In true Billie fashion, she hadn't even realized what the date was until she'd woken up and Gideon had wished her a happy birthday. How could she have forgotten?! She'd been anxiously waiting for the day she turned eleven ever since she'd gotten it into her head that attending Hogwarts wouldn't be so bad after all. It would be her first step in either becoming an expert on magical creatures or the world's greatest quidditch player. Maybe she could be both! The former might even help Gideon with discovering new wand cores! Maybe.

She had been absolutely delighted by the pastry pie, something she made sure she thanked him profusely for. She had started to develop a real fondness for different sorts of food now that she didn't have to worry about starving.

Gideon's question caught her somewhat off-guard. Although she knew and fully expected to find a wand before she headed to school in September, she hadn't expected to do so on her birthday. "Today? Right now?!" She blurted out in disbelief. She had, mostly, obeyed the rule of not playing with the wands in the shop. It had all been much too tempting, but she'd succeeded in only peeking in boxes and once or twice poking them. "Yes. Please!"