Kurumi's hands flew to her mouth to prevent any more noise from escaping her lips. She remained there, crouched on the floor, completely still in fear that even the slightest movement would cause some sort of noise and give her away. The floor was rather squeaky. Perhaps the Hogwarts Express was in need of some renovations. A skilled Metal Charmer perhaps. Then again...Professor Schirmer seemed to be the most skilled with all sorts of...charms.

Kurumi pressed her hands tighter to her lips to hush her giggles. Nope. No mouse mice out here.

Still...one thing DID confuse the prefect. Didn't their Astronomy professor fancy Professor Bentley? They had had a joint lesson together and he had seemed rather starry eyed when he looked at her. Then there was the time he had danced with Professor Magnus. Come to think of it...wasn't he making sparkly eyes at most of the female professors? MELRIN! Did she have a scoop for the Aparecium! She just needed to find one of those parchments to send its way...

Slowly, and with some random object in her hand that she could pass off as having just picked up, Kurumi walked past the door to the compartment towards the opposite side where she could lean against the wall and look...less conspicuous...