Goodbye For Now ((Celia))

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It was over. Jamison’s final year at Hogwarts had come to an end. Jamison paused before entering the train and eyed the castle in the distance. He wasn’t a student anymore. He was finally a graduate. It was a bittersweet moment really. Jamison was leaving the place he had thought of as home for the past seven years. Now he had to join the real world and even if Hogwarts made him ready for it, it was still a sad moment. Jamison shook his head and boarded the train. He still had to do his last set of prefect duties so the year still so it didn’t feel entirely over, but it was. Jamison walked down to the end of the train to keep an eye on any trouble makers who could be lurking about. He turned around when he heard a group of giggling girls and smiled at the sight of Wendi. She would have to go through her next two years at Hogwarts without him, but Jamison had a feeling that she would be just fine on her own. She wasn’t that first year that Jamison had to protect anymore. Wendi had been through so much since her first year. Jamison knew that she could take care of herself now. It would be weird letting go, but he had to. Jamison had been almost like a father-figure to Wendi for years but he had to let her go. Wendi smiled and waved at Jami before closing the door to the carriage. Jamison nodded and kept walking down the hall.

“Hey, don’t run!” He called to the group of first years that darted from the back of the train to the front. Of course they didn’t listen, but they moved out of sight and into another prefect’s territory so Jamison couldn’t do anything about it. Jamison shook his hair out a bit and then walked back to the prefect’s carriage. He could use a bit of a break and besides, it was the middle portion of the ride now so his help wouldn’t really be needed again until the end. Jamison walked past several carriages of prefects he knew that he could join, but he kept walking and found an empty one which happened to be the last one. He took a seat by the window. These past few weeks for Jamison had been crazy. He had a lot of things to consider and a lot of decisions that he had to make. But that was over. Jamison wasn’t confused anymore. He knew how the next few months of his life were going to go. But it wasn’t so easy for him to figure all of this out. Of course there was Wendi to consider who still had another year to go before her seventeenth birthday and Gram and Gramps had officially moved to Paris. She would be spending the summer with Jamison in London though and the rest of the holidays until her birthday with friends. It probably wasn’t the best plan for the newly sixteen year old, but there was no other choice. Jamison wouldn’t be around to care for her. Actually, he probably wouldn’t see her for a year or so.

The hardest choice of your sixth year was to decide what classes you wanted to take for the career you wanted to go in to. Jamison always wanted to be an Auror. The death of his parents had been rather suspicious, but Jamison always thought that it had been Keith’s doing. So for years Jamison obsessed on the idea of bringing him down and on becoming an Auror to keep this from happening to another family. But dreams change. Especially, when Jamison realized that this wasn’t his battle to fight. Keith’s target had always been Wendi. He always wanted the younger Parson for his own gain. No one besides Keith knew why he was so transfixed by her, but it didn’t matter anymore. For the moment, Keith was gone. It was never proven that Keith killed the Parsons, but it was proven that Keith killed Emory McDuff. If Keith wanted to avoid Azkaban than he wouldn’t go anywhere near Wendi for a good while. When Emory died Jamison realized that this wasn’t his fight. It was Wendi’s and she would have to face Keith one day and she would be ready. It wasn’t until his first Auror interview when Jamison realized that he was in the wrong place. He realized that the ministry wasn’t for him and it was a hard decision to make. But Jamison now knew what he was supposed to do with his life. It was a hard choice, but he was making the right one.

The past year had been a weird one for Jamison as well as Wendi. Meyghan moved away toward the beginning of the year. Jamison knew that it was probably best for the new family, but that didn’t make it any easier. Jamison had cared for Meyghan since fifth year and she was the first girl that he really cared about. And it had been hard for him to get over her. Who was he kidding? It hadn’t even been a year. He wasn’t over it, but he was used to it by now. He went from seeing her every day to not at all. And while Jamison thought of visiting her, he knew it was over. He knew he had to move on with his life and he was. He had made a huge life decision and it didn’t include Meyghan. And while Jamison just wanted to see her, he knew that this was better for both of them. Jamison shook his head. The past few months had been complicated to say the least but they were over. Jamison had to concentrate on packing up his life and moving out. Yep, it was going to be weird but he had to do it.

