December 5, 1997
Dear Aunt Molly and Uncle Arthur,
You may get an owl from McGonagall today. I would like to explain before you read it. Charlie and I have been dating for a few weeks. He broke it off with me. I suspect it was at McGonagalls insistence, but if he was such jerk to do it without a fight and by OWL, I wonder if I was worth him. That's another matter for another time. I misunderstood something a friend said. She made it sound like he and some girl were very busy together in Diagon Alley. I went to see him about it, and he told Moody who spied on us,
I think McGonagall might suspend or expel me. If she does, I want to go and live with my dad. I can't go to the Burrow because he could be there, and even if he isn't, it's his home and where our memories are. So please understand when I can't go back to the Burrow. Please let me go to my Dad's.
Sam