Kevin began to feel strange that this girl was sitting there. She was pretty and part of him wanted to please her. Her insults hit him harder than normal because of the bit of Veela she had in her. Of course, he knew nothing about other magical beings so the emotions were even more real to him than they would have been to someone who would later shake their head and reprimand themselves.
He began to berate himself for being so stupid. "I can't believe I listened to the older student. Do fifth years actually adopt out first years to mentor them?" He did know if perhaps all houses did the same things or if perhaps this mentoring program only existed in Hufflepuff.