Happy to hear that this sort of thing wasn't a common occurrence Ailsa allowed herself a little relief, though she also took note of the prefect's use of the term 'rarely' regarding indoor rain and resolved as a result to work on learning a waterproofing charm relatively soon.


Looking around to see if Haddie had dragged anyone else back along with her, Ailsa noticed a rather annoyed looking brunette diving under the table and motioned for her to join the group. "If conditions are miserable, they should at least be miserable with some folks around, right?" she called over.


Ailsa's attention snapped back to the boy's voice as her hands quickly and subconsciously cleared wet copper hair from her face as best they could under the circumstances. "Oh! Good!" Almost too excited. "I mean, you're Rachel's friend and I didn't want her to be worried not that I don't think you're a friend or anything I just, um... -- ...I'm glad you dodged the food." The final sentence comes out quickly, followed by another little smile as the rather spindly girl looked away before she could get any more awkward.


Once again, she's rescued from her verbal stumblings by external events. Deus ex crisis, she thought with a bit of internal relief as she joined the group following the prefect towards the Ravenclaw common room.