"Oh yeah...", Bruin said thinking about the exams and frantically trying to straighten his hair so he looked better... "yeah, exams are pretty brutal...lots of late nights and stuff...and, um, yeah, I'd love to join you...." , Bruin paused for a moment, torn about what to do. He couldn't think of any place he'd rather be than sitting under the tree, but...
"Ummm, I'm really sorry, but I've got to go study some more... I need to do well on my exams if I'm going to make the Quidditch team..." Bruin's voice trailed off in disappointment... "but, maybe if I need a break a little later, I'll come back down and join you if you're still here..."
"Well, it was nice meeting you Rhyspa...and I hope to see you later...", Bruin gave Alice one last look, almost tripped over a tree root and headed off towards Gryffindor, glad he had stopped, but disappointed he couldn't have stayed longer.