Lavender was touching her. Megan looked at the hand on her shoulder, her eyes a little wide and they stayed that way even as she looked back up to look Lavender in the eye. Why had she touched her? Was she really that pathetic that Lavender felt like she needed to comfort her? Megan did know that she was pretty awkward around certain people she had a crush on…
"Right," Megan agreed. She didn't know what else to say at first, afraid to offend Lavender again. "What else are you interested in?"
"I was…just wandering, really. I didn't feel like going back to the den yet," she told her, referring to the Hufflepuff Common Room. "It's…not really cold out yet. Make the courtyard?"
"If you want!" Megan beamed, totally amazed that Lavender would want to hang around with her.
Tentatively, Megan started to walk in the direction towards the Great Hall so they could go out to the courtyard. He looked at Lavender hoping she would follow…