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"A superhero in a yellow costume! That would be so cool." She was generally not a huge lover of superheroes, preferring to read other things besides comic books, but she still had to admit that wearing a cape would be mighty cool. "Is my hair really that shiny?" Curiously, she took a strand of it in her fingers and looked at it. In the sunlight, it really did shine a lot. Huh. So he was right. "Beater would be cool, because it would mean I could use a bat." Yep, bats were cool. "And it's okay, because I think I will be cheering on the red on the down low! We are soooo bad." But sometimes it was fun to be bad, and she had a lot of Gryffindor friends, like Lucas!
Errr, Ariel? Puzzled, Lux looked at him vacantly before she figured out what he was asking. Oh, The Little Mermaid. "That's a nice name! We definitely both have red hair, but she was beautiful and a mermaid, and I am neither." She felt she wasn't.... unattractive, but she still knew she was no beauty, just like she knew she wasn't a mermaid. Ariel was so much prettier than her.
"It would be very sucky," she agreed with a nod as she thought about all her friends she would miss, including Lucas. It would make her sad if she never saw him again. "Maybe you can make sure that doesn't happen when we hug him!" He was a capable boy, she could trust him to do that. She returned the high five, but at the mention of partners, suddenly something came to mind...
"Speaking of which.... how about we put hugging squids on hold for a moment and do the Transfiguration homework together?" If he had already done it with someone, that would totally be okay and she could find Tessa or Bay or one of her other friends to do it with. But they were already here, and she still had her boat and rope in her bag... Besides, she wanted to work with Lucas because he was really nice and he was her friend now.
Because COMEON, who didn't want to have a cape and super powers? Magic was all good but when you were twelve and limited by what you
didn't know, it did get frustrating.
"Captain Lux or something, could be your name." Lucas swallowed and looked anywhere but
her when she mentioned her hair.
"UH, yup, it's nice. Shiny. Pretty." What? But they were talking about Quidditch again which was much less awkward than her shiny hair. Erk.
"That's awesome. Are you really strong, Lux? Should I be worried if I ever make you a bit miffed?" Apparently, this girl was
armed. He grinned at her.
"Yeah. Me too. And that's what friends are for right?"
Uh. What to say here? Lucas grimaced and shook his head quite forcefully.
"Wow uh, no, I think you're definitely um.." Prettier? Well yes but no, Merlin, he wouldn't be able to get the word out without turning into a Tomato.
"..better than, Ariel. You're magic, for one." And shiny. Er. Shiny hair. Um. What.
What.
Everything kind of flew out the window at Transfiguration homework. OF COURSE. And it also meant he was her partner. And she would hang around until they finished.
"I don't know Lux, Henry looks upset he won't get a hug from you." He was too. But only a
little bit.
"Do you have the stuff in your bag?" Because Lucas had practically sprinted out from the class, and everything was tucked inside his book bag, dropped unceremoniously by the lake.
"So we have to master the spell and then make sure our boat floats?" Easy peasy. The hard part was not embarrassing himself in front of the Hufflepuff.