“I think she just fancies boys,” Padma answered. “I think she just kissed me during the game because she knew Seamus was staring at her and she wanted to get a rise out of him.” She shrugged sadly. “But, like I said, I’m not really interested in her. We are too different and she is my sister’s best friend.”
She noticed Professor Sinistra was still holding her hand. She fidgeted in her seat but didn’t pull away. Talking about crushes only made it that much harder to try and keep her own crush on her favorite professor from surfacing.
“Besides,” Padma said softly. “I have a few other crushes too…”