kicks her feet up on the seat opposite, narrowly missing Melissa's lap I'm telling you, it's a solid plan. We find someone before the Halloween feast. That gives us, what, six weeks?

rolling her blue-green eyes Six weeks to find a love interest for your brother. Who, let's be honest, is mostly interested in arguing about Quidditch stats and whatever Kai is doing.

Exactly! He needs a distraction. A nice, cute distraction. Someone to get him out of his own head.

And you've volunteered us for this why, again?

Because you're my best friend and you owe me for the time I convinced Professor Sprout your screaming mandrake was just a very enthusiastic choir practice.

There you are. Have you seen Kai? He said he was going to the loo like twenty minutes ago and now I think he's trying to trade chocolate frog cards with the trolley witch.