Supposed to be Secret Closed

it was evening, and Boston was bored. Bored as she could possibly be. See, the perks of being in a big huge magical castle was that there was magic (obviously) and you were in a castle. The cons? No technology. Which means Boston couldn't use Spotify or watch her Minecraft tutorial youtube videos. Yes, she was somewhat of an iPad kid. And unfortunately for her, there were no ipads or anything of the such in the wizarding world. And the excitement of being in a magical castle wears of eventually, maybe she just got used to it. Still, Hogwarts doesn't fail to surprise her with something new everyday. Just the other day she felt the literal stairs moving under her feet. Like the stairs that were supposed to be stationary? Yes, those things. She was walking to class and the next thing she knew she nearly lost her balance and the stair case was moving. And soon she was facing a new hallway. So yes, she does get lost every now and then, and yes it does give her a bit of entertainment. But she still wanted her phone back.

Today was another one of those days where she found herself lost in this maze of a castle. As much as she enjoyed new things, it was ticking her off. She seriously just needed to pee, how hard was it to found the nearest bathroom? She only knew the location of one, and for God's sake there had to be more than one. So instead of going to the one where she KNEW how to get to, she was stubborn and irritated at the castle and decided to look every where BUT where the one bathroom was. She wanted to find a new one. Besides, she had to know where all the bathrooms were at some point, right? And if there was only one bathroom, that was lame. How outdated could a magical castle be?

After wondering for what felt like forever, but was only minutes, Boston found a bathroom. But as soon as she stepped inside, her heart dropped. This was not the bathroom she had envisioned for a magical bathroom. The walls were gross and covered in grime, the mirrors were cracked and some shards were even on the floor. Cobwebs gathered in the corners, dust flew in the air and the place REEKED. She was even sure she saw a little roach scurry by. In summary, this place looked abandoned. Or it would have, if there wasn't another person standing in the middle of the disgusting sight. Boston finally noticed her and scanned her up and down. The girl looked about her age, perhaps a first year as well. And she was pretty, too, which Boston took note of. The girl looked just as underwhelmed as she was and Boston gave a sympathetic smile. "Not much for magical lavatory, huh?" She had a humorous tone and shifted on her feet. She stepped over a pile of glass with her white flats and stepped closer to the girl so she wasn't talking to her from 6 feet away. "I'm Boston."

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Esme was beginning to get bored of this place, I mean it still had it’s values, yet there was only but so much she could do, perhaps if she became an animagus one day, she could get here discreetly, she decided she should probably sneak back. “wouldn’t that be fun…” she said with an unfortunate sigh. But as soon as her breath left her lips, she heard the sound of moving and paused, her entire body stiffening, someone was coming…if she was caught by a prefect she’d be in major trouble. Oh god…what now?! She began to shake, and wanted to hide, but soon she realized it was too late, she was caught…she was doomed. She could only guiltily turn around. In the middle of her slow turn, her hands up, she heard the individual’s voice…. “Er….you aren’t a prefect?” She said quietly, then she finally looked at the girl face to face. “Oh… Boston, hello, nice to meet you.” She was jittery, shaking like she was wet and cold, the adrenaline in her system hadn’t left yet.

“My name is Esme.” She had a hopeful look, perhaps she wasn’t in too much danger, the girl before her was taller, but seemed to be more friendly. Maybe not someone to be suspicious of. “You aren’t here to tell on me? I really don’t wanna get in trouble…” She stood confidently, though it was all a façade. She seemed to almost shrink in comparison to Boston. Not really paying attention to Boston herself and more so about the situation itself.

@Boston Cardoni

@Esme Xiao

The girl didn't seem to be expecting company. Boston didn't blame her. The last thing she wanted was someone else showing up when she was somewhere she shouldn't be. Anyone could be a prefect when you haven't memorized the faces of all the prefects yet. The girl seemed to be thinking along the same thing, because she asked Boston if she was a prefect. Boston blinked a few times and slowly said "..No." Why would she be a prefect? The idea of her being a prefect was absurd to her. Not because she was a bad kid. In fact she was a very well behaved kid. She payed attention to school and got good grades, she never tried to break rules and always felt bad when she did. She was responsible in some ways, but at the end of the day she always did find herself in trouble. Perhaps like now. "Well, if I was one I wouldn't tell you. She smiled at the girl genuinely. She tapped her empty jacket and shrugged. "See? no badge."

The girl seemed nervous, and Boston gave her a sympathetic smile. She was pretty sure she wasn't a scary person. Yes she was 4 inches above this girl in height, and yes she had just came in out of no where, but she liked to believe you could tell someone was a nice person by looking at them. And Boston was certainly dressed like a nice person. When your mom dresses you until you're 10, you tend to pick up a more organized style. Her clothes weren't wrinkled or anything, and she hoped she smelled ok in this wretched bathroom. That seemed to remind her of something, and she reached into her book bag and pulled out a perfume as Esme introduced herself.

