Originally Posted by Hera

This was, perhaps the best way to go about it. Seren paced her office, pausing briefly to stick a poker in the fire that barely burned in the grate of the fireplace. It was useless. If there was any consolation to the cold that was permeating through the castle walls and seeping into her office through the window pane, it was her rabid indulgence of tea over the past months. Her own supplies had dwindled to the point where she had to purchase a great deal more to supplement her needs.

With tea on her mind, she turned her back to the suffocated flames and eyed the steaming pot on her desk, perhaps a cup now to settle the nerves would be advantageous.

The knock at her door interrupted her movements, and she found herself bracing mid-step and turning her attention instead to her office door. That must be Annie. It had taken her months to work up to this, and still she didn't have courage enough to knock on the Headmistresses door herself, leaving this as her only option. She made for a terrible Gryffindor in that sense.

Gingerly opening the door, Seren beamed at the Headmistress, all the while her nerves making her fingers dance along the surface of the door knob and the other inside her pocket. "Annie, please come in... thank you for meeting with me. I'd have payed you a visit myself, but I can't seem to bring myself to do so," she greeted, her honest words slipping out so casually. She extended her arm, gesturing for her to make herself welcome. "I have tea and biscuits," she offered, figuring it was an appropriate segue into what she wished to discuss.