SPOILER!!: Sophie
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feeheeheeny Everything was going SO well and the whole GROUP was there and things were GREAT! Sophie was getting to sit with Tobes AND Eves, and Eden and Layla and Kyroh and Gabe and Penelope and Benzi and Clara and Tia and Janelle were all there... and Parbear, Maddie, Dima, and Cole were undoubtedly somewhere around...
And all those NEW faces mingling with everyone, too! Sophie wasn't sure how it happened, but she was surrounded by the FAMILIAR faces, and all the new ones were down the table a bit further... but they were all being TALKED to and made to feel welcome - it didn't look like anyone was being left out at all, so... Sophie could rest easy, right? She'd get to know all the new faces on the trek back up to the common room. There was no doubt that Gabe wouldn't put forth the effort to get to KNOW these kids right off the bat the way she would - she figured he would take the approach of being informational and showing them the cool things along the way and teaching them stuff they needed to know about the castle, while Soph would want to be getting to KNOW them and make them feel welcome.
It... actually would probably work perfectly that way, really. The kids would get to know what they needed to know while also getting to know their housemates. IT WAS ALL WONDERFUL.
...Until chaos struck after the speech. Benzi DID have his voice raised, but not to cause any harm, and then Kyroh was yelling at HIM, and Gabe was interjecting, and Sophie WAS actually going to tack on a polite, helpful please at the end because Kyroh and Benzi were both her friends and she thought they would appreciate her more peaceful addition to the fray, but Evie beat her to it, albeit with snark and displeasure in her tone.
And then Eden happened.
The seventh year girl sure knew how to rile up Gabe, didn't she? Merlin. Gabe was doing an awfully good job of resisting and keeping his cool, but eventually, at the part where Eden looked at SOPHIE, the female prefect gave Tobes' hair a friendly ruffle as she stood and scooped up two dinner rolls with her in one hand as she crossed over just a few paces away to where Eden was.
"Come with me? Just for a sec. Please. I promise we'll be quick," Sophie offered her free hand for Eden to hold, her whole demeanor very unthreatening and friendly. "We'll eat and walk. Eves? Please save our spots." The second dinner roll was for Eden, obviously. But if the girl didn't want it, Soph would just eat them both herself.
Rolls were gooood.
Eden ignored Gabe and stood up, eyeing the roll Sophie held. Did she FEEL like walking? No. Did she FEEL like talking? No. But Sophie was being polite and...Eden felt her lower lip trembling.
She didn't take Sophie's hand but hooked arms with her and siiiighed. She felt bad for making Sophie leave her Toby person.
..."
Yes? Are you going to fuss at me?" Eden winced slightly and FELT LIKE she might be fussed at.
She eyed the roll again. She was hungry, she knew she was, but she didn't feel like eating....at all.