Sophie shifted her weight from one foot to the other. Waiting on a partner was awkward, but at least she didn't have to wait long. ZANDER had arrived to the rescue! Sophie didn't know Zander too well, but her friends were friends with him, so that made Zander a friend, too. "Yeah, cool," she said, grinning at him. She was just about to start talking to him about what he wanted to do for their assignment and final, when Simon joined in, too. "Of course we'll have you," she said to him. "So it's the three of us then."

She may have also scanned the room for Grayson, kind of wishing he made group member number four, but she didn't really want to make it too obvious.

"Anybody have any---..." Pause. "...ideas?" Her eyes had randomly landed on Zahra Kettleburn. So the Gryffindors wanted a little competition, hmm? Heh. Turning back to the boys, she said, "Let's do something funny--like that scenario about the hikers finding strange footprints. Or a funny song, heh." She wasn't much on singing, but she bet they could make some awesome lyrics.