"It's a bloody madhouse, I should've gone home after practice-- ouch--" Katie was elbowed in the back of the head by a bony witch who passed behind her chair, and the two women exchanged quick pleasantries. Terribly sorry, wasn't watching myself, it's all right, just a bit of a bonk, nothing to fret over.

"Whew." Katie smiled across the table at Hermione, brushing her wild pale hair out of her eyes. Red alert, Katie, do not talk to Hermione without prior written approval and six signatures from one Ginny Weasley, play it cool..."That's a journey. How've you been?"