When will this be over? (Sophia)

[ashleyxx]

Leo gulped down the last few sips of her orange juice and stuffed her final bite of sausage into her mouth. She took her messanger bag off the floor, and left the Great Hall with irritation, as she set off for the student lounge.

Well, you did it Leo. Good job. She thought grumpily. You've waited until the last possible minute again. Now you've earned yourself an entire day of studying. Congratulations. Leo just wanted to tear her hair out. Exams started in two days and she had bearly even skimmed her potioins notes, nor had she even cracked open the Standard Book of Spells Grade three.

"What are you staring at?" She snapped bitterly to a girl around her age who seemed to be watching her with amusement, storm down the hall. The girl turned and hurried away, as Leo rounded the corner and entered the student lounge to study, rather than the library. She didnt think she'd be able to bear the library, surrounded by nothing but books and stupid old Madam Pince breathing down her back. Leo took a seat by the window, and quickly glanced out. The sky was gloomy and grey, and there seemed to be a summer storm on the way. She settled herself down into an arm chair and crossed her legs indian style, immediately pulling out her notes and attempting to read through them. But Leo's handwriting wasnt the greatest, nor were her note taking skills. She would've asked one of her friends to borrow their notes, but she felt a little guilty always doing that. She sighed and leaned her head back against the pouf, her thoughts drifting to her real problem...Tommy. Her best friend in the whole wide world, who didnt even know she was a witch. She wasnt sure whether or not she should tell him. He was like family to her, and she hated keeping secrets, but she didnt want him to be afraid of her, or think of her as weird. Summer was coming up, meaning she'd be seeing a lot of Tommy....and she still didnt know what to do!

[Sophia Hallington H7]

Sophia was just leaving the dining room, having just finished her breakfast-Hot Chocolate, Corn Flakes and a Croissant, that morning-and was making her way out of the hall, when a girl that she vaguely recognised from a few lessons pushed past her, seemingly irritated.

Sophia made her way to the Hufflepuff common room, where she picked up her bag, had a quick wash, and decided to go to the library. Exams were starting in 2 days, and she needed to study-Potions today, she thought-it was her first exam, and she was glad to get it over with.

However. when she reached the library, she found that there were no empty tables, and nobody she recognised, so she decided to go to the Student Lounge instead, hoping it would be quieter and there would be seats-she would have gone back to her common room, but she remembered that it was full of other fellow Hufflepuffs, some studying, some playing Wizard Chess, and some just chatting.

When she got to the lounge, at a first glance she didn't see anyone she knew, but having a second, closer look, she saw the girl that had pushed past her earlier, looking over her notes, sitting by the window. She decided to go and sit with her, and ask how she was, and why she was irritated-Sophia felt that it was her duty as a Hufflepuff.

"Errm...hi there! Can I sit here?" she said, pointing at a chair opposite the other girl. "I'm Sophia, by the way. Sophia Hallington...I'm in your year..." At this point she was starting to feel a bit uncomfortable-wary, perhaps-that she was invading the privacy of the other girl-Leo, Sophia thought she was called-and maybe she would rather not be more irritated than she already was...

[ashleyxx]

Leo looked up, startled and a bit annoyed, as a girl approached her with a wary expression on her face. She motioned toward the chair beside Leo and asked if she could sit there. Leo was a bit impressed however, by her obvious nerve for coming near her. Most people just avoided Leo completely whenever she was mad or seemed irritated because she was sort of like a bomb just waiting to go off. Or at least that's what Mary had told her last summer after one of their spare yet unpleasant arguments. The girl began in a hesistant voice to introduce herself, and Leo knew she couldnt just sit there and sulk, she couldnt be rude, so she smiled.

"I'm Leo, Leo Killingsworth and I'm a Gryffindor." She said in response to Sophia. She was aware that they were in the same year and had it been any other day but today she would have been immediately suggesting the two go out onto the grounds and play in the rain or perhaps exchange numbers or something. Leo liked to have a lot of friends, and she liked to meet new people. She was outgoing and friendly, and a moment not spent having fun felt like a moment wasted to her. She was actually beginning to consider what Dresden had suggested a few days ago-not even bother studying for exams- when she realized that Sophia was still standing before her, looking wary. "I'm sorry, I'm not normally such a crab, you can sit down you know I dont bite. Usually." She added with a slight giggle, and inclined her head toward the chair beside her for Sophia to sit in.

[Sophia Hallington H7]

Sophia Smiled back at Leo. She already partly knew Leo, from sharing come lessons with her, but as they were in different houses, and therefore didn't see much of each other, she barely knew her. However, she had seen that Leo seemed to be a nice girl, although she could be a bit irritable at times.

Sophia giggled a bit at Leo's comment about not being like a crab, and when she made it clear that Sophia could sit there, that she did. She was pleased that Leo had let her sit there for a number of reasons. Firstly, she needed a seat, and the one there was the only vacant one. Secondly, she felt, from what she already knew about her, that Leo was friendly, and right now Sophia needed all the friends she could get. And finally, Sophia was curious about why the girl seemed to be in a bad mood...was it just exams, or was there some deeper thing?

Anyway, Sophia decided not to worry herself too much about that at the moment, and drew her Potions book out of her bag-"Moste Potente Potions"-and turned to the page with the Polyjuice Potion-possibly the hardest in the book, and one she was sur she didn't need to learn this early. However, Snape had said to the whole class that if they didn't learn it, then there was no way they could pass, so she saw it as a priority. Luckily they couldn't actually make the potion, as it was too advanced, so this is why Snape had decided to make a great portion of the written exam on it.

"So...what are you learning then? I hate exams...I mean, what IS the point...half of the stuff is probably pointless, unless you want to follow it up as a career, and the other half can be useful, but not very, unless you want a job in the subject...". Sophia was rambling on again-one of her special talents-and decided to stop there. She would rather not lose a freind before they even became friends, or even got to know each other. A situation that had almost happened a number of times.