"No..." She blushed... "Never mad..." She sighed. "It was a way to make us both happy. Mr. Masterson is a nice man, or I would have never considered him for you, and you like him... I could tell... I wanted a happy ever after for you, and thought this would speed him up."

She sighed... "This was my last year... and I'm here... at Belle's. He's... Professor Forrester... he's... going to forget me... they all will. Professor Erikson, Professor Branxton... I will be a prefect... or just a student. Just another pebble in the sand."