Thursday evening, fourth floor common room

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Well supplied with popcorn and munchies, Dean settled down in front of the tv to watch a monster movie marathon he stumbled upon. There were a lot worst ways to spend an evening, he thought with a contented sigh.

[OOC: open like an open thing]

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"Closer than you know. Welton was very much modeled after English boarding schools." Neil said with a knowing grin.

"So, new...not new?"

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Peter made a face. "I was at school until they cancelled them due to the Blitz. I don't miss it. Not new. I came for the summer and haven't left."

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As a child of WWII Neil was able to sympathize and he nodded with understanding.

"Yeah, I don't imagine you do. I still remember the rationing and gathering tin for the war effort."

Neil was curious about what the Blitz had been like but that wasn't a proper sort of question for a first meeting so he held his tongue.

"So, despite the differences with home, it's a good school?"

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"It is, actually. Very different though," Peter said. "I found having the girls here strange. And the fact that the teachers rather care about their students." He smiled. "I wouldn't be anywhere else generally."

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Neil smiled softly, thinking of Mr. Keating, who had cared about his students.

...

Err, maybe it was better to maintain a distance in the long run.

Blushing as Peter spoke about the girls, Neil looked down at the floor then back up a little sheepishly.

"The girls here are definitely different than I am used to. I hav...had a friend, back home, who would love it here. Except I don't think he'd get any studying done."