Gale had been excited when he learnt that a new family had moved next door. He was so eager to meet them too, especially since they supposedly went to his same high school..

However, as he saw his neighbor, he was absolutely baffled.

Never had he seen such a pretty person, but it wasn't they're beauty that threw him off, it was their character. They looked at him and his family with a certain disdain, not out of arrogance like most people in this damn community. They just seemed to be.. unimpressed. He was used to people kissing his ass due to his surname and prestige, but they looked at him like he was a nobody. Which, technically.. he was

And now here he was, standing at their door. His heart was in his throat and as the door opened, he fumbled with his glasses before speaking in a stuttering and nervous voice

“H-Hi! I'm Gale, we've met before. Listen, I was p-practicing a spell and things got out of hand and- Well, to keep it simple, a book of mine ended up in your backyard.. Could you give it back? P-Please?”