What Garret really wanted to do was put himself directly in front of Kazimariz' way so that the man/monster could put him out of his misery. But what he actually did (cowardly Hufflepuff that he was turning out to be) was take the seat beside Daphne quietly.

He took out a piece of parchment, the textbook and a quill and waited. The low chatter around the class making the pronounced silence between Daphne and him even more obvious, and if possible, even more awkward.