Serena’s attention to V was briefly stolen away when a new Slytherin (Regulus) asked the most obvious of questions. Was their common room in the dungeons? No. It’s in the highest tower Hogwarts has to offer. She was going to say that, but that wasn’t kind so, she let Bella do the explanations. Besides the kid had more questions Serena did not care to answer. But there was something off with this kid, Serena noticed. ”What’s with your eyes?” she asked. Not that she cared, but when people ended up hurt or something wrong with them, she was somehow always blamed. Like that one time Johnny got a bump on the head because…oh wait, never mind. That was her fault. Anyway. This time it wasn’t her.

Speaking of Bella, Serena nodded at her question. ”It was amazing.” She had bonded with her new Quidditch team and got to train alongside Jasper, and hangout with him and stuff. She also spent quality time with her favorite person, Xavier. ”How was yours?”

Steel blue eyes darted down the table before turning her focus back on V. That’s when she spotted yet another face she wasn’t familiar with (Norah). Serena nodded curtly at her before turning to V.

As she did, her eyes grew wide, caught off guard by V’s news of the evening. Serena quickly recollected herself, as if nothing had happened. She didn’t even know who to start asking questions about. ”Tell me everything.” V and Serena always told each other everything, but maybe this wasn’t the proper place for it.

Before she could think much on it, or before V could get an opportunity to reply, a paper airplane found its way to Serena. She caught it one-handed, already suspecting who it was from. See, Jasper has been flying paper airplanes at her since second year, it’s become an instinct to pluck them out of the air now. Reading the message inside brought a bright, genuine smile to Serena’s face. As if the ice had melted off her for a slight second. Just like that, it was gone.

A few moments later the paper airplane left the Slytherins and off to the Hufflepuffs; a one word response on it.