A Sibling Arrives

[Xaver]

Xaver smiled over at her, rising from his chair and beginning to pace. Quickly.

"She likes you too. She shows how much she likes someone by the amount and way she talks."

[Ginny Weasly]

"So if she hadn't liked me she would have been quiet? Makes sense." Ginny said thoughtfully.

[Xaver]

"Yup," he said, pacing still. "Defense mechanism. You would never hear a word from her where I came from, unless she was with me while I was training."

[Ginny Weasly]

"I see, the less she spoke, the easier it is for people to over look her." Ginny said, tapping her fingers on the floor.

[Xaver]

"No. The less it was my father, brother, and the castlepeople picked on her. And my father... my father was a brutal man."
Xaver scowled at the ground, and continued to pace, his footfalls harder.

[Ginny Weasly]

"And?" Ginny said, watching him pace.

[Xaver]

"And..."

His scowl disappeared, and he looked up with a blank expression, staring at Ginny, meeting her eyes without discomfort.
-Why am I telling you this?-

"And.. my father had no qualms about hitting little girls around. It wasn't right. She was just a kid. Kids should be able to make a mistake or three. She fell completely mute to everyone except for me, until she saw you."

He smiled a little
"You're the best thing to happen to her in a long time."

[Ginny Weasly]

"Well, I agree, it wasn't right, and he must have been a brutal man. But I do know why your telling me. Because she trusts me enough to talk, and you trust her judgement." Ginny said, smiling back.

[Xaver]

"Her judgement means a lot to me," Xaver agreed slowly, nodding, beginning to pace again.
He thought it might have been a little more than that, but he didn't know how to word it. He watched her lips turn into a smile, and he calmed a little bit, his pacing a little less brutal.

[Ginny Weasly]

She nodded at him, her respect for him rising. Out of such respect, she had stayed out of his thoughts ever since he had picked up his sister.
"Your going to get tierd." She pointed out, "Or wear a hole in the floor, whichever comes first."

[Xaver]

Xaver nodded, trying a grin.
"I'm not tired though," he said stubbornly. "And a nice trench in here would be really homey."

[Ginny Weasly]

"Do I have to force you to sit down?" She asked, grinning back devilishly.

[Xaver]

Xaver grinned back, a bit more demonically.
"Try me, woman," he said, not disrespectfully of course.
He didn't stop, keeping his eyes on her.

[Ginny Weasly]

She stood, watching him as well, still grinning.
"Try? No, I'm sure I could get you on the floor at least."

[Xaver]

"Then what? Beat me senseless? Try might you, Milady, you will not win," he teased gently.
Xaver stepped slower, and more melodramatically, grinning.