Jamison turned his head when he heard the compartment door open. He smiled and motioned for the girl to sit in the carriage. “Celia, sit down.” He said nicely. “Taking a break too? For some reason I was actually looking forward to my last prefect’s duties, but I need a break.” He shook his head. “Oh well. I tried.” He smiled. Celia had been a good friend during the past year. Jamison had seen her a lot ever since the Kyra incident. They had Quidditch together and of course Prefect Duties. Not to mention that they were in the same house and had some classes together. She was easy to get along with and easy to talk to. Jamison would be lying if he said a small crush hadn’t for her hadn’t built up over the past year, but it was too late to act on it now. He smiled. He wanted to tell Celia his plans. They had done some talking in the past about their future plans and he just wanted her to know that he wasn’t going to be an Auror. Plus, he wanted to see her reaction when he told her the latest news. He hoped she would be supportive and knowing Celia, she probably would be. But it would wait a minute before telling her. “So, are you ready for your final year at Hogwarts?” He asked calmly while smiling to her.

[Celia Richmond]

Celia stood on the platform, waiting for the train to arrive at the station. She looked back, up towards Hogwarts castle with mixed feelings in her heart. A feeling of despair as the castle had been her home for the past six years and although she would be returning in September for her seventh and final year she would greatly miss it over the next two months or so. A feeling of joy as she hadn't been home since Christmas, and although she'd been in contact with her mum and Amy constantly since then and she was confident that they were coping well, she'd greatly missed them. Amy herself would be joining Hogwarts, she expected, next year, and Celia was sure that her younger sister would love it to bits, just as she had done herself, even if they wouldn't be there at the same time.

It had been a very eventful year, Celia thought to herself as she heard the train approaching. She had joined the Ravenclaw quidditch team despite already having a lot to do, with prefect duties and having to cope with six NEWTs, and soon became the vice captain. Ravenclaw had, unfortunately, come last in the quidditch cup having lost both of their matches, but she hoped that they would do better next year with some new members on the team. She would begin the year by posing up a notice for auditions-they'd be down to only five players next year seeing as Jami and Jazz would be leaving, so the team needed fresh blood, and as Celia would now be the captain it was up to her to appoint new team members, along with whoever she decided to make the new vice captain. She would greatly miss working with Jazz, and hoped that she would be able to do the team proud.

It was strange thinking that Jazz and Jami would be leaving the school now. Celia had gotten to know both of them quite well this year especially, through prefect duties, quidditch and sharing the odd class. Jazz she barely knew till this year, and she knew Jami in her 5th year after the Kyra incident and they'd become pretty close recently. She wished she'd known them earlier in her school life, but there was nothing she could do about that now. She hoped that she'd be able to catch up with them on the train now, and say her final goodbyes-or hopefully make some arrangements for the holidays. They were both great people and great friends whom Celia would greatly miss.

She boarded the train as soon as she could and made her way to the prefects carriage at the front, so she could dump her trunk, basket holding a rather irritable Pumpkin and various other bags in one of the compartments, before reporting to the professors to let them know she was ready to perform her last duties of the year. She wandered up and down the train, telling students to stop pushing each other at the doors, and to stop fighting over the compartments-she was sure that the fighting got worse and the younger students got more arrogant every year, but within half an hour or so all the students had boarded the train and the majority were settled into a compartment, so she decided to go and see if she could find Jami or Jazz anywhere and have a short break.

