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Looking from the tarnished silverware to an extended hand that was practically in his face, Matt really wasn't sure what was going on but at least it was much better than being randomly yelled at by people who hadn't known him. "Hmm, yes I am. I haven't seen the table this way before, I'm not willing to just assume that something really bad went on but from the mere sight of it.. that's what seems to have happened." He finally raised his blue eyes long enough to look at who was talking to him and noticed a girl that he had never met before. Another girl really? Man, where are the other boys around here? As she spoke, he picked up on an accent that he hadn't heard before since he was used to either talking to people who were originally from some place in England or his friends back in California but this actually was going to be even better since not only was she knew, she was from a place that he hadn't been to before.
"Nice to meet you Dia, I'm Matthew Stevenson but please call me Matt and I am a 6th year Slytherin." He finally managed to get through an introduction without mentioning that he didn't much care for the whole formal thing with his name which was rather a surprise since it usually was something that he had ended up saying, taking her hand in his and shaking it; Matt knew that he had to ask where Dia was from since it was going to bother him otherwise and right now that was the last thing that he wanted to deal with.
When Matt spoke it became immediately obvious that he wasn't from England - the softer sounding accent was almost a relief. He was from somewhere other than London as well which was kind of nice to think about.
"Its nice to meet you - do you mind if I call you Matt? Far simpler and all" she smiled softly as they shook hands.
"Well - if something has gone wrong here we could always after the feast head to the kitchens because for one i've got no idea where those might be...but we atleast would be able to find out if something did go wrong." She smiled. Yeah finding if something went wrong sounded fun.
"I was always told back in Sydney Dia if you were a chap you'd be a larrikin' its partly why I was sent here...parents thought i'd shape up and stop being mischievous - i never really pulled pranks...just tried to solve the great school mystery...of it ruddy disappearing." Well it disappeared because those who got expelled no longer were able to find it...so when that happened the nice odl school became no more. Brill just brill.
"Oh right - um, sorry about the rant there...um, I'm a Sixth year as well, Ravenclaw though...so random question - why are there more girls here than guys? Its ridiculous - to get a decent relationship here, you'd be better off inventing Johnny from home than having a legit guy here." She chuckled. It was like a four-to-one ratio or even higher of girls to guys. Would be so much like a shark tank at feeding time when dances rolled by.