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She had an entire shelf full of books she planned to read when she arrived home, but it was never to early to begin her summer reading list. The summer holiday was good for that, you know? Pleasure reading. It was something she didn't give herself much time to do during the school year when her schedule was typically reserved for textbooks. This would only worsen with the coming of NEWTs, of course. In the meantime, however, she would allow herself a train ride sans NEWT-induced stress.
She heard the compartment door open as she turned to the next page, and didn't look up until she reached its end. Obviously she expected the compartment's new occupant to be Calyx. Though she hadn't necessarily told him where she would be sitting or that she would be waiting for him, she figured he'd know to find her. He was really good about that sort of thing. So you could imagine her surprise when the voice was about two octaves higher than the one she was expecting.
"Oh," her voice wasn't exactly reflecting disappointment (though she was feeling a little bit of that), but it was one reflecting her surprise. "Hi, Chloe," she greeted the girl with a polite smile. "... No, I don't mind." Though she really hoped the Ravenclaw would leave when Calyx stopped by because she was hoping for some privacy before they had to part ways for the summer. Not that they wouldn't be meeting up, but schedules were slightly less predictable during the summer holiday.
"You must be proud of Gunnar," Nina held him in very high regard. Graduating from Hogwarts with the Headboy badge, and countless other distinctions, she was sure.
Her smile growing as Nina didn't seem to mind her company Chloe headed in and shut the door.
"Glad terms over?" Many people she spoke with were just as excited as she was to see it end, but she knew some weren't as excited.
"I can't believe we are seventh years now, I mean technically not fully yet, but really they graduated so we are." How did it happen so quickly, she felt like she had just taken her owls and now she was going to be doing her NEWTS.
Taking a seat she opened a container of cookies she had made when she was making the graduate ones. Pulling a chocolate chip out for herself she held up the container.
"Just made them a few days ago so they are still pretty fresh, would you like one?"
Just as she was about to take a bite of hers she gave Nina a nod,
"Yeah, I am. He has been a great head boy this year. I know my parents are proud, they were both prefects when they were here and now he was head boy." Her eyes shifted out the window for a moment as she pushed away from the feeling of disappointment of Quidditch captain that she thought would be her only hope of being another family member for a badge.
"I'll miss him though, with us being so close in age we haven't been really apart for very long. I remember when he left for his first year, I had Morgan which was great, but it felt like such a long term with him gone." She knew she was being stupid about it and she was a grown witch now, she shouldn't need her brother so close.
"Anyway, got any big plans this summer?"