Kyle's potion was just shy of perfect. He wished he could have another go at it. But he bottled it up and turned it in anyway. He and Sam walked to lunch together. Kyle was glad Slughorn ignored him. That was an advantage of the fight, he wouldn't get any extra attention from Slughorn. Kyle could tell that Slughorn didn't like families with ties to Voldemort. Apparently Maggie had heard that Malfoy was annoyed at not having been invited to the so called Slug Club. Kyle hadn't dared mentioned it to Maggie that Siobhan had been, and the only reason she wouldn't be going was because of their shared detention. 

Kyle ate lunch quickly. He wanted to walk around the lake again. A part of him hoped Siobhan would go out there too. If she did they'd be able to have a few whispered words before going back to "fighting". He wanted to ask her opinion on how long they should keep the ruse up.