Al immediately plastered on the big, bright smile people expected from him. He spent hours playing pretend with his notebook so this wasn't much different. He didn't feel like losing a friend because he was feeling sullen...not to mention it wasn't Frankie's fault he was one of the few people pretty much the same as Al remembered him. The Ravenclaw would take a year's difference over several any day. "Popcorn and ice cream. Who wouldn't?" He clamped Frankie on the back, but side-stepped him too. "Meeting someone?" Maybe this would be a quick conversation. "Showing Ava all about films?"