Morning before classes was for Bentley's present detection. Afternoon and after classes was for professor Roslund's present. Luckily, he wasn't under the telescope of betrayal like Bentley so this shouldn't be a nervous encounter. Standing in front of the office's door, Louisa knocked twice. A light blue present box was tucked under her arm as she waited for the professor to answer.

Unless he was enjoying the summer breeze out in the grounds. It was evening after all. Also, did professors stay in their offices most of the time?

Edvard was sitting in his office reading a letter from his youngest sibling, Olivia. She had managed to get into a bit of a tiff with the local library since she had not returned a lot of books and now she wanted him to sort it all out. *sigh* Sometimes his sister could be so irresponsible. Edvard was about to put his quill to a parchment to write back when he heard a knock on his door.

Clearing his throat he called out loudly "Come in!"

Who could want to see him late in the evening?

Hearing the familiar voice, Louisa pushed open the door and peered inside to see if he was alone or not. "Good evening, Professor." She went inside once her eyes spotted the empty office. Again, it was her first time into Roslund's office. It was elegant and very classy. The leather couch drew her attention quickly and she fancied trying flopping down on it. But didn't. It was rude. Who knew aunt Brown's teaching would do her good after all?

Shyly, the girl walked closer fidgeting with the box in her hand. "I brought you something. I found Astrononmy really entertaining last term and.." COUGHCOUGH. "..wanted to express gratitude." Yes, she was quoting from one of her novels. GAH! The girl's arm was stretched then to hand the professor a fairly large box. A chapeau and a perfume was wrapped inside. "They're from Brazil." Just so he knew. Ahem. The girl's cheeks were faintly rosy and she had her fingers crossed. He wouldn't mind wearing a hat some day, would he?

Minerva walked up to the office door and knocked. She waited for the professor to come to the door. She looked around at one of her favorite places to be. She couldn't wait to see the stars from up here again.

Hopefully the Astronomy professor could help him. He had been the one person on the dias who had looked nice enough to Lewis. For one he wasn't doing anything weird like burping colorful bubbles or fainting or something like that. And he hadn't been playing pranks on the other professors. At least Lewis hadn't seen him doing anything of the like. He really didn't like people playing pranks. No, he didn't.

So, slowly walking up to the professor's office, Lewis hesitated for a moment, reading the name tag on the door. Professor Roslund. Was that the nice guy from the staff table? Seeing as they were seated according to what they taught and he had been sitting on the Astronomy seat he should be. If he wasn't he was just going to...leave again. And quickly too.

So after a deep breath he took another step forward and raised his hand to knock on the door three times. And now he was going to wait.

Alyssa quickly walked up to the door of her Astronomy Studies Professor's Office. She knew that Professor Roslund would most likely be busy but she had decided that this term she would be spending some time star gazing and she needed permission to visit the Astronomy Tower after school curfew time. She checked to make sure that her shoes were clean and then reached up to knock on his door.

KNOCK! KNOCK!! Then she waited for him to answer.

Messer was eager to see the Observatory but he's more eager to see the Professor who happen to share the same first name with him. He slowly made his way up to the Professor's office. Its on the seventh floor so its very long way from the Hufflepuff common room. He tried to catch his breath first before he went to knock the door. He just hope that the Astronomy Professor was in his office.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

"Good evening Miss Carter!" Edvard greeted with a warm smile. What could she want at this time of night? He watched at the Ravenclaw girl eyed his new couch longingly before coming closer with a box in her hands.

Almost fidgeting she presented it to him. Taking it he said beaming "I’m glad you found Astronomy entertaining last year. I hope I can continue the entertaining lesson spell." Opening the box carefully he took out the hat and placed it on his head. Twirling on the spot he said genuinly moved "Thank you Louisa. I’ve been looking for a hat like this for a long time."

Extracting the perfume next he pulled out the cork to the smell the liquid. "Not too strong but a nice smell just how i like it." Putting the cork back in he placed the perfume on his desk. Turning to Louisa he said "Thank you very much for these presents. I didn’t expect them. Did you visit Brazil on your summer break?"

Hearing another knock on the door Edvard pulled out his wand and opened it with a silent alahomora spell."Come in, come in and take a seat on the couch Miss Wheatborn. There is candy in the bowl beside the couch. Help yourself if you are hungry."



Edvard was about to go back to his chair when it knocked on the door again. Going to his door he opened it and ushered the boy standing outside in "Come in, come in. The corridors are chilly here in the towers. Feel free to warm yourself on the couch and try a bertie bean or two." He made an attempt to shut his door.

