Despite not wanting to overshare about her summer, Serena figured she'd give a brief answer. "I must admit my summer was great. It felt so good to be away from the books for a while." Serena giggled and sighed at the same time. "How can you not care about boys at all?" She realized it was going to take more than the usual smalltalk to get through to Echo. Surely there had to be [i]something[/i] that she was interested in that Serena could exploit. Serena knew the type of girls like Echo (or at least she thought she did): hard to reach but once accepted in the popular clique, she'd be ruthless to foes and loyal to the group. It was time to step in to the next level. "Wait a minute. Are you in to girls then? It's perfectly fine if you are, I'm not one to judge such a thing." All of a sudden everything become dark and instantly returned to normal. A shiver ran down her spine. "What was that all about?" She looked from Echo to the first year students but noticed how they were just as surprised as she was. Her gaze then ventured further down the cabin and she made eye contact with Gryffindor girl Nix. "What did you do, Nixus?" she asked with an accusing tone. Serena didn't really like Nix and refused to address her with her first name or her nickname for that matter.