3:00pm the Common Room

Homework...

Jack was almsot done finishing his assignments. All he had to do was finish writing a quick essay for potions. For at least an hour he has been in the routine of write, drink, think, write, drink, think. Jack downed 3 glasses of water and at least a helping of eggnog. He was almost finished but needed to relieve himself SOOOO badly.

He was down to the last paragraph, he could feel the need to go increase. Still in focus he was writing as fast as  he could, scribbling down every word just neat enough for the teacher to read it. He could feel the pressure increase inside him as he was finishing his last sentence. He was down to five words, now four, three. He was going to explode, sweat dripping down his head from the pressure. He was down to 6 letters when it happened.

The quill broke.

Furious, Jack forgot about all the drinks he ingested and threw the quill across the table. Silently yelling, Jack swiped his papers into a flying mess and bolted into the bathroom. Anyone watching would just see papers flying and a flash of  something. After a few minutes he was back, cleaning up the pile on the floor.

Meanwhile Aoife Moffett was also writing an essay for potions. She was alright at potions, but she'd really have to work if she wanted an E. Just a few more pages left, she was almost done. But, it was pretty easy to let her mind wander. Her thoughts drifted to more interesting subjects like Herbology and Transfiguration.

'I need to try again on that necklace. I bet I could do it this time...Hm, but I don't really feel like it now.' She though as she lazily wrote down the next page.

Finally, she took notice of the other Hufflepuff inside the common room when the papers flew everywhere. Aoife just sat there, wondering who had caused it. Once she saw Jack cleaning up, she quickly rushed to help him, eager to abandon her essay.

"You must not like homework either, tossing it around like that" She joked.

So someone else saw him...this is embarrassing.

Jack's face blushed a little. "Did you see all of that?" He was relieved that he didn't scream and yell before throwing his papers. He has seen this girl around before, their paths just didn't cross.

"You must not like homework either, tossing it around like that"

Homework was...difficult for Jack. He had to sit down and put 100% focus on his assignments, other wise it wasn't going to get done.After the clutter was placed neatly into their respective folders, Jack nonchalantly said,"Ehh...it's alright, I'd rather spend my time doing something funner"[1]

1.	Yes first years say funner

"Yeah, me too!" Aoife nodded happily. "When's your homework due? Because I was just about to take a break...It's always more fun to take a break with someone else." She smiled, her eyes squinting a bit.

"I was thinking of going outside, or maybe to a greenhouse if one's open." She sighed, thinking about running outside or playing in the lake.

After hearing his fellow HufflePuff's response, Jack grew a small smile. Jack only went the greenhouses  rarely. It was like a jewel to him, very special events would happen there. He impulsively said,"LET"S not....go...to the greenhouses....There just, special for me..... I would rather go the lake or the woods."

After almost embarrassing himself, Jack motioned a quick "Be right back" and ran into the the boys dorm. After a long moment he was back, ready to leave. "So where to first...unless you need help with your homework?" Of course this was rhetorical question but...