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Originally Posted by
Lissy Longbottom
Oh good, someone ELSE needed a partner! Scarlett always waited too long to get a partner and all her friends always got taken - but she guessed that meant she had popular friends! So it was really a positive thing yeah?
"I need a partner!" she said, hurrying up to the side of the Ravenclaw who was also partner-less. "I'm Scarlett," she added, introducing herself with a smile to the boy.
Austin was surprised when a small girl came up to greet him. If it were this easy to make friends, he would have done it ages ago.
"I'm Austin." He smiled at her, hoping not to scare her off. Not that his smile was scary or anything, just that he wasn't always a social butterfly.
"Well," He began clearing his throat.
"Would you like to try making the antidote? Or would you rather drink the diluted, uh, poison stuff?" If his job was to not scare away the young girl, then he probably wasn't doing a great job. At least he was trying to make a friend. Which, actually, was saying a lot.