"Truth or dare?" Rose was whispering so only Alice could hear her.
"Truth."
"What do you think about my friends? I mean Corvin, Albus, Lily, Eligius, Aries and Scorpius."
"They seem to be amazing."
Rose didn't expect that. "If you think so, why do you never come with me?"
Alice hestitated. "I'm not sure the Ravenclaws will accept it of me."
"Alice, they accept that I'm friends with them. Why wouldn't they accept it of you?"
"You can't have forgotten that they didn't like you being away so much time."
"It was Michael who said that. And we've ended that argument, he accepts it."
"The most still don't like it. And some still think it's stupid of you that you trust them."
"But they do accept it, don't they?" Rose was suddenly in two minds.
"Yes, they accept it, but I'm another case."
"Why? That wouldn't make sense."
"Of course it would. You've never been otherwise. They are used of it. I have spent always a lot of time with them. If I don't do that anymore, they'll maybe think of it as betrayal."
"Alice, that just can't be true."
"And if they quarrel with you, it will be a lot more boring in the common room, if they quarrel with me, it won't be."
"Yes, it would, because if they don't accept it of you, I won't accompany them either."
Rose was glad that a smile appeared on Alice' face.
"I know, but I wouldn't want to spoil your friendship with them because of me."
"Alice, you don't have to think so. They should all be wise and if they are, they'll never blame you for making new friends."
Professor Flitwick entered the room. Rose and Alice ended their conversation. Especially Alice didn't like chatting during class.
In the middle of the class, the headmistress, Minerva Mcgonaggal, needed to speak Professor Flitwick. He ordered the students to exercise some spells and followed her out of the room.
"Dare or Truth, Rose?"
Rose smiled. "Dare." The most of the time they said 'Truth', but that began to become dull. They already told a lot of things to each other without that game.
Alice had a suspicious big smile. "Make Yaxley sing."
"Are you insane! Do I really have to make her sing right here, right now?"
"You want to avenge, don't you? You told it this morning."
"Yes, but professor Flitwick can come back any moment!"
"If you don't dare, you won't have to."
Alice had struck a chord. Rose came out a family full of Gryffindors. Although she was a Ravenclaw, she thought she was at least as brave as the others of her family. Rose just knew that Alice had said it to make her do the task.
The book her uncle Harry and aunt Ginny had given last year with Christmas, was used a lot into the common room. The Ravenclaws of Rose's year liked to duel with spells, charms and curses out of that book. Once Rose had made Sophia sing Mozart's 'Die Zauberflöte' without a single fault.
"Cantato!" Rose mumbled, almost inaudible.
The moment she was saying it, professor Flitwick entered the room.
He was surprised that Adrea Yaxley suddenly started to sing a classic of the Weird Sisters.
"Finito!" Rose quickly mumbled.
Adrea Yaxley was furious. "Who did this to me!" She was screaming.
Whole the class was laughing, so Rose was doing it too, in order not to look suspicious. However, she didn't really feel good.
"Sorry, Rose, I couldn't know Flitwick would enter right now." Alice muttered.
"It's okay, Alice."
"It was less impressive than the time you could speak the spell aloud, though."
Rose gave her an honest smile. That kind of comments was typical of Alice.
At the end of class Rose and Alice wanted to leave, when professor Flitwick stopped them.
"Miss Weasley."
"Yes, professor."
"I need to talk to you. I haven't got the time right now, so you'll have to come to my office after supper."
"I will, professor."
"You may go."
Alice gave Rose an afraid look. "Would he know it?"
"I hope he doesn't."
"You'll have to tell him I told you to do so, if he knows."
"That wouldn't make it better for me. I don't see the use of telling it to him. I'll be much happier if you don't get any problems."
They were walking in silence to the next class, transfiguration.