This was really starting to get fun again. Putting up with Zach so far had been worth it, and not only because it had filled her time far, far away from Madam Puddifoot's.
"Now who's flushed?" she asked, a sense of satisfaction in her voice as he glanced away. Her gaze was still on him, a half-smile on her face.
"And why are you still trying to make this about houses? It's not going to make you any more right. Maybe Slytherins weren't targeted for any more dire a reason than they're not as annoying as everyone else seems to be." Well, except Daphne. "All of your gifts were probably a hint."