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Despite the winter that seemed to have come early, Sophie was out for a run, as bundled up as she could be without overheating. She was in great shape, but because it was so much colder outside than normal, she tried to push her speed so she could return to the castle as soon as possible.
Not without heading all the way out to the whomping willow first, of course, the halfway point on her route.
She wasn't used to anyone being by the tree, though, and was considerably baffled when she approached and found a tough-looking kid in her year sitting a safe distance from it... with a ball of fur in his lap. Why would he bring his pet all the way out here on a brisk, windy day like this? Sophie eyed him, judging him a little as she ran - for such a tough-looking guy, it seemed very sensitive of him to be coddling a cat like that. Precious, really, but Sophie couldn't get over how funny it looked. This kid was a great example of why one shouldn't judge a book by its cover, wasn't he?
"You should've tied your hair back," she remarked conversationally, slowing to a walk as she neared the boy and brought a hand up to her own ponytail to further make her point. HER long hair wasn't blowing all over in the wind, did he see? "Y'want a tie?" She slid her sleeve up to let him see the spare hair tie around her wrist. "D'make your life a whole lot easier." Unless he liked combing through a mess later.
Dylan looked up suddenly as a voice spoke from behind him. Turning around, he chuckled. She was right; he should have tied his hair back. But sadly, he had no hair ties on him at the moment. They were back in the dorm and he hadn't been prepared for such a windy day. Fixing his hair quickly as best as he could in embarrassment, he nodded.
"Yeah, I kind of realized that." he said with a laugh, raising an eyebrow when she offered him one.
"Really? Yeah that'd be great, thank you so much," he said, holding his hand out for the tie. That was really nice of this girl to do, she seemed really sweet. Looking up, he recognized her from around the school. But he didn't remember ever meeting her. He should probably introduce himself then, yeah?
"I'm Dylan, by the way," he added, smiling again.