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Daphne purposely ignored that eerie sensation of being watched by scrutinizing eyes by distracting herself with Jillian's posture, which at first seemed to have improved greatly. However, in her excitement she seemed to be slouching once more. Clapping a hand on the small of Jillian's back, Miss Hopton cleared her throat. "Back straight, Jillian," quipped the blond, one hand tucking a blond curl behind her ear. "Your poor brother..." simply responded the thirteen year old before pouncing towards the other subject.
It wouldn't do to openly mock your friend's sibling.
"Well--" Where would she begin? That she encountered an angry slytherin girl whose only first name she knew? That Garret's little brother had threatened her with bite marks or that Dom was to now work on a sonnet to sing in front of everyone? Or--maybe not..."The ghosts are back. Sir Nicholas is somewhere around here..." trailed off the third year, twisting in her seat slightly.
That worked.
"Oh, yeah right..." Jillian realized she was slouching again and allowed Daphne to help her with her posture. Mermaid's Fins, how does Daphne do this all day as if it were as easy as breathing? Jillian might never find out. Although, she had to admit, keeping one's back straight wasn't as difficult as it was before.
Jillian shrugged. "Nah, he's fine with the Lucy thing. He dun' even remember it since I started calling him Lucky since he was five days old. As for Eadric over here, d'you think it fits him or should we change his name? I bet Garret would have a suggestion." she diverted her eyes towards the Hufflepuff table, quickly scanning for the boy, but to no avail.
Her eyes went back to Daphne as the girl spoke. "The ghosts are back? That's brilliant! I hope we see them soon. Oh, wouldn't it be fun if we had adventures with them this year? Speaking of adventures, have you got anything in mind? 'Coz I was thinking, we should go see the Giant Squid. Make friends with it, y'know. Eadric might like an animal friend. And the Whomping Willow looks pretty curious and I wanna have a closer took at it."
Once a blabbermouth...always a McGuffin.