Oddly Free (Open)

[HOLLY KATHERINE BOOT]

Holly walked into the courtyard slowly. She was a bit confused. As of this moment, she had absolutely no commitments to get to. Even Holly, a perfectionist by nature, knew that what she was doing what a lot to take on. The Paper Angels, Quidditch, preparing for her N.E.W.Ts: It was all just a lot to take on. Despite the fact that most people would be pulling their hair out with anxiety, Holly quite liked having this much going on.

Looking around the courtyard, she sat on one of the benches. She reached out of her large bag and pulled a Potions Textbook out. It was not a text book her professor had required her to get. It was one that Holly decided to read leasurly. She preferred Potions to any other classes that she took. Although She was a smart girl and got more than decent marks in all her classes, her love for potions was uncomparable.

She opened the book to reveal it's old, large pages. The potions book had been a quite old one, most certainly with potions in it that were nowadays impracticial. Holly still loved it. She enjoyed searching through them to find what may benefit The Paper angels.

Holly read slowly. She had enough free time at the moment to do do. She took a breath in of the fresh air and sighed. She forgot how enjoyable boredom could possibly be.

[JAYSON ANTHONY ABERCROMBIE]

Jayson ran a hand through his hair with a sigh, walking through the courtyard, potions essay in hand. He had done rather terrible on it, it wan’t his fault though, he had always been smart enough to bull his essays and still do well on them. This year though, everything was falling apart. He had too many distractions, it was effect his class work, and this was his NEWT year, so he’d need to be prepared for his exams. Quidditch was his relief, but it was also time consuming. Then the Paper Angels were always on his mind, he was sometimes doubting their actions, but stood behind them for Victoire. She was the last and biggest distraction on his list, his best friend and recently realized crush. Well, more than a crush, he’d never cared for a girl this strongly, and she had no idea. He didn’t want to ruin their friendship, he didn’t know how to tell her or what to do, it was driving him mad.

Looking up from his essay, he noticed Holly sitting on the bench reading. They were in the Paper Angels, same year and were quid ditch rivals. Safe to say, they’d built a friendship over the years, so he made his way over, needing a distraction from his failure this year. ”Holly,” he greeted with a grin, sitting down next to her and stuffing his essay into his pants pocket, crinkle the disappointing piece of paper up. ”What are you up to?” he asked, leaning over to check the book, scrunching his nose in disgust as it was a potions one. ”Potions sucks,” he muttered, shaking his head a little with annoyance. He was a bit peeved at his professor for the moment.

”Is this classwork?” he asked, never having seen that book before, he was pretty sure they didn’t use it in their class.