Jude walked up to the common room alone.

'Can't seem to keep an eye on that boy.' he thought to himself moodily of his friend James who always seemed to disappear somewhere in the bustle and movement of the students. Sighing, he said the password to the eagle door knocker and entered the common room for the first time.

Looking around, he realized it greatly resembled his parlor in Australia and grinned at the fact that he felt much at home there.