SPOILER!!: Zeke
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Hera From what he had learned about Janelle, he felt he knew her pretty well.... so when she said THAT, he couldn't keep the look of curiosity of his face. Head titled slightly, he watched her for a moment. "You were grounded?" he questioned, hardly believing it, but excited by it at the same time. "What did you do? I have to know." He'd only been grounded on a handful of times, which considering how long he'd been living with his adopted mum, was actually quite a statistic he supposed. Opportunities for grounding were somewhat slim when you had mercenaries as babysitters. Still, when there was a will there was a way.
Seriously though, she had a good smile on her, so when it turned to a frown, he found himself sliding back on the bench a bit. What did he do?!?!!? ....
But then her response had HIM grinning ear to ear. "Good, who needs Astronomy anyway?" It was a rhetorical question, cause, astronauts needed Astronomy, mmhhmm. "But really, you should start working on a cover story for that if it's going to be an issue." He wouldn't apologise though. Nope. In fact... he wanted to be there when it happened, it was a shame he was dropping the subject next year.
Mr. Browne.
That was awfully fancy, he smirked a little. "People tend to do that, " underestimate him, "which isn't a bad thing... means I fly under peoples radars." And it meant he was capable of surprising people - for better and worse.
Janelle held back a laugh when Zeke seemed surprised at her grounding. Truth be told, it was not an isolated incident, but he didn't need to know that. My Zeke was curious, wasn't he? He wanted the details. Giving him a half smile, she responded.
"I got caught." Watching Zeke's face for a reaction, she decided to give him a little more information. She paused for dramatic effect and then continued.
"Let's just say, it involved a prank that went wrong at my old muggle school. I got busted and my father was not pleased." Janelle decided to leave it at that. Hopefully, Zeke didn't want to hear any more than that.
Who needed Astronomy? It was definitely the most entertaining class with the most entertaining professor at Hogwarts.
"Oh it's going to be an issue. Your performance is imprinted in my brain now. When Professor Flamsteed does his thing, and he will, I'm am going to picture you. When I picture you I'm going to laugh. You can bet on it." Just thinking about it made Janelle want to laugh right then.
"I don't know what kind of cover story can possibly save me." At least it was good to know that she had a funny memory to make her laugh when she needed to.
"Well flying under the radar is a good thing." In fact, Janelle wished that she could fly under the radar. Somehow, she didn't seem to be as successful at it as Zeke. Maybe she could learn a thing or two from him. She would definitely keep and eye on the older boy. Watch and learn, yeah? Looking Zeke in the eye, Janelle said,
"I won't make that mistake again." With a smile, she added,
"No, I will not underestimate you again." Janelle continued to stare at Zeke. He definitely had many, many layers. Apparently she had only seen the tip of the iceberg.