 be curious, not judgmental
Sophie was nervous enough around Thompson - even after he had been way cute when they celebrated their birthdays together - but Tobes bouncing and fidgeting made her even more nervous. The loss of his hand holding hers made her tense up a little, wanting desperately to take his hand back but knowing he needed to do his own thing.
Luckily, as soon as the door opened and Javier himself appeared, Soph put on a super relaxed facade and gave him a "sup" nod, suddenly appearing as cool as cucumber despite how very not cool she had been only moments ago.
She snorted a little at Tobes' blurting of a question that she didn't even understand the reasoning behind, then she offered up her own question, "D'you have any food? I don't want house elf stuff, I want your stuff. All your stuff is way better. Tastes like home." Buttering him up a little never hurt anyone, did it?
It helped that she was telling the truth, though. And certainly he knew her words were fact and not entirely a nervous blurting.
At least hers had been better than what Tobes said.
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