Olly left the explaining to the others. He thought they were all doing a fairly good job at it and there was nothing more he could add. Most of it wasn't even a lie. They had been there when the announcement was made and were going to head to their common rooms, albeit more slowly than they probably should. Unfortunately Professor Salvatore knew exactly what they were thinking and was not impressed. Olly was not scared of point loss but the threat of expulsion made him pause. He didn't think that would actually happen, but he didn't want to take any chances.

"Of course professor. We'll get to our common rooms." He didn't want to leave Noelle, but it looked like he was going to have to. He squeezed her hand before dropping it. "Come on Slytherins. Hufflepuff too," he added, since they would also be going in the same direction. They had a long way to go to get to their common room, and who knew what they might happen to run into along the way. But they would get there... eventually.