Not having any luck finding her friends while doing one last patrol up and down the train, she decided that they'd probably be somewhere in the prefects carriage. Sure enough her assumptions were right, and she found Jami sitting alone in a compartment near the one where she'd left her things earlier on. She smiled at him with a friendly "Hey", and sat down next to him at his invitation. He was such a nice, friendly boy, and very easy to get along with. She really hoped that they wouldn't lose contact at all and that they'd continue to write to each other and meet up occasionally hopefully.

"Yeah, it seems to be a lot calmer now so I thought I'd have a bit of a break. Younger students can be such a pain-I don't remember there being as many fights over compartments when we were younger...it's tiring work, being a prefect!" She said, with a smile. There was silence for a moment while both seemed to be thinking, which was broken by Jami asking whether she was prepared for her final year. "Hmmm, well, I hope so. I can tell it's gonna be a challenging one, but I think I'll be able to cope. I thought this year would be really horrible, but it's turned out quite well really, and I hope I can say the same next year...though I must admit I'm dreading it in a way. It's odd thinking that in a year's time I'll no longer be here...though I guess Amy will be able to tell me about everything that's happening..."

She paused for a while after this, before breaking the silence again. "So...it must be strange thinking that you may never return to Hogwarts again right? Are you still planning on training to be an auror, or have your plans changed...I remember you mentioned a couple of other things you were considering a while ago..." She'd known Jami wanted to be an Auror for a while now, but recently he'd been considering other things it seemed. She was interested to find out what he would be up to in the next year, or even longer, and was sure that he'd be successful in whatever he'd chosen to do now.

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Jamison glanced out the window. The past few months had been weird for him. He finished up all his classes with ease, but that wasn’t the weird part. The weird part was leaving and preparing to leave. Jamison made a few last minute decisions that could change his life forever, but he was ready for everything that came his way. Jamison knew that he wasn’t a kid anymore. He couldn’t hide out in the halls of Hogwarts. He was finally an adult and it was time for him to go out in the real world and see who he could be. It was scary but Jamison could handle it. He smiled to himself before looking back to the compartment. Seven years ago, Jamison wanted nothing more than to be an Auror and stop the very people who were involved in his parents’ deaths. Jamison knew that Keith was involved, but it wasn’t just Keith and Jamison knew that. For years he wanted to get back at the very people who killed his parents, but his dreams changed. And he was glad that they did, but Jamison wasn’t meant to be an Auror. He wasn’t meant to fight that war. Wendi was. And she would have to figure that out for herself.

Jamison smiled at Celia and nodded. “Yea I understand that.” He replied when she said that younger students could be a pain. He nodded. “Yea it is, but believe me when it’s over you’ll miss it.” He smiled. Okay so maybe it wasn’t officially over for him. Well, not until he got off the train in a few hours, but then it would be over. Jamison was already beginning to miss being Head Boy. He had been a great experience really. He got to meet a lot of students and befriend them. People had also been eager to interview him for jobs because of it, but the job Jamison chose didn’t require an interview. It only required a handshake. “And you’re a great Prefect. You have way more patience than I ever will.” He said nicely. She really did. Celia always seemed so calm and she really did have a lot going on. Being a prefect, Quidditch Vice-Captain, and taking NEWTS classes was a lot. And now that Jazz had graduated, she was Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain. But, Jamison knew she could handle it. She was just the right person for the job.

He nodded. “Yea well don’t take advantage of it okay? And this is gonna sound cliché, but it really does go by fast.” He sighed. “I mean the year just flew by and I can’t get it back.” He sighed. But he didn’t want to. Jamison was ready to take that next step in his life. He didn’t want to hide at Hogwarts anymore. He was ready for the world. “Amy starts next year?” He asked. “Are you taking bets as to which house she will join?” He joked. Jamison knew that Celia had a sister, but he didn’t know much about her so he couldn’t really guess which house she would be sorted into. If she took after Celia then Ravenclaw, but Jamison didn’t know if she did or didn’t. Jamison sighed. Wendi had two more years to go. Jamison was so used to being near her at school. Beginning his third year, she was with him all the time, but that was all about to change. At least she would visit and that made Jamison glad, but that was months away. Jamison shook his head slightly and looked back to Celia.

