Lily Evans had been delving into 'Greater Beasts of Oceania' over her lunch when Hermione decided to compliment her hair. Blinking, she looked up from her place on the page to tilt her head, eyeing Hermione quizzically.

"Uh, thanks?" Raising an eyebrow at the other girl Lily couldn't help the way the last word turned up at the end, making it a question. The remark had come out of left field after all, and Lily wasn't sure what had inspired it in the first place. Uncertainly she reached up to smooth her fingers through a sheaf of her hair, wondering if there was something stuck in it.

"You alright Hermione?" She looked - odd. Like she was very happy to see Lily, even though Lily usually sat across from her at meals and it was nothing out of the ordinary.