[ ❀ // 1 x 1 ] hogwarts rp

[qbaiter]

grayson let out a sigh of relief. their potion was perfect. he turned to skylar. "good job." was all he said, before turning away and placing his potions textbook back in his bag. he was mad at himself. grayson was supposed to be the mean slytherin who didn't care about anyone else. why was he being somewhat nice to this kid?

he supposed it was because skylar mentioned family, something grayson would never have the guts to talk about. whatever the reason, grayson couldn't continue on like this. what would the other slytherins think? and if his father somehow heard he had been nice to a hufflepuff? grayson would be dead meat.

[Consulting_Angel]

"Oh. Thank you," Skylar responded, unsure as to what else he could say. Then, he also put his potions textbook back into his bag. It had, admittedly, been quite the experience, working with the Slytherin. He hoped that they'd at least work well in future lessons, even if they completely ignored each other outside of class.

Soon enough, the professor dismissed the class, but not before setting them an essay of 10-inches of parchment that was to be a review of the class experience, and about how they found working with another student. Skylar stood up, and picked his bag up. He glanced towards Grayson, just murmuring a 'see you later' to him, before walking to the doors of the classroom, where he met up with a few other Hufflepuffs.

[qbaiter]

grayson glanced at the essay requirements and inwardly groaned. the experience wasn't exactly his favorite, and now he had to write about it? of all the assignments that the professor could've possibly given, it just had to be an essay. he stood and swiftly exited the class, acknowledging skylar's goodbye with a slight nod.

turning around, he saw skylar walk off with a group of hufflepuffs. grayson supposed he should find his friends. the boy looked and soon found a few other slytherins who were currently taunting a second year. he almost decided to join them, but then realized he should probably be off. grayson pulled his timetable out of his pocket. he'd completely forgotten where to go next.

[Consulting_Angel]

As he walked, the group he was with passed by a group of Slytherins who were busy taunting a poor second year student. Skylar frowned slightly - no wonder Slytherins got such a bad rap, considering some of them were there doing things like that to younger students. Had he been more confident, he would have stepped in. The group of Hufflepuffs he was with kept walking on anyway, and he was sure that he saw a Gryffindor stepping in anyway before he left.

Skylar quickly glanced at his timetable, just to check what he had next - Charms. He was quite pleased about that, for Charms tended to be a fairly easy class, even at NEWT level. Since only a handful of his friends also had Charms, the group split up, and he walked to the Charms classroom.

[qbaiter]

his timetable said charms, which grayson wasn't too pleased about. it certainly wasn't his best subject anyway. the slytherin boy passed by the second year, who was now being comforted by a gryffindor. he made his way to the charms room and sat down next to one of his friends whom he'd known since his first day at hogwarts.

grayson expected this charms class to be similar to the previous years. there wasn't a new teacher, and he guessed the charms they'd be learning weren't too different from the ones they already knew. i mean, how many charms are there really? while waiting for the teacher to begin, grayson began to chat with his friend, asking her about how her first class had went.

[Consulting_Angel]

Skylar walked into the Charms classroom, and he sat down at a desk, next to one of his friends. They started to have a quiet conversation about Potions, and how they thought that went - it seemed that his friend had better luck in getting paired up with someone, for they had been placed with a friendly Ravenclaw that was, fortunately, unlike the stereotype that Ravenclaws had. His friend even expressed sympathy for the fact that Skylar had been placed with Grayson, though he didn't think that it was a completely awful experience.

He then glanced across the classroom, just to see who else had arrived, and considered it a mistake, for he spotted Grayson. Sure, it wasn't as if he hated the Slytherin, but he was still quite apprehensive about him. Skylar glanced away very quickly, putting his focus directly towards his friend and the conversation at hand, right up until the Charms professor made an appearance, to start the class.

[qbaiter]

from the corner of his eye, grayson spotted skylar and made brief eye contact with him before placing his full attention on the front of class as their teacher arrived. she introduced herself as professor ainsworth, which most of the students already knew.
then she went on and on about a bunch of things.

grayson didn't bother to pay attention, for he didn't really care about what she had to say. it was probably about her personal life,
and he could care less about that. she was his teacher, not his friend. however, as she began to discuss the class agenda, he pulled away from his daydreaming and listened. grayson hadn't realized he'd been staring at skylar unintentionally as his thoughts drifted.

[Consulting_Angel]

Skylar listened to Professor Ainsworth, even though she spoke quite a bit about her personal life, rather than focusing on the lesson at hand. However, he didn't mind it too much, because there was sometimes something useful - such as a wand trick or a seemingly useless spell - that got mentioned. He was glad that she started to focus more on the agenda after a short while, though, because he did not want to end up spending the class listening to the professor only talk about herself.

He started to take down notes, writing in shorthand, for she tended to speak quite quickly. He only glanced up, though, when his friend nudged him, and surreptitiously pointed out that Grayson seemed to be staring directly at him. Skylar glanced over briefly, hesitantly, for he wasn't sure as to whether or not he should believe his friend - only to see that they were right. Skylar frowned slightly, confused, and he quickly returned his focus to Professor Ainsworth.

[qbaiter]

grayson pulled out a piece of paper and began to sloppily jot down some notes as the professor turned to a useful topic. he usually tried to make his writing somewhat neat, but she'd spent half the class talking about her family and whatnot, so now they were pressed for time.

he noticed skylar's friend looking oddly at him, but grayson ignored it. he didn't want to be the cause of some hufflepuff gossip. it wasn't until he caught a glance of skylar looking at him. then grayson began to worry he'd done something wrong. he hadn't been very mean to anyone yet, so what was it this time?

[Consulting_Angel]

Skylar felt a little confused. Why would Grayson be staring directly at him, of all people? Maybe, he guessed, it had been a mistake. That was certainly one explanation for it... and he couldn't think of anything else. His friend smirked slightly, which Skylar saw, and grew a little concerned - he didn't need his friend to say anything, since he figured it out as it was conveyed through that smirk. He shook his head towards his friend - there was absolutely nothing to be figured out or realised. At least, he supposed, it didn't seem like anyone else had noticed.

He tried to focus on the class, taking down notes - he knew that he hadn't managed to get everything down, but he knew that he'd be able to compare notes with the other Hufflepuffs later on, so he wasn't too concerned. Chances are, he'd written something down that hadn't been caught by someone else. Skylar was also concerned for the time that was left, but at least today's class hadn't been a practical one. Sitting down and note taking was perhaps one of the things he preferred - it meant there was no risk of a spell going wrong, and someone potentially getting hurt.