Originally Posted by Chelliephone

It occurred to Evan as he used her full first name, that he hadn't actually tried clarifying with her before on what her preference in being called was. There was always so many options, he usually tried to be good about clarifying out of respect and yet... somehow he had missed that important step with his yearmate. And while he was embarrassed to have to question it, he'd be even more so mortified if he was unintentionally offending her. "Do you usually go by Valentina or was there something else you preferred?" The nice thing about Evan was there was not many other options. Ev, sure, but that usually happened more organically out of closeness than a preferred way to be addressed.

"Do you still have some places around campus you can use for your dancing?" He heard people liked to use the Room of Requirement, but these domes might have also been a good option. Or even an abandoned classroom somewhere. "My summer was good. Kind of busy, but good. I spent some time visiting extended family with my cousin and that was probably the highlight." There was nothing better than Halmeoni's cooking.