Ah, Heath saw that laughter! The nose rubbing didn't fool him for a second… but did it fool the professor? His eyes momentarily flicked in Gunter's direction. As much as he loved making Claudine laugh, he didn't want to get her in trouble! Nothing? Good! Soon it was his turn to laugh - not at Claudine's question of course, but at the thought of a little mouse driving a cheese racecar. In fact, he vaguely recalled seeing just that in a cartoon when he was little. "Sort of," he replied. "Muggles associate mice with cheese, so by that logic, a mouse in a cheese car sort of makes sense."

He smiled, taking the Cheese Wheelz she handed him and turning it over in his hand, and an idea occurred to him. If Ehwaz was supposed to represent teamwork and romantic relationships, then would it be more powerful if invoked by two people who already were in love? He supposed he'd get a chance to test that theory soon, but first the galdr again. “ehwo ehwo ehwo e e e e h w o o o ehwu ehwa ehwi ehwe ehwo ehwo ehwe ehwi ehwa ehwu e e e e h w o o o," he chanted, trying to keep in sync with Claudine.

The back of the car glowed where the Ehwaz was, and Heath set the car down on the track. He let it go, but before he could start to recite the galdr, Professor Gunter's voice distracted him and the car veered off the track at the first obstacle. Class was ending already? Darn! He was just starting to have fun with it! At least Gunter was keeping the racetrack around. "We'll have to try this again sometime," he said as he put the car back and went to get his bag.