<div align="center"><em>Rabastan Lestrange - Attempts to keep his promise to Barty</em></div><hr/><br/>Even though he'd promised Junior that he'd play nice with his sister, he couldn't help but be himself. He ignored Remedy at first, just gazing over her head into Narcissa's compartment. He put his arms up, trapping her in front of him and partly in the coach filled with the three other Slytherin students. He didn't care what Regulus or Severus thought about the scene he was making, "Oh, hello there, Sis. Didn't see you," he sneered down at her, "Out for a little walk? I really think you're heading in the wrong direction. The kittens sit over there," he jerked his head towards a compartment of what seemed to be mostly Gryffindor students, "I really don't think my friends want you bothering them," not that he considered Regulus or Snape a friend, but he didn't mind Narcissa. Mostly because his brother was hell bent on marrying her sister, no matter how crazy she was, "So if you have something to say, you might want to do it quickly. Wouldn't want your kind seeing you hanging around here, now would you?"<br/><br/><div align="center"><em>Lavender Ackerly - Talking with Brutus...</em></div><hr/><br/>It was interesting to hear that he'd lived in quite a few places around the world. She doubted she'd ever be able to leave England for anything other than school. Brutus almost managed to make her blush when he commented about Africa bringing out the untamed animal in people, "Oh, I highly doubt I have anything like that in me...and I doubt I'd ever get to see somewhere like Africa," her father even already had a job for her when she graduated at the Ministry in the filing office. He said she could work her way up. Lavender was good with Arithmancy, but her father didn't want her going into work with it. He didn't think it was a stable enough job unless she could get a teaching position with it. Lavender wouldn't be surprised if she was expected to start working the day of graduation.<br/><br/>When he showed her the Muggle picture, she smiled a little bit for the first time since he'd come in. The two in the picture looked very happy. She was sad to hear that his mother was dead, "I'm sorry to hear that. They both seem like they were very happy with each other. I don't think either of my parents can smile like that. I'm pretty sure mum's face would crack if she even tried. They had an arranged marriage and I don't think they grew to care for each other. I think it's more tolerance than affection with them," Lavender didn't have a picture of them and she wasn't even sure there were any pictures of them at home either, "Marriage for the sake of marriage and children for the sake of blood. Mum always says that marriage is a partnership. That something should be gained from both sides," she shrugged a little. Lavender wouldn't be surprised if her parents took her future into their own hands and found someone willing to marry her by the time she graduated, "Maybe I'll just run away after graduation..."