"You shouldn't spend so much time with those snakes, you know."
"Shut up, Zacharias."
"I'm serious," the boy continued, voice carrying across the common room. "They're evil."
A snort, "you're not so great yourself."
He blushed, "S-shut up! My mom told me all about that House! They're just using you cause you're good at theory!"
"Whose 'they'?"
"Huh?"
"You keep saying 'they' who's that?"
"T-those snakes!"
"What are their names?"
"..."
The girl closed her book. "That's not very Hufflepuff, judging people you don't even know."
She glared at her house before leaving; the room sank into a thoughtful silence.