Knees still aching, Adi dragged himself into the Potions classroom. He was getting tired of these aches. He had given up any hope of his hair staying black and now he was walking around with a full head of gray hair. All this made him grumpy. "Hello, Professor,'' he mumbled to the man not even bothering to notice even he seemed different from the first class.

There were a few a Slytherin and two Gryffindors there. One of them happened to be Tessa. "Tessa! Hi.'' Without waiting for an invitation, Adi dropped right into the seat next to her. Ah. These comfortable chairs made dragging himself here so worthwhile. He now turned to the sixth year. "Oops. Sorry forgot to ask if you mind me joining you.'' But all he had wanted to do was get his weight off of his knees as quickly as possible.