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lemon
Really, she wasn't that pret-
Oh, he meant the cat.
Not that she minded. Alice wasn't one to thrive much off compliments unless they were from certain people anyway, and she was fairly sure that her pet was better looking than her. "Uh, thanks." Of course, the hisses coming from the top of her head must have meant thank you too.
She tried to look up at the disgruntled Atole on her hair, but the Gryffindor ended up almost knocking him off. Okay then. Bad idea.
"Don't you have some Puffer friend to be chatting up in a compartment instead of lying in a corridor?" Just wondering.
Tobias could only really beam in response to that. Of course he did. He was Tobias Tempus. When DIDN'T he smile/beam/grin? He kind of couldn't really keep his eyes off the super pretty cat, either. Wow. Just wow. Look at th- wow.
"Hmmm?" the Hufflepuff responded, realising he was being spoken to. It took a moment, but Tobias soon tuned back in.
"Oh... I was just..." What was he doing? Other than staring at a cat.
"Looking for a compartment, but my cat tripped me." Whether or not the 'chatting up' comment meant anything to him at all didn't show one jot, as he just smiled even more (despite realising that his best 'Puffer friend' would not be on this train ride).
Instead of wasting time chillin' on the floor, Tobias shed his backpack and shifted to his knees, sifting through it to find something.
"My backpack's super heavy, so I fell harder, which is why I was on the floor, see?" he explained cheerfully, as though the girl was interested.
"I just... need to... take out..."
And with that, Tobias gave a great tug and his most prized possession was freed from the backpack of doom. A pogo stick.
Undetectable extension charms; his grandmother was a pro.
As though this was totally normal, Tobias beamed at the other girl once again, and clambered back to his feet. He held out his hand too, because it was polite to offer to help people up, rIGHT?