"They only say bad stuff in Witch Weekly, but everything they write is rubbish." Including at least two articles about female Quidditch players. The only reason she ever read that terrible tabloid was when people were abuzz about something controversial; she hated being out of the loop. Even if they were outright lies or exaggerations. Better to be informed about what people were saying so as not to be blindsided by it later. Gossip could be just as powerful as the truth.

Billie grinned widely, much preferring to call people by less formal names, though she would do so if that's what a person wished. Billie went up on her toes and whispered back, trying to pretend as if Gideon absolutely couldn't see or hear what they were saying. "Gus is a way better name than that. Mine's worse." However, from the scrunched up look on her face, it seemed Billie wasn't about to reveal what it was. Nothing was as terrible as Wilhelmina. Not to mention, she was hovering in a weird limbo between her decision and actually broadcasting to the world that she wasn't, in fact, a boy. She had yet to work out how and when to ease into that.

Once she was flat on her feet again, she looked up at Gideon and bobbed her head in agreement about a topic of conversation. She smiled up at him gratefully and took about 5.7 seconds to round up what she had decided were the most pressing questions. With a good amount of word vomiting in between.

"Yeah, didja play the whole time you were there? What team were you on? Were tryouts really, really hard? I think I wanna try. Arnie's brother has been teaching us to fly and play, but his old broom is sh--" Billie quickly glanced up at Gideon and then back to Gus, catching herself from swearing. "But I'm gonna buy my own broom. I've been saving and saving!" Which would likely be news to Gideon. She had yet to mention to him what exactly it was she had been saving for with all the extra odd jobs she'd been doing the past year. "You're a chaser, right? Did you always play chaser?"

The kid took a deep breath. Sometimes, her endless streams of questions sucked all the air out of her. Billie was blissfully unaware that her badgering could be overwhelming sometimes, so she just fixed Gus with a winning smile, clearly just very excited. Gideon received a double eyebrow raise as if saying 'like that?'