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"Oh, fair enough," Lauren said with a soft smile. She could understand that, so far the majority of the staff seemed really odd or mean, except for Professor Bentley. She was alright. And Professor Schirmer wasn't too bad but she couldn't exactly imagine hanging out with her or anything. Lauren had no idea how Kurumi did it!
"Oh yeah!" Lauren agreed with Mia's statement with an eager nod. "I've done nothing but travel, my whole life!" she exclaimed. "Where do you plan to go?"
Lauren frowned as she contemplated Mia's question, "I think both," she concluded "It's all the same, isn't it? We're all human and it all interconnects." She secretly hoped Mia wouldn't react badly to her statement. She seemed like a lovely girl, but unfortunately Lauren had met some prejudiced types in her travels, all of whom would threaten to hex her for claiming such a thing...
"I guess I just feel awkward, y'know?" Lauren admitted with a blush, embarrassed by her confession but also pleased at Mia's words "I grew up with only my Dad for company and he's the only person in the world who I really know. Every one else are just acquaintances for a couple of months, and then I move on... My Dad's a travel writer," she explained with a shrug. "I've mostly been schooled by him and by the people we stay with as we travel." So, Mia had been homeschooled as well... Interesting. "How did you adjust to here?" she asked. Lauren was struggling, already. So any coping stategies would be useful!
"Umm, favourite subject? I don't think I have one yet," she admitted sheepishly. "I'm still adjusting. Most of the Proffesors are weird or they're okay, but their classes are boring. I'm not sure what to think..."
Oh how lucky was this girl? She had spent all her life travelling. Mia was totally jealous.
"Oh we plan to go everywhere. We've been to Paris and Fiji already." They had been so much fun and so different too.
"We're going to use this experience to find a place to live and open up a wand shop. See Nik likes the cold and I like the heat so we have to try and find somewhere that is a balance of both."
Mia nodded her head in agreement.
"Yeah that's what I think too. But of course there are those out there that don't." She shrugged her shoulders. Personally she didn't get it. Nik's parents were like that and so were her own grandparents. That's why they didn't talk to them anymore.
Oh that could certainly be a lonely life. Not being able to make friends because you were constantly on the move. Mia shrugged her shoulders again.
"Um...I don't know. I guess I was lucky because I met quite a few people in Diagon Alley who were new to Hogwarts as well so that made it easier I guess." She knew that Lauren was looking for tips but Mia didn't know what to tell her. She just had one of those personalities.
"I'll talk to anyone so that certainly helped. Maybe just relax and be yourself and take things however they come."
Yeah she had to admit that some of the Professors were weird. Take Shaw for instance. Thank Merlin he wasn't going to be here this term.
"Wait until potions. Never a dull moment in that class."