3rd February, 1888
Dear Diary,
The plan is going less and less well. I'm sure I'm nearly running out of boys to consider at Hogwarts! But what am I supposed to do without a distraction? What will I tell Frida and Clementine if they ask me? I can't say J, and I can't lie on the spot! These things must be thought through if one is to pull them off!
I have ruled out nearly all of Gryffindor: I suppose there is Mr. Grey, who seems quite sweet. Hufflepuff is harder, as too much time spent in the common room with them ruins most boys, you know. I'm not quite sure how often some of them bathe, for one. There is Mr. Baird, of course - Mr. Baird is the dreamiest boy in all of Hufflepuff, that's not in doubt - but he reminds me too much of someone else. So. Not him, either.
Then there is Ravenclaw. J's friend Harrison has the most adorable freckles - I'm sure I'm not the only one to have wondered whether he has freckles anywhere else - but that is the only adorable thing about him. His temperament is terrible. It's a wonder he has any friends at all, what with all his boasting and the self-satisfied looks he gets sometimes. And don't you remember, diary, how rude he gets when things don't go his way? I remember disagreeing in Potions once, about chopping ingredients - and when mine turned out better than his, you should have heard how ghastly and condescending he got! I thought he might upend my cauldron just to make me feel as silly as he did. He's hardly better than Kristoffer Lestrange: J could do so much better for friends than him.
Love, Jemima
