At the ego remark. Cassia grinned without turning to look at Lex whom with no doubt had rolled her eyes. Oh, the snake saw it coming but Lex couldn't deny Cassia's smartness of choosing where to stand to be found. As the two girls fall in step together, Cassia's other arm-that wasn't linked with Lex's- swung back and forth. She liked doing that. "Lucky you!" She said with a sigh. "Yeah dads say that but like you can just ignore it and enjoy the fact that you were given money." She said. "That makes up for the unreasonable request." The not spend it all one, that is.

Oh her dad. So he did really come. The fourth-year perked up a bit, "I think he had left because he was on a tight schedule or something." But not tight enough to not come and donate. "They had food there? At the fundraiser?" How come she missed it? "Did you have to pay for it?" Sounded like you had to pay for everything. Like Cassia wouldn't be surprised if they had to pay to donate. Did that even make sense? Probably not. "Oh but how do we know the money is going to revive the school budget?" Maybe someone the headmistress was shoving the money down their pockets. "Or maybe we should wait and see if things become better after the donations." She didn't really think so.

Reasoning, her least favorite word. "There is no reasoning. I suck at it, Lex. I always end up seeing the wrong words at the wrong time." You'd think Lex had noticed that by now. Siiiiiiiigh at her lame reasoning skills.

"Umm...He didn't mention anything." Mike didn't. But that got her to think, did he really not want anything. Or was he waiting till the right time to ask for something. "I guess I should've asked more or offered something myself. Better than giving him the chance to choose the favor." He brother was sweet and all but Durmstrang had had its effects on him. Just lie Hogwarts had it effects on her, too. "I suppose I'm in debt now." She muttered with a scowl.