Catching Up During Brunch PV: Mae W. Closed

Mae said yes! She smiled with a nod, going to sit down next to her. She felt smarter sitting at the Ravenclaw table. It was a house full of bright minds and strategic ways of doing literally anything. At least, she was pretty sure that's how the house worked. She didn't know many people from the house, other than Phaedra. And even then, she didn't talk to her enough to really know the insight on how their house did their thing. She did know, however, that their house entrance required some kind of riddle. Which she knew she couldn't handle. Sometimes Rosie was just too tired to do anything involving her brain.

But Mae let her sit down, and she was grateful. Rosie took another bite of her food and swallowed, before talking again. "How've you been? I don't think I've actually had a full conversation before. There's a few third years like that for me, I tried to talk to everyone in my year, but I definitely missed people." She smiled at her, waiting for her response to her first question. She just liked checking up on everyone's wellbeing. There was something Rosie discovered as she kept growing, and it was that emotions sucked! And sometimes they made you sad, that also sucked. So she liked to make sure the people around her won't too down in the dumps.

Sometimes people were sad from breaking something. Other people were sad because they were born from two muggles and because of that, you get viewed as talent lacking scum who don't deserve to be happy. By few, of course. Not all. It was subjective

Rosie glanced up from her food when she mentioned she hadn't been here for a long time. Like, she felt as if she hadn't been back for a while? Or had she been eating outside of the Great Hall? The latter was certainly a sadder option, was Mae eating alone? No, Rosie couldn't assume. Maybe she just meant that in a different way. But Rosie didn't want to ignore a subtle cry for help. Though she was definitely over thinking this. Before she let her mind delve into a fictional story of where Mae had been somehow chased out of the Great Hall, she asked- "What do you mean? Like, not being back here." She smiled a bit at her, trying to establish a sense of comfort so she wouldn't afraid to be a little vulnerable. If there was something Hufflepuffs were good at, it was... Being nice!

She didn't realize how big their third year was until she thought about it. Mae was right, there was a lot of them. Rosie might've just thought it was a small group because she knows who they all are, at least their faces. The names still have to connect. But Rosie seemed to find the most trouble in her own year. If there were any people who could get under her skin, it was nasty pureblood 3rd years. Anyone younger, she could handle. No matter what they said to her, it would never change the fact that Rosie was a wizard, and she belonged here. Wizard parents or not. Though the fact it kept coming up in her narration, probably meant she thought about it more than she let on.

"Oh yeah, definitely. I try to keep track of everyone, but it's difficult. Especially since I'm not a prefect anymore." She laughed nervously, shrugging. "I don't mind, though, I love a new friend, but overwhelming myself with people doesn't do me any good, you know?" Rosie shrugged a bit, setting her spoon down.

Oh. That was a lot less. Maybe, Rosie, your mind shouldn't go to the worse case scenario everytime. Vacations sounded nice, she didn't go on them that much with the chaos that was her home life in the last two years, but they were nice! Her step dad's family lived pretty close in London, so they had no real reason to go that far. But her dad promised her they'd go somewhere cool when she came back for the summer. "That's cool! Where did you go?" It must've been a sick vacation if she left during the school year, right?

Rosie trailed off as she asked if she had seen anyone from the third year. Of course she had! She'd seen Eris and Max, in horrible circumstances. She saw Serena like everyday. She saw Quinn and Reid everyday because they were her best friends. "Yeah, definitely. I mean, people like Quinn, Reid, Serena, Amadea, I see everyday before I leave the common room. Then I see others in our new electives. But I've just been trying to introduce myself to the other 2nd and 1st years so I can be familiar with people around the school." She nodded, shrugging. "Just gotta look, you'll find 'em." She encouraged.

The slight mood drop in Mae signaled to Rosie that the trip might not have been as fun as she imagined. She winced internally, she asked too many questions. Again. She remembered at the worst time, that visiting other towns might not always be a good trip. She knew that too, the last time they visited her dad's family, they shamed him about his recent marriage with her step-dad. She just nodded at Mae, deciding not to press her about the trip anymore. She knew there was probably some bad news hidden in there somewhere, and she didn't want to trigger something in a place so public. Mae didn't deserve that, she was sweet. Clearly she didn't deserve something bad to happen to her, and it hurt Rosie's heart to think something did. She thought about this with her other friends too.

She took a few more bites of her waffles before taking a breath. "Well, I should be getting to class soon, I just came in for a late breakfast. But I'll see you around? Maybe we can go somewhere after classes and talk a little more." Rosie beamed at Mae, holding out her hand to her to shake. "I guess we never formally met, so here we are. It's lovely to meet you." Rosie said, leaning her other elbow on the table.