An Afternoon Chat open

Erin watched as Pandora pulled out a red notebook from her bag and set it down on the table.

"Very good. It's a very useful hobby. In the meantime, I collect flower petals and dry them. I have such a notebook."

Erin listened to Pandora speak as she opened her book to a marked part, showing a host of dried flower petals tucked within the pages.

"Look, I've been collecting these since I was little. But since I don't have a file here, I'm putting it in my inspiration book. In this notebook, there are mostly music notes I wrote and stories I made up.Look. All leaves are different in color. This is the most beautiful."

Erin stared in awe at Pandora's book and the petals and leaves that were within the pages. Pandora was right, the leaves were all different shades, and were beautiful. Erin grinned staring at the collection, and grabbed her own notebook from her bag. "That is awesome! I don't have leaves and petals in here," Erin said "but I do draw and record everything I find that's interesting." Erin continued, opening her own notebook. It was a rather thick notebook, with black leather lining the outside. Erin flipped through a variety of pages, eventually landing on the page she wanted to show to Pandora. "This is when I found my first Horklump," Erin chuckled, looking at her rather elementary sketch of the plant. Erin flipped quickly to another page, pointing excitedly, "And this beauty I discovered in my Grandma's garden in Ireland," Erin was quite proud of the sketch of the belladonna stem she had drawn, complete with the shiny, black berries. "Of course, my Grandma and Momma freaked out when they saw me messing with it, but I managed to get it into my journal!" Erin grinned at the sketch.

"Which dorm are you staying in? I would be very happy if we were staying in the same dormitory."

Erin looked at Pandora as she spoke her question. "Booted Eagle, I think," Erin said, trying to remember the full name of the dorm. She didn't spend much time in her dorm, though, and much preferred the Library or outside to read and work on her schooling. "What about you?" Erin asked.

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Pandora stared in admiration at the notebook Erin was showing. It was really beautiful drawing. She was really talented. She thought she had traveled a lot. She thought she had traveled a lot. But she was a little jealous. She hadn't been to a decent place. But she quickly left that thought. She smiled involuntarily when she answered her question.

"I'm staying at Bonelli's Eagle Dormitory. I wish we could stay in the same dorm. But we can spend time together in the common room. Isn't it? I don't hang out much in the common room though."

She spoke a little too fast. That's why her face was red. She waited for her breathing to improve. Then she started talking again.

"Did you grow up in a wizarding family? What kind of childhood did you have? Was it good? Was it magical?"

She asked the questions one after the other. She was too intrigued. What would your childhood be like with magic? She was very curious about it. She sure had a childhood with chocolate Frog and more wizard sweets, she thought. She grabbed some more lettuce and carrots from the table and put them in her bag. She had had enough.

@Erin Gallagher