Having been to the United States only once, specifically New York City and Niagara Falls, for her aunt’s wedding many years ago, Dani wasn’t familiar at all with California.  As such, Dan mentioning that he was from California didn’t really evoke any kind of specific response from Dani apart from the mild curiosity that usually accompanies hearing of an location with which one is unfamiliar.

The way that Dan’s tone and posture changed as he mentioned his mother did not go unnoticed by Dani, who figured that something had more than likely happened to his mother, like some sort of serious illness.  Though she felt bad for him, she couldn’t imagine something like that happening to her mother, Dani kept her speculation to herself.  It really wasn’t any of her business, and if had wanted to talk about it, he wouldn’t have cut himself off like he had.

After a brief moment of silence, Dan asked where they were from, though Dani assumed that he was mostly interested in hearing a response from Roze and was just including her to be polite.  As expected, Roze answered the question immediately, explaining that she was from Yorkshire, though her father’s family was from Italy, and that she had moved around a lot when she was younger.

Figuring that it would have been rude to have written down a response to Dan’s question while Roze was talking, Dani didn’t have a response prepared, leading to a few awkwardly silent, at least in Dani’s mind, moments as she wrote down a response.  [color=firebrick][b]”You mean it’s not obvious?”[/b][/color] the board read when she revealed it, an expression of surprise on her face.  

After she was fairly sure that both had seen it, she erased what was written and began writing again.  [b][color=firebrick]”Just kidding.  I’m from Seaham in the North East region.  It’s not a very big town, but there’s plenty to do when you’re bored and it’s right on the coast.”[/color][/b]  She had many fond memories of going on day trips to the beach with her family, especially when her extended family came in for a reunion or something.

Around that time, Dani noticed that most of the other people in the Dining Hall were getting up and leaving, presumably to carry on with their schedule.  As she was thinking that it would be a good idea to get up and get moving as well, an older Ravenclaw student paused on her way passed them.  [b]”You should probably get going to your next class, you guys.  You don’t want to be late and give the professors a bad impression on the first day. [/b]

Nodding, Dani placed her glass on the table and spun around to slip off the edge of the bench, though she opted to wait for Roze and Dan to come with her, taking the time to gather her bag and her whiteboard.

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