(Kaleb and... Dumbledore? Haha, nooooo. xD)
Kaleb lifted his head at the sound of the others filing into the classroom. He noticed Tahsha, but she only glanced in his direction briefly before deciding to join the Slytherins. Kaleb sighed.
A Gryffindor girl came and sat by him. "Hello," she said in a matter-of-fact voice, "I don't think I've met you. My name's Hermione Granger." She held out her hand for him to shake.
"Kaleb Law," he replied, shaking her hand. Why were girls' hands always so soft?
Professor McGonogall's lecture was brief before they set about turning rats into pins. Kaleb was slightly concerned by how difficult McGonogall professed the subject of Transfiguration to be, but almost at once when they set about transfiguring their rats, both Kaleb's and Hermione's rats transformed into gleaming pins simultaneously. They glanced at each other and giggled.
"You have experience with this?" Kaleb asked.
"Not much," Hermione replied. "I did go over all our books before term started--but I come from a muggle family, so naturally I have a lot to learn."
Kaleb's face lit up. "Hey, so do I--come from a muggle family, that is. Over in America."
"I was going to say," Hermione giggled. "You do have an accent."
(First post today.)