Keith could count on one, two hands how many times he'd been shocked into speechlessness, and now he was beginning to remember why he hated it so much.
"Back...but..."
Guh, he must've looked like an idiot. struggling for words like that. That was Wally sitting in his chair, Wally who had been like, one of his only real friends, who had broken the law for and with him on multiple occasions, who had apparated off to Australia with nary a word goodbye. (Had she said goodbye? Keith...couldn't really remember.)
"You...left." Keith said, slowly regaining control of his words. "You're...not supposed to be here anymore."
Well obviously, idiot, she came back.
"Well, I mean, obviously I mean you came back," Keith said, the words rushing from his mouth like a dam had been opened. "Back from Australia, I guess, and, uh, huh, I guess you had a good time?"
Would it be crossing a line to tell her she looked great? Keith wasn't sure if she would take that as just idel complimentary small talk or if he'd just end up looking like an ever bigger idiot.
"So yeah, you're back, back at Hogwarts, in Ravenclaw, in the common room, chilling, reading books, just like old times, except you know, differences," Keith said, barely paying any attention to what he was saying. "So yeah, long time no see, where've you been? Well, Australia, duh, already knew, already said that, um...what...what...what've you been doing?"