SPOILER!!: I love Nicholas! xD
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Ashwinder 
For a moment or two Nicholas wasn't sure what had happened. Then he glared at the remains of his ineffective barrier, blaming it wholeheartedly for tumbling apart and letting this small child into his little space of solitude.
Distracted by his lacking architectural skills, Nicholas muttered, "I've misplaced my lunch."
Then he was brought back to himself by her torrent of questions, and swallowed the impulse to swat at her as a cat would swat at an overly excited puppy. He had decided, after all, to be disdainful of this whole experience, and the enthusiasm Sinead was displaying had the possibility of being contagious.
Still, he supposed he'd better balance disdain with manners, and answered her questions, "I'm Nicholas. I'm meant to be a fourth year, but I've been home schooled to this point so I've no idea if Hogwarts is 'good' or not. Did you know half the student populace were ready for a geriatric ward by the end of last term?"
At least, that was the impression he'd received from the Daily Prophet. He hadn't intended to add an invitation for gossip, but that was his mother talking.
"Oh no!" Sinead gasped.
"Are you hungry? We must find it immediately!" She understood how important food was. Actually, she was hungry herself. BUT IT MUST WAIT! She had to find this boy's lunch first! Then they could both eat and be happy and not grumpy. Where could it be?
"Have you checked under the seats? In your bag? Anywhere else it could be?" She had to check he'd looked in the obvious places first, of course. Otherwise she'd search everywhere and it would simply turn out to be in the bottom of his bag, just like her money had been earlier.
Nicholas. That was a cool name. Her cousin was called Nicholas, but everyone called him Nick.
"Do people call you Nick?" Sinead wondered aloud.
"And home schooled? How was that? Wouldn't it be BORING? And why are you going to school NOW?" It surely would be much easier for him to have attended Hogwarts when he was eleven?
Around Nick (as she planned to call him from now on), the redhead seemed to ask and come up with many more questions than usual. Maybe it was just because he was interesting and said lots of interesting things?
"What's a geriatric ward? It sounds SERIOUS!" she said worriedly.
"But whatever it is, it's not true! Hogwarts is an awesome magical place with sparkles and unicorns!" Right? Sinead would be disappointed if it wasn't.