The day Lavender Brown turned thirteen, she announced to everyone that she was going to be an actress. Her parents had sighed, her older brother had laughed at her and his best friend, Oliver Wood, had snickered into his palm a little too loudly and quite rudely. She’d wailed hysterically at their negative responses and stormed up to her room in a fit of rage. Her parents hadn’t even bothered to follow her, to make sure she was all right, and she missed out on having her own birthday cake. If it hadn’t been for her own best friend, Parvati, she’d not even have gotten her birthday presents.
But Parvati had showed up only thirty minutes after her tantrum and like a true best friend had carried all of Lavender’s gifts up to her, before her older brother could snatch them and hide them, as he probably planned to do. Lavender and Parvati had sulked in her room, but Parvati was a good friend and she assured Lavender that she could be an actress if she wanted to. So Lavender decided that yes, she most certainly wanted to.
It wasn’t until she told her sixth grade class three weeks before summer vacation that all her trouble started. After that, Lavender decided immediately that she was going to punch loud-mouthed Seamus’ face in and be an actress, before the summer was through … even if it meant breaking a nail or two.
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Breaking a Nail or Two
Date: 2005-09-30 04:49 pm (UTC)The day Lavender Brown turned thirteen, she announced to everyone that she was going to be an actress. Her parents had sighed, her older brother had laughed at her and his best friend, Oliver Wood, had snickered into his palm a little too loudly and quite rudely. She’d wailed hysterically at their negative responses and stormed up to her room in a fit of rage. Her parents hadn’t even bothered to follow her, to make sure she was all right, and she missed out on having her own birthday cake. If it hadn’t been for her own best friend, Parvati, she’d not even have gotten her birthday presents.
But Parvati had showed up only thirty minutes after her tantrum and like a true best friend had carried all of Lavender’s gifts up to her, before her older brother could snatch them and hide them, as he probably planned to do. Lavender and Parvati had sulked in her room, but Parvati was a good friend and she assured Lavender that she could be an actress if she wanted to. So Lavender decided that yes, she most certainly wanted to.
It wasn’t until she told her sixth grade class three weeks before summer vacation that all her trouble started. After that, Lavender decided immediately that she was going to punch loud-mouthed Seamus’ face in and be an actress, before the summer was through … even if it meant breaking a nail or two.