"I reminded him to pack yesterday itself, he was not ready to listen and insisted on packing today morning, so why will I help him, who insisted on last minute packing. Of course I didn't want to miss my train because of him" Evelina said calmly as she settled and opened the previous book.
All the girls inside nodded in agreement, whereas all the boys with sisters, threw pitiful glances towards Lauren as they could easily understand the pain he was going through.
"Oh right!, even Eva will be going through sorting ceremony along with Lily and Hugo. So this year it won't be completely boring, as there will be people we will be waiting for to get sorted" Alice changed the topic abruptly as she knew any longer all the brothers will start complaining.
"I think Eva will be sorted in Ravenclaw" Rose said as she smiled towards Evelina cheekily.
"Why do you think so" Albus asked as he looked at Evelina and then at Rose.
"Because she is intelligent just like us Ravenclaws" Augusta piped in as she smirked towards Albus and Scorpius.
"I guess we'll know it after the sorting no need to fight on it as the concerned person herself has no opinions on it" James immediately pacified the younger ones who were about to start a heated argument.
"Eva though I know that you like reading, which topics or Authors do you usually prefer" Alice asked as she looked at Evelina with interest.
Evelina contemplated for few moments before looking back at Alice with a confused look.
"To be exact I am fine with it as long as it is informative, those cliche or sickeningly sweet books are not my type" Evelina said as looked at Alice seriously.
Everyone went quiet for few moments before Alice looked at everyone and then back at Evelina, she then pointedly looked at James, in a suspicious way.
"What happened" Evelina asked in confusion as she did not understand the reason for the sudden silence.
"James, you dare lie to me, I knew it already, you already asked Eva about her preference right" Alice said as she pointed an accusing finger at James.
Evelina looked between everyone as in confusion, she looked at Lauren in a questioning way. The latter was also confused and looked at others in questioning way.
"What are you guys talking about" Lauren asked as he was completely clueless.
"We had a bet that you would be interested in informative books or cliche books. All of us voted for cliche except James and he won as we all lose a galleon each" Fred explained quickly and then sulkily took out a galleon and handed it to James who was grinning ear to ear.
[GALLEON is a currency in the Wizarding world]
Others also handed him a galleon begrudgingly, whereas Evelina looked at James and others in disbelief and surprise.
"Don't give them that look, they can bet on anything and anyone. They will simply bet on even a simple food item on the menu" Lauren said as he shrugged casually.
Evelina looked at everyone who were beaming her with cheeky and sheepish grins. Evelina shrugged and then continued reading her book as she found them foolish.
The trolley lady came and knocked on their door, everyone started ordering the snacks they wanted.
"Rose, don't you want anything" Lauren asked as he pointed towards trolley full of different variety of snacks.
Evelina nodded her head indicating she did not want anything, she was about to go back to her reading when James suddenly pushed something direction to her mouth making her jerk away from it instinctively.