<em>When Xavier approached Madison, Frannie wasn't surprised.  Madison, being prefect, always drew the attentions of cute boys in the school.  And since Xavier was Ravenclaw's prefect, it made even more sense.<br/><br/>What didn't make a lot of sense was the way Xavier smiled and nodded at Frannie.  Being a lowly common Gryfindor, she was used to pretty much being ignored by boys in the other houses.  The fact that over the summer she had blossomed into a quite voluptuous young woman escaped her only in the way she would imagine others seeing her.  She did return his smile though, and noticed that not only did he seem to have grown even taller, but he also seemed to have the most gorgeous green eyes she'd ever seen in a boy before.</em><br/><br/>"Hi...I'm Frannie Fesslemyer...Gryfindor."<em>She took his hand and squeaked out softly, and then blushed when she realized that of course he would have already known she was in Gryfindor.  But before she sounded even less intelligent and asked him what house he was in, Arnold began choking next to her.<br/><br/>Frannie pounded Arnold on the back for a few minutes, and made sure he wasn't choking, just in time to see Madison leave.  Then Arnold got up and left as well, and even though there were other kids still at the table, Frannie suddenly felt very alone with Xavier.</em><br/><br/>"I guess I'd better take my leave as well."<em>And while those words were completely contradictory to what she really wanted, Frannie didn't know what else to say to the boy.</em>