Phew, from all the OOC chatter I was afraid I had missed a lot and would have a ton of catching up to do.  As for my plan of having one of his friends get him to go down there, I think I'll just have it so his friend told him she would be a bit late, and wait for someone that hasn't shown up yet to be his friend, if anyone that hasn't gotten into the charm room yet is interested in having our characters know each other.  Basically another student at the academy would be best.