So|Born|For|This <<Jamesie Mannequin>>

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Okay..so maybe Gene was getting used to this Hogwarts place…

The 16 year old girl began her Hogwarts school career just yestersay, and let me tell you, it was not the best day of her life. All she could think about was the life she had left behind and how badly she just wanted to be home in America. She had to leave everything—her friends, her boyfriend, her everything. Gene was forced to start over and get readjusted. And a girl like Gene did not react well to change.

It was a very long day, but now that Gene thought about it, she was just over reacting. She had run into some pretty interesting people in the halls and made a few acquaintances. Today, Gene was a woman on a mission. She was going to make new friends and enjoy her time. If she was going to be going to this school, she had to make some friends. There was no way she was going to spend her 7 years here alone.

Gene walked out of the large castle wearing blue shorts, black tights, a gold tube top, and a red hoodie. Hey! It was pretty dayum chilleh out here! Where was she headed anyway? Oh yeah, the lake. She had walked by it on her way to the sorting. She thought it was perhaps the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. She couldn’t stop thinking about all day yesterday and now, she was determined to chill out there. After all, who could ignore such a beautiful thing? Gene made her way down there and sat down on the soft plush grass, waiting to see if anyone would come around and talk to her.

[[gah! it's the best i can do right now. SORRY!]][/size]

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New school, a couple of friends, this was going to be an interesting term. James didn't really leave anything behind except for a few muggle friends. He was actually pretty excited to be starting all over again.

James took a couple steps outside. It was cold outside, and he really despised the cold. But he didn't want to be inside all day so he kept walking. James was wearing a Nirvana shirt and a jacket on top. He wasn't very cold, but he didn't want to be stuck outside for very long. He continued walking around not really going anywhere in particular. He noticed the lake so he decided to go there.


He moved hair out of his face while looking around the lake. He spotted a girl there wearing shorts... She had tights on too but she had to be cold. Who dresses like that in this kinda weather he thought to himself. He just shrugged maybe she liked the cold unlike him. The girl was sitting on the ground staring at the lake. James walked over his curiosity getting the better of him.

"Aren't you cold?" he asked her. He looked at her waiting for her response. If she decided to give one that is......


{{mine sucked too}}

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Gene sighed once. Okay, this was such a bad idea. Like anyone in their right mind was going to randomly walk up to her. People pretty much avoided her like she was diseased or something. Gene almost felt like wearing a damn sign around her neck saying HELLO! NORMAL FRIENDLY GIRL HERE!

The loneliness was just beginning to set in when she heard footsteps coming from behind her. A small smile stretched across Gene’s face. Maybe, but maybe, this person was coming to talk to her. Maybe it was someone who was just as lonely as Gene was and wanted someone to talk to. Either way, Gene would have gladly spoken to them. Being quiet just wasn’t Gene’s thing.

The footsteps stopped just beside her and Gene smiled up at the boy. He couldn’t have been that much older than her, but he was surely a new guy, just like her. When asked if she was cold, Gene laughed. "I'm freezing my damn butt off. I don't know what the hell was going through my head when I decided to wear shorts." Gene laughed again and patted the grass beside her. "Care you join me? I'm really bored." [/size]

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James laughed a bit along with the girl. "Sure why not" he said while getting a little closer. James took a seat next to the girl and looked at her. He realized he didn't know what her name was or anything about her other than the fact she was cold. He might as well introduce himself. "James Mannequin nice too meet you" he said with a small smile. The girl looked like she was about a first year.

He looked at the lake glad that he had come here. Even though it was a bit cold he liked it here. The lake looked really cool and he was making a possible friend. He looked back to the girl with a small smile. "What brings you here?" he asked her trying to make conversation. He didn't want to just sit here saying nothing. James began humming to himself while waiting for her reply.

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Gene smiled brightly as the boy took a seat next to her. At least he was friendly enough to take her offer. The boy introduced himself as James Mannequin. Unusual last name, but whatever. "Gene Urie," she told him. "It's very nice to meet you as well."

