"Starving wizards in Africa?" he muttered distractedly, hand lifting a chocoball up to his lips. "That's not going to be on a test, is it?"
He blinked as he looked up from his textbook, and to his utter surprise, there was Megan. He froze for a moment before shaking off his shock, and sheepishly stuffed the chocoball into his mouth. He chewed far too quickly, and swallowed harder than he'd intended.
"Hey, Meg," he finally said once his mouth was free again. "How're... things?"
"Besides classroom torture, escalating insults and discovering my parents marriage has been disolved," Megan replied, with almost a sickening level of humor, "things have been just peachy." She plopped down on the couch beside Ernie and sneaked her hand into to steal a chocoball. Popping it into her mouth, she savored its deliciousness as it melted.
"Mmm. Not as good as a peanutbutter beetle, but since I'm fresh out of those..." Megan turned to Ernie and raised her eyebrows. "You don't think one of the Firsties took them, do you?" Initially, she appeared irriated, but then her features softened. "Eh. I suppose they probably need the chocolate more than me anyway."
Stretching her legs out to prop them on the coffee table, she asked "So what are you up to?"
"I'm sorry about that," Ernie said, and he was. He hated what these new laws were doing to everyone, especially his friends. "But just because the Ministry says its dissolved, that doesn't make it so. Your parents are stronger than that."
He smiled as she snuck one of his sweets, not minding the loss much. Anyone else he would have battled to the death... well, almost anyone else, he thought with a light blush.
"Maybe you just ate them all and forgot. But if you need more, I can always add it to my weekly order to Honeyduke's..." He blushed further this time as he realized he'd just admitted to how often he replenished his 'supply'. "We all can use some chocolate equally these days."
He sighed. "Studying some curses and hexes - not for that bitch," he hissed, meaning Professor Carrow, "but for other stuff. And you?"
Megan brushed off Ernie's apology regarding her parents. "I'm sure they'll be fine. I'll be back home in a few days so I'll have a chance to talk about the whole thing with them in person."
But she nearly snorted when he suggested that she ate all of her sweets. "Listen, Ernie. Just because you order from Honeydukes once a week does not mean the rest of us do. I think I would know if I managed to polish off a whole bag of beetles. I've have skin like Eloise and indigestion to boot. I know chocolate is known for its mood lifting qualities, but it doesn't solve everything."
Megan was suprised to hear Ernie curse, even if he was referring to a woman she hated just as much. "Yes, I suppose I've being doing some other stuff as well. Every little bit helps."
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He blinked as he looked up from his textbook, and to his utter surprise, there was Megan. He froze for a moment before shaking off his shock, and sheepishly stuffed the chocoball into his mouth. He chewed far too quickly, and swallowed harder than he'd intended.
"Hey, Meg," he finally said once his mouth was free again. "How're... things?"
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"Mmm. Not as good as a peanutbutter beetle, but since I'm fresh out of those..." Megan turned to Ernie and raised her eyebrows. "You don't think one of the Firsties took them, do you?" Initially, she appeared irriated, but then her features softened. "Eh. I suppose they probably need the chocolate more than me anyway."
Stretching her legs out to prop them on the coffee table, she asked "So what are you up to?"
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He smiled as she snuck one of his sweets, not minding the loss much. Anyone else he would have battled to the death... well, almost anyone else, he thought with a light blush.
"Maybe you just ate them all and forgot. But if you need more, I can always add it to my weekly order to Honeyduke's..." He blushed further this time as he realized he'd just admitted to how often he replenished his 'supply'. "We all can use some chocolate equally these days."
He sighed. "Studying some curses and hexes - not for that bitch," he hissed, meaning Professor Carrow, "but for other stuff. And you?"
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But she nearly snorted when he suggested that she ate all of her sweets. "Listen, Ernie. Just because you order from Honeydukes once a week does not mean the rest of us do. I think I would know if I managed to polish off a whole bag of beetles. I've have skin like Eloise and indigestion to boot. I know chocolate is known for its mood lifting qualities, but it doesn't solve everything."
Megan was suprised to hear Ernie curse, even if he was referring to a woman she hated just as much. "Yes, I suppose I've being doing some other stuff as well. Every little bit helps."
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