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gooseberryhigh2017-06-12 10:13 am
stclair) wrote in gooseberryhigh2017-06-12 10:13 am
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Happy Birthday Calvin!
Passed to Calvin as breakfast is winding down and everyone is headed off to Charms. As per their newly established tradition, Micah has the courtesy to dash away before Calvin can react.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALVIN!!!!!
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[Calvin's already seen this photo album, but the cover is new. Micah had to solicit some help from their artistic friends to properly glue and seal the bark, which was taken from one of the trees OE cut down for firewood. It still smells like the forest surrounding Gooseberry.
Inset in the cover is a moving photo of Calvin, with Ree and Micah on either side of him. It's not clear when it was taken, as it's been cropped in so close that you can only see their faces: Ree and Micah's cheeks pressed against Calvin's as Micah holds the camera in front of them. Calvin's saying something. Ree and Micah are laughing and making faces. They look happy.]
For the record, you worry WAY TOO MUCH about the past????? It's water under the bridge Calvin. Water over the dam???? WHATEVER, nbd, you're one of our best friends now and that's all that matters OK!!!!Your friend forever,
I know I just made fun of you for being fixated on the past so it's KINDA IRONIC to be giving you a photo album, but someone hella mopey like you might need it to remember why you PROMISED to come back in senior year. I know I know I know, "St. Clair I said no such thing" but TOO BAD CALVIN, I'm making that promise for you!!!! Also I promise if someone comes to replace you next year I'll HARASS THEM A TON so they run back to Hogwarts and free up the spot!!!!!! ;)
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[Calvin's already seen this photo album, but the cover is new. Micah had to solicit some help from their artistic friends to properly glue and seal the bark, which was taken from one of the trees OE cut down for firewood. It still smells like the forest surrounding Gooseberry.
Inset in the cover is a moving photo of Calvin, with Ree and Micah on either side of him. It's not clear when it was taken, as it's been cropped in so close that you can only see their faces: Ree and Micah's cheeks pressed against Calvin's as Micah holds the camera in front of them. Calvin's saying something. Ree and Micah are laughing and making faces. They look happy.]
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His face is impassive as he reads the note and flips through the photos. He's seen this before, after all. He'd prepared for this. And yet... he's resentful that he has class immediately after breakfast, and can't waste an hour pouring over every photo. There are hardly any of Micah himself. Calvin closes the album and stares at the photo of himself, Micah and Ree. At least he has that one.
Calvin hurriedly (but carefully) puts the album in his bag. He can already picture himself staying up until 3 AM back home in his cramped flat, under the blankets with his wand illuminating the faces of his friends. Maybe he'll lean in close to press his nose to the wood cover. He's not coming back senior year, but this truly, deeply makes him wish that he were.