See...the man talking to his rat is just...too much for this kid. Jace sank further in his seat as he saw the interaction...and didn't even bother to reply to the Professor's question. He had a great winter break, and it didn't involve any rodent, thank you very much.

The Ravenclaw took out his pencil and parchment, and began to scribble down notes. He was too occupied with his note taking that he missed the part where he needed to partner up. As he looked up from his parchment, the boy looked confused...looked around, and realized that his classmates were pairing up already.

Jace turned pink...and sheepishly raised his hand. "I need a partner?" Merlin, was it necessary? He'd rather work on his own really...