(um, I kind of have another idea of how they can officially get together?? if you want to hear it. :3
and it's up to you about which house. :3 I think the rivalry will be awesome too. I just hope they get to spend enough time together. >.< which is weird... but still. x3)

John wasn't too thrown by his close presence - I mean sure, he did find it just a little intimidating, but at the same time he found it reassuring. So he just nodded, and picked his way through the crowd, over to where the group of first years were gathering. He listened - well, tried to, he was a bit busy looking around - but he caught most of what the teacher was saying. Something about the boats moving on their own, to bring them over to the castle, and about the house-sorting and the big feast they were going to have. Each word got John more and more excited, to the point where he was shifting a lot because of all the energy that was building up in his body. He looked up at the castle, and could feel his nerves returning - how the hell was he going to find his way through there, to all of his classes? It looked [i]massive[/i] - and there was no doubt there was probably a bunch of hidden passages and all that. He shivered out of nervousness again, looking just a bit perplexed at everything going on around him.