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Jake grinned at Kayla, eyes going bright. Yaaaaay, no MEANIE Professor Ashbyyyyyy... err... maybe...
Watching as Kayla moved a desk, Jake stood near one and attempted to brace himself. Place his hands on the edge, Jake gave an almighty heave, only for the thing not to even budge. Stupid pre-adolescent strength, or lack thereof! he thought to himself, bitterly, using his legs to get some leverage. He probably looked incredibly comical, pushing against the desk, legs going at triple speed. Especially when it finally did budge.
WHAM! The table smacked into the wall, Jake only just managed to cling on so he didn't fall over. As he righted himself properly, Jake noticed that it was the very wall with the scorch mark on it from Jake's attempt at the Alohomora charm last lesson. "Oops," he muttered, referring to the table.
"Me?" Jake replied, turning back. "I'm-" hated by Puff-kind, incredibly homesick for some reason and a general nervous wreck "-fine... up and down, I suppose," Jake shrugged, remembering everything he'd thrown himself into recently and the painful outcomes. "Erm, yeah... it's been, a while," Jake nodded. "How're you?"
Jake chanced a quick glance at the big mean professor for a few moments, wondering what exactly they were going to have to do, and if he was done being the big bad wolf.
Out of the corner of his eye, Jake saw Cameron, and stared at him for a moment, before looking back at Kayla and smiling. Jake and Cameron were best friends, but Cameron was still mad at Jake for the whole loss of poking finger hexing business, and Jake wouldn't have trusted Cameron not to blow him up, intentionally or otherwise. He was quite safe here.
Watching Jake as he attempted to move the desk and was failing miserably, Kayla opened her mouth to suggest the levitation charm but then decided against it. The table could end up flying out the window or something. Mind you, she could probably help him but she was content to just stand there and watch her mouth twitching into an amused smirk.
Kayla watched his facial expressions as he went on to tell how she was. Okay the little firstie seemed to be in two minds about telling her, she supposed she couldn't blame him, she hadn't actually been around for him or the other firsties. Her eyes travelled over to Celandine, that's probably because she had been busy with an over excited thirteen year old who has just discovered boys.
"Same as you by the sounds of it" she shrugged, "Good days and bad ones. All part and parcel of being a teenager I suppose." Kayla followed his gaze to the first year Slytherin Cameron. "I thought you two were friends?"