Echo was relaxed and planning on doing so the entire trip to school when Serena Vermont just stepped into her compartment.
Echo simply turned and regarded her house sister with a bland expression.
"Echo Sullivan, is that you?" Serena asked with a huge smile.
Echo blinked as she mulled over any number of responses discarding the most obvious "What do you want?" and allowed Serena to go on as she often was want to.
"My, you have certainly grown during summer. I bet all the boys will start to notice you now." said Serena as she took a seat next to Echo.
[B]"I could careless if the boys notice me or don't as they are simply put just boys and worth little thought"[/B] says Echo as if she were describing the difference between African and English Mandrake.
Serena goes on about Kjolmar Delacroix getting a tan an her disappointment that he was sorted differently than she the Heir of Vermont had hoped.
"[B]Oh my, listen to me babbling[/B]. I haven't even asked you how your summer has been?" Was what Echo heard as Serena poured even more sugar on her conversation.
[B]"My summer was uneventful and taken up entirely by my Aunt Rose's tutoring in potions and spell casting"[/B] answers Echo her expression not unfriendly as well as filled with curiosity.
Echo wasn't allowed friends nor playmates and it had been thus since her earliest memory. Echo's mother and Aunts had made her life one of focus with little chance for the frivolous things that others her age took for granted.
Echo was because of her upbringing socially awkward and at times oblivious to the obvious. If she were allowed to think as a child she'd have lamented her loss but didn't even give it a second thought.
She so wanted to ask what Serena wanted and was up to but she knew that at the moment the presence of three unhoused 1st years prevented an honest answer.
[B]"Did you enjoy your summer Serena?"[/B] asked Echo choosing the safe path