<strong>Lily</strong><br/><br/>"Jack you do that and I'll make sure no girl in the entire school will even talk to you for a week.  Take out our Keeper and we might as well forfeit the match," Lily said only partially teasing.<br/><br/>Brown eyes than regarded Ethan, "Yeah, where else do people go to get to know each other?  What exactly are you scheming Ethan?  Madam Puddifoot's?  Don't even think about taking me to the Shrieking Shack, or worse, The Hog's Head." Lily gave Ethan a long sideways glance before taking a bite of her Shepard's Pie.<br/><br/>"Doesn't Professor McGonagall know that's just likely to make life harder for her.  Who wants to listen to someone half their age, especially with all the ages being all over the place due to the school closing."  Lily shrugged before leaning in to listen to Megan more intently, "Is Hufflepuff actually going to be that good this year?  What about Gryfindor and Slytherin?  They're always good.  If our Beaters could actually aim a Bludger straight than we don't have to worry about a star Seeker outracing our Seeker.  Do we have anyone in the House who can fill the Seeker spot?"  Lily looked at Leah for a moment, "you sure you're not a wiz on a broom?"  She groaned loudly when she heard Leah's brother was an excellent Beater.<br/><br/>"That's what brothers do, isn't it.  If I had followed my brother into Slytherin I would've probably stayed at Beaxbatons.  Even if the food was horrible.  If your parents decide to Holiday in Europe during break, do all you can to keep them out of stinky France.  Good 'ol England is where you should stay and don't believe all the hoopla about Paris cuisine."<br/><br/>"Yeah, there's a dueling club," Lily said indifferently in between other pieces of random conversation.<br/><br/>"Typical third year schedule.  I took Care for Magical Creatures and Muggle Studies as my electives.  None of the other classes really interested me and I figured those two should be easy which will give me plenty of time to focus on the more demanding classes."  She confided in Leah before speaking to the table in general, "By the way, did you guys get a look at our Potions professor and the new Defense Against the Dark Arts instructor?"<br/><br/>"I think that'd be kind of weird.  Mixing magic and Muggle stand-ins.  I thought magic interfered with things like electricity?  You Yanks figure out a way to get around that?"  Lily gave Leah a curious look as she waited for a reply.<br/><br/>