When Cassie first started Merlin's Academy she was sure that she was going to have a college experience like no other filled with endless nights of parties and clubs and dancing and other mischief. Then she arrived on campus and realized she was going to be just caught up in the lovely room they dared call a dorm. It was simple enough room, but for the first time in her life, Cassana had an opportunity to make more lasting friends, explore the country for what it was worth, and most importantly learn more. She studied the room and found it to just be too lovely to leave most nights. After classes she'd relax in her room, open her laptop (the first Mac since she was too accident prone to possibly carry around a tablet that was lighter than air and more expensive than a phone) and play her music. She would dance erratically for a while before deciding to indulge in Netflix then a book, something of a series like Percy Jackson or sometimes of spells from a European library.

Often times she wished however, for another companion in her dorm, someone to watch Netflix with or gossip with (was that something they even did in Europe), just more life in her room. Sighing after the first lesson finished, she resigned to the idea that she might not have a room-mate. Still, the bed on the other side of the room lay untouched as did the other regions left for her hypothetical roommate. She lie back on her bed reading more articles about the Second Wizarding War with fascination before she heard the locks of the door clicking, like an overeager puppy she jerked up in bed tossing aside the scrapbook of articles and smiling brightly, her heart racing.

"Hello! My name is Cassie, well no it's actually Cassana Rose, but Cassie is a nickname, and I'm 19." She blurted out once the door opened. "I'm from America, which is, well I think at least, not as bad as everyone thinks we are. I mean we drink tea too? Most people like it. I like it. Where I'm from the weather's just like this, so I'm-" she blabbered on before stopping as she flushed, realizing her mistake in being over-excited, "oh my, I'm so sorry. I'm being terribly rude, you might not even be my room mate! I'm so so so sorry, I-okay-um-who are you?" She finished lamely.

[[ OOC: Brooke is so fascinating already, I'm excited to be friends and see what being room-mates could bring(x ]]

Cassie's eyes scanned over the girl quickly. She was pretty that was for sure. She had deflated a little when she mentally considered the ramifications for being so puppylike with someone she hadn't been previously acquainted with. She only hoped that her enthusiastic rant hadn't been misinterpreted for anything more than excitement. She would have hated for this new person to get the wrong idea.

When she noticed the amount of items she was carrying, Cassie was relieved that she hadn't been careless in her unpacking that she had thrown her crap everywhere. Her eyes landed on the snake and she gasped, thinking that while she'd been relaxing this poor woman had to lug all her items around with her. She immediately bounced up. She felt embarrassed that she'd been so rude that she hadn't offered her services. Her mother would be appalled- and probably hit her with a spoon, but that was something she'd rather not have happen again.

Brooke, her mind supplied, not some girl or the woman. She took the other witch's hand happily shaking it before releasing it, in case she held on too long. She wanted to address the same age information, but she bit her tongue in order to not be rude and cut her possible new friend/roommate off.

At the mention of the University staff she did flush because she remembered the letter that was at the bottom of a corner of her Trunk of Junk. She smiled sheepishly as she glanced at the tank. Her parents gave her a love for all animals, except for frogs, she held back a shudder, never frogs

"No I love pets!" She quickly said, diverting her attention to the snake before her mind caught onto his name. "Sir Hiss? Like from the animated Disney movie Robin Hood with the fox version?" She couldn't believe her luck! If she was right, then she had something in common with her new roommate! As she stared at the snake she glanced at her own dog, a tiny little doggie that she'd had since she was eleven, making it eight years old and in doggie years 56.

"I have a French bull dog named Max and an owl but I don't think Sir Hiss could eat either," she tweaked an eyebrow and gave the witch an amused grin, "unless your snake's got a hankering for dog I'm sure they'll be fine." She motioned towards the other witch's items.

"I'll show you your room if you'll let me help, it's the least I can do after you've lost your room," she said sympathetically, these rooms were spacious and she'd probably already been settled only to be resettled.

Cassie smiled and nodded, clapping her hands together in an excited motion. She was simply ecstatic that her roommate would probably not mind the mornings begun with Disney music.

"Where I'm from in the States, Disney's a pretty big thing." She noted and then smirked just a little one full of teasing, "a boyfriend hmm? What's this special guy's name who likes Disney?"  Cassie thought Brooke lucked out on this boyfriend of hers. Not too many guys llike that existed in the States. Except you're not in the Kansas anymore are you, Dorothy? She inwardly teased herself.

"My favorite would have had to have been," she thought about it, going through all the ones her parents had taken her too before remembering the only thing she left back at her parent's was a tiara in replica of her favorite chidhood princess, "Cinderella because all she ever did was work hard to have one night off and she was rewarded for it in the end." She pulled a face then however. "It's probably the sweetest story out of all the Brother's Grimm endings since Cinderella doesn't get knocked up or killed."

Cassie blushed a little at her slip-up before grinning, a tease on her lips.
"Well you could sleep in the bathroom, that's very much a room, in the title and everything probably not too comfy." She giggled before her next words hit her. Cassie's smile became gentler, softer.

"You know what I think Brooke? As long as Ser Hiss doesn't eat Max or Yule, my owl, then I think we're gonna get along swimmingly." She learned over in a sign of affection and patted Brooke's hand. "So what can I help you unpack already?"

