Study Buddy

[Darcey Umbridge]

Potions was, by no means, a difficult subject for Darcey, but it was impossible to work in the common room. All of the noise, all of the idiocy. Incantima certainly had the right idea; private dorms sounded utterly ideal, but she supposed she did not despise all of her housemates. Her brother, of course, was her favourite person, and she had always been entertained by Fidelia and Ellen. The rest of their little group were tolerable, and Darcey preferred some of them more than others.

Speaking of which, the shadow lingering over her potions work was really quite irritating, and Darcey looked up to find Daniel Allen with a familiar textbook tucked beneath his arms. Well, it could have been someone far worse than Allen.

"Mr. Allen," she greeted smoothly, arching a single brow. "I would ask what brought you here, but," she patted the identical textbook on the desk beside her, "I believe I have some idea."

@Daniel Allen
@Cassius Lestrange

  

[Daniel Allen]

Sometimes, working in the common room left Daniel sorely tempted to murder a thirteen year old or two. Whenever that happened, he usually packed up and headed off to the library - where someone else was mercifully responsible for telling children to stop talking.

He would have headed off to a secluded corner, but he spotted Miss Umbridge, and they were on good enough terms that he wasn't exactly going to avoid her. He wandered towards her; if she was working on the Potions assignment as well, then this would likely end up working out well for the both of them.

"Miss Umbridge," he said, sliding into the desk next to her, "If I didn't come here, I would have been sorely tempted to end one of the third years."