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Penny didn't really say anything to Will comment about her cheeks darkening. Well now there was no question, she had definitely been blushing. With this thought he smiled a bit to himself as he watched the quacking creatures in front of him.
He laughed as Penny said that he was hard to get along without him. "You've managed without me?" He questioned her looking shocked. "Way to hurt a guys ego" He said as dramatically brought a hand up to his heart. Once again though he couldn't help but start laughing. It was so easy to be around her. No effort had to be made to keep a conversation going. He nodded his head as she brought up the group projects. "Oh yes. I already have one with a boy who I'm convinced has the mind of an eight year old. Its very fun" he said while rolling his eyes.
Will turned his head towards Penny just as he caught her studying him. He held her gaze for a moment before she talked about how the castle would grow on him. 'Its already starting to' he wanted to say, but held back. Okay, well maybe the castle wasn't growing on him, but Penny sure was. "I know. And I'm trying to keep an open mind" He told her with a nod of his head. "See what all is has to offer"
Penny giggled and feigned a dramatic break down. "It's been hard. There are some days I didn't even want to get out of bed." Her voice trembled but she couldn't keep the smile off her face. She winked at him playfully and then dropped the charade.
She had never been able to joke around with anyone like this except maybe for her father. Penny laughed out loud at his description of one of his partners. Thankfully she hadn't had that bad luck with her projects. She had been paired up with the Prefect from Gryffindor for Herbology and then for Divination a cute little second year that had been fun to work with.
The Ravenclaw listened as he explained how he was trying to give Hogwart's a chance. She remembered how overwhelming everything had been during her first year, thankfully she had had the other first years to keep her company in that aspect. Penny gave him a cocky smile and nudged him again.
"Well obviously it has a lot to offer because I'm here." Her tone was matter of fact like what she had said was the most obvious thing in the world.
"So what was your old school like?" Penny had of course heard rumors about the other magical schools but she hadn't ever met anyone from one of those schools. The curiosity was killing her.