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And the attempt at helping Allison calm down obviously didn't work, if the look on the first year's face told Adrienne anything. The girl was practically catatonic, and after a glance at Livvy, who had picked up on her conversation and had asked the younger girl about signing up, Adrienne shook her head slightly, as if to tell the head girl to cease and desist. Maybe if they let Allison deal with things in her own time, she'd be better off. Sending the tiny girl another smile, not even sure if it was going to get through to her, she then turned to address the other comments that had been made.
"Some people just really like learning things, and homework is one way of getting to that end," she said conversationally, in response to Livvy's confusion. "And maybe being back here at Hogwarts helps trigger that need." Not that she knew enough about Cela to really explain the revelation, but she knew herself, and the fact she really wanted to have any of her schoolbooks with her right now. Not to mention the fact that she'd read during a lot of her trip to France, when Grandmother had left her to her own devices. Turning to Cela, she shrugged in response to the question about her summer, even though it had neatly been led to by her thoughts. "I didn't do a lot over the summer. A lot of reading, and I went to France like I always do for a month. Learned about a lot of things, bought shoes . . ." She trailed off as she heard Livvy's response, then grinned. "You were at the World Cup? So was I, but I don't remember seeing you. But then, there were a lot of people there. So maybe I missed you." Which sounded like a really bad excuse, now that she'd said it. But then, having spent half her time at the Cup trying to pitch a tent had kind of taken her attention away from much else there.
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Celandine "Well I've done a bit of light reading over the summer." Celandine answered, though her definition of light reading was fairly different even to most Ravenclaws. "Its just that we are back and..." She gestured at the hourglass. "I like it when that is full up of sapphires."
Her sapphires.
"Oooh did you have fun? I was supposed to go, had tickets for the topbox but I went shopping by myself in Diagon Alley and in my favourite Wizarding District in St. Petersburg and got in trouble so I wasn't allowed to go."
Sad face.
"But I got a bunch of Quidditch players to sign my unripped tickets, so at least I have a cool memento!"
"Gosh I hope I learn stuff this term." Cela's tone made it pretty clear that she wasn't sure she would. "New things I mean, not just practicing the stuff I already know."
Cela listened carefully as Adrienne answered her question about the summer.
"I travelled too." She informed the other girls. "I went to see Juni... Juniper Goodwin? Do you remember her?" Cela looked around, "...In Moscow. Stayed with my Grandmother in Sicily as usual and for my sixteenth birthday, Copernicus took me to see the Wizarding University in Cairo where he is attending this year. He's studying Wizarding Archaeology because Profe.... Mister Truebridge got him an internship under one of the Professors there last summer, so he got accepted in straight away."
Cela smiled and added. "Oh, and Adrienne, I got a bunch of new pairs of shoes too. I have some catelogues coming by owl this week so I can get some more stuff for anything that comes up during the term."
After a few minutes Allison's fuzzy head began to clear. And although the first word she heard had been about the Quidditch World Cup her brain still hadn't allowed her to have any physical reactions...like the twitch she would have gotten at the mention of the sport. Or the yelp that would have escaped her if Adrienne or any other asked her if she attended.
Listening she noticed that once you got older it seemed a passion of all girls were shoes. Looking down at her own feet Allison tilted her head. Her mother loved shoes and tried getting Allison all these brands, but she really didn't care for them. All she knew was that her shoes were a sort of Italian leather flat, that were extremely comfortable and looked alright in her eyes. Shifting her eye sight she saw Cela's and Adrienne's and wondered. Would one day come when she really cared about shoes?
It was very interesting. The obsession they had about shoes. Isn't that what her uncle's complained about? All women and their obsession with shoes. Thus, she came to the conclusion Cela and Adrienne were...obsessed. Shoes by catalog. She wanted to see this.
"Catalog? You mean...on paper?" Allison had heard about trivial items by catalog, but shoes? No matter, she was going to seem them if her hero let her.
"Cela, can I see when they come?"
Still looking at Cela with puppy eyes she noticed an addition to the group of girls. It was no longer the prefect and the Quidditch captain...but also the head girl. The girl who had been speaking with Kellen and Ian. The girl who she had laughed at for even trying to speak with an evil boy and a dim-witted fool. Allison had her reason for her opinions...especially with Kellen calling Cela the friend of Trog, and Ian trying to steal Cela's badge. Big no nos. She also recalled how she had horribly feigned a bitten tongue.
Looking at the girl, Allison gave her a nervous smile, "
You're our head girl. I remember you from the feast. Olivia Zhang right? I'm Allison."
Introductions were starting to tire Allison. She had met over 20 people, and as of that moment could only remember 8 or 9. However, she did know that they were important.
Debating whether or not to add her summer Allison thought best to hold her tongue. The girls were older than Allison, and much more mature. So she thought perhaps hearing them talk more about their summers would be more... convenient.