Oh Lord, had she put her off already? There were many wonderful things about Hogwarts but to labour them now might seem a little bit desperate and Connie was conscious of not being too obvious in her desire to see the other woman become a fixture at the school. It had been terribly dull in the last year – apart from the awkwardness with Professor Sleptova and Rose – so she could desperately do with someone to liven things up.

Miss Cramming seemed just the ticket!

“Oh there’s plenty of adventure to be had when one works with children on the cusp of adulthood all day,” she chuckled, far too experienced with the changing temperaments of students to think they could ever be dull. It was probably a long way from traipsing across sandy dunes in search of tombs but she would hate for Miss Cramming to think anything about Hogsmade was boring.

“I’m sure you’ll see for yourself soon enough,” she said with a grin, doubting even the Headmaster could be enough of a fool to turn this woman away.

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MJ made me beautiful