Jace glanced at Kayla as they walked up towards the castle. "Couldn't help it," he shrugged. "The guy ticked me off." He still held her hand and yawned. "Well, detention. This ought to be interesting. Wonder what he'll have us do?" he thought out loud.

When she spoke again, he turned back towards her, but he didn't stop walking, thus resulting almost walking headlong into a tree. He glared at it for a moment before responding to her. "Well, I wasn't going to let that git insult my girlfriend, was I?" he asked incredulously. "There's no way he was going to stand there and do that while I was around. So I lost 25 points for Gryffindor. Big deal. I don't care. We're already way behind. There's no chance in hell we're going to win. Why bother even trying anymore? Stupid Slytherin," he muttered.