thinking back on tomorrow -- royal

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@royal

why on earth do all the fun things happen at hogwarts when we aren't there. the tournament now!? why not eight years ago .. it sucks. at least you can keep a secret, i'd have blabbed long before school started. so how's life? we work for the same person yet i hardly see you!

jake

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jake,

Eh, even if it was eight years ago, I doubt my dad would had let me enter. He'd be too afraid that I'd win and then people would think the Goblet was rigged or something. I bet you'd have a good chance, though - I bet a Slytherin would never get picked. As unbiased as the Goblet claims to be, I doubt that the Headmaster doesn't have at least some say in things.

I've been running around like a chicken with my head cut off. Vic doesn't have time to meet with all of the department heads, so I've been the liaison for the meetings she and the Senior Undersecretary can't handle. I've also been meeting with orphanage staff about improving the funding and other such things, so suffice to say, I haven't been in my office much, let alone within ten feet of Victoire. Hope that your life isn't as crazy as mine!

royal

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@royal

i'm sure he'd have let you! after all the goblet is the thing that picks the name, your dad would have had nothing to do with it. maybe, still would have been awesome to have while we were there. maybe this year a slytherin will be picked, you guys have so much talent and drive. more so that any other house.

wow that sounds crazy! mine is beyond. you know vic, she never sits still. she's always on the move and trying to keep her safe from everyone she stops to talk to is a hassle. but i wouldn't change taking the job, it's great. doesn't leave me much time to spend with odette though.

jake

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jake,

I know that he wouldn't have had anything to do with it, but if Dad told me not to put my name in the Goblet, I don't think I'd have the heart to disagree with him. I'm pretty sure Abby and Addie are a little disappointed, since they only missed the Tournament by one year, and they both would have made some excellent champions. Trying to do the Tournament last year would've been hell, though. There were already more than enough death-defying experiences to want to add three more.

Talent and drive apparently aren't good enough for some people. There's also the fact that Slytherin hasn't been able to shake a lot of the blood purist families, and I don't know if I would be comfortable with Hogwarts being represented by a bigot.

Sounds like you've got your work cut out for you. Sorry you haven't been able to see Odette, though. How is she? I haven't gotten to spend much time withher since thw two of you coupled up. Ditto with Teddy. Do you think maybe they just feel bad because I'm now the fifth wheel?

royal

@jacob

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@royal

i'm just hoping we can keep the trouble out of the school long enough for the students to have fun with this.

they're good enough for the people that matter.

pretty much. though thankfully i haven't had to jump in front of any spells yet. she's good, well i think so. we're having dinner tomorrow night so i'll find out and tell her you asked about her. you aren't a fifth wheel royal, you will always be an important friend of ours.

jake

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jake,

I wouldn't hold my breath. You know, all of the flashiness and glitter might be exactly what the opposition needs to get a solid foothold at Hogwarts. When everyone's out watching the Task, they could slip in, take the key positions in the school, and then when the kids came back in...Well, I hope that doesn't happen. We have a lot of failsafes in places.

Vic probably knows that I've asked about her. I ask about her a lot when I'm too busy to get to spend time with her. As for being the fifth wheel, you can say that I'm your friend all you want, but that doesn't change that you and Odette and Teddy and Vic are together.

royal

@jacob

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@royal

well they won't be getting anywhere near vic. i've taken up position as her head guard, but you probably knew that working so close to her. they'd better not try and hit the tasks, though i know some of the aurors will still be patrolling the school, just have to hope they are diligent enough to notice if something is off.

if i didn't know you better i'd say you were being bitter. do you think we are incapable of restraining ourselves? when we're all together it's still the five of us. maybe you're the only one who can't see that.

jake

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jake,

Sadly, I think it's all too likely that they'll do something during the tasks, though not necessarily to them, if that makes sense. Any time the students are all together is a good time - they thrive on chaos. Remember April Fool's Day?

I'm not bitter. I'm seeing someone, so why would I have a reason to be bitter? All that I know is that there is no off switch to love; you can't stop being in love with someone just because there are other people around. I'm saying that you all aren't going to be able to flip the switch from lovers to friends just because you want to.

royal

@jacob

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@royal

i don't know why you would be. you don't seem particularly happy about the fact we are together so i don't know royal. well that's good your seeing someone! are you going to introduce us to them? if you bring them along when we meet up you won't be the fifth wheel you think you are. no you can't switch it off, but we are capable of controlling ourselves royal. it's not all public make outs and us hanging off each other twenty four seven. we are able to have conversations with other people while we're around each other.

jake

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jake,

Do you really think I'm so bad of a person that I wouldn't be happy that my best friends all found love? Thanks, Jake. I really appreciate that. No, I'm not going to introduce my girlfriend to you. We want to keep the relationship between the two of us for a while. I never said that it would be all public make outs or anything of the sort - that's what you think. I just said it was different.

royal

@jacob