Alyssa noticed Justin sneering at her after she had told Minerva the reasons why she preferred not to have a party right now. Then she saw them whispering to each other. She couldn't hear what they were saying, nor did she want to hear, because she could sense the anger that Justin was giving off. 'What did I say? I didn't mean to infer that it was because of her celebration party that we lost the Cup. I guess I should have made myself clearer by saying that we had been warned about the existing belief that this House had about pre-celebration parties and how bad luck it was.'Alyssa thought to herself. But she decided that it wasn't something that she would speak to Minerva without Justin around. But clarifying the matter with Minerva was something Alyssa intended to do.



Alyssa listened as Oakey corrected her referring to Harvey as his step dad. She nodded in understanding and whispered back."Well I won't tell and I don't think anyone else will. So does this mean that you won't play for us again if you're asked to?"Alyssa asked him. She actually liked partering up with him, even though she did miss having Minerva play with them.