Lex was grateful when Cassia tried giving her a bigger smile and sure if she was feeling like her normal she would have tried matching that smile then ending up giggling because of how silly she was being for wanting to match a but that fact was that she might have been the only one in Gryffindor to make her house lose points on the very first night. That had to be a new record seeing as it was lost before the feast was even finished.

Her eyes darted to the paper hoping she would see the answer she wanted but scowled when she didn't. It was to be expected to though because after all Cassia had told her that she wasn't very good with spells and those things. So now she would have to try finding someone that could because now that the speech was over and the feast had started it wouldn't have been long before they were to report to Professor Scabior to have it taken off. Would he even notice though? That was a chance she wasn't willing to take.

She looked to the paper again when Cassia scribbled a bit more. This time it was for her to eat. Lex watched the girl take a sip of what looked like pumkin juice then she got the paper and scribbled: I'm not all that hungry... but only because she wasn't. She was much too worried about how she would get the silencing charm back on! Maybe she could ask an older kid...but then wouldn't Scabior notice her talking to someone then them waving a wand--no he wouldn't because he didn't see when that girl took it off!!

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She glanced over at the boys and Serenity; they wouldn't have been able to do anything either she supposed. It made no sense asking because they wanted her to lose points--more points so they probably would have helped even if they knew how to.

With a sigh she looked down at the paper Serenity had scribbled on. Lex gave her a reassuring smile before scribbling--because even though she wasn't under the spell she refused to talk in case she made things worse for herself.

It's fine, don't worry about it. I don't mind really.

She didn't, but she didn't like losing points either.

Her eyes caught the paper the boys were using...they were now playing tic tac toe; merlin they really must have been bored! This time she didn't even shake her head at them. She was done bickering with them, they were a different kind of trouble from the kind she was use to. Her kind of trouble never got her in trouble...sure it often got her hurt--but never in trouble...not that often anyway and not that severely.

Looking over at the ghost she didn't bother to do much but wave. She had seen the other ghosts already and was over the initial shock. Now she just wanted to stay away from losing anymore points!