Cassie nodded and smiled. It was all she could do to avoid adding more lies. See clearly the founding fathers knew what they were doing with this whole putting in house business. She felt the need to be a good little HufflePuff so lying had become quite difficult and almost painful. Curse them..but not really.

Josh seemed so willing to believe her too. Such a sweet guy. She thought abouut fessing up for a bit but him mentioning defensive techniques kicked the idea clear out of her head. There would be no fessing up. She listened attentively as he spoke about fights and avoiding them and all that deep stuff she was sure was important with pent up excitement.

Of course she knew she was going to gave to part with her wand, so she rested it on a table close by and took a deep breath.

"Well it depends on how I'm attacked really...hit me..or something.."