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Louisa suppressed herself from rolling her eyes at his answer. Seriously, someone should show him that when he was being taken care of it wasn't out of sympathy or forced-- even if his parents proved it to be that way. "No. I don't have to do that but I am." Fixating her gaze on his so he could see how serious she was. "It's not your first time to walk into a new place, no. But it'll be your first time to walk in with a friend." Smiling at him in a sweet yet sad way, "And I really hope it's your last new school."
JB had let out a happy cute bark for attention, Louisa assumed, and she had to continue tickling his back as he wiggled his tail some more, "I'm not doing it out of sympathy, by the way." Louisa added in a lecture kind of tone. She wanted him to get this idea out of his head, if he was still clinging to it; the idea that she was just sticking around because he was alone and all. "I'm doing it because we're friends, we get along, and you're really great." A smile lightened her tone at the end.
"That's great, then." She nodded her head. "Mine's at the compartment with Joao. He has some company so I came to sit with you." See? She was a true friend. Louisa missed how Adam might feel by this little piece of information but she had said the words already and no taking back. "I did. Vashti was the first I bumped into on my way here." She gestured to the window with her thump, "I..er.. think I would've met others if I had looked into the faces properly," she added lamely after that dropping her head slightly to look at JB. The main reason of her rush over here without searching for more friends was that Dallin and his girlfriend might be one of the 'familiar faces' and Louisa was not ready to confront them. Not yet.
Adam looked at Louisa, reading the seriousness in her tone. He understood that she was doing it because she wanted to, but at the same time Adam couldn't really help how he felt. Perhaps a part of him was just used to doing this whole thing on his own, and the idea of doing it with someone else was just...foreign. He gave her a little smile as she said it was his first time walking in with a friend.
"I hope so too," Adam added at the end, more to himself than Louisa.
JB let out a bark, and looked at Adam...he was definitely thirsty. Reaching up into the carriage compartment Adam pulled down his black back pack, pulling out the bowl he had bought with Louisa in Diagon Alley and a bottle of water. He set the bowl down on the seat, scooting over so there was room, and poured some of the water into it. He watched as JB somewhat climbed out of Louisa's arms and started drinking. He looked at Louisa as she commented that he was great and gave her another little smile.
"Um...thanks...you're great too." Adam meant it from one friend to another, and he hoped that Louisa noticed that was the way he meant it. After all that switch was still firmly in place.
Adam gave a little nod of the head...of course her things were with Joao, but that was nice that she had come to see him. Adam shot a look out the window again, understanding what she meant.
"Yeah...I know what you mean. I'm sure some of the other people I've met are out there, but it's just too overwhelming to go out and try and find people."