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ashfig 
Uh oh. Cora knew she had said too much. It was only natural for Nora to want to press for more now. "Well, his name is Ethan. And he helped me in Herbology. I wasn't strong enough. He's really nice, but it's nothing really." It wasn't anything. But Cora was still looking forward to the next Herbology class. She knew she wasn't fooling Nora, but she continued anyway.
"Yes, I suppose I could. I understand you not wanting to do it anymore. I do get rather nervous with a broom anyway." Cora did not want Nora feeling bad, and tried to fix things a bit.
Cora knew how Nora felt about time moving quickly. She didn't really put much thought into it, though. "I know how you feel," she said. "But what do you mean by 'while I do nothing'? Is that anything I could help with?" Cora was curious as to what was bothering her friend. She would help with ANYTHING.
Helped her in Herbology? Well, that surely was nice of this Ethan guy, because Nora knew well enough how challenging some things could be in that class. She couldn't stop smirking, though. "
Mmmmhmm." Of course she believed Cora that there was
nothing. That's why she blushed when she mentioned him. Heheee.
As she heard what Cora said next, Nora huffed. "
Pfft. Me being nervous would be the understatement of the century," she giggled. She'd rather describe it as the most terrifying experience in her life. Flying, that is. She wondered how Apparition would be.
At Cora's next question, Nora found herself shrugging. "
It feels like I have many things to do and not enough time... I think." And she
knew that the OWLs were just some other exams. They were just special because they had a name, such as the NEWTs in the seventh year. But they were juuuust exams. Not the end of the world.