Albert vastly underestimated the enthusiasm of the Hogwarts students. The next morning, the moment he showed his face in the common room, he was immediately surrounded by a crowd of Gryffindors firing off a barrage of questions. It drove Albert to distraction, feeling as though a flock of chattering, squawking birds were chirping non-stop in his ears.
Managing to shake them off and escape the common room at last, he spotted Fred, George, and Lee Jordan emerging from the common room, their faces beaming with schadenfreude.
"You can't hide from people forever," Lee Jordan said, looking at a bruised-ego Albert and fighting hard to hold back his laughter.
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