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Zander looked down at the plate of food he had barely touched throughout the feast. Maybe he should begin eating some before it ended. Taking his fork he scooped up some of his mashed potatoes and looked up as Demeiza began speaking again. WAIT. She would help him!? But she's a seventh year. Don't seventh years have much more important things to do than help stupid little third years like him? "Woah. A professional actress." At this point Zander completely forgot that she had just offered her help. "A professional actress, like on television and stuff?" That's so cool. In awe of her declaration, Zander even forgot he was supposed to be nervous about talking to this girl he had just met. Maybe one day he'd see her guest starring in his favorite shows and he could tell all his friends (assuming he finally makes some this year), that he Zander Adair, knows that girl.Wait, hadn't she asked him something? Oh, yeah. "I'd love the help! I'm just having a hard time approaching people. It's never really been my thing, but my parents think I need to expand my horizons, or something like that." And though he didn't want to admit that they were right, he did need to "expand horizons". Whatever that meant anyway. |
SPOILER!!: Angel Benny wasn't that aware of the opposite gender but even still he could see that Angel was being bothered by Adi's actions. Even more so perhaps than he himself was and he just wished his friend would let it go. At least for now. For both of their sakes if not just for he his friend. At least the first year seemed excited about spending time with them despite the teasing. And he was so glad to get off the topic of the two of them that the third year didn't register that her question was a repeat of one from the train. "There's gobstones which is a game and a book club and other stuff the staff comes up with." That was besides the quidditch that had already been cancelled and therefore left out of the list this time around. SPOILER!!: Aubrey Angel's sister seemed nice even if they weren't talking much. Probably his fault seeing as he wasn't the talkative type versus the outgoing nature of both girls. And what was with her interest in Adi's hair? And the playfulness that she exhibited with her friend? It was all new and weird to him and as he finished on his dinner he was staying out of it. SPOILER!!: Adi Ben fought the urge to roll his eyes at his friend. What good would a threat do if he told of information already known? Yet as the Hufflepuff relented in his teasing anyway, albeit because of Angel not him he said, it was a moot point at this time. He didn’t have to try and use the other girl as a way to get his best friend off his back. ”As long as you stop,” he mused, not caring the reason. Adi beat him to the question about said girl as well as other topics and explaining things, the third year raising an eyebrow at the title girlfriend. That didn’t mean less time with his bestie…right? |
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"Yes, a professional actress," she repeated excitedly. Did he agree? She was meant for the stage? She was worthy of all the applause and flowers and fans, yes? No one screamed star more than she did, after all. "I have been thinking more wizarding theatre, but I am open to a number of options. I don't want to be too picky. Whatever gets my name out there, you know?" Zander certainly seemed to be aware of different options. She hadn't really thought about Muggle television before. Hmm. Interesting. She clapped her hands when he said that he would love her help. "Excellent, excellent! I am sure that we will be rather busy this term with classes. But third year isn't too hard, and I'm only taking five classes for my NEWTs so I have enough time to practice my acting. I'm sure we'll manage just fine." Demelza nodded her head and lightly tapped her chin. "I think the first place to start would be the common room. It’s easiest to make friends with people you are living with." |
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Oh common room. He hadn't even thought about it like that before. But she was right. Talking to his house mates would definitely be much easier than trying to talk to some of the more exclusive Slytherins and Ravenclaws. After all he did have one thing in common with the rest of the Gryffndors, so that should make things easier right? "Oh. Yeah. That's a really good idea. You're-uh- really smart, Demelza." One time his father said that people really like it when you address them by name. So he made sure to add that last bit in there as an afterthought. "Don't you think people would get annoyed if I just approached them though?" How would he approach them in the first place. It's not like Zander ever had anything important to say anyways. Would anyone even want to listen? What if people didn't care? What if they just laughed and walked away. On second thought, maybe another year spent in the dorms wasn't such a bad idea after all. Trying to make new friends was such an intimidating process. And Demelza was one more than last year anyways so he was making some progress. |
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The seventh year then reached for a piece of pie as dessert. It appeared that Zander was thinking about what she had said about the common room being a good place to start making friends. It was a genius idea. Had she been the shy type, that’s where would have gone to make a friend. It just made sense to start somewhere a group of people had that one thing in common. "I don't think anyone would be annoyed. Everyone here is generally pretty nice. And I wasn't annoyed at all when you started talking to me," Demelza said, nodding her head as she took a bite of her pie. Zander was, in fact, distracting her from glancing at Mr. Tall and Handsome up there by the school staff. That would have been embarrassing if they had made awkward eye contact with each other. "Though there are some students and professors you might want to avoid. But you will be alright. You'll make friends quick in Gryffindor." |
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Zander eyed the pie Demlza had and decided to grab a peice for himself. He was talking so much that he had completely forgotten dessert! This must be a good sign right? It was progress, that's for sure. Well any conversation compared to the train ride was progress. He hadn't spoken to a soul on his way to the school. Mostly because he had his head buried in a book, but he also was just way too nervous to talk to anyone. Besides everyone looked like they already had friends. Besides the firsties of course, but talking to them would be social suicide! He had to start on the right foot or just not start at all. Demlza's next words were really comforting and nice for the young Gryffindor to hear. "Really?!" She wasn't annoyed at all! AHH this is wonderful news! Maybe this whole approaching-people thing wasn't that bad. For the first time during the entire conversation Zander broke into a huge smile, "Wow! I thought I was really bad at this, but, uh, it's not t-that bad." Students to avoid? Hm. He had heard a couple of Hogwarts horror stories from the past. So he'd just have to test the waters and figure things out. "Thanks for all your help, Demlza. I'll definitely be supporting your acting career." After all support was the least he could do for the first person who had actually talked to him. He did owe her that much. |
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