"That might work as an excuse if they caught you." Of course the staff lived by different rules than the students for the most part. Maybe he really did need to look around. How would she know? As it were, she just enjoyed giving him a slightly hard time.
"Months and months, I've been here. Ever since..." She immediately went quiet, saying nothing more on the subject. That was none of his business really.
"People like to sneak out there sometimes, a lot of the time really. It's got a nice view and it's really remote." The lighthouse was her favorite place to go which was why she wanted to show him, though she probably shouldn't come to think of it.
"Most of the locks here don't work right." He would figure that out soon enough.