Scurrying into the classroom, Patrick wanted to pick a seat in the middle of the room. His hope was that by not being in the front or back of the classroom he wouldn't get singled out. He spotted Flynn who he had met out at the whomping willow over by what appeared to be Hufflepuff's according to their tie color.

He spotted some of his fellow Slytherin's but only recongnized a few of the faces. He saw Dahlia sitting down toward the back of the room. He glanced over the room once more before deciding to sit closer to the back. As he started to move he noticed the professor standing at the front, "good morning professor."

Pretend to be chipper, or at least awake enough to not get points deducted he thought to himself as he finally sat down. Losing house points this early in the term would surely earn him a terrible reputation as a Slythering, and he really wanted to win the cup this year.