Nervous Beginnings

Reese was a timid boy and didn't like big crowds. He rather stay home and be curled up in a warm blanket and sip tea. He was out of his element and he was having difficulties adjusting to his surroundings. His brothers had gone through this and he was going to be the last. He had tagged along when his brothers started their journey but now it was completely different because it was happening to him. He had a whole different perspective on the situation when it was his brother, he couldn't wait for them to leave. But now that it was him, he didn't want to go. He didn't want to leave the comfort of his own bed. His home. It would take some getting used to. His brothers wouldn't understand, they were calm when they were dropped off. Even if they had missed home at first, Reese knew that he would be the one to take the most time adjusting to the change. That was the way he was, always slow to get used to things and reacted differently to change than his brothers. His mother had that he was more in touch with his emotions than his brothers were and that it was a good thing.

So there he was, hands sweating and eyes darting around the room for a place to sit. Both of his brothers were on the quidditch team and were sitting at a table full of obvious cool kids. There was no way they would make room for him there so he was just gonna have to figure things out for himself. He was going to have to try to survive on his own since he knew that he couldn't depend on his brothers. He took a deep breath before stepping forward, he took one careful step after the other. Soon he was seated at an empty table. He sat on his table to keep them from shaking. "So far, so good," he whispered to himself. "You're doing good, Reese. You've got this, you're gonna do great." He had to give himself a pep talk since his mother wasn't there to give him one.

'So far so good' Gwendolyn told herself as she slowly winded her way through the crowded pub, it had been about ten or twenty minutes and Jennifer hadn't found her yet. If she thought about it for a second the girl might realize that the witch probably wasn't even looking for her, she was probably seated at the bar with a tea waiting for whenever Gwen decided to come back, in fact this was probably like a nice break in the poor woman's work day. At least that was what she thought until suddenly the slender woman came around the corner of a pillar with her eyes scanning the crowd. Without hesitation Gwen walked calmly between two large men and around another pillar and swiftly slid into the booth that was there. She looked around the corner of the booth for a second and didn't see Jennifer anywhere so she turned back around.

That was when she saw that the table she so suddenly seated herself at was not empty. "Oh hey there, mind if I sit here?" She asked with a small smile. "Well I guess it's do you mind if I continue to sit here because ya know I'm here now." She said with a chuckle. It didn't matter much to her what this boy replied with because she was sure there was somewhere she could go if he didn't want the company she was just buying a few minutes here before moving. 'Oh buying of course' she mentally exclaimed. "I'll buy you a butterbeer or something if you'd like." She offered as a way to convince this boy to let her steal his table for a little while longer.

Reese looked up to peak on his brothers, neither had said much to him since they entered the pub. They had gone their own ways which had left Reese to venture on his own. Which scared the boy but he didn't want to show it. He knew that if he showed it then he would never live it down, he didn't want his brothers to tell their parents that he had been scared. His mother would worry sick about him and that wasn't something Reese wanted. He didn't like to worry his mother but it seemed like she was always worrying. Maybe that's where he got his constant worrying from.

He didn't expect someone to sit with him, he was supposed to be the invisible brother. The one that no one noticed because he was so ordinary and shy. But a girl had taken a seat right in front of him and processed to talk to him. He didn't know what to say or what to do. He wasn't a people person and this girl was a people. He opened his mouth to say something but then quickly shut it. Just say something. Anything! "Hi," he blurted. He could feel his face grow warm so he quickly covered his face to hide his blush. "No!" There he went again, blurting things out without thinking. He cleared his throat before continuing in a calmer voice. "No, you don't have to buy me anything. Yes, you can sit here." That was much better. Good job, Reese, you can actually talk like a normal human being.