I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good: Private message to Evelyn Longbottom

[alt_neville]

You didn't see all the private message that Sally-Anne and Ron and I exchanged, but...well.

That didn't go well.

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[alt_evelyn]

I'm sorry, Pete.

Are they angry at us for having portkeys?

[alt_neville]

Yeah.

And I said something to Ron that I didn't mean to be--anyway, it came out sounding cruel. But I didn't mean it that way at all!

Bloody hell.

I'm going to the greenhouses. Ron doesn't need to see my stupid face around the dormitory tonight, or tomorrow morning. If I get detention for being out after curfew, then I guess it's no more than what I deserve.

[alt_evelyn]

Oh.

Okay.

Mum did say she'd try and get them for everyone.

I don't guess

Well, I don't know. You always kept so quiet about your friends, and what they were up to, even I didn't know any of it until I joined the Lock. So maybe mum and dad just didn't know that they were doing things that might mean they'd need a portkey too. Until lately, I guess.

[alt_evelyn]

Maybe you can give him a proper apology later.

Even if you didn't mean to hurt him, it sounds like you did.

[alt_evelyn]

I love you, Pete.

We did what mum and dad asked us to do.

And we're working to make sure everyone's safe now. Not just us.

It'll be okay.