"I half expected her to be with you," Spike said with a tilt of the head. "But it's probably a good job she's busy." Because, weirdly, Spike wanted to talk about girls. And that might be a liiiittle odd with Nia there. Sure, she was nice and everything, and Spike liked her, but what Spike wanted was big brotherly advice.

...and yes Finn, Spike had noticed you avoided mentioning the mirror, and that you look particularly well groomed for straight after a training session.

"Well, I'm just glad you could come," Spike said with a smile. "It feels like forever since I got to see you over the summer." And, well, Spike had been a bit rubbish in writing since he'd got back. His mind had been preoccupied with tryouts and weird butterflies in his stomach. Ooh, which probably meant Finn didn't know... "Did I tell you my OWL results?" Because that was his MOST exciting news.