Okay that is probably true. She probably wasn't even flirting with me.

Can't help there. Unless you want to manufacture an excuse for us to meet, I suppose, then I totally could.

It's Stoller, I have no idea why you'd be meeting Stoller.

Maybe Miranda can invite her to her wedding.

Okay, yeah, she will probably do that.

There you go. Good luck with N.E.W.T.s.

Thanks!

It gets warmer again eventually. On a nice warm day it seems like the time to go out and dry out a patch of grass-thatched mud to lounge on. And then kiss there.

It is a great time for that. 

Kissing kissing kissing abruptly rolling off of him onto the grass and saying "ugh".

Unhappy startled 'mmmr' and then - "you okay -"

"I'm fine this is just difficult and stupid."

"Isn't it though.

We don't have to follow stupid rules."

"I trust you it's just I'm sure lots of people think they have very good reasons to be exceptions -"

" - I mean, yes, but you're smarter than all of them."

"Thank you, but that's sort of - not relevant to the heuristic I'm using -"

Snuggle. "I don't mind waiting but I don't think I know the heuristic you're using. Mine is generally 'is a rule probably in place because most people are stupid? if so, ignore it except to the extent you'll get in trouble'."

"I think you have gotten in trouble doing that once or twice," she points out.

"Sometimes it's worth it!"

"The heuristic is sort of like 'if people who violate this rule do it because they think they'll be okay, and then they're not okay, don't violate the rule, even if I think I'll be okay'."

Nod. Sigh. Snuggle. "Three more months."

Snuggle. "Yeah."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

Stoller sees Karen at a broomstick duel, waves.