Once inside her sleeping bag, Mariel rolled over onto her stomach and propped her head up with her arms as she listened to the Adventures of Sarah v. the Merpeople. Hearing her tell about the excitement almost made her wish that she had been there too. Returning Sarah's giggle, she nodded, "I'm fairly certain that anything we get up to over the summer will pale in comparison." Yes, owls would work, she thought to herself as talk continued of the summer. Nothing suspicious in that... not that she thought her family would take much notice as of late. "So, what do Muggles do for fun?" she asked with a slight air of casual curiosity. Doing something like that over the summer would certainly be a change of pace, and now that she was taking Muggle Studies those kinds of things were somewhat interesting. Or maybe she was just being a little rebellious to her own family's values.

Biting her lower lip, Mariel nodded slowly as Sarah admitted not having read the Aparecium as of late. That made it even more difficult as she'd now have to be the one to break it to her that her boyfriend was the source of gossip. "Um..." she started, not exactly sure how to begin. The Ravenclaw pulled the piece of parchment out of her pocket. "It's just that I read something in here that I think you should know..." Mariel unfolded it as she looked down at it for a few minutes, then showed it to Sarah. Watching her carefully with a somewhat pained expression, she added in a quiet voice, "It says that your boyfriend was kissing another girl." She really hated to tell her something like that, but she was her friend and of course she had to know. Better she found from her than overhear some gossip in the corridors. Hopefully Sarah wouldn't be too upset.