Lily usually didn't work on her homework in the common room, finding it too loud and busy to concentrate. Tonight seemed to be different however as the Gryffindors poured in after dinner. She decided to stay and brave the attempts of others sitting by her instead of chancing the library. She and Severus had had one too many run in's there and since their last journal conversation...well, she didn't want to take any chances.
She was finishing up her conclusion paragraph on a Potions assignment when the quiet of the evening was disturbed by James' salesman's pitch. She looked over, at first annoyed, and then interested. Of course she was one who did not agree with what had happened, who thought it a little too suspicious that the Ministry so easily brushed it aside. But what was she going to do about it? Write them a letter and complain? Yes, that was going to do a lot wasn't it? Still, there was something about James' tone that held her attention.
"So what if we are?" she finally called out. He had certainly caught everyone's attention, but they all seemed to be lacking a tongue. "What do you propose we do?"