Cassie blinked in surprise. Were there more freckl- did her face- what? She shook away the confused thoughts, there was no reason for her show any surprise. Maybe she'd already said something about being-no, Cassie would've definitely remembered that. She decided to wait until after her rant.

Cassie was only nineteen but she had a fair run through with love. When someone was in love, they looked just like Brooke (not red haired and green eyed per say) with bright eyes, small smiles, and just excitement to talk about their partner. How rare was it to find someone who looked the way Brooke did? Way too rare, Cassie thought with a shake of her head.

"You-that's-," she tried to recollect her muddled thoughts before letting out a huff of frustration, "it's really great that you guys found each other, I mean it's beautiful to find people who are in love." Her face flushed. "I- mean if you haven't said the big L word then I-I'm sorry I brought it up." She smiled apologetically, before she cleared her throat to push all the awkward in her head.

"Oh am I glad you like Disney," she paused thinking about Brooke's little stammer, "you're allowed to like two Disney movies," she said, just smiling. She wanted to press on, but when the words: it's complicated, left the other girl's mouth she nodded in understanding. When things were complicated, not many tended to like un-complicating them for other people. However, that didn't exactly mean Cassie was just going to forget it, she archived the idea in her brain.

She laughed at Brooke's words, a giggle that turned into a laugh as she imagined sleeping in that tub. It had been too long since she'd met a friend who was on par with her humor or teasing. Her best friend in America (ex-best friend? Was that a thing?) was upset and looking back a little selfish since she was upset that Cassie wasn't leaving Boston where Harvard was to go to UCLA. Cassie wasn't that selfless to give up her dreams for her friend's petty happiness. She pinched the bridge of her nose when she realized she was half-zoning out again. She smiled as she heard Brooke's response.

"I'm definitely not too busy to help," she grabbed a few of the bags carefully before moving towards the other side of the room that wasn't as packed as hers, before she frowned at an idea, "was anything ruined? Did you end up losing a lot because of it?" She asked gently, worried that her new roommate had lost something important to her because the water damage was worse than she thought. "I'm just curious, but did-did you grow more freckles earlier?" She blurted out as she walked with the bags towards the bedroom, wincing at her abrupt tone of voice, "it's just I can't shake the thought that maybe I don't have 20/20 vision like I thought or maybe it was a trick of the light but I could have sworn I saw more- you know, freckles on your face than earlier." She rambled before placing the bags down on the bed in the opposite bedroom.

Cassie winced before rubbing the back of her neck awkwardly and offering a sheepish smile.

"I don't know how long you two have been together, I mean some people say it within two hours of knowing each other and then sometimes it takes eons for it to happen." She reasoned before smiling sweetly. "It's always good to find people that're happy."

"Disney is just too awesome for words," Cassie said, glad that she found someone who even knew what Disney was. So far, her first friend of her college experience seemed pretty rad. She felt victorious, wanted to something of a triumphant dance, but decided that was the quick way to end friendships in her case.

When her humor was reciprocated Cassie laughed before smiling brightly. "I like you, I'm glad to have a roommate like yourself." She admitted before wincing. "Not that I'm happy about what happened to your room or anything, but - I a- uh, just- never mind." She grumbled, frustrated by her need to explain all her actions.

At Brooke's answer, Cassie nodded slowly, watching her as best she could with wide eyes. The way the conversation had slowed, made it quite obvious this wasn't a common subject to broach.

"That's amazing, Brooke!" She said in awe, smiling in what she hoped was a reassuring way, "thanks for sharing." She said slowly as genuinely as she could as she dropped her roommate's bags carefully onto the ground. She stepped closer to Brooke before offering her the crook of her arm.

"Now do you want to ditch this room and get hot cocoa? We can fix it up later, but I say there's never a bad time for something sweet." She offered. Regardless of her sloppy clothes, she felt that for that kind of admission from Brooke, a chocolate reward was the least she could do.

Cassie nodded in earnest fascination. She made a mental note that further on in their friendship, which Cassie got a sense would be longer than her usual ones, she would have to inquire more about Joe. It was good that she wouldn't have to keep a permanent tally mark on roommate boyfriends. She got the little sense that Joe was Brooke's Mr. Right. Except she didn't say that aloud. It was too soon, but it was a really nice thought.

"That kind of uniqueness is a rarity in America, and I want to be completely honest: that's a beautiful thing to me." She says, placing a kind hand on her roommate's arm. She didn't dare think about Thomas and what the little prick, no pun intended, did to her. She bit her lower lip and nodded enthusiastically at the Disney movie night.

"I think we're going to be a pair of Merlin's greatest roommates," she says, completely serious despite the grin on her face.

Cassana was always one who loved the beginning of a story the most, because that's when you got the true girth of the story. Sure the middle had all the adventure stuff which was fun, very true, but the beginning let the readers and all those around know just how a person started. In the end everything would be different, there was no way a person would go through college unscathed by the world however, she could already feel her brain marking off the sorts of things she'd do with her roommate. And adventures they would have, indeed.

"We'll work on the organization thing together then," she agreed sheepishly, she smiled broadly which was something she did often lately, "and chocolate is the answer to any question." Her voice was full of wideness. She nodded at Brooke and took the first step through the door.

"We shall."

With that, she began walking towards the dining hall, confident now that she had her very own room-mate.