AN: The other day, I received a text message from a friend, asking who I was, as someone had changed the names of all the contacts on her phone. Apparently, my name had been changed to Padma Patil. Coincidence? Let's see what Padma and Terry think...

'You've finished your Astronomy chart. Why are you still up, Pad?'

The Third Year girl, curled up by the window, put down her telescope, turning away from the night sky.

'Is it late, Terry?'

He nodded and sat down beside her, crossing his legs with some difficulty.

He was currently experiencing a sudden growth spurt.

'You're usually in bed by this hour.'

'I guess I lost track of time, Terry.'

'Something caught your eye?'

She nodded.

'I suppose so. I got kind of lost in the stars for a bit.'

'It's been a tad longer than a bit, Pad. It's been nearly an hour since I left to get ready for bed, and you're still here. Although, they're rather beautiful.'

She frowned, noticing that he was clad in his pyjamas.

'I thought you said you were going to bed?'

'I thought you said you were going to bed as soon as you finished your chart.'

She sighed.

'Fair point. But then why are you down here?'

'I'd rather not be up in the dorm right now, and I know that I wouldn't be able to sleep if I was. The match against Gryffindor is tomorrow. That Astronomy chart is due next class. Kevin got a package in the post today and Mike's still obsessed with his latest project.'

'Tony's still working on the chart? It's late; he should be going to sleep!'

He raised an eyebrow.

'Look who's talking, Pad. Tony insists that he can get a better view of Io from the window in our dorm.'

She shook her head.

'Tony works too hard. I worry for him, sometimes.'

'Pad-'

'-I know, Terry. I do too. I'll go up to bed in a moment...wait, how does Tony doing homework, Kevin's parcel, Mike's project or the Quidditch match tomorrow affect your ability to sleep?'

He smiled wryly.

'Tony doing homework isn't the problem. However, since tomorrow is the match, Stephen has to wear his blue pyjamas to bed. The problem is he can't find them.'

'So presumably, he's rummaging around like crazy trying to find them?'

Terry nodded.

'He'll be up all night doing that. You're not going to get any sleep. You know, Terry, why don't you just Summon them for him?'

Summoning Charms were not normally taught to Third Years. Terry was one of the few who'd taught himself, and he usually Summoned his friends' lost objects.

'I am trying to provide an incentive for keeping the dorm tidy, though I now see that my attempts are bound for failure.'

She smiled.

'You're not the only one. My teaching of cleaning spells didn't seem to help either. But where does Kevin's parcel fit in?'

'It was a parcel from his parents. And it contained Muggle comic books.'

'Oh. I'm glad that I am not in your dorm right now.'

'So am I.'

'It's a terrible mix of coincidences, isn't it? First Mike decides that he's going to start writing about those superheroes, then Kevin gets some new comic books, presumably with superheroes in them. And then this all happens the night before a Quidditch match, so Stephen's looking for his lucky pyjamas, and to top it all off, Tony's got an assignment due soon, so he'll be doing homework by candlelight all night long.'

'Are there really such thing as coincidences, Pad?'

She tilted her head to one side quizzically.

'But there's no other logical explanation...unless you're going for the Universe hates me!'

Terry crossed his arms, pretending to be offended.

'Pad, do you really think I would think that? No, I was thinking more along the lines of if there are superior beings, and these superior beings care about my existence, then these superior beings are expressing an intent to make my existence somewhat more difficult, for reasons that I cannot fathom, because I do not believe I have done anything to warrant their dislike.'

Padma shook her head, grinning.

'Well, perhaps-'

'-We should save this discussion for another time. It's extremely late, and you need to go to bed, because Morag will be up at the crack of dawn tomorrow, tomorrow being match-day.'

Padma frowned slightly.

'This is most unlike you, Terry. I've never heard you say that we should postpone an intellectual discussion.'

He yawned.

She smiled.

'Well, I guess that answers my question...'

'I'm human, Pad. And right now, I'm very tired.'

'But you can't go to sleep, not with-'

Stephen Cornfoot approached the pair, poking Terry in the shoulder.

'-Uh, Terry, would you mind Summoning my pyjamas for me? Kev and Mike said they'd be quiet and go to bed if you'd just find my pyjamas and...well, put everything that I sort of threw everywhere back in place.'

The two boys headed up to their dorm.

Padma gathered up her Astronomy things, yawning. She suddenly realized how absolutely exhausted she was.

I wouldn't have been up for a long discussion, actually. I really need to go to sleep...

Terry has a frighteningly good sense of timing...

Perhaps he's a closet Legilimens. A very, very advanced closet Legilimens...

I'll have to ask him about that someday.

AN: There's a reference to For Your Consideration in that last bit. Someday turns out to be a lot further into the future than Padma thinks...