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Settling into his seat, watching all those who had opted to take some of the beverage provided, Derf's eyes had been on the door to the classroom when Stasya had walked in........and stayed on her aaaaall the way until she was talking to him. Talking...but barely registering. Sort of. "S-S-S-Stasya?" he stammered, something he hadn't done on with her name for YEARS now. "You look like you jus-s-st came out of a fairy tale book."
He managed a small wave to Daisy when she came in, his ability to blink returning by then and needing to do so because his eyes were BURNING, before settling on Junia when she came in. He REALLY needed to thank her for what had happened at THAT so-called lesson. He actually had a chocolate frog card of her made and tucked away safely in his enchanted suitcase resting on his lap, but he was a tiiiiiny bit distracted when he saw her costume. "HI JUNIA HI!" he chirped initially. "I think you got the wrong bug though...June bugs-s-s are from the Scarabaeidae family...lady bugs-s are from the family Coccinellidae!" Just so she knew, you know?
He was SUSPICIOUS of the Gryffindor prefects and professor. TOTALLY IN KAHOOTS! And the fact that there may be some sort of secret surprise twist to this lesson already had the Hufflepuff stomach tying in knots. And his eyes darted back to the apple cider. And then Back to Stasya because she was really really pretty and wearing his favorite color...AND THEN THERE WAS HIS MATE!
Derf was already pointing to the vacant seat near him for his Gryffindor to sit in when Abey...did that. And then Derf was blinking in a little bit of confusion, and blushing slightly, because since when had blowing kisses been a thing that they did. What exactly WERE air kisses. Did Jessa know? Could he practice air kisses with her because that seemed way safer than the lip locking stuff she was trying to get him interested in. Except for maybe the chance to kiss the American Veela also known as Valerie Gray. Still, since Abey had...Derf returned the gesture with an exaggerated air kiss and a loud MWAH accompanying it. "Abey! We should coordinate next time!" he suggested. "I could have come as a broom if I had known you would be that!" Flying Abey's friendly skies, you know?
Derf's eyes wiiiiiiiiiidened all mooncalf level when he saw the Slytherin prefect walk in WITH SOMETHING ON HIS FACE! JUMPING up from his seat, the Hufflepuff fumbled to get his wand out when he counted to 2 in his head - because he wasn't patient enough for 5 - and saw that the older boy was totally calm and...paint? Or was he under the Imperio spell?! "How...did...that..." he asked, pointing rather obviously to his face.
BUT THEN THERE WAS A DISTRACTION BECAUSE JESSA WAS HERE. And she looked just as excited to see him as he was her which made things even BETTER...and she had a present for him? Not just a present but a BRILLIANT one? "But...my birthday is-s-sn't until May," he questioned. Nor was it Christmas. And Halloween wasn't the sort of time one typically gave presents to their friends... Eyes widening AGAIN, Derf's ears turned a little red and suddenly the classroom felt really HOT. He didn't know just pictures of veela had the same effect as seeing them in the flesh! His heart was pounding in his chest like a raging galloping granian and he was pretty sure he could see thestrals now because he was also pretty sure he had just DIED. "....thi-s-s-sis-s-s-sapictureofValerieGray...." he stated, voice cracking. Maybe he DID need some of that apple cider after all. He was feeling rather parched -
as was evident in the number of times he had just swallowed in the span of 30 seconds.
Results? He would have to ask Jessa what she meant by those in a moment.
He just baaaaarely noticed Althea enter the classroom - offering her a hurried wave along with one for Mason too - when he jumped from surprise at the sound of his name. He may have even let out a bit of a surprised yelp and quickly hugged the picture to his chest. "K-Kane...d-duude...DUUUDE..." Bro. Dude. Dude bro. Bro dude.
He totally had the American down.
As if he wasn't flustered enough, there was Olivia looking really really pretty too - but he had no idea what she was supposed to be - and COMPLIMENTING HIM. "T-Thank you!" he managed to squeak out with a bit of a nervous hair ruffle. Which meant he dropped the photo to the ground...and now he was scrambling to pick it back up. "A-Always nice to meet a fAn."
Okay...but...WHO was that!? Derf, only partly recovered from the scooping up of the picture of HER from the floor and with Olivia Holden still all close to his desk and such, the second year's eyes fell on a student he SWORE he had never seen before. She was really REALLY pretty too. Since when had people at Hogwarts been SO pretty? Whoever she was...she seemed to know the other Olivia. "Is s-s-she a new trans-s-fer?" he asked Jessa, nudging her with his elbow and pointing at the pretty older student in the purple dress and long looooooong blonde hair.
OH! There was Emmeline! Derf gave her a BIG smile and wave. The pink suited her, mmhmm.
And in all the chaos of his 12-year-old mind he had completely missed that there were two Althea Kennings in the classroom.
BUT HE DID NOT MISS ETTA COMING IN!
"ETTA ETTAAAAA!" he bounced in his seat, "I MADE A T-S-sHIRT WITH YOUR FACE ON IT!" Actually, now that he thought about it. "I have one made with your face too," he pointed out to the Slytherin champion...whose name he could not remember at the moment but DID remember that it was really LONG.
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