Dean Thomas

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Wonder how many of those educational decrees they're going to add before the year is out.

Yay Gryffindor! Good game, everybody. Nice to have a match go our way! At least something can go right, yeah?

Hey Gin, does that mean we get to skeeve off practice to celebrate this week?

Kidding.

Finnigan, take me out for celebratory drinks.

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Can't. Sleep. Think I had too much tea with dinner or something. Or maybe it's the snoring prats in my dorm. It's actually loads quieter without Weasley or Potter.

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So maybe we should look into a fence between the Forest and us.

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Fucking hell. Would it kill someone to let there be some good news for once?

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Misplace this thing for a bit and suddenly there's celebrities showing up all over it.

Been worrying about classes and things, just forgot to keep up with the journals and all. So, anyone say anything I should see? That isn't about rock stars showing up. No offense, but until Bono starts penning hello notes, I'm not going to get in too much of a fuss about it.

It's been a weird couple of weeks. Think I need to sleep in this weekend or something, since I about took off Longbottom's head earlier when I tripped over his trunk. It wasn't even his fault. Just in a bit of a mood, yeah?

Hey Ginny, do we have a regular practice schedule ready for the team yet? I heard the Slytherins are trying to book up extra time on the Pitch already? Might just be rumors though. You all right? Haven't seen you about much in the commons last couple of days?

Alright so. I know the bit about the squid getting removed is overkill. But to be fair - I was there when the thing picked up Greengrass, and it really was a bit scary. I don't think it was out to hurt her, but it could have, and probably did bruise her up a good bit. So her parents wanting it gone and such - I understand a bit.

I think it probably would have been better off finding out what was wrong with it, since usually it's more friendly and helpful than grabby, so maybe there was something setting it off. But it's not completely out of no where. I had to help haul her out of the lake and away from it. She'd probably rather it had been anyone else, really.

So yeah. They shouldn't have just hauled the thing away, but it wasn't nothing, either. What happened.

Morag, Parvati says she's got some robes for you. There was some bit about tailoring charms and such to help if it doesn't fit, but my eyes crossed about halfway through and she gave up and said you could just ask her if you needed help. I can drop them by your dorm whenever you want.

We've been back for what, a few weeks? I've already managed to lose all my ties, somewhere. I went rooting around for one of Finnigan's, this morning and forgot to tell him. Seamus. I stole a tie. Sorry?

Everyone ready for Quidditch try outs?

If I have to listen to my sister say Finnigan's name one more time, I'm going to punch him a good one just on principle. So don't be shocked if your nose gets caved in, yeah Seamus?

There's this dog that's hanging about our house. It's got a ragged ear and no fur on one leg, and it's the ugliest sodding dog I've ever seen. And everyone in the house is sneaking the thing food, so it's going to end up the fattest mutt in the world. I'm going to go off to school, and come back to a room that dog's moved in to, and have to sleep on a blanket on the floor while it scratches its fleas on my bed. Just wait. My mum's NAMED it. She calls it Betsy. And I'm about ninety percent sure it's a boy.

I call it Duke. It likes bacon. Sodding dog.

At least it's run off that cat that liked to piss on the front porch.

I'm supposed to catch him up and give him a bath. This is just what comes before it moves in.

Sketched at the bottom is a hasty portrait of a scrappy and impressively unattractive terrier-type dog, sitting on Dean's bed.

Getting a copy of the Prophet over the hols is hopeless. But seems like might not be worth the effort anyway. Anyone want to fill a bloke in on what's been going on?

Spent most of the summer so far outside. Love the family, but all of us home at once gets to be a bit much. At least I found a place to slip off to where no one's ever about, so I can practice on a broom a bit.

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