Ginny noted the pain and the flash of something more across the older girl's face and gave her a sad sort of smile. "You've got people looking after you, Shaela. Friends you can lean on if you need to." She knew she didn't know her well, but Ginny hated seeing people in pain like that. And it wasn't like she and Shaela couldn't be friends. So they had differing opinions...Ginny didn't expect everyone to want to go charging the enemy. She could understand that much.
"Nearly two years?" She said trying to remember. "Since I got dragged over to the Academy from the Marvolo School." She said nodding. It was almost two years. It'd be two years in August near her birthday. "He was one of my first friends here." Kept her from getting herself killed a few times.