"Same old," she said dismissively. "His memory isn't..." she paused, uncertain how to explain it. "What it used to be," she finished with perhaps lamely.

She was about to continue on with a slightly better explanation but at the mention of food, her stomach reminded her that she too was hungry. "If you are buying," she said cheekily and slipped a hand into the crook of his arm. The action might seem a bit intimate, but it wasn't like the two of them didn't have history. Sure, they hadn't seen each other in a long time, but as with Ashley, whenever she ran into her old Hogwarts chums, well, they'd been through enough to cement a closeness that wouldn't make the action that unusual. "And of course, there had best be tea. Oh!" she nudged his shoulder with her own playfully. "And muffins."

She turned them both in the direction of Diagon Alley. "The Leaky?" she asked.