Edvard didn’t get that far though until another student showed up to see him. "Miss Potter do come in and warm yourself in one of the comfy chairs. There is candy in the bowls."

For the fifth time that night it knocked on his door. What was going on? Since when had he become so popular amongst the badger house? Had Josephina urged them to come see him? Shrugging Edvard held open his door to usher another boy in "Come in, come in. There is plenty of room. Take a seat in one of the comfy chairs or on the couch and help yourself to the candy if you’re hungry."

Shutting the door Edvard walked back round his desk and sat down in his chair wondering what all the student’s could be there to see him about at the late hour.

Minerva smiled as she came into the office. "Thank you professor, I won't take much of your time. I was just stopping by to say Hello and to let you know if you would need any extra help this term please feel free to ask. I am very excited for your class to start up again."

YES!

It actually was the right man. He was at the right office door after all. Smiling at the man, Lewis quickly slipped inside...and stopped short at what he saw. There was already somebody else inside the office. And then, more and more people started to arrive, leaving the office quite crowded. What did they all want from the professor NOW!?

Quickly slipping to a quiet corner so he wasn't in the way of anybody, he waited for the professor to close the door again. Couldn't he have closed it right after Lewis had entered?! Without looking at anybody else, he simply kept his gaze on Professor Roslund as he said quietly, "Should I come back at...another time?" When there weren't about a zillion other people in his office.

"Louisa." The girl corrected the Professor when he called her 'Miss Carter'. She didn't like formality with those she admired. "I'm sure it'll be just as entertaining and educational this year as well." She agreed with a big smile that deepened her blush, "I hope having OWLs doesn't alter this fact." Instinctively, she brought her hand up to her mouth, biting on what was left of her fingernails.

Soon her bad habit was paused as the Professor tried the hat on. Louisa's face beamed, "It looks great on you, sir!" Yep and not just because she bought it for him. Oh and the perfume was good too! See why Louisa liked this man? He was so nice and un-adult-ish. Totally a word. "I'm really glad you like them. I've never bought anything to a.. man before." She blinked at the sentence. It sounded.. weirder than it was meant to be.

"Yes. My b- friend." For some reason, Louisa was awkward to say the word 'boyfriend' in front of a professor. It wasn't classy. "He lives in Brazil and invited me over. It was really great to be there. It wasn't summer when I went there, more like spring but I still enjoyed it. Did you have a good summer, sir?" It was only polite to ask.

...and she was a bit curious.

"Thank you, Professor." Alyssa said taking a candy from the bowl and putting it in her pocket. "I know that you are busy and I don't want to take up too much of your time but I would like ask you whether I could get permission to spend time in the Observatory after school curfew hours. I've decided that I want to check out the stars more. I had so much fun doing it last term and I can't wait to see what else I can find out there. I also wanted to ask whether you needed help in the Astronomy tower or in your office, like polishing up the telescopes or cleaning up after class? If you have already assigned somebody to do them I wouldn't mind working with them, if they didn't."Alyssa smiled at the other students in the office.

Professor Roslund beamed at the young badger. "I appreciate the offer Minerva and I’ll keep it in mind if something were to arise, right now though I’m managing on my own. If I need help I’ll let you know."

It was really nice and foreboding of the badger to offer help at the beginning of term when everyone was settling into the Hogwarts routine again after the holidays.

Hearing one of the boy’s speak, the older of the two Professor Roslund turned to look at him. "No, there isn’t any need unless you want to leave?" Taking his cup of warm tea he took a sip of if asking "What is your name son? I don’t remember seeing you in my classes last term." Maybe he had been in class, but Edvard had forgotten? With so many student’s it wasn’t hard to miss someone.



Edvard still felt sketchy about etiquette and how to address student’s when they visited him in different situations like his office. Making a mental note to ask Gemma later the Swede focused his attention on the only Ravenclaw in his office. Coughing he replied "I will certainly do my best. Anything special you’d like to learn about this year?" It couldn’t hurt to get some student voices on what to teach even if he had a curriculum.

OWL’s….

"I’m sure you’ll do fine Louisa. You shouldn’t start freaking out already. Make a revision table for yourself with time for friends and having fun." Edvard replied trying to sound reassuring. Giving advice didn’t come easy to him but she had come to him so he would do his best.

A man…

O_________O

Trying to smooth over the awkward moment he said "I did have a good summer. I went on a vacation to the canary islands." With my family but he left that part out for some reason.

"So your boyfriend is from brazil? Does he by any chance go to Hogwarts?" Edvard enquired slightly curious. It couldn’t hurt to be up to date with the romance amongst the students.



