It was weirder being here without Evan. This was worse. She kept looking over her shoulder to see her brother walk over or tap her shoulder and flash his own of a kind gummy small smile. But… he wasn’t here. She focused her attention on the people at the table. It would help if she didn’t sit so far away from the rest of them. Time to be social….

“Hey Raj… Good summer, I hope?” she asked as she slid down the table towards the others. She didn’t realize that he was in a conversation with a girl she hadn’t met. “Oops. How rude of me! I didn’t mean to interrupt… welcome to Ravenclaw. I’m Lisa Nam.. Evan’s… sister but you wouldn’t know him. He just graduated and you just joined..” She was rambling. “Sixth year.” Lisa paused before lifting her hands to do a jazz hands thing. “Welcome!”

Okay that was sorta cringe. What a lame introduction… Nerina or Kinsay would never have done that…

So she diverted her eyes and noticed a newcomer with a book. Maybe she ought to ask to hide behind her book. “Whats the book about?” asked she.