Originally Posted by affy7ann

"I'm not good with numbers either," Tayla replied. "I went to Muggle school before Hogwarts. It took me double the work to get good grades in Mathematics than it did other subjects." The realizing Arabella may not have gone to Muggle school, and unsure whether pureblood wizards knew what Maths meant, she added, "Erm...this may sound silly but...do wizards know what Math is? As a subject I mean."



"Wha...? Erm..." Tayla gulped nervously, stole a quick glance at the boy on the couch, looked away again and grabbed a Gryffindor cookie. "These cookies are really good aren't they?!" Tayla tried to keep from blushing, but her cheeks burned. She looked down and pretended to focus on some interesting thing on her cookie. "Zara couldn't have caught her staring at that boy...could she?" Tayla wondered desperately.