"Of course," Siobhan rolled her eyes. "You just have an answer for everything, don't you?"

With one last glance at the barren walls, she nodded to Kyle, heading back down the set of stairs they had taken up. Halfway down them, she said, "I hope that Hufflepuff doesn't say anything. We really shouldn't be seen together 'cos, y'know, we're not friends." While bundling her hair up into a neat ponytail, she wondered why she had forgotten that fact -- it wasn't like she [i]based her whole day around it[/i] or anything. "Which reminds me -- I'm taking the shorter route this time. See you in Potions!"

The Gryffindor started to skip down the stairs cheerily despite one of her least favourite classes being next. It wouldn't be long until detention, and [i]that[/i] was what she was looking forward to.