Without hesitation, Mairead shook her head.  He was a professor, yes, and that had to be taken into consideration.  But quidditch trumped all but a very few select things.  Mairead hopped onto her broom and tilted it skyward, quickly catching up with the Slytherin professor. 

By the time she reached him, the professor had procured a quaffle and was tossing it into the air.  Officially, Mairead had only played two positions so far: Beater and Seeker, the later being her primary post.  But, she did make a point of making the rounds of the positions during practice.  "Alrigh' - we practicin' without a bludger first?"