He had been here the whole time. Was he that invisible that no one had noticed him? Okay, Hogwarts had really outdone himself this year and honestly, he was not all about it. Other years, yeah sure, it had been slightly exciting but he was done with it now. Luckily, it was his seventh year so he’d never have to put up with any of this craziness again! You know, assuming he could leave that was.

He was in the lesson though, even if his skin did resemble peeves more than his usual self. Whether or not anyone heard his answer to the question is another thing. Raising his hand timidly as if to test the water, he replied ”I enjoy climbing indoors and outdoors and that’s a pretty good exercise although I like to use a rope. Some muggles do it without a rope and that is not for me at all”. He really did enjoy climbing but he also enjoyed living. ”I think that it can be done alone and with other people. Like, you can climb in a group even though the actual act of climbing is alone” which was kind of why he liked it. Being alone high up, it was relaxing. Just you, some music and the ache in your limbs as you ascend on a hard-stone face.

Whilst he had initially been unsure about Schmoe, this lesson in the pool…it was a good idea even though he wasn’t quite sure how he felt about sharing water with everyone else’s smelly feet. Sure, he could be doing plenty more productive things but getting to relax in a lesson was great. Sure, it would have been nicer if it was some type of jacuzzi but you can’t have everything in life