They didn't have much of a choice really…
Seamus wasn't exactly prepared to make Neville Longbottom his best friend for seven years so Dean it was.
The boy seemed interesting enough, he was funny enough.
No scratch that the boy was hilarious once you got to know him. Seamus hadn't laughed so much in his entire life!
Now one could argue that the boy didn't try to be funny, Seamus just found it hilarious that he knew so little about magic.
"Have ye seriously never even seen a garden gnome?" Seamus lay on his side on his new bed, doubled over in laughter staring at the dark boy who had the bed next to him. The boy named Dean Thomas was not amused.
"I told you no, I'm a mug-magl-ma-"
"muggle?" Seamus piped in.
"Yes that…" Dean frowned, he didn't seem to like being put under a label "since I'm muggleborn I grew up doing muggle things like playing football"
Seamus eyebrows rose, what-ball? Did they have foot shaped balls or something that they played with and what did they do with these footballs?
Dean seemed to notice his confusion and told him it was a sport.
Seamus then remembered that his father used to watch something like that and it seemed interesting. He just hadn't payed it much attention before since he preferred Quidditch.
They spent the first night together in the castle teaching each other about the sports of their different childhoods.
"But have you seriously never seen a garden gnome?"
Dean sighted and put his book down; he was getting a bit tired of having to explain this time and time again.
"No Seamus I haven't, only the ones that stands still in your garden because you put them there"
"Ah, yes they do that sometimes… tries to trick ye!"
"No, I mean a plastic one"
When Seamus put his head to one side like he didn't get it Dean gave up.
"You know what, never mind!"
"You're right!"
Dean's eyebrows shot high up. Did he seriously agree to drop it?
"I'll just show you one next summer when you come visit me!" the Irish boy exclaimed and dropped the subject.
Dean wasn't even aware that he was going to go to Seamus place, he had never heard it before. It was certainly news to him.
And then that was it. And so they were friends.
They spent their second night together in the castle discussing and planning what they would do next summer at Seamus's place.
They were different, but that meant they had a lot to teach each other and for Dean it was nice to have someone who knew about this new world. He needed someone who could guide him when he was confused. And Seamus definitely needed someone with a cool head who could pull him down to earth and keep him from setting too many things on fire.
It only took a few weeks before everyone knew that Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas were now best friends and inseparable. That was mostly Seamus's fault really.
A/N My second favourite pairing so I had to do this :3 Hope you like!
Hopefully year two will be done soon