Third Floor Common Room, Thursday Afternoon

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The dorms were often quiet though they seemed quieter than usual this week without anyone needing to get to classes at any particular times. With her roommate gone Belle's room was also quieter than normal and she found herself hoping for company, or at leas the possibility of it. As a result, she took herself into the common room to make some tea and perhaps find a snack.

She turned on the television while the kettle was on to boil, found an absurd movie set in a library and decided that was going to be her entertainment for the afternoon while she had her tea and nibbled at ginger cookies from the package she'd found in a cupboard.


[Open common room is open, obvs.]

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Troy had just gotten back from spending the break week back home (he made sure he'd be back before Friday morning!), tossed his bags back into his room to sort through later, then headed down to the common room to see if anything interesting was going on or if there was too much food because he could always be down with copious amounts of random food.

"S'up, Belle?" he greeted her with a chin lift and a curious look at the TV. "Did I miss anything good this week?"

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"Were you away? It's been quiet since the weekend," Belle said. She hadn't had any visitors and so her weekend had also been quiet but that didn't need to be discussed at the moment.

"A little quieter than I'd like, honestly, so I thought I'd sit in here. There should be water for tea in a moment, and I found cookies."

[x_discospider_x]

Were you away? Um. Ouch. Wound his already fragile sense of self-esteem, why don't you? Troy couldn't help a moment where his emotions betrayed him with a little frown (some might have even called it a wibble) on his face before he pushed past it and went to scope out the fridge, where he could also maybe bury his shame.

"Cookies might be good," he said, as if cookies weren't always good. "And maybe it's the calm before the storm! Welcome picnic's on Saturday, right?"

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Belle had barely seen anyone this week, Troy! It was nothing personal.

"You're welcome to share the cookies," Belle said, holding out the package. "I do think the picnic should be this weekend. Classes start again Monday. Are you all signed up for what you want?"

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Troy shrugged, grabbing a soda from the fridge and then gravitating toward the cookies. "I don't know, maybe?" he admitted, but clearly not too concerned about it. He was apparently just waiting to see where he ended up. He didn't even know people actively signed up for them! That was wild. "What about you?"

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You just sat back and waited for your classes to be assigned, Troy? THE HORROR.

"I think so," Belle said. "It seems like it should be an interesting term. I'm looking forward to it. I like classes." What a nerd.

[x_discospider_x]

He just got a schedule and showed up like magic! And since the whole school was pretty much magic, why question it? It had given him pirates and sheep so far, he was definitely not complaining.

So the look Troy was giving Belle wasn't quite as damning as a statement like I like classes might have earned her at a normal school, but it couldn't be completely avoided, either.

"I just hope for maybe more sports," he decided, almost as if to make sure none of that nerd got on him.

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The magic of it all was quite the selling point for Belle as well.

"I didn't think to look for those," Belle said, not quite remembering if there had even been anything sporty on offer. "I hope you end up with something enjoyable. And athletic!"