That other people had finally started to try and make sense of the situation (that the Hogwarts competitor (Dora) and Valerie started) gave Jesús a moment to breathe and reassess. He kept his eyes on the girl (Dora) watching her to see what her next move would be. If she even sneezed his way, he was ready to send a hex straight in her face. Lachlan's voice didn't help to sate Jesús' annoyance either, but it did enable him to lower his wand just a bit. And, as luck would have it, Hogwarts' very own, Hawk-eyes Hawthorne, had made her way over to them.
As she spoke, his jaw clenched tightly. She was barking commands and Jesús had no choice but to follow. With his wand carefully stowed, the sixth year narrowed his eyes slightly at Hawthorne before taking a seat. Just like she asked. After taking a deep breath, Jesús reminded himself that making a scene (or, an even bigger scene, anyway) would just make things worse for him. He was only half-listening to Hawthorne's spiel, and focused solely on the names of the competitors who'd qualified for the next challenge. He closed his eyes briefly, to process the information.
When he reopened them, he glanced over at Lachlan, wondering how and why he wasn't moving on to the second challenge as well. His thoughts were interrupted once he felt someone hugging him, Jesús was momentarily taken aback but he returned the hug. Madelyn was sweet, he didn't see anything wrong with how she chose to support their school. "Don't worry about it, and, thanks." Jesús didn't usually enter the personal affairs of his peers, but he did feel bad that Madelyn was upset, and he completely understood why. Watching Madelyn walk off reminded him that he needed to talk to Valerie about keeping calm, especially when they were around students from the competing school. Jesús shot a look at Valerie, hoping that she caught it quick enough to understand that he didn't agree with her course of actions.
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