It was nearly impossible for the two to keep anything from each other. Not only did they willingly share information, but they had also been practicing legilimency on each other for months. Taking upon himself the older brother role, even though he was in fact younger, James took everything that happened in Ellie’s personal life far too seriously. The morning after the welcome back feast, Ellie and James fell into their usual schedule of running laps around the Quidditch pitch at the crack of dawn. They were about five laps deep when Ellie accidentally let slip what McLaggen had said to her while she and James discussed prefect rounds.