“Yea, it’s defiantly weird. I dunno, I’ll find a way back here one day.” He grinned. One day, Jamison could go to work for the ministry and that could send him to Hogwarts. He hadn’t ruled out the ministry fully, but he knew he wasn’t going to be an Auror. Maybe one day he would work for the ministry, but that wouldn’t be anytime soon. Jamison shook his head. “Well for years I wanted to be an Auror, but I realized at the worst possible time that being one isn’t for me. Oh here’s some advice,” He chuckled. “Never decide to choose a different path at your interview.” He chuckled again. “But, it’s for the best really.” He nodded. “I’m actually go to travel with my Aunt Belle and cousin Jonathan. They’re archaeologists. They go to ancient Magical sites and dig and stuff so I’m going to travel with them for a few years.” He eyed Celia wondering what she would say. “I leave for Libya in a couple he months.” He nodded. “But who knows, maybe I’ll end up at the ministry one day. But for now, the earth is my job.” He chuckled at the corniness of the joke. He smiled at Celia. “What about you? Any potential job ideas?” Celia might have told him before but Jamison couldn’t remember. He sighed and eye his friend waiting for an answer.

[Celia Richmond]

"Oh yeah, I'll definitely miss this place when I leave, no question about it" Celia said, agreeing with Jamison. "I love this place, I really do. Well, it has basically been my home for the past 6 years..." she stared up at the ceiling, holding this thought at the forefront of her mind. Hogwarts was her home.... She'd spent all her time other than the summer and most of the Christmas holidays at the school, so she'd spent the vast majority of the past 6 years there rather than at home with her mum and Amy. "Heck, this last year will be tough, and sometimes I bet I'll feel as if I can't wait to leave, but I'll always miss this place, always." She smiled again, thinking of all the good times she'd had at the school, from studying with friends in the library to the most recent of the quidditch games she'd played in.

Her gaze turned to the floor, and then back to Jami as he continued to talk.She smiled at him as he complimented her prefecting abilities and patience "Well, I try my best...thanks for that. It's not easy being patient, especially at those busy times of year. It doesn't help when you have to do prefect duties, 10 essays all due in within the next few days and a quidditch match that weekend-stress builds up, patience wears down, as I'm sure you've realised! And I'll have just the same stuff next year too. I'll be alright though, I hope. You did a great job with everything this year-you were definitely the right choice for head boy, you were great at quidditch AND you've probably aced all your classes. And yet you seem so relaxed! I really must commend you for that, it must've been really hard to cope with it all."

And that was the complete truth. It had been shocking how Jami had managed to cope with everything that had been going on in his life, in school and out. He'd had a lot to deal with, and his ability to cope was definitely admirable. That's what was so great about Jami-he could take all this pressure and still not crack. Or that was the impression he gave anyway, and even if it was only an image he covered up his true feelings well. She often thought this, but she'd miss him next year, and other friends she'd made in his year. But she'd survive without them, she'd be alright, it was just a depressing thought that she could no longer see them on a regular basis, for this year at least.

"Of course I won't take advantage of it!" she laughed "I hope to make the most of it, take up any opportunities and the like. And yeah, I can believe that it'll just fly by. This year has, really, and I can't see why next year would be any different." It only seemed like yesterday when she arrived at Hogwarts for the beginning of that school year, and yet that was 10 months ago now. This year had gone past go quickly, and yet a lot had happened. Lessons had been tiring, she'd both joined and become vice-captain of the quidditch team, taken part in BBBS, though in the end that hadn't turned out to be quite as successful as they'd hoped. Maybe it'd be up and running next year, but she could only hope.

