 be curious, not judgmental
Astronomy without Tobias Fuller-Thompson. Without her Tobes. Tobes, her best friend since the very beginning of her second year. Tobes, who she'd sat with in EVERY astronomy class since then except the joint lesson they got separated in. Astronomy, which was HER class with Tobes. It was their class. Their class.
And now he was gone, graduated, and she was left on her own.
The only thing that made the walk to class any easier was the knowledge that things would be out of the ordinary. Well, astronomy was always a little out of the ordinary as far as classes went, but THIS one and Airey's new rules made it feel different. Different because she was now a Captain, and she'd chosen to call him Admiral Airey (no longer Flamsteed because Flamsteed reminded her of the old days with Tobes and she needed CHANGE, even though Tobes had always called him Professor Airey (but maybe it was an ode to him)). So... knowing that things would be fun and different in THAT sense eased the pain a little bit.
But only a little.
...At least, it was only a little until she neared the classroom - at which point she VERY EXCITEDLY accepted her FOUR pips and attached them to her robes - then even LESS little when she actually entered the classroom, at which point she was confused by no desks and a weird massive sandbox and A LACK OF GRAVITY. WELL. HELLO THERE, MISSING DESKS. ALL RIGHT THEN. She was just gonna... casually swim through the air and get up there with the rest of the class. Yeah. Mega cool, and actually just the distraction she needed.
And ADMIRAL AIREY WAS RIGHT THERE. SHE WAS READY FOR THIS. "Tobes says hi again." Because it felt right to say first and foremost and HONOR HIS MEMORY. "'n LIVE LONG AND PROSPER, ADMIRAL AIREY." CUE THE VULCAN SALUTE. And... she... didn't know where to sit, because she'd always sat near Tobes in the same section of the room and now the seats were all HIGH IN THE AIR and nothing felt right, so she was just going to... head over here by Zander. Yes. Hi, boyfriend. Couldn't replace Tobes, but he was a sufficient new astronomy partner.
"Hello, Captain," she wiggled her eyebrows at him before sprawling out Captain Sophie Brown, Seventh Year on the provided piece of parchment on her new desk and tapping it with her wand. WOOP WOOP NAME PLAQUE.
This was ALREADY gonna be the BEST CLASS EVER. SHE COULD FEEL IT.
Too bad Tobes couldn't be there to enjoy it.
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