"Extra credit?" she asked, raising an eyebrow to the statement. She wondered what Remus could possibly be working on, and why did he need extra credit at all? Mary pondered all these questions in her mind, her sense of adventure and secrets perking up. She always imagined that Remus would be one of those people in her life who had an intense secret, the quiet ones always did. At least in all the romance novels she ever read, and there were quite a few.
Her bright blue eyes met his and then darted away for a moment a small blush creeping into her cheeks, but she looked back at him with a coy smile twisting a golden curl around her finger.