The conversation returned to Amy after a brief pause, as Jami asked about her. "Well, she's still got one more year at her primary school left to go, then hopefully she'll come here. After I leave though, unfortunately, but there's nothing that can be done about that." Jami then asked about houses, and Celia wondered more about her sister's personality. Young Amy was a lot more outgoing than Celia was, or maybe that was just because of her age and the associated energy. She had to admit that her sister hadn't been particularly pleasant to be around last summer, despite loving her to bits, but she'd grown out of it by Christmas. "Well...she might be a Ravenclaw, but to be honest I doubt that, in a way. I can see her being a Gryffindor to be honest. Yeah, almost certainly a Gryffindor. She's definitely brave and strong, like the Gryffindors should be. Amy's one of them alright...it's a shame I won't be able to see her there, in the great hall, putting on the sorting hat. But knowing her I'm sure she'll write home as soon as she can."

She took a moment to catch her breath before replying to what Jami was saying next. She knew he'd had an interview a while back, but she didn't know that he'd made other plans since then. Celia listened as Jami told her about his archaeolgical plans, not sure how to feel. Proud of him and happy for him for taking up such a great oppurtunity, or selfishly upset, that she probably wouldn't be able to see him for a few years. She probably had an extremely odd look on her face...pain and joy all in one. The joy had to override though, she couldn't help it. Jami deserved all the oppurtunities he had, and Celia had no right to take them away from him or feel bad about it. She smiled at him, thinking about what to say.

"Well...that is a surprise!" she said, once he'd finished. "Sounds like a great oppurtunity you've got there. Will you be in Lybia for the whole time or will you be travelling around the world a lot? Either way, I'm sure it'll be amazing-archaeology can be really fascinating when you find interesting stuff. You'll have to let everyone know how you're getting on, let us know what you find. I'm sure you'll really enjoy it, and I wish you all the best! And as you say, if it doesn't work out then I'm sure the minstry will gladly offer you a job." She stopped talking for a while, so he could get a word in edgeways. This was a bombshell she didn't expect to be dropped, but she was genuinely pleased for him. It was an oppurtunity not many people would get, and he deserved it.

"Ah yeah, good advice!" She said, chuckling at what he'd said about changing plans. "Hopefully that won't happen to me! I really have no idea what I'll end up doing though...I guess something in the ministry, but I don't have a clue to be honest." She thought for a while about possibilities...she was doing a wide range of NEWTs , so she could do a lot of different jobs. "Possibly something with charms? I'm not sure what careets are available properly. I can't be an auror as I'm not doing potions, but I could do pretty much anything else, as far as I know. I'll think about it more next year...until then, I don't know..." She left it at that, not sure what else to add, wondering what Jami would have to say.

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Jamison glanced out the window and then back at Celia. Suddenly, he was really glad that summer was beginning. He had never been more ready to try something new in his life. And that he was ready, he just wanted to go. But he still had two months before he left with Belle and Jonathan to Libya. Jamison had never done something so impulsive. Usually he took a lot of time and effort in planning major decisions. For years he thought of being an Auror and planned on doing so, but things changed. Maybe Jamison was tired of being so predictable. Maybe he was ready to give the world a try. And he was. Jamison had seen all of England and all of Scotland and that just wasn’t enough. He had always wanted to travel and now he had his chance. And the situation was good. His grand-parents were moving and Wendi would turn seventeen in a year and she was ready to handle her life by herself. For years, Jamison saw her as a kid, but she had grown up in so many ways. She was a teen girl who could handle her own life and Jamison knew it and would respect it. He would miss his family, but it was time to move on. It was time.

“Me too..” Jamison nodded as Celia said that she would miss Hogwarts when she graduated. Jamison didn’t have parents so Hogwarts always felt like a home to him. Of course he had Gram and Gramp and he loved them dearly, but Hogwarts felt like his family. He had grown more as a person at Hogwarts than anywhere else. It was going to be weird off in the real world, but Jamison was ready for the challenge. Jamison smiled lightly and shrugged as Celia commented him of everything he had handled within in the past year. He had practice with that. Tons of it. Jamison grew up without parents but with grandparents. He had to learn to cope at a young age and he had to learn to take charge with his life and with Wendi’s. Gram and Gramp really counted on Jamison to watch his little sister and make her childhood easy. They really did let Jami take a big hand in raising her. So over the years he had to learn to watch for Wendi, study for classes, perform all prefect duties, concentrate on being the best Beater her could, and just try and live a normal life. It hadn’t been easy, but he never expected for it to be.

