Oh. A gumball machine? Since when was there a gumball machine in Diagon Alley? Lexi did love gum...and sweets...which meant that Sugarplum's was certainly on the top of her priority list. She could worry about books, parchment, and the such later on. She fished in her pocket for a few knuts then carefully went to stand in line behind a brunette girl. This girl was in line, right?

"Excuse me?" she said, glancing the girl's way. "Are you in line for the gumball machine?" Lexi suddenly felt like a four-year-old standing around in a toy store or something. The things she was willing to go through just for a ball of gum...