touching base -- phil

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@philiplongbottom

you picked a good year to play exchange student you know. did you hear, the tri wizard tournament is on at hogwarts this year. unless andy already told you.

how're things all the way over in brazil? found any new plants yet?

ranger

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Hey @ranger

DUDE I KNOW! I was so mad when I found out! Which I didn't until I got here and Andy told me. Seriously, the one year I break out of my shell something like this happens! Are you going to enter? Oh man that would be awesome. You would kick the pants off all the other schools!

Have I found new plants? YEAH! And they are freakin awesome! There is this one that is similar to the muggle Venus fly Trap, EXCEPT, it can open so big that it can fit a thunderbird in! Crazy right! I wonder what else I am going to find. I have a few that I am going to bring home, though Andy said I shouldn't bring too many cause m dad might not have room in his greenhouse.

What are you doing when we graduate? I was thinking I could find a herbologist to study with in London.

How are you doing?

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@philiplongbottom

hey don't try to fool me. you wouldn't give up being where you are for anything, even a tri wizard tournament. plus you're only there for a few months so you'll be home for some of the events and stuff. yeah i'm thinking about entering but clearly you have more faith in me than i do. i'm just worried there will be flying involved. though that's not as big an issue as it would have been last year.

that's awesome! bring one of them home with you? we can set it up to catch spies. kidding. but it would be so cool. hasn't she ever heard of the expanding spell? bring home as many as you want! i can't wait to see the stuff you bring home. so what are the people like?

well no one guessed wrong about the career you'd choose did they. got any hebologist in mind? and i'm set. going to apply for the auror program. my dad and i were talking about it for years.

i'm fine.

ranger

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@ranger,

I guess you are right. I am really lovin it here. And seriously, this place is super cool! But I would have seriously reconsidered and then gone anyway had I known about the tournament! And you would do great, even if there was flying, you could do it. You would be terrified the whole time but you could do it.

I think Andy just doesn't want me to spend more time with the plants than with her . I'll tell her you gave me permission to bring them all home and then you can deal with her at school HA! The people here are pretty chill, they are the same... but different. I actually think you would fit right in with them.

I don't know of any herbologists but I am sure my dad has some connections. Though I might want to find this on my own. I don't know.

An auror? That will be awesome! You will do great! Though you may have to do some flying. We can work on that when I come home.

Talk to you soon!

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@philiplongbottom

see! you're in the right place for you, besides who needs the glory when you can be in brazil. i think lots of kids would rather trade places with you. yeah thanks, i'm steeling myself encase i win and there is flying. after all i doubt it'll be fancy like flying.

well she does know that plants are like her only competition for your attention. hey andy loves me! she won't be too hard on me for giving you permission. really? well maybe so. i got that from my mother.

there isn't anything wrong with asking your dad for help phil, he'll know some really good ones. and then you can amaze anyone you work with all on your lonesome.

yeah i hope so. i want that job now more than ever. oh did i tell you? i made dueling captain this year. that should be fun. i'll hold you to that, just don't laugh if i make a total fool of myself the first time.

ranger

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@ranger,

That is true. Plants and Andy. My true loves. Nothing else really stands a chance, does it? I don't know how we are even still friends since I ignore you so much.

I know I can ask my dad, but I was thinking that if I did it myself it would establish my "name" a little better or something... I don't know. You're right. I can just ask my dad. I should...

Dueling captain?! That is awesome! congratulations! You can just curse everyone who comes to fight you when you are an auror, just make sure you are better than them!

10 weeks left. Think you can make it?

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@philiplongbottom

nope, not even me. your best friend of seven years. i've been cast aside. but it's okay, i don't hold it against you. much. kidding. it's nice to see you happy. which sounds lame. no more cheese okay?

everyone starts somewhere phil. you make your name with the work you did, not how you started that work.

yeah so when you get home sign your butt up to the dueling club! if you do i'll brave the greenhouses okay? well i'm going to try and be better, can't promise though.

no. hurry back to me phil.

ranger

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@ranger,

So long as you don't mind spending time with me and Andy we don't have a problem! Which is good, because being here without either of you is the worse!

I guess you are right. Which is good cause I literally have no idea where to start getting people!

Deuling club? You realize I would whip you all right? Do you know who my dad is? And you think he didn't teach me all that he knows? Or at least a lot of things he knows.... But I'll go easy on you, only cause you are captain. And because then I can get your help in the greenhouse!

I'm coming. Later....

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@philiplongbottom

the question is is andy willing to share you with me? i mean she might not feel the same about us. think about it. well you not being here sucks for us too! well i'm assuming andy misses you. but i've started talking to other people. and not all of them are as nice as you.

and your dad does! but you should know by now i'm always right.

dude. my dad was an auror. your dad is a teacher, suuuuure he's a good fighter and all but do you know who my dad was? go easy on me? mate i'm going to have to go easy on you. what did i get myself into!

hurry.

ranger

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@ranger,

She might be able to share... sometimes. I don't know. But we'll work something out. Don't worry, I won't leave you hanging.

So, how are you doing? Seriously. I heard about what happened to your parents. I am way sorry. I wish I could be there for you. I am sure your brothers are taking care of you, but ... Well, I just want you to know that I am here. Well here as in available for you to talk to.

Keep smiling, okay?

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@philiplongbottom

if you do, i'll tell her all your deep dark secrets. trust me. i will.

i'm fine phil. thanks, i know. if i need to i'll write to you.

think i'll pass, summer is over. we're back at school. smiling is too hard at the moment. school, need i say more?

ranger

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@ranger,

Well, I guess that was a conversation killer, huh? Sorry about that. Hey my mom told me about the champions! NICE! ARe you excited to see the tasks? Man I wish I could be there for the first task.

What classes do you have this year? I feel like coming back will be really strange.

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@philiplongbottom

sorry it's been a little while. i'm at my brothers home for a week or so right now, sorry i forgot to write in the last few days.

yeah i'm excited to watch them! anna is going to do a great job as champion. are you going to be home in time for the yule ball? or do you come home after it?

charms, defense against the dark arts, herbology, potions, transfiguration, alchemy and care of magical creatures. i've been taking notes for you to look at if you want them, if you can read whats written on them. if you can you have superpowers, but hey at least i thought to write some!

ranger

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@ranger,

Don't worry about it. I know it is hard right now. Trust me. It seems like I leave and suddenly... *BAM* Everything falls apart. Just Kidding. That was probably insensitive. Well, it was supposed to be funny. Laugh for me?

You might have to tutor me, cause it is going to be hard to catch up on a whole semesters worth of stuff. I am pretty sure that the stuff they learn here is slightly different.

So, speaking of your brothers, how are they doing? I saw Uncle Carson down here! He helps out at this school sometimes, which I thought was cool.

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@philiplongbottom

bam? nice choice of words their mate.
ha ha, i'm laughing. i promise.

wait, do you want to fail your exams? i said i was writing notes! i can't teach you anything, except maybe in defense against the dark arts. but you already think you're better than me haha so that won't work. we did have the coolest lesson though, we're working on wandless and nonverbal magic at the moment. and we brewed amortentia the other day. it was pretty cool.

they're okay. i mean drew is, he's handing this whole thing pretty well on the outside and him and emily seem to be doing really well. zander is .. okay? i think he's starting to loose it because he brought a fennec fox and he called her lynn. which is awfully close to bay's name. i dunno, just seems odd to me. kegan? i don't know. i haven't seen him since before school started.

Tchau - did i get that right?

ranger