There would be time enough later to tell her about George's strange injury. She also imagined Katie had been following the paper enough lately to see what was going on at the Ministry.
Chit chat about her mother would be good though while they headed somewhere a bit more private. Alicia felt she was starting to get paranoid, but she didn't like the idea of anyone overhearing her conversations. Who know what might be used against them?
Her mother though had been conversational fodder for years. While she was content to let Alicia be the tomboy and play Quidditch and be a Cursebreaker, from time to time she'd try to at least a semblance of making her daughter a proper witch.
"She's set me up with the son of one of her Garden friend's sons," Alicia said. The thought suddenly made her think of Selwyn. He wouldn't have done that, would he? It had to just be a coincidence. The thought scared her a little though, because it was possible. She tried to relax and not think about that, make a joke. "He probably is super short and wears a purple beanie."
They headed down Diagon towards a little sandwich shop that she frequented often. It was inexpensive and had decent food.