( The evening stretches on to an unwelcome dawn; somehow we've just begun )

Marlene, hand in Gideon's, made her way back to the Gryffindor tower after a very nice History of Magic study session with him and Lily. Lily always managed to make otherwise excruciatingly boring topics sound at least mildly interesting.

"Tha' was nice," Marlene mused out loud. "Lily's all kinds of brilliant, isn't she?"