Saturday, March 22, 2003

Wow. I haven't written in a good long time. I'd feel bad, except for the fact that I'm the only who'd care. Hm. Things have been very up and down lately. Let me see if I can recall everything...

Um, first off, I don't have a bloody clue what's going on with Padma anymore. She met up with that piece of filth David in Hogsmeade the other week and now supposedly is his girlfriend. Padma, honestly, i thought you had better taste! I can't believe she doesn't see what a creep he is. I'd go and help and try and do something about it like before, but that just makes her hate me or something. So I give up. i've got other problems I can deal with, if she doesn't want me to try and be a friend, then okay.

Now, onto Cho. My princess. She's been upset lately. She says she's not, but I can tell. She's been short with people and has even snapped at me. Not that I probably didn't deserve to be snapped at, but it caught me as quite unusual. Last week she kept getting nasty letters from her mum. Again insulting me and my family. But I was confident that Cho didn't share those feelings, if I was a bit scared that her mum would change her mind. But the princess has convinced me that wouldn't be possible. Which I'm very glad for. But then she got one where her mum forbid her to date me! I must admit I was quite miffed, but if that's what would have been best for Cho, I would deal with it. However, since she never ceases to pleasently surprise me, I found that she hadn't planned on listening to her mother at all! I almost argued saying that I didn't want her to get in trouble, but now that I have her, I certainly don't want to let her go. We're still not sure if she'll be coming to the Burrow for Easter. I hope she does. It'll be hard to be without her for a week.

But anyway, that's what's been going on, but ever since last Friday, she's been off. I know something's wrong, but she won't tell me... which kind of makes me wince. I don't think she's even told Blaise, though, so it must be quite personal. However, that makes me very, very uneasy. I don't know how to cheer her up either. I mean, I might be able to for the time we're together, but the next day, she's not herself again. So I've been kind of down lately. Maybe she's just paranoid about her mum finding out about us. Which would be understandable. Perhaps I'll ask her if that's what it is. I hope, because otherwise I feel just so... helpless. What kind of boyfriend am I if I can't help my princess through tough times?

Well, Blaise left for her home this weekend. I'm going to miss her. Although she and I get snippy at times, we've mostly been quite decent to each other, and I would certainly consider her a friend. But that fucking bastard Flint has decided to ruin things for her once more. He sent a letter to her parents saying that she'd slept with a Gryffindor who wasn't a pureblood. Bloody hell. Her parents seem to be horrible people. They almost disowned her for Merlin's sake! Her father thinks she's shamed the family or some such thing. Awful, awful... and she can't do anything about it! The group of us went to go watch Mandy Brocklehurst burn Blaise's books, since she wouldn't need them. And of course, burning text is only hilarious! We walked back and after Cho and Mandy headed back to Ravenclaw, I walked with Blaise and we started talking about it. She actually hugged me. I was rather surprised, but I'm very open to friendly hugs so I gladly accepted it. She apologized for being rude to me ever. Sometimes, i wonder how she got to be stuck in Slytherin, with the rest of those jerks. I mean, she is very Slytherin on the outside, but she's really a good person. She told me how she'd probably just be married off right after she graduated. not giving her anytime to get away from that life. I don't get it. No one can force you to marry someone else. Can't you say no? You might get hell for it, but with a decision as big as marriage, I think it'd be worth the burden. She says I don't understand. And I gues I don't. Oy. It must really suck to be a girl in those types of families. I wonder if Cho's is that bad... I don't think they're so uptight about inter-house and blood things, but they obviously care about money. If they think we aren't together or shouldn't be, will they try and marry her off to some rich prat as well? Heh... I'll mis Blaise, though. I hope she gets the chance to write me. I kind of enjoyed watching her snap at Ron, since I get in trouble with mum if I do.

Well, I'm slightly worn out, so I'm going to go help Fred with our newest invention. We plan to test it this week. Detention, here we come!