"A little more flick in your wrist," he instructed, demonstrating the upward flick that the Levicorpus Jinx required. "You almost had me this time!" His second remark was encouraging. All he wished was for Alice to succeed at Defense Against the Dark Arts, and, if that meant taking the time to tutor her in private, he would do so.

He just hoped their friends were too wrapped up in their own dramas to notice. Ned didn't wish for the pair of them to be at the center of their gossip.

"Would you like to practice the spell a few times before we go another round?" He questioned, wanting to go by Alice's comfort level. He didn't mind if she dangled him in the air a bit. She was much more careful and serious about it than Cam or Sloane, at any rate. He didn't have to fear plummeting to his death or being shot right into the ceiling with Alice.