"Ten!" Ellie shrieked and immediately turned around to face Draco. She didn't like the look on his face and immediately fixed a look quite the opposite on hers. "That's not even fair," she sighed and crossed her arms around her chest. "It won't take me long. It would go faster if you helped and then it wouldn't be a big deal because I'd be with someone who was an authority figure or whatever."
She didn't move a muscle, but just stood there looking at him, hoping that for once a Slytherin would give her a break. "Haven't you ever lost something important to you and felt like the world was going to end if you didn't get it back?" Yes, she was seriously over-exaggerating, but he didn't need to know that.