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TheDoctor 
When the boy turned down Tessa's sandwich she shrugged her shoulders and began to eat the piece she had offered to him. "I've never tried avocado on a sandwich before." Tessa commented, her mouth was still in the process of chewing her food when she said it. The eleven year old definitely needed to work some more on her eating manners.
"That's an interesting name." Tessa said after a moment. She wasn't even sure if she could pronounce it. "I bet a lot of people call you Adi. Am I right?" She stopped talking for a moment to take a drink of her apple juice. She would have preferred grape juice, but her mother wouldn't get it for her because Tessa had a problem of spilling it all over her clothes and staining them. "Can I call you A?" She asked him.
"Yes I am!" Tessa exclaimed happily when she was asked about Hogwarts. "What about you?" She asked in return. "I'm really excited to get there and explore the castle. I've heard so many stories from my parents and I want to see if it's all true!" Tessa rambled, apparently forgetting she was hungry and that she still had over half a sandwich to eat.
Adi watched Tessa out of the corner of his eyes. Really. Didn't she know better than to talk with her mouth full? He could see her sandwich all mushed up and everything. He took a sip of his juice.
"Avocado's good. Especially on sandwiches,'' he told her and wondering if she'd like to try a piece of his.
"Want to try a piece?'' He said all this while looking at his juice. Why was eye contact so hard to maintain?
His name was interesting? Adi had never thought about it.
"It's an Indian name,'' he told her.
"My great grand parents are from India. And yes, everyone call me Adi.'' And compared to other Indian names, Adi could not be more thankful his parents chose that name for him. She waned to call him A now? Well that's unusual.
"I don't mind,'' he told her with another shy smile and making eye contact for a few seconds.
"What does the A in your name stand for?'' And he had another question.
"Can I call you Tess?''
A the mention of Hogwarts though, Adi totally forgot his shyness and looked excitedly at Tessa.
"I am too! I can't wait to cross the Lake! And the lessons! I can't wait to see what they're like!'' He grinned broadly.
"What House do you want to be in?''