Grace brightened immediately. It helped that they'd entered the castle room, where the clouds provided a more serene scene. "I live in Hogmeade, too," she said, smiling, "With my mother, my sisters, and my brothers." She could talk about her family all day if given the chance, but talking too much about them might prompt him to ask where her chaperon was, and then they'd have to part ways, and she wanted to get as much practice talking to gentleman without the backdrop of an overcrowded ball as she could!
