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Coral nodded as the boy spoke some more. She had to keep up with appearances, let the boy know she was listening even though she wasn't interjecting just yet. "I was homeschooled. Well, sort of. My parents had to travel for work a lot so my sister and I tagged along. Our nanny-" she wrinkled her nose and made a face "-he wasn't really a nanny. Not in the traditional sense. But he tutored us and took care of us." She made her long story shorter because she didn't want to bore the poor boy.
More nods for him. "It could be worse, really. They could wear crazy colors and stuff, but they just wear their robes over their 'muggle clothes'-" she lifted her fingers to put air quotes around the muggle clothes part, "-It's kind of weird looking. But I guess muggles wear some weird stuff sometimes too." Although, muggle fashion was her favorite. She liked keeping up with it and putting her own spin on it.
"Well, lots of people call me CB. Like the letters C & B. But my sister calls me Cors, and some people call me Coral and then I aven have a little friend who calls me Bay, so call me whatever you want." Hehe. Little friend. Little Kyroh. Her cute little helper. "That's got to be nice though. You don't have to walk far to get to the great hall for food or anything." She tried to con people often and use a sweet tone to get people to get her food a lot. Too often, even. "I'm a Ravenclaw. All the way up on the seventh floor in a tower. It's really pretty, don't get me wrong, but it's so far from everything." Heh. She did have pretty prefects. One with really nice hair that she liked to touch sometimes. When he let her.
So she was homeschooled? Simon had known some neighbourhood children that had been homeschooled back home in Melbourne. "
So he was kind of like your personal tutor or a male version of a... governess? But obviously governess is the totally wrong word for it," he said, blushing slightly when he couldn't find the exact or precise word to describe the term. "
So is it weird being at a school and not at home anymore?" He assumed that it must have been.
He liked the way she wrinkled her nose. It made her look really, really cute.
Ugh Simon. Pull yourself together man! You just met this random stranger. You don't know if she could be evil told a voice in his head. Nope. Simon didn't believe that all. Coral Bay seemed far from evil. She was far too nice and sweet and lovely. He wanted to get to know her more.
Oh boy...Here we go..
His blue eyes widened at the thought of wizards wearing robes over their muggle clothes. It did seem rather bizarre and it seemed to defeat the purpose of getting dressed for the muggle world. If you were going out in the muggle world and didn't want people to think that you were some weirdo then why wouldn't you conform to their society for once and wear regular clothes. Man. Some people were crazy. Simon nodded his head. "
That's really strange. Some muggles do but coming from a muggle background, all the wizarding robes are really strange to me." Very strange. When he first walked into Madame Malkins, he felt as if he was in an old witch and wizard costume fitting shop for halloween or for a party.
So the girl had a lot of nicknames already? Perhaps she didn't need another one. He'd work on one later for her. Mhmm.. "
Then I shall switch it up between Bay and CB!" he said with a grin. It'd be fun that way. He nodded thoughtfully at her comment. Oh yes, he was very close to the food. "
Yes, I am very close to the food but its rather dark down in the dungeons," he explained. It was also kind of creepy but he didn't want to point that out too soon. He had to make an impression, you know? Mhmm. It was very important. "
Being on the seventh floor sounds nice. You'd have marvelous views of the grounds. Plus you're closer to the Astronomy Tower," he added with a grin.