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Excited to hear she'd been remembered, Iliana smiled brightly and said, "It's Iliana Lawson now," she said, grinning down the table again. "I'm..." - much better now thanks - "well I've been great. What about you? What are you DOING here?!" she asked. It had been YEARS since she'd last seen her. She had so much to ask. "How's Allie?"
Still amazed that she'd gotten back in touch with Iliana Morgan---or,
Lawson now---after so many years, Lexi turned in her seat to face her old friend and new co-worker.
Friend may have been stretching it a bit, though. Again, Lexi had only been a first year
child when Iliana had been a seventh year
adult. She hadn't even been aware that
any of the seventh years had even paid much attention to her that year. She guessed they had after all, though.
"Oh, well congratulations on your marriage!" she said, even though she wasn't sure if the big day had been six months ago or six
years ago...or longer.
"I'm still just...Lexi Carlton." She smiled as if that fact didn't bother her, but deep down, sometimes she feared she'd
never be a bride. At least Allie was still single, too. It'd be tragic to be the last twin to tie the knot!
What was she doing here? What did Iliana
think she was doing here---frying chicken in the kitchens with the house elves? Ha!
"Oh, I was just hired as the new Charms professor," she answered.
"What is it that you teach...or do?" For all she knew, Iliana could be the librarian or healer or something like that. Lexi's eyebrows raised just a bit when Iliana asked about Allie. This Iliana had a really good memory!
"Oh, Allie's doing really well for herself. She's the Senior Undersecretary to the Minister of Magic." Quote:
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☆Grrr..Meow☆ "No way!, thats totally awesome you were a Gryffindor!" Thats totally awesome that she was a gryffindor. "That would be really cool, if you could make it to the games." he said while laughing
"I just can't wait till I start the try outs. So much new talent around the school now!" while scanning the great hall. Looking at the many new Gyrffindor students. " Well Its very nice to meet you, I see you are talking to another Professor, I'll just make my way back to the Gryffindor table, I hope you enjoy your meal and I will see you in class!" he said while doing a little bow.
Making his way to the table, he noticed a younger Slytherin student making a fool out of herself. "Hmm, Some people just can't handle Hogwarts" he thought to him self.
Apparently, the DeVaice child was thrilled to have found out Lexi was a former Gryffindor. This made Lexi smile a little, too. At least he wasn't disappointed or anything like that.
"Oh, great! Gryffindor had the Carlton woman of all people!"---now that would have been a horrible thing to hear!
"Oh, sure, Mr. DeVaice. I'll try my best to make it to all the games," she replied. You know...if there wasn't a
sale going on in Hogsmeade or something of that nature.
"Good luck with try-outs, and it was nice meeting you, too!" SPOILER!!: Lezleighd, Yaya, MeredithRodneyMcKay
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Lezleighd Satine glanced at the Staff Table and decided that she could be the welcoming wagon for the Ravvie table. After all, she wasn't a little third year anymore... She smoothed out her robes and pushed a stray bang behind her ear as she walked up to the staff table. She took in the new faces and with a smile she tried to make eye contact with everyone at the long table.
"Howzit! I'm Satine Farris! On behalf of the Ravenclaw House, I would like to welcome everyone back and welcome the new faces to Hogwarts!" she said as her eyes sparkled....inside she was very proud of her gesture but then started becoming a little worried that the new professors might think she was a brown noser....which she was far from...
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Yaya Okay, since Drew hadn't showed up yet, and Annie was deeply bored alone at the tables, she stood up and decided to take a look around the Staff Table, since she heard there would be new professors, as well as changes. Lots of changes.
OH my dear. She thought.
So, just the minute she was about to arrive to the table, something slippy, like drool or something was on the floor. WHAT?...and that caused Annie to slightly, slowly and painfully land on her right leg. OUCH...o.O
She hoped not to ever, ever go to the Nurse's office after last term, when she had this constant trembling and fear to the nurse. From which she cured, of course, since the lady was a nice woman after all, and she didn't have to use nothing else than a Pepperup Potion to cure her cold.
"I'm okay..." She said, raising her hand and slowly getting up. After taking a long breath of relief, Annie quickly talked: "Good day, Professors, Headmaster..." She said, bowing her head a bit, and trying to hold the pain, because it was strong, "I'd like to introduce myself, to those who are new...my name is Anna Robles, you can call me Robles, Annie..." Babbling, it was happening again. Geez, she didn't learn yet about that extra talking. "And I'd like to give you all a warm welcome, on behalf of Ravenclaw, my house..." Although Satine had already done that, right? Right...
Annie looked around, and then at some of the tags there. Divination, Herbology...Geez, new professors. It was going to be hard to get used to them.
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MeredithRodneyMcKay Arrrr, the Staff Table!
Annnndddd, so many of them looked new.Sarah stopped in her tracks, just before reaching the dais.Glancing from face to face, there appeared to be only a handful that she knew.And none of them were Professor Kazimeriz.Sighing, her head dropped slightly.She'd hoped he'd be back, but after the end of last term, she couldn't really blame him for not wanting to, with his health.After she'd got used to him as well, not so scared anymore....
Taking a deep breath, she straightened her robes and badge, and carried on her way.Upon reaching the table, Sarah smiled warmly at all the faces. "Hello...Professor's.I thought I'd come and say welcome back to you," she nodded in the direction of the older staff, "and introduce myself to the new Professor's.I'm Sarah Griffin, one of the Hufflepuff Prefects.Welcome to Hogwarts." Standing with her hands behind her back, she smiled and waited to see if any of them would answer her.Healer Ashford had been the only one last year, but even she didn't appear to be back. -sigh-
Children, children, everywhere---that's what was going on right now!
Where was the speech? The
food? Lexi stared at her empty glass---it needed a nice cup of juice or at least water in it. She frowned at it for a second before glancing back up at a Satine Farris, Ravenclaw Extraordinaire it seemed. A little house spirit never hurt anyone, now did it?
"Well hello, Ms. Farris. I'm Professor Carlton, the new Charms professor," she replied. She was about to follow that statement with something directed to greeting the Ravenclaws, but just as she opened her mouth...
...she heard the sound of someone slipping and sliding somewhere nearby. She blinked once then opened her eyes wide when she saw a Ravenclaw girl sprawled out in front of the table.
That couldn't have been good for self-confidence. The girl had spunk, though! Like a little jumping bean, she was back on her feet like a within seconds. Lexi gave her an understanding smile before introducing herself.
"Hello, Ms. Robles. I'm Professor Carlton," she said. My, those Ravenclaws were on a roll with introductions, weren't they?
Oh, look! A Hufflepuff---and a prefect at that! Lexi grinned at the little badger, the lone
Puff she'd had a chance to meet.
"It's nice to meet you, Ms. Griffin," she said. Lexi wondered if she needed to say her name again, but she guessed the girl had probably heard it since she'd been standing only a foot or so away.
"Thank you...to all three of you...for coming to say hello."