<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/26/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tara Kunkel</b> <<a href="mailto:tara.kunkel@gmail.com">tara.kunkel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">> > > > > "That is if you're still interested in going, Kay?" his father asked.
<br>> > > ><br>> > > > "We could always send for the books by post," Harriet suggests. "That<br>> > > > way you could skip the crowded train ride and just walk on up to<br>
> > > > school when the time comes." She sounds quite serious but spare a<br>> > > > mischievous glance at her husband.<br>> > ><br>> > > "No mom. I want to go to Diagon Alley and I want to take the train. Most
<br>> > > students don't live in Hogsmeade and i want to fit in." He spoke with a<br>> > > strange sort of seriousness. "Nobody would want to be friends with the weird<br>> > > kid who didn't take the train." He grinned at his parents. "Though most of
<br>> > > our regulars from past Hogsmeade days will know me, I don't want people to<br>> > > know I live here. I'll have to buy my lady friends drinks here and I don't<br>> > > want them to know i get them for free!
<br>> ><br>> > Ryan chuckled. "A bit ahead of yourself there aren't you, Kadyn? Not<br>> > at school yet and you're already bringing the ladies back?" He walks<br>> > over and tossles his son's hair. "Because we all know that you're not
<br>> > allowed to make the trips to the village until your third year."<br>> ><br>> > Turning to his wife he smiled. "He must get it from you. I was never<br>> > girl crazy at school." It's obvious that he's having trouble keeping a
<br>> > straight face.<br><br>Harriet raised her eyebrows questioningly as she looked at her husband<br>but refrained from commenting.<br><br>>Kadyn mumbled something under his breath. "That doesn't mean I won't
<br>be visiting Hogsmeade..."<br><br>"Of course you will," his mother replied as she neared her son's side.<br>"Most definitely for the winter holidays. It wouldn't be the same<br>without you." Tears welled in her eyes but Harriet managed to keep
<br>them in check. In that instant she remembered the first few moments of<br>Kadyn's life. He had been so tiny and helpless. It was hard to think<br>of him going off to school. Still, like all mother's she was proud of
<br>her son and could not wait to see what his future would bring.<br><br>Another thought crossed her mind then, "Your very first wand! I can<br>still remember buying mine! Trust me, that will almost be as exciting<br>
as the train ride."</blockquote>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">"yeah, yeah, yeah..." He looked out the window spacingly. "Hey dad, do you think maybe i can get a pet? not an owl, not a cat... hmm..."
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