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Benny smiled at the returned greeting from Professor Moxley, the former Gryffindor one of those that had certainly grown on him since her arrival. She was also very cheerful and festive this evening. And then there was the acknowledgement of his own acknowledgement from Hady. The seventh year made a note to perhaps speak to her at another time, they weren't the closest at the moment and he wasn't about to get up nor call across and down the table. Plenty of time for other socializing.
Oh look...an owl.
Likely the one or one of the ones that would be delieving the various Secret Santa notes that he and others had written to each other. He briefly noticed one recipient in particular, doing his best not to let his reaction be noticable and reveal his identity. Benny prefered to stay secret in this endeveor.
Kittridge also awknowledged his greeting and he nodded in answer to his question at first before regaining his voice. "It's been...curious. They've all had a few notable surprises." Which was definitely the truth. There was the experiences that followed the one potions lesson. And the human bowling within Muggle Studies.
True there. There were other ways to make his nose red. "There's an idea. Care to do the honors, Santa? I've forgotten my mirror." And Benny didn't trust himself to try and get it right on target with the target not exactly able to be seen by his own eyes. As for the mention of a present, he had to chuckle. "I thought my presence was usually enough." It was a tease but the gift was currently not with him, his bestie would have to wait for the actual Christmas morning.
I decided to make the most of Hogwarts while I'm still here
Oh...well that explained it. Paulina's presence that was. The Gryffindor nodded in acknowledgment of the news, a part of him feeling somewhat happy at the development. "Nice to see you then," he remarked with a smile. "Uh huh...I am," he admitted, "Hopefully you are too." So that her choice to stay wasn't in vain and she didn't regret it in the long run. The topic of the Secret Santa had been brought up by Paulina and he couldn't help nodding again. "Yeah...we did." He and Adi had even talked over what they were going to send to their partners.
"Yeah I do too," he agreed with smile as Zander mentioned loving the holidays. It was the one most positive note in the cold of winter. Not to mention spending time with those one cared about was also a plus, even if it wasn't at home. Benny had no thought on how he had been at the last big event the two of them had spent any time together in, so he wasn't aware his friend had noticed the change.
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