Let me guess: you were one of those kids who had a chair dedicated to you in detention in school."

"Was not. They retired my chair after it sort of accidentally caught on fire. There's a plaque there now.

Ann did detention like Whitney Houston did cocaine—frequently and without consideration of the consequences.

D'you know what that - (he called Snape something that made Hermoine say "Ron!")" - is making me do? I've got to scrub out the bedpans in the hospital wing. Without magic!" He was breathing deeply, his fists clenched.

"Why couldn't Black have hidden in Snape's office, eh? He could have finished him off for us!

Plus, we are waiting until we can drink legally before we add in another.

You're next Claire."

She laughed. "Nope, not ready. See, we know about this thing called birth control, and we use it," she teased, and everyone laughed.

"Hey, I was on it!" Baylor called to her as Claire grinned back at her.

"That's what they all say."

"Not me. I wasn't, and we had faulty condoms," Avery said with a snort, which sent everyone into fits of laughter. "But I wouldn't change a thing.