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Zoerawrr 
"Hey," Jake smiled warmly to the nervous kid, not really picking up on the actual nervousness. He waved to the crowds. "Come on in and enjoy yourself. You want some ice cream?"
They had... errr... loads.
And Jake would stick with the girl until she was comfortable with everyone or found someone she knew.
"
S-Sure," she smiled nodding her head. Wait a second...why did his face look so familiar? It wasn't that she had seen him at Hogwarts...no...she had seen him much more recently. Then it hit her like a bolt of lightening. "
Oh! You were on the posters!" she chirped bowing out of instinct. If he was Jake...then this was his party. Hardly stopping to catch her breath,she flung the lid off the box of cookies. "
Um...I made some cookies," she said shyly hoping he would take one. It was rude, after all to come to such occasion without a gift.
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Lockhartian His eyes wandered off for a moment after his sister's attention was sidetracked by a young little girl on Jake's arms.
And he was soooo going to take this moment to write his name on that present when...sigh...he forgot to bring something to write with! Yeah, never mind, Jake won't get the present from him. No big deal, right?
Hold on a minute. His head was tilted to one side as this girl seemed rather familiar to him. "You go to Hogwarts, right?" of course she had to, because she was also between all those students when Lafay decided to test the regrowing bones potion on them. Yikes. He remembered himself with no jaw and shuddered.
"You bake cookies," he nodded, most certain of this. "I'm Treyen, Treyen Lockhart," the one boy who brought absolutely nothing to Jake. Ha.
Kurumi's attention shifted at the appearance of another boy, older than her naturally. She nodded at his first question, a very first year thing for her to do despite being a second year. Hadn't she gotten better at this meeting of people? Maybe that little burst of Gryffindor courage only took effect when she was within Hogwarts. Some Gryffindor she was.
But then...the ice breaker! He had mentioned cookies and the clouds parted. "
I do," she smiled opened the box and offering him his choice of
happy gingerbread faces. "
I'm Kurumi, Kurumi Hollingberry," she said bowing her head slightly. "
Y-Y-You look different with your jaw bone..." Her free hand immediately flew to her mouth. First, she didn't want to be reminded of Dragon Lady's classes and second, that had been a traumatizing experience for everyone. Kurumi remembered crying...in front of Dragon Lady...not her finest hour.