Ethan smiled at Minerva's modesty. She really was a good player.. he could see that even through his anxiety.. and obviously the rest of the team thought so as well or they wouldn't have asked her to play in the Championship - especially when she wasn't even formally on the team this year. His smile turned a bit sympathetic at the mention of Ella. Yes, he saw that bludger.. never had he been so focused on them as a spectator before.. and he saw how upset Harvey had been until the girl seemed to recover quickly. But it wasn't Minnie's fault that her teammate had been hit. "You can't blame yourself for that, Min.. It's just part of the game.." The whole reason the bludgers were there.. though he didn't really care for the injury part of it, especially when she was the one injured.

He then gave her a tentative smile. "Yes.. you look like you're okay.." he started to agree.. though he wasn't completely convinced. The boy did witness her nasty fall.. and he wasn't surprised she had a headache. "Of course.. I'll run up and get it when we go back to the castle. I'm sure you want to have a little fun and celebrate for now.. if you're up to it," he added as she seemed to be trying to have a good time even if he could tell she was in pain. "Congratulations by the way," he said with a genuine smile.. and he was truly happy that her team won and she got to be a part of it.. though he probably wouldn't be quick to admit it as his own team lost.

"Yeah.. that sounds like a good idea." Term was almost over, thankfully.. which also meant classes and exams would soon come to an end. And he couldn't wait to just have some fun without the worry about his academic life. "I'm looking forward to summer.. you too?" he grinned back at her. He still wasn't sure exactly where summer would take him with things up in the air, but he planned on making it a point to still see Minnie as much as he could.. and hoped she felt the same. Which was why he was happy about the owl he received last weekend.. but he could wait a few more days to give that to her.. Now it was time to enjoy the party. And wonderful? "Oh.. I don't know about that.. not anything I wouldn't normally do.." he said, looking down and blushing slightly as he was prone to do when she would grace him with such a compliment.

As Minnie spoke to her teammates, Ethan turned to Harvey again and nodded. Yep, the Puffs took down the Claws in Quidditch, but.. "We still have the House Cup.." he told his housemate with a wink. Hopefully they'd still keep their lead over the Badgers, because they were quickly gaining on them.

When the boy leaned closer, Ethan raised an eyebrow then chuckled at his words. Crazy tasks? "Err.. do you speak from experience, Harvs?" he asked matching the same low voice. Because so far Minnie hadn't asked him to do anything too strange, though he'd be hard-pressed to refuse her anything anyway.. but he vaguely wondered what was going on in Harvey's world with his own girlfriend.

Ethan turned back to Minnie at the sound of his name. Oh she was talking to Professor Bentley now.. "Hi, Professor.." he said giving her a small smile. After what happened in the greenhouse, he was glad she seemed to be enjoying herself at the party. He could only imagine what she must have been feeling.. his loss wasn't nearly as great as hers.

With a quick glance at Minnie upon hearing her words, he looked back at Bentley and nodded. "That goes for me too, Professor.. Anything you need, I'm willing to help." And maybe it would be too late this term as it was about to come to an end.. but he would be more than happy to help her rebuild things at the beginning of next term if need be. And maybe also show her some of the notes he made on his hybrids to see if she could point him in the right direction.. then maybe all his work wouldn't be completely lost, in a way..