Sitting against the wall of the corridor Emmylou read the letter that she had got from her Aunt Raeanne yesterday. Her Aunt Raeanne was wondering how everything was going, how she was liking Hogwarts, what she thought about being in Gryffindor and if she wanted anything to be sent to Hogwarts from her. Emmylou loved her aunt so much, she honestly didn't know what she would do without her in her life. The third year Gryffindor reached into her bang and took out a box of muggle gummy bears and jelly beans. She ate a few before finishing reading the letter. Emmylou folded up the letter and put it back in her bag, she would reply to it later tonight when she had a clear mind and wasn't so focused on the candy she just took out. The blonde looked around as she ate some jelly beans here and there and then switching to the gummy bears as she watched people walk on by and converse.

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Zander decided to go wander around a little bit, before lunch time. He didn't really have too much to do and he couldn't seem to find Simon anywhere. With Quidditch Through the Ages in hand he made his way down the corridor, slightly bored and looking for absolutely ANYTHING to do. Josette was nice enough to lend him the book.... But he didn't really feel like reading it. Maybe the reason why he didn't know too much about Quidditch didn't have anything to do with being muggleborn? Maybe it's because he never gave the game any attention....

After spending so much time walking around, the Gryffindor started to get a little tired. So, he took a seat by the wall, at first, not even noticing the other girl who was sitting nearby. "Oh, er, I didn't even see you there!" he said as he acknowledged the girl."Would it be, alright, if I erm... Sat here too?" He started blushing a little. Something about girls just made him feel really uneasy.

Emmylou was in her own little world as she ate candy and people watched. She didn't know why she liked to people watch but sometimes watching the older students and their boyfriend/girlfriends just interested her. She didn't know to much about relationships so it made her aware of what to look out for and what to do and what not to do for the future. She didn't want to mess up a relationship at all. As the third year rummaged through her bag for another bag of candy she heard a voice next to her. She pulled out a bag of Twizzlers and looked over at the voice with a Twizzler hanging out of her mouth, she blushed and smiled. "Sit right away, I don't mind at all." The only person in Hogwarts with a Southern accent said to the boy as she bit part of the Twizzler off as she pulled on it with her right hand.

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Zander chuckled a little seeing the Twizzler hanging out. But then woaaaaah, her accent?? It was mesmerizing. "You're accent..." How does a person finish that kind of sentence? It was so cool. But did girls like the word cool? Uh, uh. "It's really," Interesting? Would that make him creepy?? Pretty? But that'd be SO embarrassing. "Nice," he finally finished deciding that it was the safest word to use. And it was nice. Kind of refreshing actually? So, unique. "If you, er, don't mind me asking, where's it from?" Zander hadn't actually ever met the girl... But he remembered seeing glimpses of her at the Gryffindor common room and maybe even the Great hall. She was definitely a Gryffindor. Which kind of scared him because the only Gryffindor girl that Zander really knew was Zahra.

And Zahra took a bite out of his arm.

And Lex. But Lex was kind of terrifying. And it had nothing to do with the fact that she was a Prefect, although that probably helped. So Gryffindor girls were scary. And girls are scary in general. And confusing. Very confusing. And that's why he kept on asking 'if she minded' because he would approach this lion with caution.... incase.

This was the first person ever that complimented her accent. People have given her strange looks, asked her where she's from and things like that but never ever compliment her accent. A sweet smiled grew on her face. She grabbed her bag of Twizzlers gesture her arm towards the boy. "Would you like some?" she smiled. He had to be her age, he looked her age and she could have sworn that she had seen him before. Maybe in the common room but she was sure. "I'm from Alabama." Emmylou thought that was a weird way for someone to asked that. She didn't mind being asked questions but maybe someone was mean to him here or he was scared of some people.

"I'm Emmylou."

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Zander eased up a bit at the sight of her smile. Phew! He had finally done something right! Insert happy dance, which, ahem, he won't do until he leaves because that would probably be the wrong thing to do and would therefore cancel out the right-doing of the compliment. Anyways.... Ooh Twizzlers? "Oh, sure! Thanks," he replied. Sure they weren't chocolate... But any candy is still good candy! So he'd totally go for it.

Alabama? "Isn't that in the United States?" he questioned curiously. Thank goodness he payed attention in geography before he came to Hogwarts. It was one subject that actually seemed to still be useful around here. "Er, what brings you all the way over here?" Most people around Hogwarts were british, scottish, irish, and occasionally some french Beauxbatons transfers. But you rarely ever get any Americans.

Emmylou, even her name sounded all pretty and exotic. "I'm Zander, it's.. It's nice to meet you," he smiled shyly.

The blonde took another Twizzler out of the bag and popped it in her mouth and took a few bites. Why was candy so good? Emmylou was starting to think that she was addicted to candy. Nah, never. She wasn't addicted to candy she just liked it a lot. "You're welcome." Emmylou smiled brightly at him. She set the bag of Twizzlers aside and looked around in her backpack for more candy. Emmylou took out chocolate frogs, jolly ranchers, gummy worms, gummy dinosaurs, sour patch kids and some pop rocks. The blonde loved muggle candy just as much as she loved wizarding candy.

It surprised Emmylou that some people wondered where Alabama was but at the same time it didn't surprise her at all. It was confusing to her but she thought that it must be very confusing to them as well. Emmylou nodded. "It's in the southern United States." The third year lioness smiled. "I actually transferred from Beauxbatons but my parents wanted me to attend Hogswarts just like they did."