Turning to gaze at one of the badger girls Edvard nodded "Of course Alyssa. I have the slip right here." Opening a drawer in his desk he pulled out a parchment and handed it to the badger. "Use it well. But don’t stay up so late that you’ll be too tired to be alert in classes." He didn’t want something like that on his conscience.

Another helper! Had Professor Hadley started a new project in the badger house to earn them points? Looking from Minerva to Alyssa again he replied "Like I said to your house mate Minerva earlier. At the moment I don’t need any help but, if I do after classes with cleaning up or keeping the observatory nice and clean then I’ll definitely think of you two."

Oh how much he had wished the Professor would agree with him. Apparently he wasn't as lucky though. Sigh. "I-" Did he want to leave? Hell yeah! But it would definitely seem weird if he did, especially because he hadn't come here to discuss any private manners with the professor or anything. Unlike one of the girls. Had he just asked her about her boyfriend?!

"No, Sir. It's fine." Lewis finished quietly with a nod and a small smile for Professor Roslund. "I'm Lewis. Lewis Rasting, Sir." He introduced himself with yet another nod. "I was wondering...do you maybe have an owl I could borrow, Professor?" This seemed like a legit question right? Who else would have owls but the professors? And he really needed to send that letter he had written.

"Thank you so much for the permission slip. I'm looking foward to spending some time up there. I promise not to break anything while I'm up there."Alyssa smiled at the Professor as she took the slip from him. When she heard that he didn't any help at the moment, Alyssa was disappointed but she brightened up when he told her that if he did need help that he would let Minnie and her know. "Oh thank you, Professor. I would love to work with Minnie. We're good friends, so we'll work well together." Alyssa thanked him. "I know that you're busy right now, so thank you for taking the time to speak with me. I can't wait to go check out the stars now." Alyssa smiled at the Professor one more time before she left the office.

Minerva smiled "Ok that would be great. I loved spending time in the observatory last term looking at the stars and I am excited to start looking at them again." then she heard him tell Alyssa the same thing about helping and her smile got bigger. "Yes Alyssa and I would love to work together. I know your busy so I will leave you alone now. Thank you for your time." Minerva headed out of the office behind Alyssa.

Anything special to learn this year? WELL! Louisa's face brightened at this question and she shifted in her place, "Do you really think that my opinion matters, sir?" Because Louisa had a very different view on adult's snobbish and their crave for laying down rules for the younger to follow. She, actually, disliked them for this. BUT! Professor Roslund had asked her opinion. And not only this, but he wanted it for something of his expertise. That was.. WHAO. Just awesome. "I don't know, sir, but I was really intrigued by last term's topic about moon cycle and its affect on our magic. Some werewolf talk is exciting too." Giggling at this and putting her hand over her mouth in a girlish way.

Okay. Something was going on in the girl's head, Louisa never let her guard down around professors. Well, only Bentley but even this was new!

Listening intently at his advice about study, the fifteen years old nodded her head. "I should do this. In fact, I'm planning on preparing ahead in some subjects." Because she was a Ravenclaw, a hard working one at that, and yep she knew that about herself. "Thank you for the advice." She made a mental note of coming to Roslund whenever her OWLs got the best of her.

Blushing a bit, the girl nodded. "He does come to Hogwarts. He stays here with his father in school time and goes back to his mother in holidays. João Neves, sixth year, Slytherin." Who doesn't take Astronomy, she wanted to say but shut up trying to avoid any other awkward moments.

"Did you go there by yourself, sir?" Raising her eyebrows at that. Going on a vacation to such beautiful place was boring without company. And Louisa's curiosity tugged at the girl's tongue to know whether he was married or not. Or dating. Or something.

Messer entered the Professor's office and saw there already some students there. Maybe he's choosing a bad time to visit the Astronomy Professor. Then he heard the Professor offering him candy. Who can resist a candy? Certainly not him! "Thanks, Professor." He took some candies and put it on his robe's pocket. Saved for later.

"Good evening, Professor. I'm here to introduce myself, sir." And I also want to know the Professor who happen to share the same first name with me. "I'm Messer. Edvard Messer. First year Hufflepuff." He introduce himself. "But please call me Messer." Because he know that it'd be so weird for the Professor calling him by his first name, not to mention he didn't like it when people called him by his first name.

The teenage boy in Hufflepuff robes seemed to be a contemplative youth with a lot of things on his mind. Was it a common trait with Hufflepuff students, he wondered as he continued to sip on his tea. Seren had rubbed off on him since now tea wasn’t just hot water to him.

