From Brazil, With Love PV H. Rose

From: Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
To: Castelobruxo Magical Academy
@Cassandra Ironwoods Verona Carlito Andréas Ramírez

Dear Mr. Ramírez,

If I didn't know that you were the only one who would read this letter, I would probably never admit it, but I had a smile on my lips as soon as I saw that the letter was from you. From the first sentence to the last word. Even when I read it the second and third time.

I probably sound just as crazy now, but I guess that's where we complement each other? But just as the thought of me makes you nervous, my heart skipped a beat when I read your name on the cover. I guess this is the point where I should honestly admit that I also had a crush on you from the first moment. Remember truth or dare? Someone had asked me who my secret crush was, I answered Ron. Verona, Ronnie, Ron. I meant you, I was just too chicken to use your actual name. I didn't know how to handle it if you knew and probably laughed at me for it. It sounds silly, I know.

At first I didn't know what that feeling was. The feeling when I first saw you, first spoke to you. I was stunned by you beauty and your wonderful soul. I ignored it at first, maybe I didn't want to admit it. But the more we spent time together, the more we got to know each other, the stronger that feeling became. Verona, I didn't think I would allow this feeling, but I did. As much as my head was screaming at me not to, reminding me of what happened last time, my heart was screaming at me to finally listen to it. And I did, Verona. I listened to my heart and with that, this wave crashed over me.

I hope you didn't get caught during class and your deskmate isn't bugging you too much. But I believe him all too well that crushing-on-someone looks really good on you. Even though I didn't think you could look any better. Gosh I miss you.

The rumours are already wandering through our corridors about the ball and everyhting and I assume that the other schools will be invited again. Speaking oft he ball, I have no plans or a date. But I don't know if Cash will go. If they're already booked, I'd love to do the Hogwarts tour for them.

I really hope that time will pass quickly and that we can see each other again soon!

Love,

Haley Rose

Date / Day : Tuesday, September 8^th, 2022
Time : 04:00 p.m
From : Castelobruxo Magical Academy
To : @Haley Rose, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Dear Ms. Rose,

First of all, I want to apologize for the super late reply. Schools kicking my backside and I barely had the time to reply to you as fast as I want it to be. Not to mention those mountain-high worth of school work - I am sure you understand what I mean - and Duelling practice is back again.

My Captain insists we practice as much as we can even though Duelling season is still some months away. But during the time I didn't write to you, my heart is aching for you. Ugh! I know how cheesy that sounds. As I told you before, I don't know how to act on this feeling since this is the first time I had such a big crush on someone.

So since you and my deskmate seem to share the same thought, I assume the crushing-on-someone look is a real thing. Speaking of my deskmate, there is something I need to tell you and because of him, I have the embarrassment that I think will be left for a lifetime. You see after you wrote back, I made the mistake of reading your letter in the middle of a kind of busy corridor.

My annoying deskmate snatched your letter from my grasp and when I chase him away, he bumped into my Ritual Magic professor. Just my luck, on that day, my next lesson of the day is Ritual Magic. So, my Ritual Magic professor confiscated your letter. And during his lecture, in the middle of the lesson, he stopped for a moment.

Let me tell you, my Ritual Magic professor has decent English but he just likes to torture me. So, he asked me to stand up in front of the class, and when I thought he needed me to read the letter out loud for all the class to hear, no, he did something much more mortifying.

He himself read your letter out loud and all my classmates tease me about it. My face is as red as your last name. Talk about the horror I had to endure during that period of class. But enough about my embarrassment. You said you mentioned to someone that I am your secret crush during Truth or Dare? Why am I did not know about this?

Even if I know from that moment you had such a big crush on me, I never laughed at you. My mother always told me to respect people feeling. But if back then you come to me and were completely honest with your feeling from that moment, I bet we are way past this awkward (for me anyway) love letter exchange by now.

I hope you don't mind that I tell Cash about us. If you think there is something between Cash and me, that would be gross! Cash and I never date each other. They and I are like brother and sister in some way. Just like I predict, Cash makes a joke about me having a crush on you but you know Cash better.

Their way of making a joke or any other mocking gesture is their way of showing that they care about another person or is their own special way of showing their affection. At first, when I know Cash, I easily got offended by them but as time went on and I know them more, it is their twisted way of showing their feelings.

Speaking of Fall Ball, I'm glad that you don't have a date or plans yet. I can't bare the thought of either seeing or thinking that you are in some other lad's arms as both of you dance the night away. Forgive me for my possessiveness but Haley, I know this kind of a rush but I want to have a special night with you during the night of Hogwarts' Fall Ball.

What I am trying to say is, will you go on a date with me? I know we just met but I do not want to waste one single moment when I am with you. So, Miss. Rose what do you say? Will you be my lovely date on a lovely evening when the Fall Ball roll in?

Hope you say yes,

From: Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
To: Castelobruxo Magical Academy
@Cassandra Ironwoods Verona Carlito Andréas Ramírez

Dear Mr. Ramírez,

I guess this time it's my turn to apologise for the delay in replying. Honestly, I thought about blaming it on all the schoolwork, but I knew that would be a lie. And I don't want to lie to you. The fact that my letter was read out loud in front of everyone triggered a lot of thoughts in me. The fact that these open words and feelings of mine, meant only for you, have now been shared with so many unknowns has caused chaos within me.

