Diane smiled inwardly. "Bad news is, it's either me or the nurse, but you will have to explain where you got those wounds eventually."

She settled back into her seat, meaning to give the boy the space he needed. Having someone be fuzzy over something you are trying to ignore can be tiring. "Maybe I can help you coming up with an excuse... is it something that could cause -" her eyes moved to the colored hourglasses for a second, then returned to him, "- house points loss...? I've noticed from a few minutes into this school feast -" and her eyes moved again, this time setting on a couple of students discussing Griffindor and Hufflepuff houses some distance away, "- people here are quite protective of house points."



OOC: LawLa-- I mean, LowLow, that "girl", you don't happen to be talking about me-Diane, are you?