Silence Is Golden

Gabriel Bassani First Year "Call me Gabe... And be nice to me, okay?"

[odettechevalier-deactivated2016]

“You forgot this,” Odette said, holding a Sugar Quill out to him. “How’s your day been, Gabe?”

[tinybassani-blog]

Gabe grinned. “Thanks,” he said, reaching for the sugar quill and stuffing it unceremoniously into his mouth. “Okay,” he said, voice muffled by the candy. “Yuri ‘n I are gonna go practice Quidditch later.”

[domiweasleyx-blog]

“You bought a lot of Nose - Biting Teacups and distributed one to everyone in the Great Hall. I found this receipt from Zonko’s Joke Shop. Unless, someone put it in your pocket to frame you. The teachers are still trying to figure out who did it.”

[tinybassani-blog]

Funny, Gabe didn’t remember doing that. “I-I didn’t--” he started, but then he looked at his robes, and he saw a lion emblazoned over his chest. He’d already been called out on the tie, and now this. He really needed to start paying attention. No wonder the robe had been too short, it was Yuri’s. “...’S not my robes...” he said, but then he shrugged. It didn’t really matter if he got in trouble, he supposed. Yuri already got in enough trouble.

[kieran-llewellyn-blog]

“N-nothing, don’t worry.  Er, I just…”  Kieran gestured to Gabe’s tie.  “Y-you’re not a Gryffindor, are you?  I, er, t-thought you were a Slytherin.”

[tinybassani-blog]

Gabe looked down at his tie, and sure enough, it was Gryffindor colors. Oops. He shrugged. “’M a Slytherin,” he said, the words all smushed together. “Took the wrong tie.”

[tinybassani-blog]

“Huh? What’d I do?”