Gene looked out at the lake. She always hated this part. Now that they had gotten past all the introductions and stuff, there was really nothing left to be said but to try and get to know each other better. Luckily for Gene, the boy spoke first. Gene bit her lip before answering. She didn't want him to think she was a loser or anything. "Honestly, I'm bored. I'm new here so I haven't really made any friends yet."[/size]

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"Me neither" he said looking out at the lake. Making friends was going to be kind of difficult for him. He usually wasn't the kind of person who went up to people and began talking to them. He was ok when people did that to him, just not the other way around.

He looked at Gene wanting to say something to break the silence. "What house are you in?" he finally asked. Boring question but then again it gave them something to talk about.

James moved some hair out of his face and looked back to the lake. He decided to come here often it seemed like a nice place to be. Especially in the spring, then he wouldnt be bothered by the cold weather.

James began playing with the grass. He picked some and tore it into pieces before throwing it over his shoulder. He did this multiple times. He then looked back to Gene waiting for her to say something.

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Hmm..this boy didn't talk much did he? Gene couldn't help but hold back a giggle. This boy reminded her of this boy she grew up with. Like, he would wlak up to her, and then they wouldn't have anything to say. It was pretty funny, you have to admit. "Yeah. People here are so different." Definitely not like the old Americans she was used to.

She cleared her throat and looked out at the lake. Okay, the silence was definately not working for her. But it wasn't like she had anything to say. Okay..note to self--the next time you want to go out and try and make new friends, at least have something to talk about. Yeah, this boy must think that Gene is such a nerd.

Luckily, the boy spoke to her first again. He asked her only a simple question, but hey. It was a start. "I'm in some house named Slyhterin or something like that." It was such an odd name. Actually, all of the names of the 5 houses were strange. "What about you?"[/size]

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"Yeah" he said agreeing with her. The people here were diffrent. James wasn't really use to being around so many people. Before he went to a small muggle school that his foster parents made him go to. He made a couple of friends but he disliked muggle school.

Slytherin. He had heard of that house."umm G-Gryffindor" he said trying to pronounce it correcty. His house was pretty cool, there were a couple nice people in it. James began humming to himself not really sure what to say.

He wished he had something to ask her. He continued humming until he thought of something. "Do you like Hogwarts so far?" he asked her. Another simple question, but it still got her talking. James looked at the lake waiting for Gene's reply.

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Aha, so much for interesting conversation. A conversation can't be that interesting when there was nothing to be said. Normally, Gene was boucing off the walls and can't shut up. Alright, I think it's time for that Gene to come out. What do you say?

"I used to go to this small Muggle Boarding School," she told him, sighing again. "It sucked t h i s m u c h. I mean, I had a lot of friends and everything. But there was always that whole clique situation, which like bugged me majorly. I was estatic when I got my letter to go here. I mean, I saw it as a way to start all over, you know?" There you go. Now, you won't be able to get her to shut up =]

He went on to tell her the house he was in. Yeah, she knew of the Gryffindors. Apparently, there was some sort of rivalry between her house and his, but who cared? Gene wasn't going to let that hold her back from becoming friends with Mistuh James. "It's pretty cool. I mean, I met you, which officially makes you my first friend here. You deserve a trophy, I think." Gene laughed and sighed. "What about you? You must have met a couple of new people here, right?"[/size]

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Wow what a boring conversation James thought to himself. They were just sitting there not really talking about anything. They would say a few words then it would just be silent again. James smiled when Gene began speaking around Muggle school. They finally had something to talk about. The silence was begging to bug him.

James agreed with Gene as she talked about Muggle School."I use to go to a muggle public school" he began. "I didn't like it there, it was just really a waste of time" he said with a shrug. "I had a couple of friends and i felt bad for leaving them, but i like it here better" he continued.

"A trophy would be nice" he said with a grin.He was a bit surprised that he was her first friend here. She seemed like a really cool girl, and he would have thought she'd have tons of friends by now."I've met a couple people" he said shrugging.It was actually pretty simple making friends, which surprised him.

"New school, new friends, a new start" he said.

