Procrastination by stacking books in the library? Benjy wrinkled his nose. What sort of puny procrastination was that? He'd much rather study to win his bet with Kalla than waste time stacking books, but there we go. Maybe this Charlie person just didn't have the right motivation? "...and you sound like you have a plan to make sure I won't," Benjy replied, his smile now easing into a smirk. "Maybe I just needed a Gryffindor to have fun with." And not just any Gryffindor. The one right there. "I said I probably would...not that I did..." Benjy explained. "Things haven't been going my way lately. Y'know me. I'll give as good as I get." So OF COURSE he would have punched back.

She was Lex, and yes, he did have a lot of faith in her. For a start, she was one cool girl to be able to hang out with. He chuckled. "If I'm bed-bound, I'd say cookie dough that got me running would be a vast improvement..." Sure, he knew that wasn't what she meant...but the thought tickled him all the same. He took a moment to duplicate the board, and kicked the copy over in her direction. Up to her to change the colour, as usual. "I meant...just in general. I'm a growing boy, you know. I won't complain at extra sustenance to keep me going through NEWTs." Was it too much to throw puppy eyes in? If Vesper taught him anything, it was that Benjy could flirt and even sometimes get his own way if he wanted. Maybe not the silver tongue of Garrick, but not too far off either.

Misfortune. It was an interesting way of putting it. Benjy just shrugged. "As long as I'm off the hook, we're good." She didn't have reason to think bad of him as a Ravenclaw, did she? He assumed not, given she was taking time out of her day to spend with him. As for her comments about being upset, Benjy just gave another shrug. "Not upset, no...maybe just a bit meh that if people knew, they'd have pointed it out sooner." Though Vesper and the keeping it private thing didn't help there. Thinking about, maybe the possible interception of his actual friends was why everything needed to be so hush hush. Sigh. "Lesson's been learnt though...and I try not to dwell on the past." Even if he'd been doing that whilst having his head buried in a book. Maybe the here and now was a new beginning waiting to happen.