And Jamison had always been a relaxed person. That was simply his nature. He hated when situations got uptight, but he knew how to deal with it. Jamison would let himself get stressed mainly because he didn’t have time to stress over anything. Besides, what was the point? It was easier for him just to concentrate and get the task accomplished. Jami chuckled when Celia exclaimed that she wouldn’t take advantage of the year. “Good.” Yep the year would fly by for her that was for sure. Celia was now a seventh year Raveclaw and a prefect which came with a lot of duties. All the younger students would look up to her and follow her example. Jamison knew she wouldn’t do anything to disappoint anyone, but it was a lot of pressure. But Jamison knew she could balance it even if she didn’t know. Jamison nodded as Celia talked about Amy. “Be glad.” He nodded. “Well, I guess it’s different since you are both girls but I cringed every time I saw my baby sister holding hands with a guy.” He shuttered at the thought. “Plus I worried about her while we were both at school more than I did at home.” He nodded. “And maybe it will be good for her without having to walk in your shadow with you here. She can make her own way.” He nodded. That was true. Jamison wished that Wendi could have had the same chance, but he didn’t feel like he was the star over her. No. Jamison might have been Head Boy but Wendi was head chitter-chatter. She had tons of friends and a huge personality. Wendi wouldn’t let anyone out shine her.

Jamison eyed Celia as she listened to him talk about his future plans. She had a weird look on her face, one that Jamison couldn’t make out. He wasn’t sure what she was thinking. Jamison had grown closer to Celia over the year and he thought of her as a good friend. With Meyghan’s leaving, the year hadn’t been easy for Jamison to deal with, but hanging with Celia took his mind off it and he slowly and surely got over Meyghan. Well, kinda. Jami wasn’t sure if he would ever fully get over her and he wasn’t sure if he wanted to. But for now, Jamison and Meyghan were no longer and he was ready to deal with that. Jamison nodded when Celia said it was a surprise. “Yea, I know.” He smiled. “But it’s the right thing for me.” Jamison thought of his future trips and he couldn’t help but be excited. “Yea, we’ll spend a few weeks at each stop. I’ll be in Africa for the next year, until next October actually and then I’ll have to decide if I want to stay on. And if I do, it’s off to Asia.” He smiled. “It’s not what I ever pictured myself doing, but maybe that’s why it’s the best thing.” Jamison had never been more ready for anything else in his life. He was ready now. He was ready to take off.

Jamison laughed. Yep, changing his mind in the interview was not a good plan. Actually it wasn’t a plan at all. At that time, Jamison didn’t have the offer from Belle. He just walked into the interview and talked to the one main Auror and realized that this wasn’t a good choice at all. He didn’t know what he would do with his life then and when he got the offer from Belle, he knew he had to take it. Jamison nodded when Celia talked about something with Charms. “Well, that’s a good start.” He nodded. Jamison then began thinking about if he knew any such jobs. “I’m sure the ministry has a job with charms if that’s the way you’re headed. Well, you have plenty of time to think about it.” He paused. “Oh and it’s a good idea to get a mentor from the job you’re considering. You know, to show you the ropes. I followed around an Auror for a day. It wasn’t anything heavy of course. I didn’t learn any secrets but I did learn about the job, mainly that I didn’t want to do it.” He chuckled. “But it was a good thing I did.” He nodded and then glanced back to Celia again

[Celia Richmond]

Celia wasn't surprised when Jami agreed with her and said that he would also miss Hogwarts. After All, he'd spent the past 7 years of his life here, and it was his home. Perhaps more so than many of the other kids as he didn't have much of a home outside school, after everything that had happened. He'd certainly contributed a lot to the school, and she got the impression that he'd gained a lot from his experiences there, as did many of the students. She once again wondered how he'd managed to cope with everything, in school and out of school, despite having done a lot herself while having her own family issues. Though they'd been pretty calm this year, luckily. She thought that perhaps having to cope with a lot from a young age helped Jami this year, as he'd been used to having to juggle several things, but it was still admirable.

