the_alicia_spinnet: Sorry, missed that - keep closing windows by accident..
dreds4prez: "Evil technology shall not seperate us, my love. ;p"
the_alicia_spinnet: ::laughs:: Oh, I'm so glad to hear your devotion for me overcomes even 
barriers computers put up. 
dreds4prez: Love conquers all, my dear.
dreds4prez: So what have you been up to, then? 
the_alicia_spinnet: Working, mostly. Avoiding my father. Tricky as we live in the same house. You?
dreds4prez: Working, trying to keep this hole I call an apartment relatively clean. 
dreds4prez: Avoiding Flint Sr.
the_alicia_spinnet: Avoiding him? What did you do?
dreds4prez: Er, you've heard about that Howler Flint Jr got a few days ago? From his father, who 
wasn't really pleased about him playing Quidditch again? Guess which idiot let that little tidbit 
slip to Flint Sr?
the_alicia_spinnet: And of course you not changing is a good thing. I wouldn't want my little Lee 
to be all grown up. ;)
dreds4prez: Hey, i have plenty of time to grow up. :)
the_alicia_spinnet: Exactly.
dreds4prez: So now I'm avoiding Old Man Flint, because I promised Junior I'd not call the man a 
ruddy git, which he is, and I keep my promises. Especially to Marcus Flint. (I'd rather like my 
lungs to remain on the inside of my chest, you know.)
the_alicia_spinnet: Wise move!
the_alicia_spinnet: You coming to commentate on the alumni match?
dreds4prez: I'm a smart boy.
dreds4prez: Ha! try and keep me away!
the_alicia_spinnet: Brilliant. Another chance for you to see a stunning Gryffindor victory :D
dreds4prez: I certainly hope so! Make me proud!
the_alicia_spinnet: The Slytherins are on Firebolts. Be proud to see us score a point.
dreds4prez: Ah, but we've got the most brilliant Chasers in the history of Quidditch. Not to 
mention the Keeper, the Seeker and the Beaters.
the_alicia_spinnet: Sorry, missed that. Closed this stupid window again.
dreds4prez: "Ah, but we've got the most brilliant Chasers in the history of Quidditch. Not to 
mention the Keeper, the Seeker and the Beaters."
the_alicia_spinnet: Flatterer. Not that I don't agree. ;)
dreds4prez: It's not flattery if it's true.
the_alicia_spinnet: It's a long time since I've played.
dreds4prez: You'll be fine. It's like flying a broom: once you know how, you never forget.
the_alicia_spinnet: I know how to ride a broom. I just don't know how good I'll. Well, we'll see 
Saturday, I suppose.
dreds4prez: I'm sure you'll be brilliant.
dreds4prez: Especially considering the inter-team fights in Slytherin lately.
the_alicia_spinnet: Oh? Tell me more...
the_alicia_spinnet: You know me, always interested in a bit of scandal.
dreds4prez: Well, as far as I can see, Higgs has been making nice with Percy Weasley (and I really 
hope he's just "making nice" and nothing else, because I don't think my poor brain can take much 
more), and that's not going over well with Flint and Wood.
the_alicia_spinnet: What's Percy Weasley got to do with it?
dreds4prez: Wow, you are out of the loop. Percy and Wood were together for a little while, I 
believe. Then something happened at the ball, and now Wood's found solace in Flint's arms. (Don't 
think about that too much, you'll hurt your brain.) And Wood and Flint are both still angry and 
Percy for whatever he did at the ball.
the_alicia_spinnet: ...thank Merlin you're such a gossip, because I never would've known any of 
that otherwise. And could their lives be any more complicated?!
dreds4prez: Oh, there seems to be a lot more going on on the Slytherin side, but I'm staying out 
of that. I've learned my lesson.
dreds4prez: For now. :)
dreds4prez: And I'm not a gossip! I'm an impartially horrified observer.
the_alicia_spinnet: Of course you are. My apologies. ::grins:: 
dreds4prez: Besides, you asked. If I'm a gossip, so are you.
the_alicia_spinnet: I was merely catching up on what had happened since I'd been away! It's not my 
fault if you chose to tell me the more seedy stuff.
dreds4prez: Well, the more seedy stuff is really all that happened. I mean, I'm assuming you've 
heard about the disaster at the ball, right?
the_alicia_spinnet: ...No.
dreds4prez: Good lord. There was a start-of-term ball, a week or two ago. Remember the Colin 
Creevy kid?
the_alicia_spinnet: Creevy... ::thinks:: The little one with the camera?
dreds4prez: Yeah. The one who was always following Potter around? Apparently, he'd been harbouring 
some sort of crush on potter, and he finally snapped and decided that if he couldn't have Potter, 
no one could (or something like that). Injured several people quite severly before Professor 
Terelwany killed him. 
the_alicia_spinnet: Wow.
dreds4prez: Yeah.
dreds4prez: Dear girl, I hate to chat and run, but my lunch break is over and I must get back to 
the daily grind.
the_alicia_spinnet: Oh. All right, then. I'll talk to you later, I imagine.
dreds4prez: Later, my love. :)