 be curious, not judgmental
Workshop time was the best time and Sophie was as chipper as could be as she made her way into the potions laboratory. She peeked around the books to give Culloden a salute and a smile in greeting, and she instinctively moved toward the frontmost desk in the classroom, but Gabe was already there nearest to Culloden's desk, and she didn't want to put up with his face and annoyingly awkward mannerisms so she looked for somewhere else to sit -
Cutty Mordaunt. Perfect.
With an amused smirk, she chose to sit right beside the Slytherin. Right there. And he got a very sweet - and perhaps genuine? - smile out of Sophie Brown. "Hi, best friend. I figure if I sit right next to you today, I won't feel your gaze on my back the whole class period. Makes things easier for both of us, doesn't it?"
Her tone wasn't threatening or even unfriendly at all - quite the contrary, she was certain that she was helping out both of them by sitting with him today.
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