Originally Posted by Compootor

As much as Garreth hated stopping in the middle of a chapter, the creeping ache in his belly had eventually been too much to handle, and he'd been forced to stop reading to leave the library and head down to the kitchen for a bite to eat. It wasn't unusual for him to head down there by himself as his eating habits were rather strange and often didn't sync up with those of his friends. But that's fine, right? So what if he liked to eat weird things at weird times of the day?

This time, however, he was surprised to find Professor Stewart observing the house elves. For some reason, it hadn't even occurred to him that the staff ever went down there! But of course they did. The professors have to eat too! He paused for a moment, unsure of what to do. On one hand, he'd never been able to resist any opportunity to fraternize with the professors at Hogwarts. On the other hand, his visits to the kitchen were most often a solitary affair, and to be honest, he liked it that way.

"Afternoon, Professor." he spoke after a moment of careful consideration, doing his best not to startle her. Being rather jumpy himself, he knew what an awful feeling that was. "Supervising the Elves, are you?" he smiled, stepping forward into the room. He kept his body facing the professor even as he slowly sauntered over towards one of the tables to fix himself a snack.