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She suddenly remembered the downside of the Opening Feast, the pleasantries. People whom she rarely spoke to suddenly acted interested in her. But it wouldn't hurt to play their game for a while, she thought to herself. She might even get to know someone. "Hello..." she said, realizing she didn't know this boy's name. "How was your summer?" she recovered, she could catch his name another time. Her attention was focused on the Hufflepuff table now, for no reason other than it was in her line of sight. She idly ran her hand over her head, her hair tightly pulled back into a bun. She quietly tapped her foot, a slight nervous habit she developed over the years
"Uhm."He mumbled, his brain still wasn't working correctly and besides that he didn't really know what to say about his summer to someone he barely knew, or didn't knew in this case.
"It was nice, my oldest brother and his wife took me along on their vacation to Spain."He decided to leave it at that, and hoped that no one would notice his unpolite gesture of not asking her how her summer was.....You always got the same answers anyway. Quote:
“Oh yes.” Alice nodded. “I’ve noticed.” She chuckled to herself, wondering if she would get a detention, or worse, on the first night. Their punishments didn’t affect her much anymore. Sure there was a physical scar or two, but it didn’t keep her from continuing her goofing off. “No idea.” She added. She cocked her head at Siegfried as he sat down. “Not having a good day?” She asked, as sweet as she could manage while planning a prank on the teachers. Then she looked back to Adrienne. “We’ll finish later.” She said vaguely.
Sieg shortly removed his from the Slytherin banner to look at Alice as he said."No, not really."He decided saying against that it never was a good day for him with his OCD."My......"He trailed off, searching for the right word."Condition intesifies in crowded places like this, and on the first day the Great Hall always seems even more crowded then any other.