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Deniiz 
"Miss Evelyn Wellington." Her name rhymed a little. Hehe. "And I'm João--or Marcelo--Neves. My shortened name, that is." And the easiest names of his.
Why didn't he surprise her? João stopped thinking for a moment of possible romantic places he could take her. Well, they could go up in the observatory, looking at the stars at night while they were alone... for now, somewhere on the grounds would have to do though. Or maybe...
"Have you heard of Room of Requirement?" There could easily be turned into a pretty atmosphere. He'd done it once with Louisa, and he could certainly do it again for Evelyn.
He grinned, relieved that he would indeed be the only one in calling her 'Evelyn'.
Why was she laughing? Wait, had she been really joking? He let out a laughter of his too, blushing as well a little. "But you were so serious and..." And he was quite stern with his name, mind you. "You got me there." He chuckled again gaily, totally oblivious to the girl hiding behind a tree, eavesdropping on their conversation.
"Shall we go, Miss Wellington?"
Evelyn couldn't help but stare when he said THAT was his short name. She thought it was
quite long.
"Err..okay." Evelyn smiled although she really wanted to laugh.
When he asked if she'd heard of the Room of Requirement, she just shook her head.
"No. Where is it exactly?" She'd never really heard of that place before..
"Anyway, now..it's not a surprise." Evelyn grinned. Ahh. Looked like she was already making a friend. Nice. Well done, Evelyn.
Evelyn laughed when she noticed that his cheeks had turned a little red. Aw, how adorable.
"Well, looks like I can make a good joke. I'm really glad you didn't get upset or anything though." "Absolutely." Evelyn held out her hand.