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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie  "Alfie Jr," the third year repeated as if doing so would instantly commit it to memory. She was, usually, pretty decent with remember names whereas remember her class schedule and when she had which extracurricular was...not so decently remembered. "A son named after his daddy or named so because he is an extension of his owner?" she asked with a couple of tilts to the head that tossed her spongey locks about. "Oh she has tons of pets. She has a way with them that only the descendent of a Parselmouth can. I'm just waiting for the day that the ability officially manifests itself." Was Anna aware that lizards and snakes were different? Yes, yes she was...but the fine details had this way of blending together when she got excited. Sometimes. Usually.
She of COURSE saw her cousin come in...and she stretched up a bit to try and see him over and around her newest friends and began to wave her arms wildly in his direction. "DENN----" Her waving quickly ceased as he shuffled away and, again, seemingly refused to look at her. It was weird...because he was giving her the ICK and it was not pleasant to feel the ICK from family. "....is" First was at the feast and now here in the common room. It scratched a certain scab on her heart and soul that she had done a real good job of covering up and ignoring, but this was so jarring coming from family that she couldn't entirely ignore the jolt this time.
Two other older students soon joined her cousin and...well...she shouldn't think about what she didn't have (her older cousin's attention and affection) and what she did have (two new friends and new opportunities). "...I...um....sorry," she laughed as she readjusted her position so her attention was back on Alfie and Alfie Jr. "I got a little distracted just now. It happens a lot. BUT...if you want to I can show you around sometime. It's where all the lizards and snakes and all of them are kept and there are so many and so cool. Where have you been keeping Alfie Jr if not the reptile house?" "The first one, I suppose. I got him when I was thirteen and I named him after me." Sometimes he considered what he might have named him if he got him now, but Alfie Jr. was his name and it was odd to consider him as anything else so he usually didn't have any ideas. Not that he didn't like his name. He thought Alfie was a great name, personally. "Oh a parselmouth, that sounds interesting! I don't think it would help with talking to lizards though. I wish I could talk to Alfie Jr. I wonder what he's thinking about." He held the gecko in question up closer to his face to consider him. What was going on in his brain? Probably not much.
It was getting busier in the common room as more and more people came in from the feast. He smiled at the girl who took a picture of the candy flowers, and raised his hand to wave to his dormmate. And Anna was greeting Dennis, whose eyebrows he remembered from the feast. "You know him?" He asked cheerfully, not picking up on any discomfort on her part. "That sounds fun. I'd be happy to have you show me around to meet all the reptiles! He lives in a tank in my dorm." |