the fighter

And let you have the satisfaction right now? I will offer you this wink however for starters. 

Ross Valentini, you tease. 

Nope. I will argue against that notion in various ways. 

Oh? Go on, then. 

If I’m haunted by someone who looks like you, I certainly won’t mind it.

If your ghost-of-too-nice past is anything like me, you'll grow tired of her eventually. 

That it is. I won’t deny it. 

There's nothing wrong with being a little cynical, anyways. You're too sweet when you're not being such a dork and you'll see-- That'll come back to haunt you. 

Oh look, the cynical side of the beautiful Carson Reed has arrived. 

But beautifully cynical that side is.

I cannot and I don’t find that as a bad thing. Just means I’m a caring person, doesn’t it? 

Sometimes you can't be too caring, love. It'll come back to bite you in the arse. 

They’re the ones hosting these parties. Why would I be a rude person and not accept an invitation to a part they’re having? You can’t deny that they have decent shindigs? 

Their parties are decent, sure, but why go to a 'Puff party when you can stay in and study? --ha, I'm kidding. You really don't know how to say no, do you? 

I think you mean the Hufflepuffs are going to party me out, Reed.

Those poor Hufflepuffs aren't tying you up and forcing you to go to their parties and you know it. You can't help yourself, can you?

Whoever said that Hufflepuffs are inferior clearly have not been to their parties.

You're going to party yourself out some day, Valentini. 

I firmly told her to stop being loud and behaving like a child in the study area. She was yelling, and playing Exploding Snap. I’m sorry, but there are better places in the castle to play loud games than an area specifically designated for studying. 

But did you yell, mate? Raise your voice even a tad? You're a very intimidating-looking bloke, Tiberius, she may have though you to be yelling. 

If they were only intimidated I wouldn’t worry, that is only natural, but I don’t enjoy making children cry.

I'm sure the child in question is just overly sensitive. What'd you do to make her cry, anyhow? 

Everyone keeps saying that, but I never cried.

But you had to have been intimidated at some point. Even I was a tad frightened when I was a first-year... That changed the first week or so around, however. 

I made another first year cry.

I wouldn't take it personally, Tiberius-- you've got to remember how intimidating your seniors were when you were a first year. 

You’re pretty much another member of the team. You work just as hard, in my eyes.

And that certainly means a lot from you, Tabatha. I'll have to request a pin or something of the sort to put on my robes. Ravenclaw cheerleader.

You look like you’re lost and its annoying.

That's incredible, considering you're rather annoying yourself. We've got so much in common, dear Peters. I've been roaming the castle for six years, I think I've got a feel of the grounds by now, but thank you for your concern.