Alright. (Kiss.)

...She's not a hundred percent sure she wants to get teased about this by their roommates tonight, 'cause, uh, it's kind of obvious they've been dancing together all night, but also if they sleep on Fay's couches tonight instead of going to their dorm, the teasing will be so much worse later...

They can sneak in under the invisibility cloak after everyone's asleep.

Smart. (Kiss.)

Yes, she is.

Best, prettiest, smartest, funniest Ellie...

Satisfied hums.

Lovely and clever and nice and a good kisser and a great dance partner and cozy... And a good pillow, can't forget that.

Mhm, mhm. Ellie will start rewarding this list with kisses (in places other than the mouth, so Anathema can keep talking).

That's very distracting!!!

(Anathema does keep trying to come up with new compliments, of course - a very pretty dinosaur, fast, quick with a wand, good at Quidditch, protective...)

The compliments don't need to be unique, but if Ellie can distract Anathema so much that she stops, that means she wins.

Well, Anathema will just have to be stubborn, won't she. (Cute, knowledgeable, strong, determined, smart, generous, handsome...)

She's increasingly having to fight through giggles to continue her litany, though, and after 'great perch for cats' dissolves entirely into giggles, trying to kiss Ellie herself. 

Mmm the sweet kiss of victory.

More proof of how great Ellie is.

Quite.

Kiss.

(And a small yawn.)

About time to sneak back?

Lean.

Probably. Anathema doesn't really want this moment to end, but, well, time's a bit of a tyrant.

They can have many more moments.

As many as they like.

(Back to the dorm; Anathema doesn't pull her curtains, instead snuggling in while grinning over at Ellie.)

Kissy face.

She pulls a pillow over her face to muffle her giggles.

Heee.

Ellie settles in with a smile.

She sleeps very well, waking up after the rest of their roommates but before Ellie.

Clearly the logical solution to this is to make sure Ellie's tea maker is set up and will be ready for when Ellie wakes up later, to step outside into the stairwell and quietly ask a house elf for a plate of cold breakfast stuff, and then sit on the floor by Ellie's bed, reading, until her friend (girlfriend???) wakes up. 

Which she eventually does, albeit blearily.

"Hey cutie," Anathema whispers once she's stirring, shutting her book and standing to organize Ellie's morning tea.