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MuggleBornWitch3 
Anna had just peered behind the last statue and was about to turn around and head back down the corridor when she suddenly heard someone talking right behind her. The noise took her by surprise, so it was only natural that she jumped a little, startled by the sudden appearance of someone else. And, of course, she just had to bump her head on the suit of armour she'd been looking behind, causing a loud noise to shatter its way down to corridor.
"Ow," she mumbled, rubbing the top of her head in an effort to stop the pain. She was then able to finally turn around completely and properly greet whoever this was standing right behind her.
"Oh!" Anna exclaimed, seeing that it was none other than Cale Newell who'd joined her at the suits of armour. He was probably on prefect rounds, as well. "Hey there...I...sorry, give me just a minute to make sure the hallways really aren't spinning like they appear to be right now." Anna blinked a few more times and then refocused herself. Ahh, that was better. Much better.
"Cale, how are you?" she finally asked. "Oh, and Happy Birthday!"
Cale jumped himself a little bit as Anna hit her head, and it sounded like she had hit it pretty hard. "Oh, are you ok?" he asked, hurrying over to her. He had been about to reach out and rub her head--his natural instinct--but stopped. That might not be appropriate right now. Not with their current situation.
"I'm ok," he mumbled, smiling sheepishly as she wished him a happy birthday. "Thanks...I'm finally of age!" he said, trying to sound enthusiastic about it. Instead, he just kept replaying memories of his last birthday. He had kind of sort of been with Cora, but slowly falling for Anna, and she had gotten him jelly slugs as a present, and he bought her a ton of chocolate frogs. Was that the time they threw the Cooper card under the rack? It might have been.