At Healer Reed's directions, Brent nodded and took a step back. Just as he did, Skylar was there with water, which he accepted and gulped down entirely before turning to address her. "Thanks," he said, giving her a one-arm hug. When the hug brought her a little closer to him, he kissed her on top her head before sparing a glance back at Valerie. She seemed to be coming to, and per her usual self, she'd spat a few words at the crowd around her. Yup, Valerie would be back to normal in no time. Because he wasn't quite as concerned as he was before, he happened to catch the little exchange between his girlfriend and the Healer. She'd hit him smack in the face! Five points instead of only ten, but he leaned it toward her and whispered, "That was awesome!"

The humor was totally worth the five points.

When the dust was settled, Brent turned to head back to his seat, but a movement from the headmistress stopped him. The results! Despite the fact he wasn't counting on winning and didn't really think he stood a chance, he felt his breath catch in the back of his throat as the results were announced. A scholarship was on the line, but truth be told, Brent wasn't even sure he was going to university. He'd just had his heart in this all alone for the challenge itself. But standing here in front of all of Hogwarts and Ilvermorny, he couldn't help but keep his attention glued to the headmistress as the final scores were read aloud.

Fourth place. Ahh, well.

He turned toward Skylar with a shrug. Surprisingly, fourth place didn't bother him. Did people know how many fifth, sixth, and seventh years at both schools didn't even get chosen for the sixteen that started out? Not to mention the fact that he'd survived to fourth out of those sixteen. He actually hadn't expected to even make it past the third round and onto the fourth. The challenge alone had been worth it all. He turned to Kyle with a grin. "Congratulations, man," he said. Admittedly, Brent had thought it'd be Kyle all along. After all, who can compete with a 25/25 almost every time? Then to Levi and Valerie--"Good work out there," he said.

He could live with fourth out of sixteen. Truth be told, he was kind of more excited about all this being over and him just getting to hang out with his girlfriend more.