It hadn't been an lack of musical talent Cedric had been thinking of, and he had to consider Mary-Anne's question carefully before he answered. "No," he said, shaking his head. "I knew he had a guitar, but I only ever saw him play it when he went home for the summer." He brushed his fingers over the knee of his trousers, thinking. "It wasn't really that that would have made it surprising. He just... didn't really seem like a rock star personality?" It wasn't meant to be an insult - Cedric loved Xavier almost like a brother, but in many ways he still didn't seem like a rock star personality. "If you'd told me that Bill Weasley was going to be a rock star, that I'd probably have believed."
Cedric smiled when she told him where her family lived. "That's where I live," he said. "I've probably seen them around." Maybe he'd even seen Mary-Anne around, before she moved. He'd seen most people, because taking Cathy out for a walk seemed to be a good way to get her to sleep, not to mention the only option if Cedric needed to run errands. "We grew up in Ottery St Catchpole."