She smiled again as Jami laughed at her saying she wouldn't take advantage of the year. It would be very busy, lessons would be difficult and she knew that at times she'd probably hate it, but she hoped that it would also be a great year that would fly by. It was worrying to think that she only had one year left at Hogwarts and then she'd be going into the world of work she expected. Worring on several levels-that she'd be leaving the place she'd been at for so long, that she'd be an adult in the world of work, soon enough she'd have to find her own place away from her family, and that her leaving Hogwarts meant that Amy would be starting so she'd probably not see her regularly for at least another seven years.

Jami was now talking about Wendi, and she completely understood what he was saying about her, and nodded in agreement. "Well, seeing as we're both girls I think that it'd be different with Amy...of course I'm protective of her, and do worry quite a bit about her even when I know there's probably nothing to worry about it. But as she gets older, grows up, experiences more of the world she'll want to be a lot more independant and it'll be hard to let go. Once she starts seeing guys...I don't know how I'll feel, but I can understand why you find it cringeworthy, especially as you're a guy." She smiled briefly and continued to think...would she be happy for her sister the day she announced her first boyfriend, or would she be worried? Would she approve of the guy or not, and would it be someone she knew, that's already at Hogwarts? Well, whatever happened all Celia wanted was the best for her sister, even if they didn't get on well at times.

She listened as Jami was talking about how the independance would be good for her, including not being at school the same time as Celia. She had to agree with Jami on this one-if they'd been at school together either Amy would be following her around all the time, or she'd be constantly worrying about how her younger sister was. She would've liked just one year, just one, of overlap so she could see that Amy was settling in alright and to help her through the original stages of Hogwarts-their primary school was completely different. However, she was confident that Amy would cope well enough without her being around-she was more outgoing and lively than her older sister, yet Celia had managed to cope well, made friends quite quickly, without anyone's support. She'd been worried about leaving her family behind, and she could've thought of better ways to be spending her 12th birthday. Luckily it had turned out surprisingly well, and the past six years had flown by.

They continued to talk about Jami's future plans, and it wasn't surprising that he didn't find her surprise at his last minute change of plans surprising. Because it was surprising, even for him she expected, having planeed to be an auror for so long. She listened with interest as he enthusiastically told her about the new plans, thinking how lucky he was to be offered such a great oppurtunity. "Oh, I don't doubt it is, I'm sure you'll love it" she nodded, while smiling "if you think it's the right thing, I'm sure it is, especially as it's made you change the plans you've had for years now." She was sure that he'd be happy, and probably love working with the archaeologists. It was a fascinating subject that had discovered a lot of interesting things, though not one Celia would like to work in herself.

She told Jami her vague plans for the future, about maybe doing something with charms and listened to what he had to say. "Oh yeah, I'm sure there're plenty of things in the ministry I'd love to do" She said when he said that the ministry would have some charms-related jobs "And yeah, I'll have to research it more. I'll look into it more over the summer, find out more about the ministry and their departments." She nodded again as he mentioned shadowing someone at the ministry, to see what the jobs entail. "Yeah, I'll try and organise something like that-find out which departments interest me the most and then get in contact with them, see if they're willing to take me on sometime later in the summer. It does sound like a good idea, seeing as I wouldn't otherwise have a clue what to expect from ministry work. I may love it, or it may make me never want to set foot in the building again, who knows?"