"I'm..it's sad to say but I'm not especially close any more with any of my old Housemates except Cho. Many because of the whole DA business, and some girls because...well, they gave up on Cho after Cedric and I didn't," Marietta said with a hard edge to her voice. She ordered a sandwich from the counter and moved along to pay for it.
"I hope a lot of that is behind us now. It's been so many years, after all. We all make mistakes, don't we?"
Marietta hated lying, but she felt the pressure to appear normal. If her mother died...well, she needed to have alibis, didn't she? It couldn't hurt to build back up her connection to Ravenclaws, and Padma was both intelligent and caring. Maybe she didn't have to be so alone after all.