Padma chuckled at her professor’s comment. “It is rather chilly,” she agreed as she moved inside. She was shocked that alcohol was being poured for her! She tried to play it cool but her expression gave her away.
Sitting down, she took the tea cup and took a sip. Padma grimaced slightly, not used to the strong taste of spirits. “I don’t mind,” she responded immediately. “I mean, it’s all right.” It must have been terribly lonely for Professor Sinistra without being able to even write her friends.
Padma was happy not to discuss the impending attack; it did seem inevitable.
“Did you hear that Katie Bell and Ginny got…caught doing something in the Gryffindor Locker Room?” she blurted out, thinking of any gossip she had heard lately hoping to satisfy her need for secrets.