Pepper slyly shifted her gaze from the trophies in front of her, towards the entrance to the trophy room. She had heard someone walking by, and wondered whether they would be coming inside - or carrying on walking past on their business. Hoping it was the latter, she returned her gaze to the glistening cases and sighed lightly.
She wasn't going to get any awards now, she needed to show that she was a good student throughout all her years, not just the first one. Looking at them wasn't going to do anything but make her feel all, demotivated with schoolwork at the moment.
Swiftly Pepper jerked her head up and away from the cases when she heard someone entering the room. Warily, she kept her gaze trained on the fellow student until she came to a stop in order to admire the trophies here as well. At least she didn't seem to be an older student, she looked around her age - which relaxed her ever so slightly.
"Hello." she replied quietly, with a small nod of her head in the girls direction "It would be nice, to win a trophy. I think everyone would like to win one, in secret even if they don't admit it."
Gently Pepper smiled at her shoes, before deciding to try and keep the conversation going. The student seemed nice, so the least she could do was continue to be polite to her until she left.
"I'm Pepper, by the way."