"Nah, I'm only a second year, but I wasn't here last year." My uncle wouldn't let me have mail then.  "So I'm as new as you are, really. Though high school is high school, and if you want advice with that, I can butcher a bit of that."  

He gave a shrug, amused.  He gestured to her stack of supplies. "You want me too hold any of that for you?"