"Pleasure to meet you Lewis, in what year are you?" Eddie shot the boy a warm smile. Eyes widening slightly at the unorthodox request Professor Roslund nodded "Yes I have an owl that you could borrow. He is currently in the Owlery though, getting some shut eye. Pausing for a moment he asked "Why do you need my owl’s assistance?" Edvard was going let the boy use Oscar of course but he was interested in knowing for what purpose.



"Good bye Alyssa!" Professor Roslund called after the badger as she left with her permission slip. It was encouraging to see that his new challenge was getting some attention which spurred him to continue posting questions on his notice board.



"Bye Minerva! Come back any time, my office is always open." Edvard called after the second Hufflepuff to leave in so many minutes. It meant that he would have more time and focus to dedicate to the other students currently in his office.



Eyes widening he said slightly taken back "Of course your opinion matter’s Louisa, just like any other student’s opinion does." Explaining he continued "To become a great professor I value student input and ideas even if I have a set curriculum to follow," If he’d end up using the input was beside the point.

Werewolves and moon cycles she liked. Noted. Curious he asked "Why did you enjoy that lesson so much?"

"You’re welcome Louisa." Professor Roslund said a little surprised that she would take his advice. He wasn’t exactly an expert advice giver like he had heard Professor Hadley was rumored to be.

On the topic of his holiday he got slightly red around the ears "I, no. I went there with my family. It’s a Roslund family tradition to go get some sun before winter arrives."



The boy was there to introduce himself which was very commendable of the young badger. If only more students would do that Professor Roslund mused. As the boy spoke Edvard blinked and then his face lit up into a wide beam "It’s a pleasure to meet you Edvard… I mean Messer." At least he would have no problem remembering the boys name if he was to come to his class. "Tell me Messer, do you like star-gazing by any chance?"

"Pleasure to meet you, sir." Messer said and gave the Professor a small smile. Then he cringed a little when Professor Roslund called him by his first name. Its not like he didn't like his first name but it reminds him of his father's name and he's not his father. But he grinned when he heard the Professor corrected himself and called him Messer. "Yes. I like star-gazing." Actually Roslund's class was one of the class he's excited for. "How about you, Professor?" he asked even though he could guess his answer. "Are we gonna do some star-gazing on your first class, sir?" He hoped so.

He had been right about him. Professor Roslund really WAS nice. Maybe he was going to be different in class but right now he was just being really really nice. Unlike other professors. "Fifth, Sir. I just transfered here." Lewis had learned to add seemingly interesting information even if it hadn't been inquired after specifically. It was considered...normal?

Professor Roslund seemed surprised by his request to say the least. Only why? A little taken aback by his hesitance and question, Lewis glanced down at his hands in his lap for a moment. "Well, I...need to send somebody a letter, Sir, and I don't have my own owl you see." And who else was he supposed to get an owl from?

Her heart was practically fluttering at the professor's confirm. Louisa hadn't feel so... mature and important before. She did when a friend or two asked for her opinion, which was not much since she usually was the young one, but this time was official. Louisa Carter was mature enough. Hehe, she couldn't wait to tell Vashti. "Thank you." This was pure sincere coming out as a whisper.

Why did she enjoy it? Ha! Simple. "Well, school doesn't teach us about werewolves that much. You have to buy an expensive book in order to know more about the matter. I find it really intriguing, the moon cycle affecting werewolves in a monstrous way while it mildly affects others." And the little you told Louisa about something, the more she grew eager to know more. Werewolves weren't the brightest subject to teach youngsters, thus she craved more about them.

Well, well, well... was someone being a bit embarrassed? Despite the hat on the professor's head, Louisa detected the deepening color of his ears. She suppressed a laugh and only smiled, "Oh. Well that sounds fun." She would comment on his slight tan but she didn't want him to think she was being rude. Nope.

"I hope I didn't interrupt your personal time, sir." She concluded, hinting that her visit had done its purpose. She'd LOVE to stay and enjoy the company of Edvard, being mature and important now, but he had other business and things to tend to.

Zhenya had a bit of spare time, and she had sort of said hello to most of the professors she wanted to - all except her Astronomy Professor! The one who had joined with Professor Bentley to give one of the best lessons she had ever been to! This visit was just to say a quick hello!

She went to Professor Roslund's office and knocked at the door, waiting patiently.

Tayla stood in front of Professor Roslund's office. She'd never been there before and she wasn't even sure if he knew her, but she had to ask him something. As she often was when meeting most teachers, Tayla felt a bit nervous. She took and deep breath and knocked on the door. "Professor Roslund?"