1st Person:
I just want to be normal. Is that so much to ask? I can tell that people think I'm weird. I am weird, but I'm trying. I'm trying to keep these voices hidden, trying to keep these faces out of my view. I don't want to feel this way anymore. I just want...
I want Saywell to leave me alone. I want Leah to be able to go a day without worrying about me. I want to be as good as I can be, to show Mum and Dad that I am worth having the Weasley name. I love my family, I love Grandpa and Grandma, I love Mum and Dad and I love Leah more than anything, I want to make them proud of me. And if pretending that everything is okay will do that, then fine. I'll play pretend and I'll be brave and I'll work my arse off. I will be the wizard that I know I can be.
3rd:
Xavier closed his diary and stood, walking towards the dorm door. The thought of going downstairs and sitting with everyone chilled him to the bone, how could he ignore the voices, it was so damn hard. "Pretend" He muttered under his breath, and walked down the spiral staircase.
"Xavier! Come over!" Leah grinned at him. Leah. She had to stop ... smothering him. He needed to be his own person. He shook his head at her, grinning so she wouldn't worry and sat with some of the boys in his glass.
"Pawn to C4!" He suggested and one of the boys turned and grinned at him,
"Thanks man!"
Step one in fitting in, friendships. Xavier smiled.