Her eyes wide, LouAnn nodded and scooped up a second bite of her ice cream. When the bite was swallowed, she finally spoke up again. "Yup, I love ice cream, no matter what the weather is," she said. "I'm glad you thought to buy it for me." She still didn't see this as a date, not like Chris did, at least. As a matter of fact, she was clueless to the fact that he even liked her as a little more then just a friend.

"In the greenhouses, hmm? What'cha been doing there? I'd help out, too, but I'd probably kill everything I touched," she joked. LouAnn was a good student, but she just didn't have a lot of luck with things like succeeding with flying colors. "Oh, yeah! Gryffindor is second! Imagine that! I think I just overheard someone say we're back to third, though. At least we're not last anymore."

Then he asked how she'd been, and if she was being honest, she hadn't really been doing too well. "Hmm...I don't know, Chris. I've been going through a few things that I just need to figure out and get past. I'm sure it'll be okay, though. Professor Lupa's been helping me out a lot...Mr. Masterson, too," she explained. "How've you been?"