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Presley Black Not homesickness then. Presley glanced at the picture of a woman hugging Elise, Presley smiled. She had pictures like that of her when she was little. The smile quickly faded though when Elise mentioned that her mum was dead. And just recently too. "I'm so sorry," she offered her condolences. "I know this doesn't really help right now, but I can promise you, it gets easier. It won't ever hurt any less, but you'll learn to live around it. Does that make any sense at all?" It hadn't to Presley, when her grams had said something similar, but now she understood. The words all made sense when you no longer needed them.
"It's alright, wasn't your fault or anything... I don't see why people apologize when someone dies..." she said, a little blur. Yes, she is that innocent.
"Really? It does?" she asked, raising a tear streaked face to the second year.
"Thank you, so much! Well, I'm kinda comforted... It won't always be so bad... It kinda does make sense." she grinned a little.
"Thank you sooo.... much... er... I don't think I caught your name...." Elise added sheepishly.
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mialovesyoulots Gaby grinned as the other girl hugged her back. See, she was right: hugs were the best thing ever. Plus, she had stopped crying, which was just further evidence of her theory. Perhaps she should publish a book... or not.
Oh, the poor girl's mother had died. Gaby couldn't imagine how she would feel if her father died... absolutely awful, probably. She gave her another hug - slightly shorter, this time. 'I'm so sorry,' she said quietly. 'If you ever want to talk or anything, you can come and find me,' she added sincerely. She liked to help people.
Anyway, moving on... 'Nice to meet you Elise. I'm Gaby. Well, Gabrielle. Gabrielle Parker,' she said, still a little quiet. She wasn't exactly sure on the proper etiquette after someone tells you that their mother had just died. Instead, she stuck with a simple: 'So, er, what do you think of Hogwarts?'
"Will do..." Elise replied with a hug, touched that she was so.... she couldn't find a word for it. Comforting? Nah...
"Gaby... I like your name!" "Hogwarts is great! Everyone's so nice...." Elise grinned, glad for the change of topic.
"The professors are scary, though... How 'bout you?"