Private Message to Padma Patil

[alt_blaise]

So has Flinchley made up his mind?

Honestly.

If he's still waffling, we should bag it and ask Vince.

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[alt_padma]

He said he'd 'think about it.' Think about it! Honestly, he should have been honoured we even asked.

But, here's the thing. I went back and looked at the O.W.L. results. I was first, Linus was second and I thought Malfoy was third, but he said no, he was fourth. So I went to the Headmistress' notice board and looked. F-F was the third in our class.

No matter how good Vince is, he can't possibly make up that much. I say we give him another day. But if he hasn't answered by lunch, he's on his own.

[alt_blaise]

Lunch.

It's fine, though. Vince is in with Greg and Teds, which was completely predictable. But he'll pitch them over if we ask him. I know exactly how to sweeten the deal so he'll say yes. If we need him.

[alt_padma]

Right.

You know, it's too bad Thomas is such a cheating toerag, because he came in high in the rankings, too. But after how he behaved at CCF, I'm not having him on ours. Even though he would put winning first above all other things. I don't think old Dovs would care for it, somehow. I mean, he'd be fine if we came up with elegant ways of finding the loopholes in his instructions but Thomas's solutions are hardly what I'd call elegant.

Anyway, if we go with Vince, he'll have to know that we expect him to pull his own weight. So long as that's clear it's fine. I just hope it doesn't come to that because honestly, I think F-F would give us more than a little advantage, if he really is one of Dovs's pets.

[alt_blaise]

Definitely a pet. As much as Thomas is not one, but wishes he were.

And that's just it, you know. About Thomas. Scrabbling after rankings like that is worse than inelegant. It smacks of desperation.