For one, I feel cheated, cheated out of my thoughts, feelings and control over them. No one but me should have control over who they are shared with. Not even some ritual magic professor. I was ashamed but at the same time I was much angrier.

But I made myself aware that I should not be ashamed of what I had written and at the same time I asked myself why are you ashamed? Was it the same feeling I had or are you ashamed of me? As already written, it was and is somehow a chaos in my head.

But back to your letter...

Mister Ramírez, you should be the last to admonish me that I should have been honest with my feelings from the beginning. If I may remind you, you didn't do it either. So I'm just absolving myself of any blame and honestly, I don't think this love letter thing is so bad.

I don't have a problem with you telling Cash. Sooner or later I would have told them anyway, it just hadn't come up yet.

And yes, I would love to spend a lovely evening with the excellent Mister Ramírez. Yes, I would like to go on a date with you. I'm really looking forward to it!

Until then, don't let your Captain get you down, I know it all too well from Quidditch and as much as I love it, I wish we had a little more time to relax sometimes.

But I'm trying to make good use of the time off, I've started a club, or rather a band, and I'm preparing a lot for that and I've dedicated myself to my journal again and I'm using the time to write, maybe you'll read something about it one day.

I'm thinking of you.

Haley Rose

Date / Day : Saturday, September 10^th, 2022
Time : 02:30 a.m
From : Castelobruxo Magical Academy
To : @Haley Rose, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Querida minha bela princessa Dear my beautiful princess,

Hope you don't mind that I called you that. Minha bela princessa. If you want to know what that means just asked Cash. But knowing how Cash is like, they will say just asked me when I come to visit Hogwarts this Fall. And to be honest, I can't wait for that day to come sooner.

As we sent letters back and forth, I am longing to see you again, dear Miss Rose. I never know I could miss someone this strong. Sometimes I wished Castelo and Hogwarts were not that far but I guess the distance truly makes the heart fonder or whatever that saying goes.

Speaking of which, is that a hurtful I sense in your previous letter? For someone claiming that they are sensitive towards others, I am so callously not thinking about your feelings. With that, I deeply and truly apologize for my insensitivity. It was not my intention to hurt you or to create chaos within you.

You are right. You are honest and open about your feelings. You even told me that your head was screaming at you after happened last time. I should consider your feelings and not thinking the embarrassment that happened to me two days ago, we can just laugh it off and saw it like it was sort of a joke.

Hence, that is why I wrote this letter in the dead of the night. I tossed and turned until my bunkmate told me to get out of my own room. I can't sleep until I make it up to you. Hope you do forgive me for being so dumb and did not consider your feelings at all. I promise you that will not happen again.

I will read your letter in the privacy of my own dorm and will not let others take it away from my grasp again. I learn my lesson, dear Miss Rose. Back to your letter, yes I am the last person to admonish your feelings towards me since I also did the same thing to you. But in my defense, both you and Charles confused me.

Both of you are lovely creatures and during that Summer Camp, I am still trying to figure out something about myself and I do agree that this love letter is nothing but adorable, cuteness, and not that bad at all. Speaking of Summer Camp, I can't believe that you dare me to kiss you but it works.

Look how far we become! And when my eyes fall and saw you said yes to my date invitation, I let out a scream of joy. For a moment I forgot that I were at my school library and instantly all the student that was hunched over their books shushed me! Though I disturb them, I am not regretting it for one bit.

To answer your question, Miss Rose, I am not ashamed of any of it. Not about your feelings towards me, mine to yours nor do I ashamed of you. If one day you are mine, I assure you, I will shout out from the top of my lungs how lucky I am to have you and how happy you make me feel.

Hope you can feel the warmth of my hug that I send along this letter. I will count down the days until I finally get to lay my eyes and see you again.

Sinto muito a tua falta I miss you so much,

From: Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
To: Castelobruxo Magical Academy
@Cassandra Ironwoods Verona Carlito Andréas Ramírez

Dear Mr. Ramírez,

I won't even try to ask Cash what that means, we both know how it will end. And I would much rather hear from your mouth what those words mean. Ronnie I miss you a lot too and I'm already counting the days until we can finally see each other again.

You really don't have to apologise to me and I'm sorry you couldn't sleep because of all the thoughts. I didn't mean to make you feel bad. I just wanted to be honest with you, as it had been shown in the past that silence is not always golden. I just always want to be honest with you. I trust you but I don't want to go to any trouble to make you feel bad about me.

Summer Camp...I have to smile at the thought. I miss Charles a lot and wish he would finally get back to me but that's another topic. In my defence, at first I didn't think you would kiss me. But luckily for me you did.

Ronnie I'm looking forward to the day we meet again at least as much as you and the good thing is, if I go to sleep right now and wake up tomorrow, we'll be one day closer to meeting again.

See you soon, I'll be waiting for you!

Haley Rose