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𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟,

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔! 𝐼’𝑚 𝑠𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑔𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒! 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙— 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝐻𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛!

𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑔’𝑠 𝐶𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛? 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑦𝑠! 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑜𝑦, 𝑅𝑜𝑛, 𝐼 𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛. 𝐼 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎 ℎ𝑢𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒! 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟. 𝑆ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒-𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛. 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒-𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑎 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑤𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑒𝑎ℎ, 𝑤𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑦. 𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑟 𝑀𝑐𝐺𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠— 𝐺𝑟𝑦𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑟, 𝐻𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑓𝑓, 𝑅𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑤, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑙𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑟𝑦𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑓𝑓 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑎𝑙, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑤 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑙𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑙𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑙𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒, 𝑠𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠, 𝐼 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝐺𝑟𝑦𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑟 — 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝐾𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘, 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟. 𝐼 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢!

𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟,
𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦

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𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦,

𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐻𝑒𝑑𝑤𝑖𝑔 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑤! 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠. 𝐴𝑙𝑠𝑜, 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑦𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑠𝑜 𝐼’𝑚 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒. 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠, 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠. 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑒𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ.

𝐴𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑦, 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝐼 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑟𝑦𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑟, 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡. 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟, 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟.

𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑒, 𝐽𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠. 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑡, 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐼’𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.

𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒,
𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟

𝑃.𝑆. 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑜 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑓𝑜𝑦? 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑢𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑡 𝑀𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑚 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛’𝑠! 𝐻𝑒’𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢!

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𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟,

𝐸𝑥𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑒, 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑜 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑓𝑜𝑦? 𝑌𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑢𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚? 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟, 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦, ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑖𝑡! 𝐴𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑙𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛! 𝐻𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑅𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒! 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑡— 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐻𝑜𝑔𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠.

𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑙𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑓𝑜𝑦 𝑖𝑠. 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑟 𝑆𝑛𝑎𝑝𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠— 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠. 𝑂𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒, ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑙𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑜 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑓𝑜𝑦, 𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑙𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒.

𝐷𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ. 𝑆ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑, 𝑦𝑒𝑡. 𝑆ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ, 𝑠ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡. 𝑅𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑤𝑜𝑡. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟? 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟, 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠? 𝑁𝑎ℎ, 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑.

𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢? 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑦𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢? 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝐼’𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝐻𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑝𝑖𝑔 𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑠, 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦. 𝐻𝑜𝑤’𝑠 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙? 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢? 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑢𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜. 𝐼’𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒, 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠𝑘 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟? 𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ, 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒.

𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓, 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢.
𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦

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𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟,

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑖𝑡? 𝐷𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢? 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡! 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑒𝑑! 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒? 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒. 𝐵𝑢𝑡, 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙… 𝐼𝑓 ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙? 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒, 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑆𝑛𝑎𝑝𝑒, 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑦? 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑?

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑡? 𝑁𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔’𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑠𝑤𝑜𝑡, 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦. 𝑊𝑎𝑖𝑡, 𝑠ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑖𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑒? 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒, 𝑑𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟.

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑦𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦. 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑝𝑖𝑔. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠.

𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢,
𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟.

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𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟,

𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. 𝑇𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝, 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦? 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙? 𝐻𝑜𝑤’𝑠 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙? 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟?

𝐴𝑛𝑑, 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤… 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑓𝑜𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑑𝑢𝑒𝑙, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒, 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒’𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑. 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑢𝑒𝑙 𝑖𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑗𝑖𝑛𝑥𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑤. 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟, 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢, ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑔𝑖𝑡. 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒, 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑢𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑓𝑜𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑐ℎ’𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒. 𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑎 ℎ𝑢𝑔𝑒— 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑢𝑔𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒-ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. 𝑊𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒, 𝐸𝑙𝑖! 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑒𝑎ℎ, 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑢𝑠.

𝐼 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ! 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑤𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑒𝑟! 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦— 𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚. 𝐴𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦, 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑢𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑟 𝑀𝑐𝐺𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑎𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑓𝑙𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒’𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑓𝑜𝑦, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑒𝑟. 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦!

𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟,
𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦

—
𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦,

𝐻𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡…? 𝐻𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢… 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑠 ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑔𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡. 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑑?

𝐴𝑙𝑠𝑜, 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ? 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠? 𝐼𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒?

