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Lily looked up from her book, noticing a girl across the room looking quite puzzled. She walked across the room and sat down next to her. "Hello, my name is Liesel Klein, but just call me Lily," she said cheerfully, putting her book down. "How are you liking Hogwarts? Today was pretty long, not too fun," she said with a laugh. Lily hoped this girl would become her good friend, she didn't know anyone, and she'd only spoken to a few people. It was good to know that she could make some new friends...
Alex felt a wave of pleasure. Was this girl actually reaching out to her? After all these years did she finally have a friend? She started to tell Lily about how her mother left when she found out her husband was a wizard. Alex was only two when that happened. She hadn’t had any contact with her mother since then. She told Lily about how her father died when she was just seven. She was then sent to live at the Peter J. Herman Memorial orphanage. She told Lily about the girls who teased her about her appearance. She told Lily about the emptiness that filled her every day.
“But I think coming to Hogwarts will be a great opportunity to make friends.” she finished.
“Man, you’ve really been through a lot, haven’t you?”
“Yeah, but it’s bound to get better. You wouldn’t mind being friends with nerdy ole Alex Jacobson, would you?”
“I wouldn’t mind one bit.”
Alex just smiled at her.