Unexpected Friends (Sandra)

[Xander Monroe]

The young Slytherin has had a rough year ending up on his father door step with an Auror behind him, the same Auror an hour prior who told him of his mother’s passing. He was still wrapping his head around those details. It’s been months since that event has happened but still fresh in his mind.

Xander had come to the Courtyard for a bit of peace away from chaos of Hogwarts and his father. Unluckily for him his father was the potion master at Hogwarts. Xander had his charms homework he was half focused on, on his lap as he more so looked above at the clouds as the danced past.

[Sandra Lewis]

Sandra loved being at Hogwarts, there were so many things that she had yet to discover and every day was a new adventure. She was on her way to her common room as she had spent some time with a few of her friends and shared with them a bunch of cookies she got from the kitchen. She still had some left that she thought of sharing with her housemates before she would get some of her homework done. She started looking up at the sky, enjoying the shape of the clouds as well until she looked down and noticed a Slytherin boy she remembered from some of her classes. He always seemed down and it had her to stop midway to watch him, and remembering her mom telling her that perhaps, one of her cookies would cheer him up. She wondered if there was something she could do, not liking seeing someone in such a mood. Sure, they weren’t friends and she knew nothing of him but that didn’t stop her from going to him.

When she was close enough to him she looked down at him. “Hey, my name is Sandra, I saw you in some of my classes, I have extra cookies from the kitchen and I was wondering if you’d like to have one?” she asked him with a smile. She did think of saying hello to him a couple of times, he seemed so lonely, perhaps talking to someone might be the best thing for him! Who was she to know?

[Xander Monroe]

Xander was bought back from watching the cloud float by. His glaze looked at the girl in front of him. He looked her over and saw the yellow and black color house crest and let out a sigh. Hufflepuff out trying to make the word right and spread their happiness and sunshine. Not Xander cup of tea. He blinked at her a few times before turning back to his homework. He closed his charms book and tuck it back in his bag. He did not respond to the girl yet. Once his homework was done he stood up. 

“Why would I want a cookie from you?” Xander drawled out. “Clearly I was out here wanting my space not for some bubbly Hufflepuff to take pity on me and spread their happiness and sunshine.” It was mean and he knew it but he was not in for the happiness. He wanted to wallow in his memories alone. He was tried of teachers looking at him with pity. Was it pity for his mom passing or fact Xavier was his father. He hoped that she would take offense and leave him alone. Oh boy how wrong he was.

[Sandra Lewis]

To be honest, Sandra had no idea how Xander would take it. She didn’t see him being the social butterfly she was, he had his friends, and she had hers, but she didn’t care. She didn’t do it out of pity either but she wanted to cheer him up. She never liked to see someone down and tried to make things better on their end. She watched him stand up once he put his homework away.

Besides, she didn’t see it as pity, why would she do that? She just wanted to befriend him and he was closed off. He was going to be a long project! She couldn’t help but roll her eyes a bit. “First I have a name and it’s Sandra. Cookies are a good way to feel better and the house-elves made it. If you don’t take it I might just shove it down your throat along with my sunshiney happiness!” She said the last words with a bit of anger. “Did you not know that snakes need warmth too?” might as well finish with zoology classes if he wanted to label her with her house and criticize her personality.

[Xander Monroe]

Xander raised an eyebrow at Sandra as she lost her cool on him. It made him smirk and he was amused by this bubbly Hufflepuff or he guessed not so bubbly. “Well Sandra that is a a threat I don’t want wish to go through with.” He almost slightly nervously grabbed the cookie she had offered. “I assumed the house elves made them, as they do all cooking already here.” He said dryly as he took a bite of the cookie before she followed through with her threat. 

“True, snakes need warm too unless they are brumating,” Xander said as he finished his bite. Then, stared at the girl in front of him. He was intrigued by this sassy Hufflepuff. “Guess explains a lot since badger tend to me moody.” He said hoping to get a raise out of her. Strangely he thought this girl and him could potentially friends if she kept her bubbliness to a minimum. 

[Sandra Lewis]

Sandra did not expect Xander to accept the cookie once she’d threaten him, and she had to admit that it pleased her and it made her anger pass as fast as it appeared. Besides, who wouldn’t want a cookie baked by the house elves? They were a very kind bunch of creatures and she couldn’t even imagine why the wizards slaved them. They were cruel! She seemed a bit distracted as her thoughts wandered through different directions and went back to reality when Xander spoke again. She restrained herself from saying ‘duh’ they were at Hogwarts, of course, it wasn’t baked by professional cooks. Did they even have those in the magical world? There she started wondering again.

At least, he agreed with her comment, this was a bit weird for her had she to say but she didn’t say anything against it. “See? The cookies are edible!” She mused, unaffected by his critics. “Says the moody one.” She replied to him before shrugging it off. However, he seemed to be a bit like a pessimist, which was the opposite of her personality. “Life has to be dull if you see it that way all the time.” She commented. She wasn’t aware of his situation, they had just met after all. At least, he was willing to talk which was a good start.

[Xander Monroe]

Xander raised an eyebrow at Sandra. He took another bite of the cookie. “Never said they wouldn’t be just that I didn’t want one, yet here I am eating one because I was threaten to have cookie shoved down my face,” Xander rolled his eyes at Sandra.  “I’m the moody one?” He asked with a smirk on his face, “Says the one who was sunshine and rainbows then to threatening.” Xander actually let out a small laugh. 

Xander looked at her fully. “Why keep hopes up that everything is great. Means I won’t disappointed when life turns out disappointing.” Xander said calmly before turning his glaze away from Sandra back up to the sky. “It may not be a happy thought process, but it’s mine.” 

[Sandra Lewis]

Sandra shrugged, it would have been his loss if he didn’t eat it still despite her threat but he did and she was cool with it. “You looked down and food tends to cheer me up.” She counterargued. He might be a tough case but she wasn’t afraid to tackle it if she needed to. Besides, they were sharing classes so might as well count him amongst her friends instead of a foe! Speaking of, she never had any enemy so to speak, and didn’t want to start making that list! She was a bit surprised by his laugh but thought that it was a good thing he did so.

“Okay…and what happens if you keep that thought process and someone shows you the opposite?” she asked him back. She did manage to get a laugh from him, maybe it was ambitious to get a smile? Who knows! He was willing to talk to her and she had yet to figure out his name. Though, for now, he’d be Slytherin boy. “Slytherins are always looking down and emo!” She said, mostly to herself, unashamed to use a muggle term for a phase.