On the first Hogsmeade weekend of the term, Ellie let McLaggen take her out. What a mistake that was. The day started out normal enough. They had met in the clock tower courtyard, having talked Quidditch stats easily enough all the way down to the village. He wasn’t vulgar or overly eager. Ellie was actually quite surprised at how normal he was. Every time she’d ever spoken to AJ, he was obnoxiously and shamelessly flirting or they were serving detention together. One on one, he was actually nice. Until they arrived at Three Broomsticks. 