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Soooooo they were going to work with insects today. Yeah, that was so not a surprise to Esme, she just... wasn't a huge fan of them. They were gross though the tarantulas were worse. Not even going to consider one of those because they made her skin crawl. Too much thinking of Acromantulas and how they had tried to take over Hogwarts back in her First Year. There was no way that any of them would be crawling up HER arm. Shudder.
Stick insects weren't TOO bad because they looked a lot like twigs but caterpillars were baby butterflies and that counted for more in Esme's books. Yep, butterflies and ladybugs were the best insects by far because they were prettier than most. It wasn't a matter of fear, because she wasn't scared of any of them unless there were giant ones that attacked the castle. Now THAT would be a different story. These ones were small, however, and she smiled as she gently picked up one of the little caterpillars. Giggling, she watched it climb across her hand. Kind of tickled but it wasn't too bad. "Hello, there. I am Esme and I am going to be your new friend." Yep. Now she just needed a name for the little insect... "I'm going to call you Jasmine!" Because why not.
Back at her desk, she studied Jasmine, her face inches away from her as she crawled around. WAS it even a her? Honestly she had no idea. Did it really matter? Not like she could ask the insect and there was no way that she knew of to work the gender out. Worst come to worse it was a boy named Jasmine. At least Esme wasn't being abandoned... Placing her palm against the desk, she let the caterpillar climb up her hand and onto her arm. So long as it didn't try to get in her hair or walk across her face everything was good.
Glancing around the room, she took note to see how everyone else was faring. It was interesting to see who was scared of the insects and who wasn't. Esme definitely wasn't scared of Jasmine, in fact she giggled some more as the tickling continued. "You really aren't so bad and I promise that I won't squish you." Yeaaah, that happened sometimes but she was going to try her extra hardest not to let that happen. She would feel really bad otherwise! |