Brian was pretty much still half-asleep when he walked into the potions laboratory. But there was no real surprise there, really. The Hufflepuff was usually found either sleeping or close to sleep or eating or being hungry. There was very rarely anything else on his mind than music, food and sleep. Sleep.

He was so sleepy he barely had the presence of mind to acknowledge the professor person as he went to get his lab coat off the hook, but when he turned around, there was no professor to be found. Strange.

So coat on, the boy shuffled towards a workstation and started setting up. And tried to wake himself up a little before the lesson started. Where was Timmy? She was usually earlier than him to these things, the last time he checked. Today was such a strange day.