In her rush to escape Romanos' office, Alice had completely forgotten about levitating and had been attempting to drag her vacuum. From the first floor to the Astronomy tower was no little distance for a fifteen year old and a bazillion pound chunk of Muggle junk, so she was clearly having issues. Clearly. And when she FINALLY reached Flamsteed's office, which she would have barged right into on a normal account, she was too exhausted to even open the door.

So she kind of scuffed at the edge of his door with the toe of her shoe, still clinging to the vac. "PROF, I got CAT HAIR in a BAG for you." Opennn.