The Three Broomsticks was a triumph of lights and colors, so crowded that you could hardly move. Most of the clients were groups of friends who did not have a significant other with whom to celebrate. Among them was also Mary Jones, Rose's friend with an outspoken sarcasm, who was holding the floor gesticulating at the Gryffindor table. From what Scorpius could see, she had already fully recovered from her pimples.