Hopscotch Closed

The game was not forgotten, only paused in favor of conversation. After all, that had been the goal all along.

Nellie’s face seemed to brighten at the other girl’s confession of being a muggle-born. “Me too! I mean not really. My parents are squibs, but I was raised with muggles!” In fact, her parents had never mentioned her magical heritage until her owl had arrived. She continued to listen, nodding in understanding. Their entire lives had been turned upside down. Nothing was the same. “I think it’s normal, you know? Everything is different, now.”

The question about missing people made her brow furrow as she considered the question. “Not a lot, no. I miss my mum and dad, my brother and sister, and my best friend. I didn’t have that many friends really.” Man that confession made her feel pathetic.

Clearing her throat after that one, it felt like a good time to pick the game back up. Yay, distractions! She tossed the stone, letting it land on three, or at least attempting to. It rolled outside of the box and Nellie groaned. “I should have found a flatter rock.” She moved to retrieve the rock and hand it off to the other girl. “Who do you miss the most? Or what?”

@Kaitlyn Connor

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Kaitlyn smiled and nodded. “I guess we’re kind of similar in a way, for not having seen magic before coming here,” she mused. She was curious how that conversation must have played out for Nellie, but figured that it would be a personal matter anyway. One she shouldn’t attempt to delve into. She nodded in agreement. “Everything is, practically like night and day.”

At Nellie’s admission, Kaitlyn nodded in understanding. While she had more people to miss, she understood the introverted aspect of having very few friends. “That’s ok. I understand being far away from them is hard. It was honestly the more difficult part for me, too,” she admitted with a friendly smile.

Kaitlyn giggled at Nellie’s attempt to throw the stone. “I guess it makes it more fun this way?” She giggled. “I miss my mum and dad. And my little brother. And that awesome friend group I told you about. Rebecca and Savannah. There used to be a third, Hannah, but, well, we left on a bad note,” she admitted as she flung the rock. It landed between the 4 and 5. She hopped through the course, skipping over the 4 and 5, and then back down again. She handed the rock back to Nellie. “Did you used to play hopscotch a lot?” She asked with a smile.

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One thing Nellie was grateful for in this new world was the fact that there were plenty like her. She was not some kind of prodigy that came out of no where. The magical world was not exclusive in the sense that it was something too incredibly rare that a wizard might be muggle born, though there were those that certainly wished that was the case. Luckily for Nellie, people understood her struggles. “Right? It’s dizzying.”

The Slytherin girl’s continued understanding was met with a grateful smile. She was probably most grateful for the fact that she’d not asked a ton of questions regarding her lack of friends, close or otherwise. It avoided that pitying look so many tended to give her.

As Kaitlyn breezed through her turn, Nellie applauded with a smile. “I guess I played a lot when I was really young. Mum taught me how. It was something I could play by myself. Or with other people. Depended who was around.” Often she played alone, but she wasn’t about to admit that out loud. Alice had joined her when time had permit though.

“What happened to Hannah?” Sure she shouldn’t have pried, but curiosity had gotten the best of her. She couldn’t imagine this sweet girl being the cause of the falling out. Regardless how Kaitlyn chose to reply, Nellie would again take the rock from her and tossed it to three. This time it landed and stayed. Really, the hopping was the easy part. On her return, the rock would find it’s way by to the Slytherin.

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Kaitlyn nodded to Nellie’s words. “Yeah, I agree. I feel quite lost here, unfortunately," she admitted. Physically lost sometimes, due to not knowing her way around. But also mentally. Like she was ripped out of her world to be brought here. Where everything was different. She had to latch onto things that would help her transition better.

While Kaitlyn was very curious at hearing about Nellie’s admission at not having many friends, her etiquette training reminded her to not say anything. It’d be considered rude. Besides, from her limited interaction with Nellie, the Hufflepuff girl appeared very nice. She couldn’t guess why the other girl had no friends. But, she figured that was information she really didn’t need to know.

“Awesome,” Kaitlyn responded, her smile bright. “I didn’t play it often, only when I was really young. The older I got, the other girls at my boarding school stopped playing,” she continued with a shrug. A light flush permeated her cheeks when Nellie asked about Hannah. ‘Nice going, why did I have to mention her?’ She thought. A small frown formed on her lips, as she watched Nellie play her turn.

Kaitlyn stayed silent, accepting the rock, she then played her turn. An, admittedly, weak throw put it on the second square. She hopped through the board, avoiding the second square, and picking it back up on her way back. She offered the rock back to Nellie, before she finally broke her silence. “We had a … disagreement before I came here … and well … we’re no longer friends. She used to be my first best friend at the boarding school,” she partially explained, consciously leaving out the why portion. She hoped that explanation was enough for Nellie.

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