She sprayed the perfume around the room excessively. "Sorry- it just" One more spray for good measure. "really smells in here." She put her perfume away and smiled once again. "Sorry, you said your name was esme right? That's a really pretty name!" You could tell she meant it, because she's never heard such a beautiful sounding name. It had a nice vibe to it. The girl once again asked Boston a question, and she furrowed her eyebrows and shook her head. "huh? Oh girl-" She waved her hand around and smiled. "I'm here too, telling on you would be dumb anyways. And I'm not a snitch." She shifted her feet. "I promise you I'm cooler than that." She fell silent and looked around the room as she wrinkled her nose and raised an eyebrow. "So.. why are you here?"

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Esme had never been more relieved...well maybe that was an exaggeration, she was however, still incredible happy to have avoided trouble, narrowly too. She nodded her head slowly, and then put her put her arms to her sides in a rest position. She felt her breathing reach a normal rate, her body beginning to go back it's relaxed, slightly slouched position. She couldn't help but smile, it was an instinctual move, one that, even when she tried to stop it, she couldn't. She looked around the area for anyone else that might be here before concluding that it was presumably just her and Boston. "Alright, I guess there's really no reason not to trust you, since you present yourself really well." She began to feel the barrenness of the bathroom go away, soon it felt less empty, even though there were two people in this very spacious place, and Esme began to actually get comfortable, after all, if someone was here with her, maybe she was fairly safe. That isn't to say she'd betray Boston or flee without her, but there were extra eyes to look out in case.

With Boston's smile, Esme grinned back, the friendliness radiated and she felt it as it hit her like a summer breeze. She noticed Boston was pulling something out of her bag, she was watching closely until she realized it was perfume and gave it a look, like she was hoping it was normal and not like that extreme stuff her mother likes, she opened her nose a little wider to take in the smell, Esme hadn't realized how bad it smelled in here, that was until she was introduced to another smell, it went well on Boston, she was pretty, she had nice perfume, and she was dressed pretty nicely, only now did Esme really take in who she was looking at.

Esme nodded when Boston explained the excessive spraying, and Esme nodded, "I guess we're in agreement about that, but your nose is better than mine." She rocked on her heels innocently, like a child that was explaining what they learned at school. "Yep, that's me... I think Boston is much better, don't you?" She said in reply to the compliment, repelling it with one of her own. Despite why she was using compliment, she was genuine, since she felt the same as how Boston felt about her, Boston was a very different name, in fact Esme didn't even know that that was a name. "Which parent named you?" She was happy that Boston didn't plan on ratting her out, now that she thought about it, it would be odd to do something like that when you could also be questioned for being here, she nodded, concluding that she was safe. On the topic of why she was here, she looked a little awkward. "Well, I'm exploring the castle in secret, since there isn't enough time between classes. What about you, same reason?"

@Boston Cardoni

@Esme Xiao

Boston was relieved to see that esme was matching her energy. When she said that Boston presented herself really well, she couldn't help but tuck her hair behind her ear and waved a hand in mock flattery. "pft, I'd hope so." She tucked her fingers into her pockets and bit the sides of her mouth before quickly adding "Thank you, also. I appreciate the statement." She didn't rely on validation for everything, but when she received it she definitely appreciated it. "Girl, I swear some people dress homeless here and like I can't" She shook her head with a laugh. She just didn't understand why people chose to dress like they had no where to be.

Boston smiled once again and sucked her teeth, making a tsk sound. "Yeah, no, it seriously smelled like someone died in here. I don't know how it wasn't bothering you." She sneezed. "Ah, see? It's dusty too." She walked over to a sink and pointed at the cobwebs, shaking her head. Suddenly she thought of something. "Oh, wait is the perfume too much? It doesn't bother you right? I should've asked before sorry." If it did bother her, there was nothing she could do but feel bad. She really needed to think before she acted.

Esme rocked on her feet and turned the compliment back to Boston. Boston clicked her tongue and shook her head. She could say 'nuh uh' and call it a day, but that would start a back and forth 'yuh huh and nuh uh'. So she simply said "I really don't think so, but thank you!" She gave an ear to ear smile. She loved compliments, even if she didn't know how to respond to them. "My mom did. Both my parents are from Mexico, and my dad is Italian.. hence my last name: Cardoni. My mom wanted to be.." She waved her arms as she grasped for a word. "erm..'Different'.. I guess?... Girl I don't know to be honest." She laughed.

She raised her eyebrows to indicate she was listening. She raised her eyebrows and looked away, rubbing her hand behind her head, sucking on her teeth, like a cartoon character would as they whistled. She liked being dramatic. "I actually had to pee, and like I could not find a bathroom. And I ended up here.." She held her arms out. "Which is barely a bathroom."

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Esme nodded as Boston dropped little bombs of info about herself, it was nice to know these things as they offer up more things to talk about. "Italian and Mexican? Have you ever traveled? I can imagine the huge family reunions of a bunch of people." She thought about this for a moment. "So you're foreign, if you don't mind me asking, why'd you travel here? Any special reason?" Esme didn't want to pry and end up losing a friend that she made so quickly, after all, it was a good conversation so far, at least to her, and she would feel lonely again if Boston just decided to take her leave now. "Can you speak Spanish and Italian at the same time? Wouldn't that make you tri-lingual?" She had a expression of awe mixed with impressed.

