Of everyone in the High Tower, only Michael Corner had much experience with romance.
Most of the others were single, with Neville and Hannah the only couple.
That was perfectly normal. Britain in 1996 was not nearly as liberal as one might imagine. It was fundamentally a Protestant country, with the Church of England as its established church and a large religious population; its overall attitudes toward marriage and relationships were heavily influenced by Protestantism.
Protestant views on marriage and relationships had several fairly consistent tendencies: marriage was sacred, monogamy was the rule, sex belonged within marriage, and premarital cohabitation and extramarital affairs were condemned.
As such, the overall atmosphere in Britain was still relatively conservative, and most women from middle-class backgrounds or above were fairly conservative-though certainly not all of them.
The young men and women who embraced hedonism, on the other hand, tended to be more liberal about such things.
Clearly, however, there was no one like that among the High Tower members, and Michael was no hedonist either.
As for Harry, the boy was experiencing his first stirrings of love, so his current behavior was understandable. Still... Will thought he needed to have a talk with Dumbledore and the Sorting Hat.
Yet although Harry said he understood, he remained distracted.
Hermione wanted to say more, but Will stopped her. "Let Harry think it over himself. He's smart. He'll work it out."
Despite saying that, Will still believed Harry simply had too little to do. A few more detentions with Snape would put him under some pressure and sort him out.
Will took a sip of grape juice. "If there's nothing else, I'll go read. I still have some research to do."
"Um, Will, there's something..." Hermione said hurriedly.
"Oh? Go ahead."
Hermione shook her head. "I'd like