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Yay! The convo was finally starting to pickup. It was about time. Gene was this close to just screaming something really random and seeing if something good would come out of it. Aha, this girl was nuts. You'll come to realize this after a while.

Gene fixed herself on the grass, adjusting her body so she was sitting cross legged. She smiled as he mentioned he went to a public Muggle school and she smiled widely. See, randomess can be good for something. "I know! Compared to here, Muggle schools suck," she told him with a giggle. Was there cool magical people at Muggle Schools? No..so there. Point made. "I had a ton of friends there. I mean, the whole clique thing sort of worked to my advantage I guess. But then it just got too out of hand. I like it how there really isn't any of that here. Well, except it's houses. But I don't think that stops anyone from making new friends."

Gene laughed when he said he would like a trophy. Gene pretend to hold one in her hands and handed it to him. "There you go. Congratualtions on being my frist friend." Gene laughed and sighed. "I haven't met anyone. I don't know. I guess it's mostly my fault. I haven't exactly been social. But yeah. I think I will soon." And then he said the three things she had been thinking: New school, new friends, a new start. Gene stared at him for a while. "You definitely just read my mind!"[/size]

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"Yep almost no school can compare to Hogwarts" he said with another shrug. "I didn't have that many real friends" he said with a shrug. "I had lots of acquaintances though" he continued. He didn't really count most of the people there his friends. They were just somebody he would talk to when his friends weren't there, and they would talk to him when their friends weren't there.

"Yay a trophy" he said with a grin. "I would like to thank myself for talking to you" he continued joking around. He sighed glad that this conversation was going somewhere."You'll make tons of friends soon" he said. Who wouldn't want to be friends with Gene?

"I tend to do that once in a while" he said with a shrug, when she said he read her mind. He wished he could read minds, he wanted to know what was going on in peoples head. Well maybe not ALL people.....

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Gene smiled. Hey, she had people like that. Like, she would only talk to them when they pased each other in the halls or something. Sometimes, they would talk when there was no one else around. It depended really, on whether Gene was in a good mood or not. Sometimes she just felt like giving people the finger and telling them to go away. But yeah. Gene had a rep for being a bit moody. "I probably knew about 4 people that I could actually call my friends. They were there for me when I needed them. We still keep in touch." Gene shrugged her shoulders.

Aha, James was funny. He seriously just thanked himself for talking to her. "Hey, you should thank me for allowing you to talk to me," she laughed, pretending to snatch the trophy back. "You can't have it anymore until you thank the right people. When you do, maybe I'll give it back." Gene pouted her lips and hugged the "trophy" close to her body. HE CAN'T HAVE IT!!

Gene laughed once before, letting go of the "trophy" slightly. Now all Jamesie has to do is thank Miss Gene and then he can have it back. Read minds? Oh that would be so cool. Gene could see if this boy thought she was nuts or not. Aha. I suppose she could just ask him, but that would be pretty random.[/size]

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"I haven't talked to my old friends in a long time" said James feeling kind of bad about it now. He wondered how they were. He hoped that he would see them again soon.They were pretty cool people, but they would survive without him... most of them at least.

"Aww man" complained James when she took the trophy back. He liked that trophy even if it was just pretend ~_~. If he thanked her then maybe he would get it back..."Thank you Missus Gene for letting me talk to you" he said slowly. "Now can i have it back....please" he asked pouting a bit. She was making him sound so pathetic >_> but he wanted that trophy back! He looked at her waiting for her answer. Hopefully he would be getting his trophy back....

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"You really should," she told him, shrugging her shoulders. Maybe James wasn't as close to his friends as Gene was to hers. Her friends=her life. Like there was anyway she could live without talking to them. It wans't like she could anyway. Her one friend, Sassie. Yeah. She would beat her up if Gene didn't write. Yup, Gene was sooo loved by them, wasn't she?

Jamesie pouted when Gene took away his trophy. Aww, Gene felt bad now. Gah, she'll have to give it back to him. He thanked her for letting him talk to her, sort of like a little kid sounded when he was asking his mother for something. It was cute =] Gene smiled and handed him the trophy back. "There you go. I had it engraved for you." See, Gene could be a good person when she wanted to.[/size]

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"Yeah i probably should" said James feeling bad about it now. He kept in touch with them before but they just kind of stopped.

