As soon as they had finished eating breakfast, the three girls headed back up to their dorm. By now, Eleniel was far more cheerful and looking forward to spending the day with her friends.
"So, what are we doing first?' Eleniel asked.
"Painting our nails" Lily beamed.
"The muggle way!" Molly added excitedly.
Eleniel grinned. "You two have been planning today, haven't you?" she asked, sounding amused.
Molly and Lily nodded as they walked into their dorm.
Lily headed straight across to her trunk and removed a silver and black box from it. Crowding round, they saw that it was full of muggle nail art equipment.
"Dibs on the red nail polish!" Eleniel exclaimed.
Lily chose a hot pink nail polish, whereas Molly chose a forest green shade.
The dorm settled into silence as the three girls sat on Lily's bed, concentrating on painting their nails.
As they waited for their nails to dry, they began to giggle about the stories in Eleniel's latest copy of Teen Witch (which had arrived by owl post, the previous day).
"Vladimir Krow!" Molly squealed.
Lily and Eleniel rolled their eyes, but when they saw the picture of the handsome, dark-haired Quidditch Player (the Russian team's Keeper), smirking at the camera, they both began to giggle.
"Wow, he's a lot more attractive than he was last time I saw him featured in Teen Witch..." Eleniel looked amazed.
"He's incredibly handsome..." Lily sighed dreamily.
"Hands off ladies, I spotted him first!" Molly smirked.
Lily and Eleniel looked outraged.
"Hey! I'm much more likely to stand a chance, I'm the only one here who plays Quidditch!" Eleniel crowed.
"You're also the only one here who has a boyfriend!" Lily sniggered.
Eleniel pouted. "Well, we all know who Snape has a thing for..." she looked around innocently.
Lily looked enraged. "We're simply friends!" she retorted.
Molly raised her eyebrows. "Of course you are" she said, sounding disbelieving.
"Well, what about you and Arthur?" Lily taunted.
Molly looked furious.
"Ladies, ladies...my calculations show that there is enough of Vladimir Krow to go around...if we split him three ways..." Eleniel giggled.
Lily and Molly broke up their dispute, as they too, began to giggle uncontrollably.
As the three of them headed down to lunch, they passed three boys, who were members of the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw Quidditch teams. They were discussing current Quidditch players, and the name "Vladimir Krow" was heard by all three girls, who immediately collapsed into a fit of giggles. The three Quidditch players looked wary and hurried into the Great Hall ahead of them, muttering amongst themselves about how they would "never be able to understand girls..."