Text Cut: Alfie
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ArianaBlack 
Alfie hadn’t moved away from the doorway yet, so when someone else appeared it gave him quite a start - little blonde arm hairs sticking up pin straight. A warning would be nice next time, maybe. He wasn’t sure how that’d be possible, but maybe if everyone could just take that into consideration, he’d just really appreciate it.
Not wanting to be in the way (or in the center of this conversation, well, physically) he side-stepped to allow the other girl to properly make her way inside.
”Oh, um, okay. Thanks.” He was so embarrassed. About everything. Most notably for existing. ”Could I please sit with you?” He asked generally, not sure if he needed permission from the new girl as well. He also wasn’t sure that he wanted to sit here anymore, now that there was someone else (and the potential of her friends too).
Though he had a lot of seats to save, he was too embarrassed to simply walk out. He’d just have to commit. Maybe halfway through he could make an excuse to use the loo.
Not really knowing what else to do or say, Eliza just sat in silence for a few seconds longer. In that time, the boy---again, whoever he was---had asked if he could
please sit with her. Was everyone at Hogwarts always this nice? She'd kind of gotten the impression it was more 'every man for himself'.
To pass the time on the hours-long train ride, she'd started keeping track of
two mental lists. One was called, "People Who Probably Owe Me Favors." The other was called, "Those Who Can Help Get Me Far in Life." She added this boy, by facial recognition only, to the first list. But in answer to his question, she simply said,
"Yeah, sure." Although, he looked like he was embarrassed enough to disappear into a black hole any second now.
"I'm Eliza, a first year. What's your names?" she asked, looking at both the newcomers. Eliza wasn't an overly friendly person, but she wasn't a toad either.
Was that...was that someone screaming in the corridors?