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OH. OKAY. Thank Merlin and his all-knowing beard. There was a Derf.
The longer Abra had been waited, the more his eyes had drifted back towards the Slytherin table. He wasn't going to go over there of course - not only was there all of the same reasons as before, but also the issue of the Quidditch results that he was still refusing to confront himself with - but his eyes had just automatically tried to seek out Junia, as a means of grounding himself. Neither of the twins had arrived at the Hufflepuff table yet either, so Junia was the only directly-related family member in the room.
But yes. Derf. The Derf had arrived. Abra smiled in relief, and also because he was happy to see him. He nodded his greeting and followed after him at the sleeve tug, correctly predicting that his sociable villain-prefect would have places to go and people to see before settling down at the table.
... Which turned out to be MEGA awkward (though that wouldn't have been surprising even on his best day) given where some of the conversations seemed to head, but also even with the perfectly non-awkward conversations. Just being around people he didn't know so well seemed to be enough to set off his awkward vibes. Abra just sort of tried to hang back and not look like he was being nosy (even though he also sort of was) or really be noticed at all (for once glad he wasn't as tall as Tayo already was) and to be as unobtrusive as possible. Apparently diverting his attention, but actually not at all, Abra seemed to become very interested in the enchanted ceiling as they did the rounds.
........... Which meant getting an egg directly to the face. Thanks, Peeves.
"I hate Poltergeists. So much. So. Much."
He had more reason to than most did, and the egg was reALLY just adding insult to injury. Abra turned bright red, mortified over his predicament. His eyes were squeezed shut because of the EGG that was in them, meaning he couldn't see if anyone else had fallen victim, and he blindly tried to get to his wand for cleaning reasons without getting more egg onto his robes, or on anyone else.
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