Yes, it had been a good day, that day. Though their last meeting at the Observatory hadn't really gone as planned. He'd been... really weird, and it had annoyed Ryden so much that she hadn't really seen him since. Hmpf. HE was the one who had sprung the 'date' question on her. HE had been the one to start it. It was HIS fault. Not hers. She'd been very willing to just continue leaving him as her only friend her at Hogwarts. This time, it really wasn't her fau-

Speak of the devil. Koala Boy was here.

Squinting in the sunlight at Orlando as he sat down next to her, Ryden raised her eyebrows. Hmm. Apparently, he remembered. "Ryden," she replied back with a half grin, simply looking at him.

Whatever he was going to say, it had better be something more than the way he'd been in the observatory.