 be curious, not judgmental
Julia giggles. "The cookies in the common room? Yep... that was me. They were quite good, if I do say so myself. And um..." she pauses for a moment and coughs, "...yeah that was me. But she got mad at me for no reason. I'm sorry about her almost falling on you." She said this with sort of a tired look on her face, but makes herself look happy again.
Looking over at Elijah again, Julia clears her throat. "H-Hi Elijah!" she says enthusiastically, feeling her face turn red. "I know you probably don't know me but..." She shrugs and blinks. "But now you can! I'm Julia," she says, beaming and about ready to smack herself for approaching this so stupidly.
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