New and Sore

[Gage Oliver]

Gage limped into the Ravenclaw common room. It was bad enough that he was a month late into the school year and that he didn't know anybody, but on top of that, he had dropped his trunk on his trunk on his foot, and it was now throbbing. He was sure he'd have to have it checked out in the Hospital Wing, but it took him a whole hour to find the common room, and all he wanted to do was get settled and relax.

He dropped his trunk off in his dormatory and headed back down to the common room, sitting on the couch by the fire, and began to write a letter to his brother.

Gage looked around curiously and wondered why there was no one in here.

[Ruecain White]

Ruecain walked in the common room very tired. His tie was loose and his hair was a mess. Ruecain undid his hair and let it loose. He sat in his favorite chair and just sat there. " Thank god classes are over...for today at least." he said to self not noticing the other ravenclaw at all.

[Gage Oliver]

Gage jumped, spilling ink all over the letter he had been writing. He hadn't heard the other boy at all. He looked at him with wide eyes, still a little spooked by the sudden apperence.
"Hello," he said, shaking his head a bit. "Didn't see you there..."

[Ruecain White]

It was ruecain's turn to jump. He usually didn't notice anyone in here. He saw that there was ink all over the paper that the ravenclaw boy was writing on. "Oh I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you. usually this place is empty so I just let my feeling all out." Ruecain said apologetic.

[Gage Oliver]

Gage waved his wand and the ink dried up and dissapeared. Sadly, so did the letter he was writing, but it didn't bother him muuch and he set to work again. "Don't worry about it," Gage said to the other boy. "I'm normally pretty observent, I just got really wrapped up in this letter," he said.

[Ruecain White]

"I'm still sorry either way for some reason this always happen at home too." Ruecain said while rubbing his head. "Who were you writing to? Your parents?" Ruecain asked trying to make a conversation. He pulled his hair into a loose ponytail so it would look as messy as before. " I'm Ruecain" He said after a while.

[Gage Oliver]

"Gage," Gage said, nodding at Ruecain. "And the letter's too my older brother Logan. I wrote one to my parents this morning and I'll write my sisters maybe tomorrow." He folded up the parchment and laughed. "If I dont check in with them often, I'm sure they'll come marching in here and demand to know if I've been killed in some tragic Potions accident!"

[Ruecain White]

Ruecain chuckled. 'At least were getting along' he thought. "Anyways I like your name it sounds pretty cool." Ruecain said sitting back down on his chair. " I was going to review some chapters in my potions book anyways." he said. "My potions aren't great ,but mine aren't bad." he finished.

[Gage Oliver]

"I like your name too," Gage said. "My potions are aweful. They somehow ALWAYS turn some sort of neon color before they explode. My brother Logan is amazing at it. I wish it had rubbed off on me though..." He winced, remembering his last concoction. "I'm more of a Charms type of dude."

[Ruecain White]

" Really? My charms suck. I'm more of a study person." Ruecain said. " My charms sometimes blows up into flames." Ruecain added. " I burned my arm once, but that was in my third year. I have a small scar of it on my arm." he said embarrassed by the mere memory of it.

[Gage Oliver]

"I've done Charms well, but defencive jinxes and curses are hard for me," he laughed. "Strange I know, but just last week I was practicing the leg-locker curse with my friend Seth, and somehow, it backfired and I had to hop to Transfiguration cuz we didn't know the counter jinx." Gage laughed.

[Ruecain White]

Ruecain laughed a little. "Who's Seth? Is he in our house?" Ruecain asked curious of the new name that pop up. "oh hey wanna hear some music?" Ruecain asked in a excited voice but then calmed down and cleared his throat. " That is if you want to." he said calmly

[Gage Oliver]

"No, Seth is a Slythern," Gage said. Most people that hear that Gage's best friend is a Slytherin frown. But Gage thought there was nothing wrong with it. "Yea i wanna hear some music!"

[Ruecain White]

"oh thats cool." Ruecain said truthfully. He got up and walked to the beds to get his harmonica. "I go get my harmonica okay so you can hear it. " Ruecain said pulling out his harmonica from under his pillow. He turn and came back with the instrument and sat down on his favorite spot. " I warn you though it's a pretty sad tune." Ruecain said before closing his eyes and started playing his sad song. It was a beautiful sound ,but sad at the same time. He stopped after a few minutes. " well what do you think of it?" he asked curious of Gage's judgment on the song.

[Gage Oliver]

"Sad as it was, that was brilliant! I loved it!" Gage answered honesty. "But why such a sad tune?"

[Ruecain White]

Ruecain paused for a moment before answering. "Well I guess I have been feeling sad for some time now." Ruecain answered. "Sometimes I get letters from my little sisters I read how they are doing, but I never get letters from my parents. They're to busy to write to me."

[Gage Oliver]

Gage frowned. He had a small inkling of how Ruecian felt. His mother wrote him, as did Lexie and Logan, his older siblings, and Luka and Lennie, his younger sisters, always sent love through Mum's letters, but his father always seemed too busy to write.

"I know how that is," Gage said. "My father never writes to me, even if i write him first. He always has some sort of inturn write back for him..."

[Ruecain White]

There was a silent pause before Ruecain spoke again. " I can't even remember the last time my parents wrote to me. I sometimes wonder how they are doing when they don't write to me." Ruecain said truthfully. Ruecain check outside. It was dark and the stars shone very brightly. "Hey where are you from?" Ruecain said changing the subject. " You don't seem to be from around here!"

[Gage Oliver]

Gage laughed, thankful for a change of subject. "I'm from California," he said with a smile. "My family only moved here a few months ago." He looked out the window too, hoping his brother and sisters were looking at the same moon as him. "How could you tell?" he asked with a laugh, his American accent very thick.

[Ruecain White]

"Well your accent kind of gave it away." Ruecain said "Also I haven't seen you around last year. I was born and raise in England." Ruecain said. "hey what's your family like?" ruecain asked. "You don't have to tell me if you don't to." Ruecain said simply.