When we reached the cottage, Aunty Janet and mum were waitingwith a smile on their faces."Happy birthday girls." But mum!" squealed Wendy, as I stood ...here speechless, "How? I mean, themoney!" "Thank your Aunty Janet and the new Job. Things are looking up."We turned as one to our Aunty and desperately hugged her to show ourthanks. Tears formed in Wendy's eyes as her happiness overcame her. Forthe first time in my life, I found myself reaching up to kiss my AuntyJanet and for the first time ever. Her heart raced and she checked her watch and saw that she had a little under two hours to get ready. She stashed the note in her cloak and rushed to the bathroom to take a hasty shower. With the help of some of Lavender's and Pavarti's makeup, she felt like a completely different girl. She was wearing just a casual outfit and her cloak, but a pair of naughty knickers that Krum had bought her when they were dating. Hermione sped downstairs to the common room, and sped right past Harry and Ginny. "She went on with more usual announcements, including the fact that a replacement for Miss FitzGibbon would not be hired until after certain issues were resolved. She finished the announcements, pronounced the benediction, and dismissed them to their classes.Linda quickly approached her first teacher and warned her that she would be late to class, due to pressing business. The teacher acknowledged the warning, but was not pleased.Linda quickly went to her office and took out the cell. She. "I'm different because I'm tall." Bullshit," he said. "You're the one hung up about your height. When I look at you I see a good looking woman, carrying around a lot of baggage. I've seen you smile once, since I met you, and you have a great smile. You should get rid of the baggage and smile a lot more." We're not a good match, physically," she said."In the first place," he said patiently, there is no 'we' yet. I don't know if there will ever be a 'we' or not, but I also know we'll never know.