"Nice to meet you, Zander."

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Just as Zander began to chew on a Twizzler, he saw all the other candy that Emmylou was taking out of her bag. WOAH. Maybe Zander's chocolate frog problem wasn't actually as big of a problem as he thought. His mouth opened wide in awe and he began to chuckle a bit at the sight. "Woah, erm, you must really have a sweet tooth, huh?" He smiled nervously. He totally didn't mean it in a demeaning way though. He had a sweet tooth too. "I do too though," he added. "... Don't tell anyone... But I, um, I- keep a stash of chocolate frogs under my bed." And even though Peeves managed to destroy everything in his dorm room, he had yet to find the chocolate! So it must be a good hiding spot. Ha!

The third year listened carefully as the girl went on to explain more about her accent and stuff. Wait Beauxbatons? Wasn't that France, though? "So... You used to live in America... But then you went to France for school?" Huh? That didn't make any sense to the third year. Or did she still live in America and just go to Beauxbatons over the school year? Wouldn't she miss her family though!? "That's so cool that your parents went here though... I wish I had family who used to go here," it definitely would've made things so much easier. He would've known more about classes. Where to go study. What to do for fun. Basically family would've been really helpful. Especially since this school could be somewhat overwhelming.

Emmylou looked up to see what Zander has thought about her candy...collection. She wondered if he thought that she was weird or addicted and she wasn't weird or addicted. Emmylou was a unique thirteen year old with a sweet tooth...lets go with that. Emmylou giggled a him. "Candy is the best tasting food in the world." She pretty much eats it all day long and some times sneaks the candy into some of her classes. Her diet consisted mostly of candy. "I have never thought of hiding my candy under my bed. I always have some people trying to steal it all on me." She would have to think of a proper hiding spot because she didn't want to take Zander's idea for a hiding spot.

The blonde smiled brightly at him. He was getting there but she knew that i was very confusing because sometimes she didn't even understand it herself. "I still live in Alabama, but my dad and grandmother thought that I would fit in more at Beauxbatons. They told me to give it a year or two and if I didn't like it then I would be able to go to Hogwarts." Emmylou didn't end up liking it. "I got made fun of because of my accent being different than theres so some of the French words sounded strange." Emmylou shrugged. "I also got made fun of because I didn't dress girly enough and I didn't wear make up." She wore make up now but not a ton like her roommates would put on her. At times her roommates were very nice but at other times they were weird and mean.

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Zander was pretty much mesmerized by her candy collection. He was a big fan of candy too, but mostly just the chocolates. Those were the real gems after all. However, he was pretty impressed with what Emmylou had in her bag. There was just so much! "I-I agree," he said smiling. "Chocolate frogs are my favorite," speaking of which he may have two or three hiding in his bag? He would have gone through and found some to offer to the girl, but it looked like she already had some. Hm. Trying to give her candy would be hard because her collection was so big she literally had all the ones he could think of! Zander smiled as she commented on his hiding spot idea. Yeah, see at first he was scared to admit that to her. Not because she'd go steal it... It was in the boys dormitories after all, but mostly because he wasn't sure if it was weird to hide candy under a bed... "Yeah, it works pretty well too! Peeves hasn't found it yet," that was what made it stick. Peeves had a knack for messing things up in the dorms. Especially after that pillow fight. But he hadn't found the chocolate and that's all that really matters.

Oooh, so she lived in America? But came here for school? And used to go to that Beauxbatons place? This was confusing. "Do you-you, um, like it better here, then" It sure looked like she was happy at Hogwarts. Or maybe it was the candy that was making her smile. But either way... she did look happy? Then Zander considered all the things she had said. Not girly enough? No makeup? "I-I don't think you need to wear makeup?" Why did girls wear that stuff anyway? All the Hogwarts girls were really pretty and didn't really need anything. Zander couldn't imagine having to wear that stuff on his face. "Doesn't makeup make your face feel all heavy?" It was basically just adding layers to your face, right? Wouldn't that way you down!? JEEZ how do girls handle that stuff?!

The third year girl extend her arm out with a few chocolate frogs in her hand for him. "Take some. I don't mind." Sharing was caring or whatever her grandma Holmes had said to her. It was something along those lines. Well close enough, yeah? Emmylou loved like kinds of candy but at the end of the day she was more of the really sugary, sour, sweet, fruity types of candy lover. That was what she loved about that type of candy. It was like a sweet surprise every time she ate it. "I don't want to take your hiding spot though!" Nope, she would find her own hiding spot.

She nodded with a huge smiled on her face. "I love it here, it's so much better and people are happy to be here." She couldn't say to much of the same about Beauxbatons though. Emmylou smiled and listened to him. He was right about the make up thing. It was heavy sometimes. Emmylou blushed when he said that she didn't need make up. There was some major blushing here. She had never had anyone tell her that before. "T-thank you. I don't wear it all the time but my Aunt Raeanne bought me this like tinted cream for like special occasions and stuff and it feels like nothing is on your face at all." That stuff is amazing. She forgot what it was called though. "The stuff that my Beauxbatons roommates put on my face was horrible and gross and like heavy and sticky and I hated it. I thought I had to peel my whole face off just to get it off at night." Never again would she wear it, nope. Or well not whatever they put on her face.