Passing the time OPEN

[josie]

Josie wandered through the door in to the Quality Quarters hoping to see a familiar face, there were a few students floating around, well not literally, but then again it was Hogwarts! But no one she really recognised.

The Hufflepuff common room had been empty and sitting up there alone only served to depress Josie she liked people around her even if they weren't talking to her, although she would prefer it if they did. She was in a chatty mood and could do with someone to pass the time with.

No matter, she had thankfully had the foresight to bring a book along. She happily settled herself in to a plushy armchair and curling her legs beneath her she opened the book and began to read. It was a Quidditch Book about a famous female Chaser. Aleena Dipesell, one of Josie's Hero's.

Letting the voices of the other students wash over her she let herself get lost within the pages while she waited for the right person to come along.

[potter54x]

Zachary Wellington, a boy new to...well, anything magic, felt very akward with students and teachers pulling out their wands and levitating things, and turning things into different things. It astounded Zach that he would soon be able to do those things, too! Just the word 'magic' boggled his mind.

On this particular day, there was pretty much nothing to do. Of course, he was just a new first year who still had no friends at the school, and didn't know any magic at all. On his way to the Ravenclaw Common Room last night, Zach was sure he spotted a door with the words 'Quality Quarters' on it. He was now in search of, for it seem like it was a place for people to hang out, and that was definatley something Zach needed to do.

After quite some time of searching for the room, Zach finally found himself in front of the door he saw yesterday. He pushed it open gently and peered inside. There were quite a few people in there, and he made his way into the room. Each wall had a different set of colors, but they all, some how, worked together, and didn't clash. He spotted a girl sitting by herself, and reading a book. Zach made his way over to her, and sat down in the armchair next to her.
"Hello, mind if I sit here?" he asked her politely.

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[josie]

Josie was so lost within the world of Quidditch she didn't even realise she had been approached. Aleena was in the middle of a debate with the head of the Quidditch World Cup in why female players should be allowed to complete and Josie felt like she was standing beside her. She loved a book that pulled you inside like that.

Looking up to turn the page she spotted the boy, another unfamiliar face, where were all these people coming from, you thought you recognised everyone at the school and then someone you'd never seen before would remind you how big Hogwarts really was.

"Hey," She replied with a warm smile, "No not at all go for it." She said encouragingly she was always up for meeting new people that was after all why she'd come here rather than hiding away in her Dorm.

"I'm Josie." She said smiling, getting the name exchanging out of the way. she placed the book in her lap careful to mark her page so she could return to it later.

[potter54x]

Zach waited a while until the girl finally looked up from her book. At first he thought she was going to ignore him, but she didn't. That was a good thing. She encouraged him to sit down, so, obviously, he sat down. On the front of the girls book, the word 'Quidditch' was written. What is Kwi-ditch? That was what Zach thought it was sounded out. He decided to ask her later, after they introduced themselves.
"I'm Zach Wellington, 1st year Ravenclaw. What house are you in?" he asked her.

Cool, he was making a new friend. Maybe she would even be in some of his classes, unless she was a few grades higher than him.

[[uckk. bad]]

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[josie]

She smiled at him as he took a seat and introduced himself.

"Nice to meet you," She said when she was finished. "Have you been here long?" She asked when he said he was a first year. She knew what that was like, she'd only just been moved in to second year and still couldn't quite believe she wasn't in first year anymore. She hadn't expected to move up, coming in half way through a term, but obviously her hard work had paid off.

"Ooh a Ravenclaw," She commented with a grin, "You must be a brain box." She said. She hoped he didn't take offense she was only teasing, it was a privilege to be accepted in to any house of course.

"I'm a second year Hufflepuff." She told him with a proud smile.

Her left foot was beginning to tingle from being in one position to long, Josie was a natural fidget. Shifting slightly to avoid pins and needles she smiled as she waited for him to reply.

((nah wasn't to bad lol))

[potter54x]

"Nope, not long at all. Today is my second day at Hogwarts, woo!" he said, triumphantly, and laughing a bit. Although it was only two days, it felt like Zach had been there much longer, because of all the wandering around the school he had done already.

"Really? Why would you think I would be a brain-box. How are the students selected for the houses? I don't really know anything about the school, or anything magic. I'm a muggle-born." he said to her. She must be pure-blood, and know everything about magic. Maybe she could even show him a spell before his first class! Hmm, Hufflepuff, what type of people were chosen to be in that house. Apparently, funny ones were!

She shifted her foot from its position to a different one.
"Foot asleep? Hehe, It would be nice if there was a spell to make that tingly feeling go away. I don't like it at all!" he said to her, laughing again.

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[josie]

Josie laughed at his enthusiasm, she had been bouncing off the walls when she'd been told she'd be coming to school here so it was nice to see someone else share her view.

"No wonder I haven't seen you," She said finally realising that if he hadn't been here long he hadn't been around to see. "How are you liking it so far?" She asked. Judging by his earlier response he was obviously liking it somewhat but she knew from experience it could be a little daunting at first.

Josie smiled as he told her about his Heritage, she herself was pure blood and the Muggle world was a maze to her so she could understand his cluelessness, "Ravenclaw is famous for its intelligent students." She told him, "So the sorting hat must have seen some genius in you." She said with a grin.

"If theres anything you want to know about magic or the school or anything you can ask me," She said smiling happily, she was glad to have someone to talk to and she really didn't mind helping him out, if she knew something he wanted to know she was more than happy to tell him.

"Yea," She said with a small laugh when he mentioned her foot, "If someone knows the spell to cure that I'd love to know about it. I hate it as well."

Pins and needles were painful and a nuisance. End of. She hated how it took moments to get them but ages to get rid of them, you had to walk around to do it and of course walking hurt it just wasn't nice.