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Lissy Longbottom
Caleb couldn't find Sophie anywhere, but not that it mattered - she was a big girl and he didn't need to be with her ALL the time. In fact, he kind of liked being alone sometimes - no one would judge him when he had conversations with his owl or his rat. Beans was sitting happily in his pocket, snoozing away, and Scooter had been stored cage and all with his baggage. The owl had been asleep so he probably wouldn't mind.
Carrying his trunk along, Caleb looked for an empty compartment but most of them seemed to be full already. Blehhh. That meant he had to SHARE. A few compartments later, however, he noticed a familiar face and slid open the door. "Hey Derry! Mind if I join you?" Caleb asked his fellow snake and Quidditch teammate. She didn't look too...erm...ENERGIZED today, if that was the right word for it. Ah well, she would surely cheer up in the company of his awesomeness, yeah?
Derry was beginning to relax a little. It was nice to be out of the house, even though she'd been there for the sum total of about two weeks for the whole summer, and she was almost relieved to be going back to Hogwarts. At least if she got annoyed when she was at school she could go flying or something, back home she was questioned at every single turn, even if all she wanted to do was take her horse out for a ride.
She closed her eyes and leaned her head back, wishing they could just get going already. It felt stupid to come down to London just to head all the way back up to Scotland again, but at least she'd see her friends... probably... if they turned up... though to be honest it was probably her fault for not looking for them. But she still had
gifts to give them from her travels. Eh, oh well. Derry's eyes snapped open when she heard the door go and she crunched the rest of her lollipop. Oh...
"Hey, Caleb." she said, smiling a little at the boy.
"Yeah, sure, sit down, it's fine." She sat up a bit so she wasn't spread out over three seats - thank you lanky legs - and chucked her bag on the floor.
"You alright?"