Howard makes a face at the mention of relationships, then wags a finger. "Hey, don't count her off yet. If she shows up here she might still be under the impression that you're together."

Aren't different points in the timeline fun, Cedric?

"We didn't have anything like that at my school. I mean, I guess we had a sports team, but they only ever competed with Coates and the Coates kids are scary. That's where all the kids whose parents had money went instead of juvie." Howard sounds like he genuinely is scared of those kids, and why wouldn't he be? The representatives from Coates included the sociopathic murder-zombie in his basement and the deluded, homicidal 'king' of the FAYZ.

"Did Hufflepuff ever win?" And no wonder everyone makes fun of Hufflepuffs, with a name like that. It's almost as bad as 'Muggle'.