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Cedric
Elliott pushed his lips to the side and slowly tapped his fingers against his thigh. He really didn't want to intrude, but she just looked so sad. Aah, homesickness. He couldn't blame her on that one. "Well, you're farther away from home than most people," he noted. The owl made some sort of owl noise and he looked at the bird, then turned back to her. "Plus, I don't think homesickness can really last too long when we'll have a million classes to worry about soon enough." Both fortunate and unfortunate.
He was glad that she invited him in because he didn't want to just come on in looking like he hadn't a care about whether she wanted him there or something. "Thank you," he said and he left his things on the other side of the compartment for the time being. "So, what's your owl's name?"
He was right. She was a long way from home. It was her family she missed more than home. Even if she woke up every morning to one of her baby sister's screaming, or Raphael shooting her in the face with a water gun. She gave a half sort of smile. "
And I just am sooo excited for all the essays and reports we'll soon be doing," she said in fake enthusiasm. Homework. Blah. She did it because she had to. The girl appreciated the cheering up he was trying to give. He was a 15 year old boy so what was she going to expect?
She watched as he walked in and took a seat. What was her owl's name? "
Oh his name's Seuss. As in Dr. Seuss the author," Lucie grinned, remembering the childhood books her mother used to read her. Her mum read her all of the books he wrote probably. "
You wouldn't mind helping me move my trunk up there would you?" she asked, pointing up at the rack above. "
It's too heavy to lift by myself."