James smiled when she gave him back his trophy. "Thank you" he said grinning. He felt so dumb for getting so worked up over a fake trophy. But oh well he got it back ANDDDD it was engraved ^^;

Now James didn't know what to say. Back to being silent again. He layed on the ground looking up at the sky. He wasn't really sure what to say so he began to think of another random question to ask. "Hows it going?" he asked not sure of ANYTHING else to say.

{{bad post sorry}}

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Gene nodded her head, looking like a bobble-head figurine and she did so. What? She totally agreed with him. If he didn't keep in touch, they would forget about him And if they forgot about him, Jamesie would have no friends. See? It was like a little circle or something.

She smiled and giggled when he thanked her for the trophy. "You're very welcome, love," she told him, looking out at the lake. Yeah, nothing was really being said now. The whole hypeness sort of calmed down. Gene was going to have to get all hyper again if she wanted to make this whole 'friends' thing work out.

Hows it going? Wow, that was way random. Oh well, at least it was a question. "Nothing much actually," she told him. Now, if James hadn't just met her, he would know that something was seriously wrong with Gene if she wasn't doing anything. Gene was a little hyper thing--she was ALWAYS doing something.. Bt upon starting here, zip. Nothing at all. "I'm just trying to get used to this place. It's going to be home for the next 7 terms, so I might as well get adjusted early. What about you?"

[[tis fine. my brain is off right now. I made a thread for my other charrie and i think all my muse is gone now..lol. That thing was looonggg!! aha]][/size]

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{{nice...get it back sooooon!}}


James made a mental note to talk to his friends soon. Especially one of his best friends, they kind of stayed in touch. They mailed eachother maybe once every couple months? Yeah not a very good friendship but that was the best they could do.

"Same" he said nodding.He might as well get use to being here. He was going to be spending lots of time here. Once again.....silence. Now this was getting really annoying. There was nothing to talk about, all they could do was just sit here.

He sat up and brushed some grass that had gotten stuck in his hair. He probably missed a some, but he got out as much as he could. He looked out at the lake trying to think of something to talk about. "Well..." he said still thinking. "This is boring" he said with a sigh. He moved his hair through his hair getting a little more grass at. He looked to Gene with a smile. Maybe she would know what to say....

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Speaking of friends, Gene seriously needed to write to Sassie about this place. She thought it was I n s a n e that Gene was actually a witch, which Gene also thought when she first got her letter. But she DID set Sassie’s kitchen on fire. Aha, that was pretty funny. Of course, Sassie didn’t care, because she lived alone and was moving into Gene’s old place anyway, but still. Gene felt really bad about it, but couldn’t get past the fact that SHE had done it, and without intentionally doing so either.

Yeah, nothing was being said and Gene couldn’t take it anymore. Yeah, this wasn’t working out for her at all. She was going to make this conversation be fun, even if she had to walk around on her freaking hands and sing “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” to make it happen. Gene quickly stood up from where she sat and brushed herself off. “Come on, we’re going for a walk,” she told him, leaning down to take the remaining blades of grass out of his hair.

She looked down at him, as she waited for him to get up. “So tell me. Where did you live when you went to your Muggle School? Was it in America or here in England?” she asked him. There, they hadn’t spoke about where they came from yet. Perfect. Ugh, hurry up and stand up already, Jamesie. Gene wants to walk![/size]

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James was bored bored bored.James watched as Gene got up and took out the grass blades that were stuck in his hair. He was glad she did, he didnt want random blades of grass in his hair. He sighed and stood up stretching a bit.

"Actually I went to school in Italy" he said with a small yawn. "My brother and I went for a while before coming here" he continued. He was italian but spoke perfect english. People really couldnt tell. He didnt like speaking italian because he sounded so weird in it. "What about you?" he asked her, "Where did you go to school?." He was glad they had something to talk about now. Hopefully it would last long....