It had taken me forever to get a date for the Yule Ball, and at the ball itself I was humiliated by someone who danced with me on a dare, because there was no other way anyone would ever ask me. Amateur porn “Another filthy half-blood.”
“Carrow,” I retorted, looking down at her and determined not to be intimidated. (If they were about to curse someone, perhaps, but not as a way of ending an argument. “This girl needs rest! “Though don’t blame us when you fail your Potions exam on Monday.”
Martha scowled at her. “That’s not fair, you two sitting outside in the sunshine while we’re stuck in Arithmancy.”
I grinned at her. Another time she lost her temper after a quarrel with Gladys Gudgeon – elder sister of Davey – and managed to shrink the poor girl so that she was only fourteen inches tall. Dumbledore swished his wand again and the ropes and gag fell away from Mary, leaving her unrestrained, but she didn’t move. I’ve got nothing till Potions after break.”
She grinned. It doesn’t bother me. “Cauldwell,” she spat. “So do you want to get stuck straight back into your revision, or should we have a bit of a celebration first that you’re out of the hospital wing?”
Mary grinned at her.
