"Yeah. Maybe he'll grow out of it, like your dad did." Eli said, trying to be positive. He was watching her as they spoke and smiled as well. He'd missed the few friends he had at school, and her most of all. She was his best friend, and his first in the wizarding world; they'd met on the train their first year and got along well, ending up becoming friends despite being in different and usually adversarial houses as well as her housemate's tendency to look down on him for having muggle parents. He was quite glad she decided to stay friends with him despite that and his general lack of common wizarding knowledge and social interaction.<br/>"So, did you do anything interesting over the summer?" He asked, assuming her summer had probably been more interesting than his.