"Ah- well, you know what, I'm sure you could use....that one?" She pointed at a stall on the farthest side of the bathroom, near the window, it had a functional stall door...she didn't have much good to say about the toilet, who knew what it looked like up close. "Or hold it- both are fairly good ideas..."

"Hey, since you now know about this place, would you like to make this into a "secret lair"? I'm sure we can get this place touched up a bit, and since I plan to become an Animagus one day, I will have an easier passage based on what I turn into." She put her hands on her hips and nodded slowly, looking around like this was a house she planned on renovating herself. "Not too bad, right?"

@Boston Cardoni

@Esme Xiao

Boston grinned again and nodded eagerly. "I actually travel a lot! And I've lived in New York before the UK as well, so there are friends to visit to." Boston loved traveling, it's one of the many things she wants to do once she graduates. She knows she won't be able to stay in one place. Boston was pleased with Esme's curiosity, as it gave Boston things to talk about. And she loved talking. "Well, my mom is kind of like me. She loves to travel! My dad reasoned that America was too problematic. I don't know why they didn't move back to Mexico, but if we hadn't moved here I wouldn't be at Hogwarts." She shrugged in a 'what can you say' manner. "So I'm not complaining." She loved Hogwarts and it was certainly a change of scenery. She looked forward to waking up every day because she knew she was going to find a way to enjoy herself here. Boston smiled and nodded. "Yeah! It's great!" Boston loved flexing the fact she could speak three languages, even if it meant she slipped between accents in one sentence. il mio nome è Boston! (my name is Boston) She quickly switched to Italian to show off a bit. She held her hands out as if to say 'surprise.' "Italian." She explained with a smile "Pero el español es mi idioma principal en casa." But Spanish is my main language at home. She raised her eyebrows and didn't bother to translate, because her point had been proven.

After Boston mentioned why she was here, Esme pointed out a singular stall. Boston waved her hands. "Ah, no. It's ok. I don't have to go anymore-" She broke into a small laugh. Again, everything was funny to her. Besides, none of the stalls looked like a nice place to pee... she would definitely get some sort of disease just by touching the handles. She wasn't a germaphobe, she was smart. And then Esme sprouted a great idea. Boston's face lit up and she nodded eagerly. "Yes! Totally, that's a great idea!" She was fairly sure other students knew about this place, but that didn't mean they couldn't clean it up a bit and hang there.

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Esme looked into the stall actually, opening the door and rolled her eyes. “That’s…. actually understandable.” She groans in disgust and closes the stall, shaking her head slowly. “Well then, how exactly would we do that? I doubt we could actually clean the whole thing, but maybe we could just make a specific spot more convenient to chill in.”

She pulls a box of sweets, Every Flavor Beans, she had been afraid of trying these for obvious reasons, but now she had a reason to try them. “Hmm…You wanna try this with me? I’m guessing you’ve had this before, I’ve had these for some time, but I wanna try these with you, it’ll be something of a bonding experience.”

“How have you been enjoying Hogwarts? Have you been treated nicely when you traveled into the UK? Cause most of the people I’ve met here have been really nice, I don’t think I’ve made any real enemies yet.” She messes with her hair, thinking about everyone she’s met this far. And soon for the first time she actually stood in silence with a new friend for more than 10 seconds. Boston seemed like the kind of friend that you could simply stand around with and simply chill. However she also felt a bit bad. “Er… sorry for being so dry, I don’t get out much, so I don’t really ever know what to say to people if they’re not literally identical to me in interests.”

@Boston Cardoni

Boston looked at the box Esme pulled out. 'every flavor beans'. She would be lying if she said she knew what those were. "Well, yeah we could always just choose like a certain spot like you said. Uh, what are those?" Her lack of knowledge on the wizarding world was clearly showing. Perks of being a muggle born. Still, she was curious to try whatever this strange treat was. "Sure! I'll try one!" She grinned. 'bonding experience' esme had said. Sure, she was always down to bond with someone.

She held out her hands for a jelly bean, and once she received one she popped it into her mouth. She slowly chewed and made a face, before spitting it out with a laugh. "That was disgusting." She shook her head before paying attention to Esme's question, or question's'. Boston paused, processing what she had been asked. "Yeah! Hogwarts is great! And people have been treating us fine, my family hasn't had any problems with anyone since we speak English quite well." People here at Hogwarts seemed nice too, Boston hadn't come across any mean or rude people. She's been nice to everyone and in return, they've been nice back. For Boston, this wasn't new. She was always nice to people with the intention of possibly being friends.

"You're fine, I don't mind the silence." She smiled at Esme's apology. There was nothing to apologize for, sometimes you just had to sit in silence and there was nothing wrong with that. "Hey, let me try another one of those please, let me see if I can get a good one this time"
sorry for this awful response, I have no motivation for this cause it's like going nowhere T-T