Owl to Tracey, Warded

Um... can I ask you for some advice?

I don't know if you remember the little Bulstrode girl, Eunice? The one who kept following me when we were there?

She started owling me after we got back to school. And I was trying to be... um, discouraging? But without hurting her feelings. I thought it had worked, or maybe she'd forgotten about me, because I stopped getting owls.

And now this. *attached is Eunice's letter*

I don't know what to do anymore. How do I get her to stop owling me?

Neville

Private Entry

How to respond to ...this it's got to be a hint, right?

Don't be an idiot of course it's a hint I can only look like an idiot if it isn't right? And that hasn't killed me yet.

Maybe... I'll just pretend I haven't noticed? And hope that she's surprised?

I haven't got a clue what I'm doing.

Owl to Eunice Bulstrode

( fragments of attempts )

( Actual letter, written to the accompanying sound of a happily munching shoop )

Mailed off first thing in the morning before classes, while he mutters, "I don't believe I'm doing this." under his breath, looking thoroughly miserable.