Noelle felt like she was watching a fight. Professor Kennedy squaring off with the spunky Little Z.

Poor Z, did she not realize that she was taking on a professor? That was not going to end well. Especially late at night. He was probably already tired. Best to take him on when he wasn't cranky from sleep deprivation.

Her eyebrows raised at what Zoryn said next. Noelle looked at the professor and almost took a step away because insulting the library to a librarian was probably NOT a good thing. That was his domain and he was proud of it. But she didn't. She stayed close to Z. Prefect and all.

"Z..." Noelle started again to hopefully deescalate the situation but then she dropped the book on the man's foot. WHAT IN MERLIN's BEARD Z??

Pulling her wand out, Noelle lifted the heavy book off the man's foot and also looked very apologetic. She let it down and then motioned to Little Z before the situation could escalate any further. "Youcannotjustdropaheavybookonanyonesfoot" she hissed as quietly as she could to her. She loved Z's antics. But there was a limit. And just because you didn't get your way, didn't mean you got to physically harm someone. They really needed to get out of here before something worse happened.

They could talk about this diffusion once in the common room.