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Bazinga Minerva watched as he looked over her work. She was feeling kind of frustrated that she didn't figure it out that quickly. Then she felt herself blushing when he pointed out what she did. "Your kidding? I checked over it a few times, how did I miss that..." She took the parchment back and looked at it. She started to point to each item instead of just looking with her eyes. Shaking her head she laughed a bit, "I don't know where my eyes and brain are, but apparently they are not working together." She started to write the words down again.. Then looked at it, that sounded silly..
Hmm what was that final step. She thought for a moment, oh yes, the M's were not right. Even though Hufflmpuff sounded silly it wasn't right. So she needed to switch the M's and make them E's.
Her smile grew bigger and she looked up at Jory. "I like this puzzle if I got it right. I feel the same way! Hufflepuff are the best students now aren't they.." She handed him the parchment so that he could have it for his assignment. She leaned back in the seat. "I think I'm getting them and then I do some dumb error like that. How are you doing in all the other classes? There is so much work going on right now."
"Don't worry about it,'' Jory told Minerva as he watched her getting back to work. "
You seem kind of distracted.'' Again, he wondered what was bothering her.
"Yes!'' the boy said, quite pleased.
"You got it. And we are,'' he agreed. Hufflepuffs were hard working students. It showed from their disastrous start at the term with House points but now they were in second place and that was excellent.
"You left out an S at the end of Hufflepuff,'' he said and he added it in.
"But thanks so much for doing this. Did you come up with your cryptogram as yet?''
Jory nodded in agreement.
"With classes, homework and studying there's hardly anytime in the day left after completing them all." He could do with a few more hours everyday.
"But I'm managing. How about you? You're always busy too.'' He saw her in every class, so Minerva must be loaded with work too