InsaneJournal

Current mood:

excited

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My last several exams went very well, and I don't think I'll be quite as anxious as I was after fifth year to receive my scores. Still, it was nearly difficult to turn in my Head Girl badge and leave my House and my rooms and those hallowed halls after seven years.

It's somewhat surreal to be completely finished with Hogwarts and on to the next great "adventure", so to speak, in my life. Seven years of growth, finished just like that with exams, a feast and a train ride.

There is some good news, though. I'm very pleased to be back in Italy. I've been quite homesick for a good while and although I do miss Hogwarts terribly, I'm so glad to be back. Sandro and I are scheduled to go out for drinks and dancing this evening. I wonder if he's trying to rekindle last summer? Surely he realises there's nothing between us but friendship...he'll always be my best friend, but that's all.

And for the real news: I've been offered a job! It's "the family business", of course, but there's not much else that I've ever truly wanted to do. Perhaps it's in my blood, or some other such nonsense, but liaising for the Ministry has always been at the back (alright, maybe the middle) of my mind as a career plan. Of course, it's all contingent upon my NEWT results, but based on my OWL scores and my Hogwarts marks, they've offered me the job and I've taken it. I'll be shadowing Mother for the first two or three months, but after that they plan on cutting her workload back, which she's been hoping to do for a while now so that she and Father can spend more time together. I'm quite excited.

Alessandro's a bit annoyed, though, that his idea to go to the Orient has been waylaid. But never mind that, I can always take some time off to go. He knows this has always been my dream, and I know he's happy for me as he should be.

[Hexed Extremely Private]There is another reason, of course, that I'll be staying in this hemisphere for a while, but this one is significantly more sensitive. Professor Dumbledore approached me after my last exam about a secret society called the Order of the Phoenix. It's important work, the importance of which will only increase in the coming weeks, months, perhaps even years, if we're unsuccessful now, in the short term. As Head Girl I've been privy to some conversations and some knowledge that is disturbing, but not altogether unpredictable. I only hope that, by joining this Order of the Phoenix, that I can do some good that is even beyond the immediate scope of my job. We'll see. I'm hopeful.[/Hex]