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Leah had finished her breakfast, finishing with another goblet of pumpkin juice from stopping her tongue burning again. She had reached the massive doors when a girl at the blue (Ravenclaw) table caught her attention. She was dressed... weirdly. Leah had never seen anything like that before, but then she never cared much about fashion.
Thinking that it would not hurt to stop by and ask what type of clothes that was, making another friend in the meantime, Leah walked to the girl and sat down next to her. "Hi, I'm Leah. I'm a first year. Are you one too? Only I think I remember seeing you somewhere." Was it the sorting? Anyway, to the main point. "Could I ask er..." How would she say it? Then her shirt, which said 'New York City' on it, caught the girl's attention. "New York City? Wait... Isn't that in the States? Are you from there?" Cool. No wonder she dressed differently. New York style.
Gwen looked up in surprise, hearing a voice behind her. She was nearly finished anyway. She took a sip of water and turned toward the girl.
"Nice to meet you, Leah, I'm Gwen." Gwen smiled kindly. This friends thing wasn't so hard, was it? She nodded.
"Yep. I think we may have stood by each other at the sorting," Gwen helped the girls memory. That would be where they had seen each other. Gwen had been silent and not interacted with anybody, but she had stood near this girl while waiting she was pretty sure.
Was she making fun of Gwen's fashion choice? She didn't seem to mean it in a hurtful way, so Gwen took it as polite interest. She nodded.
"Yeah, I'm from New York City." Sort of. A few minutes out by train, but close enough to call it her home. She gestured to the outfit.
"I don't normally dress like this. I promise." It was a little too...over the top. That was the phrase.
"Where are you from, then?" Because one sided conversation was always a little strange. Her father believed in asking questions and Gwen did too.