“Which one’s the best kind?” Jimmy asked Mr. Ollivander very seriously, trying to ignore Billie snooping in the corner. This was a very important day, and his very important day was going to get ruined by having his nemesis in the room.
He’d been too excited to wait any longer to get his wand. Great-Granny had said something about not using it ‘til Hogwarts, but privately Jimmy thought it would be best to get a headstart with it and figure out how it all worked, make sure he had a little flair before he got to Hogwarts with the other first years.
He had also been worried, a little, that if he let Great-Granny go at her own pace that they wouldn’t get to the wand shop until the day before term started, and all the good wands would be gone. That, uh, maybe wasn’t going to be a problem: Jimmy could have peered around the shop for hours and maybe not have counted half of them, so.
Still, Great-Gran had let him come by himself while she went for tea (or a nap?) down the street, which was good, because then she couldn’t embarrass him in front of Farrow. There was still a chance he might embarrass himself in front of Farrow, but - never gonna happen, Jimmy told himself firmly. He was going to be the best wizard ever and not give Farrow a single advantage.
Hopefully.
He’d been too excited to wait any longer to get his wand. Great-Granny had said something about not using it ‘til Hogwarts, but privately Jimmy thought it would be best to get a headstart with it and figure out how it all worked, make sure he had a little flair before he got to Hogwarts with the other first years.
He had also been worried, a little, that if he let Great-Granny go at her own pace that they wouldn’t get to the wand shop until the day before term started, and all the good wands would be gone. That, uh, maybe wasn’t going to be a problem: Jimmy could have peered around the shop for hours and maybe not have counted half of them, so.
Still, Great-Gran had let him come by himself while she went for tea (or a nap?) down the street, which was good, because then she couldn’t embarrass him in front of Farrow. There was still a chance he might embarrass himself in front of Farrow, but - never gonna happen, Jimmy told himself firmly. He was going to be the best wizard ever and not give Farrow a single advantage.
Hopefully.
