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Susie had saved the most interesting rose til last. One for Professor Kaster. She'd never spoken to him before - he was one of the upper years professors, in an elective she wasn't taking. That was a bit of a shame. A couple of years ago, she'd been sure Care of Magical Creatures would be the...

Susie wasn't sure what Ruby looked like, but she did know her name. At least, she assumed it was the same Ruby her brother talked about sometimes. Jasper's little sister. She wondered, with a bit of a thrill, whether the red rose she was about to deliver was one of Freddie's. Oh, she was going...

Susie was lucky, she felt, to have a delivery list mostly full of names she recognised. While other people were shouting down the table, she made a bee-line straight toward Beatrice's familiar back. "Beatrice!" she said, setting her basket down. There weren't very many roses left in it...

Susie really should have come to the great hall first, she realised, as she swept along the Slytherin table. Lumos, Lumos, Lumos... There he was. She grinned, leaning over the table next to him. "Hey! Got any roses yet?" she asked, holding the basket behind her back. The table was looking very...

This one was going to be tricky. Susie had strongly considered asking Hugo if he'd take the next rose to Violet for her - it would probably have saved a lot of time - but these were her flowers to deliver, and she wasn't going to deny herself the excitement of watching people open their notes...

Susie was twenty minutes into her rose deliveries, and so far, she'd only found one person on her delivery list. At this rate, she'd be delivering roses until lunch time. Still, the idea that she might be about to deliver some beautiful love confession to someone who was just waiting for it...

Susie was up bright and early on Valentine's morning, and with a basket of roses in one hand (and one in her hair), she was ready to start her deliveries. She had decided to start at the top of the castle and work her way downwards - anybody she couldn't find along the way would probably be at...

Susie lay on her front on the yellow blanket, an open Herbology textbook under her nose. It was a beautiful day - too hot, really - and finding a quiet spot to set up their study session had been difficult, but finally she'd found a tree that wasn't surrounded by older kids lounging in the shade...

It was freezing cold, and the ground was hard under the children's feet as they weaved through the woods half a mile from the Lagowski barn. Susie skipped ahead several paces, the sound of water spurring her on. "And this is the creek!" she said, holding her arms out like she was presenting...

The Yule ball didn't start for another hour and a half, but there was already a buzz of excitement around the castle. Susie stood outside the Ravenclaw common room, trying not to pick at her nail varnish as she waited for Freddie to come out again. Snoore. Honestly, this time, whatever he was...

Dear Tori, How's Durmstrang??? I miss you so so so so much. I hope you're having an amazing time. It's pretty boring here without you - although me and Eoghan kind of get on now which is CRAZY. You know how I was worried about Freddie? He punched Demi's little brother. I'm so mad!! Lili says...

Three years in, and Susie still didn't understand why she wasn't allowed to practice magic over the holidays. How was she supposed to retain anything when she couldn't cast any spells for six weeks? It was hard enough when she practised every day! She'd done what she could, reading over her...

Susie always knew where to find Freddie. If he wasn't in his room, he was usually lounging somewhere outside; his favourite spot was the hammock by the creek. It was sunny and quiet and far enough away from the house that you could pretend you were anywhere. The hammock hadn't been put up just...

It was too hot. Not just hot - humid. Susie had been excited to finally show Tori around the farm, to introduce her to the animals (her brothers included), but they'd had to walk around at a snail's pace to avoid overheating. They sat now on Susie's bed, sipping her aunt's home-made lemonade to...

Susie tried not to look like she was expecting a letter as she sat down for breakfast. Why would she be expecting a letter? Nobody sent Susie letters, except her brothers occasionally, but only when they’d gotten up to mischief and wanted to tell her all about it. They weren’t interested in her...

Susie sat cross-legged in front of the pumpkin patch, an open sketchbook in her lap. She had been meaning to draw them ever since they’d started to sprout, and now that they were fully grown, it wouldn’t be long before somebody came along and harvested the lot. The trouble was, she couldn’t...

Susie almost couldn't believe it. Tori, punching a girl in the face! Twice! Rumours were known to spread quickly around the castle, often gaining new, unlikely features as they did, and when this one reached Susie, she assumed there had been some exaggeration. A slap, perhaps, she could believe...

It was three o'clock in the afternoon, and Susie was sitting on the lawn near the lake. All around her she had spread out cushions, blankets, and bowls of snacks, ready for the arrival of her classmates. Who would turn up? The flyer she'd spread around the school had said that all ages were...

Susie had enjoyed Potions last year. In fact, she'd enjoyed it so much, and was so keen to impress her professor, that she had decided to take initiative and do a bit of experimentation. Her first experiment - she had several more ambitious ones planned - was to be conducted in the antiquated...

Susie was miserable. First of all, she'd been horribly sick over Halloween, which meant she hadn't got to wear the incredible bat costume Uncle Nathaniel had made for her. Worse still, nobody had even seemed to have noticed she was missing. That part hurt the most. She thought she'd made...