles and it's more like a kappa than a friendly face. Maybe he'd had loads to drink? I guess I'd have been tempted to drink everything in sight if my house had just gone up and everything in it.

Did you have to talk to him so long? I mean, he did say he was sort of your uncle so I figured whatever he had to say to you must have been important. Well, I won't go on about it again, not after your reaction Tuesday night. But if you'd wanted me to come and get you for dancing, you should have signalled or something.

And I suppose I didn't mind too much. It's not every day I get to go to Buckingham, and there were so many people to watch.

Anyway. Tomorrow? The museum or did you want to go somewhere else?