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Hectate was making him feel terribly uncomfortable. But then again, when DIDN'T she? The woman just had this ... aura about her. A menaing aura. How in the world was he supposed to get out of that dinner date she'd planned for them without her cursing him?
"No.. no cream thank you, ma'am.. I mean, Hectate.." Sage stumbled over his words AND his feet as he edged forward to take the coffee of her of.. trying his hardest not to brush his hand against hers. "Thank you."
At least he wasn't completely ALONE with Professor Lafay though, and clearing his dry throat a little more, Sage perched on the chair beside Lexi's. "Oh yes, there's just small odd jobs to do around there.. I came back to the school to check up on the plants here," he explained, looking from one woman to the other. "If you don't mind my asking.. What are the both of you doing here?"
Was it normal for Professor's to pay numerous visits to the school during holidays? Perhaps they were just checking up on things as he was.
Umm...ma'am? Sage referred to Hecate as ma'am? Not that there was anything wrong with that (Hecate was at least ten years older than them both, right?), but Lexi was a little confused as to why the term was used to someone he was dating. Then Sage corrected himself and called Hecate by her given name, so Lexi just assumed it had been a mistake and didn't think anymore of it.
When Sage sat down on the chair next to her, Lexi smiled and turned so that she was facing him.
"The plants...I figured that's what you were doing here. I just came to drop off a few necessities that I wanted to make sure not to forget. I was just about to leave when I decided to stop by the staff room to see if anyone else was here," she answered. She glanced toward Hecate, who still had hair as large as a Hippogriff's nest, then turned back to Sage.
"After today, though, I likely won't be back up here until it's time to officially report back. I need to take care of a few things at home, too."
In other words, Lexi wasn't the type to hang out at school when it was still summer break. Once the students arrived, chaos would come with them, and she wanted a few more days of peace before all that happened.
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Droo Hecate looked at Sage and blinked. Ma'am? Why was he calling her Hectate? Now she was angry. "No problem." She said letting the cup fly towards him. "And it's HeCAte." This had BETTER be to keep their dating secret. Why had he begun wooing her if he was going to act so coy? This made no sense.
He seemed to act differently towards Lexi... She didn't like that. When it came to relationships, Hecate had only had 3... and the men never strayed to another woman... so she never had to compete. Was she going to have to compete with Lexi? Was the Herbology professor... and most importantly his Greenhouse, even worth it?
"I'm staying at the school for the summer. I have some projects..." and that's when she remembered her hair. She smirked and patted it a bit. "... I'm perfecting."
Out of the corner of her eye, Lexi noticed something flying across the room, and she turned to see Sage's coffee making its way toward him. Merlin, she hoped he would be able to catch a hold of it. It seemed to be coming pretty fast, and...did was it just her or was Hecate possibly a little angry sounding? Ugh. The Potions mistress could really be so confusing at times. Lexi still hadn't decided whether the woman had good intentions or terrible intentions.
"So, uhh, Hecate?" she said, trying to make polite conversation. She was about to say something else when a little
yipping noise was heard, and a tiny brown Chihuahua came scurrying into the room.
"Oh, Prince Charming!" she called out, reaching down to scoop up her doggy.
"My little man missed the castle, too, I think. He's glad to be back at our home away from home, too, I guess."