𝑆𝑎𝑓𝑒 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑒𝑠,
𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟

—
𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟,

𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦?

𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟’𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑓𝑜𝑦. 𝐷𝑖𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑀𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑚 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛’𝑠? 𝑂ℎ, 𝐼’𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑢𝑝. 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝐼 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑓𝑜𝑦? 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠. 𝐼’𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦, 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑤. 𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦— 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑅𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝐻𝑜𝑔𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑑𝑎! 𝑊𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠! 𝐼’𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢!

𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ, 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑢𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡! 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑖𝑟— 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. 𝐼 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡. 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡! 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼’𝑚 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒.

𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟,
𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦

—
𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦,

𝑂ℎ 𝑛𝑜, 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦! 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑚. 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑦. 𝐺𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑠, ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑒. 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠.

𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒, 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑. 𝐼 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑔𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦! 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡? 𝐴 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙? 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦? 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙? 𝐴𝑅𝐸 𝑌𝑂𝑈 𝑆𝐴𝐹𝐸, 𝐻𝐴𝑅𝑅𝑌 𝐽𝐴𝑀𝐸𝑆 𝑃𝑂𝑇𝑇𝐸𝑅?!

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦? 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑠? 𝐹𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐! 𝑆𝑜, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛’𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡? 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ? 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡! 𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚 𝑠𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔?

𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ,
𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟
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𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟,

𝑊𝐸 𝑊𝑂𝑁! 𝐼 𝑊𝑂𝑁 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐺𝑂𝐿𝐷𝐸𝑁 𝑆𝑁𝐼𝑇𝐶𝐻! 𝐼 𝑊𝑂𝑁 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐹𝐼𝑅𝑆𝑇 𝑀𝐴𝑇𝐶𝐻 𝑉𝐸𝑅𝑆𝑈𝑆 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑆𝐿𝑌𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑅𝐼𝑁!

𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ! 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑙𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒! 𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛 𝐻𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑦. 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑅𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑦 𝑇𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑅𝑜𝑛’𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎. 𝐻𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑜 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑓𝑜𝑦 𝑠𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑟 𝑀𝑐𝐺𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠, ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑢𝑠.

𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢? 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑦𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒? 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼’𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑅𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒.

𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢,
𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦
—
𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦,

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝐼 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟. 𝐷𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎 𝑔𝑖𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑠 ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑎𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑝𝑖𝑔 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑚𝑒, 𝑠𝑜 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦.

𝐶𝑂𝑁𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑇𝑈𝐿𝐴𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁𝑆! 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡! 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝑜𝑟 𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑛. 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠, 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑘𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚. 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚, 𝑡𝑜𝑜? 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘?

𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝐷𝑅𝐴𝐺𝑂𝑁? 𝐻𝑜𝑤’𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛? 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒? 𝐷𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒? 𝐷𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑡? 𝐷𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑡? 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒! 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑜 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛. 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢!

𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟,
𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟

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𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟,

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑤, 𝐸𝑙𝑖. 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟— 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐸𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑, 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟. 𝐻𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡’𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒, 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑤𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒… 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠, 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙.

𝐼’𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦
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Harry was not able to come home that Christmas, due to Eleanor’s disappointment. He said there is something he should solve wherein Eleanor completely understood, but she was still sad her brother won’t be home. She stayed in their room all Christmas vacation until Harry wrote to her again, telling her his new adventure with his friends, until the day came that she and Uncle Vernon finally came to the King’s Cross Station to fetch him.

“Harry!” She can’t help but feel both of her feet sprinting towards Harry as she saw him. She’s with a red head boy and a brown haired girl and he’s smiling at her and is running towards her.

“Eleanor!” Harry scooped her up his arms easily and cupped her cheeks when he let her down. “I missed you! I have so much to tell you!” Eleanor nodded happily and looked around to see his friends. “Eleanor, this is Ronald Weasley,” he said and gestured to the redhead. “And well, this is Hermione Granger,” he said as the bushy haired girl extended her arm to her.

It was a short fun until Uncle Vernon quickly dismissed them, gesturing for them to go home already.

Eleanor told herself that after this summer, she’ll be off to Hogwarts already with her brother.