Julien watched Marcus easily charm his tie into Hufflepuff colours, the grin returned. He 'mmhm'd' his acknowledgement that it did and picked at the cover beside him, itching for a charm the way he did when he had five minutes to himself but aware he had to go down for tea, and not wanting to daydream out on Marcus.
"Yeah, well, mostly being tutored but yeah, some tutoring; do you know Alfie Cattermole? I've told him that I'm getting tutored myself but he seems happy for me to teach him anyway. He's doing really well though, I don't think he gives himself enough credit." He hadn't realised how much he was saying about Alfie. It was just easy to talk about the other boy.