tapping her nails against the wood Alright. Who got paired with who?

leaning back, smug Nott and I survived without murder. Professor Vector clearly favors us.

snorts Give it a week.

Greengrass and Zabini. continues scanning Crabbe got paired with a Ravenclaw—poor girl.

glances sideways Who'd you get, Malfoy?

shrugs Haven't looked.

rolls her eyes You're insufferable.

slides onto the bench beside Theo, stealing a bite of someone else's apple Malfoy, you're going to want to sit down for this.

What.

grins—the kind of grin that means trouble You got paired with a Hufflepuff.

flatly A what?

jaw tightens You're joking.

I wish.

laughs outright Oh, this I have to hear.

annoyance creeping into his voice I don't know her.

humming thoughtfully Sweet girl. Soft-spoken.

shoots him a look You've worked with her?

Once. pauses Second year. Herbology project.

raises a brow And?

leans back, eyes drifting past the Slytherin table toward the sea of yellow and black She smells like a bakery.

…Excuse me?

seriously Like warm bread and sugar. Made it very hard to focus.

There.

lightly Well, she's… pretty.

humming Very Hufflepuff.