"My own excuse?" Dominic frowned and then his frown turned to a wide grin. EXCUSE. This was some ploy for her to get some time away from those damned trainees of hers, he should have guessed that on his own. He laughed heartily, pulling the blankets down again.

"I see through you, Jones, you selfish minx." He tossed the covers back, gazing down at her in all of her furious glory. "But wouldn't calling in 'sick' be so much more fun if we got to enjoy it together? I won't rat you out with Moody, if that's what you're worried about." He stretched out on the bed next to her, still laughing.

"You nearly had me going, I brought you soup and sweets and even got Max a few things, and here you were the entire time, perfectly fine. Are you certain you weren't in Slytherin?"