"No, it's fine! It's just--" Daphne left it at that, losing her voice. There was no need to explain to him that there had been a happy blank buzz filling her ears for a few seconds before common sense was telling her it was best to keep a separation of the sexes.

Social reputation and all that; And Reese. Who was a Slytherin and could probably destroy her if she wanted to. Then he was mentioning work. Work? Really? Really? "Are we allowed to?"

Do we have to?

"I thought--younger students would do the counter charm!" Homini. Homini. Homini. "And...I'm not entirely sure I'd be good and transfiguring my entire skeleton to one of a cat." Flexibility is what they had agreed on, besides her favored tail.