I can put concerns aside for now, but that doesn't help me for later, when Padma will inevitably pull rank on me. She'll do it to you, too - it doesn't matter if you've snogged her or shagged her.

It's honestly rather shocking that she's a council witch. Those on the council have just always seemed so... beyond us, I suppose. Only someone like Draco really had that air about him, you know? And Lana Sandoval, but she's older. Draco is the only one our age who ever fit that part, at least in my head.

Sorry, I'm sure I'll stop talking about him so much. One day.

And Jason as a council wizard...even more unfathomable. And of course he took me to lunch at Acclivity, that new place that seems to attract MLE types, so that I was sure to be impressed by how he's coming up in the world. Auror Crouch was there dining with Hydra Lestrange, so I went over to say Hello to both of them, of course, and after, Jason acted as if I'd committed some terrible breach of conduct. I had to spend nearly fifteen minutes explaining to him that Hydra Lestrange is my friend, not just a council witch.

Oh, and Mr Nott is OLD. Your mother surely can't be entertaining him as a romantic prospect. Beacause.. no.

You do make a good point. About Novello, and anyone else who happens to be there. It could be an opportunity to make an Impression.