Noel was dismayed at Professor Rae's assignment. Partners? She wondered if there was anyone in the classroom who would want to duel with her. She took out her wand and put it on the table, then she hung her head, hoping someone would ask.

Olivia knew she would partner with Afton, she was such a sweet girl really. And after Afton was fussing at Marvolo in her defense, well she certainly owed her some sort. She walked over to her, seeing that Afton was frantic she lightly tapped her on the shoulder.

"Do you want to be my partner?" Olivia asked smiling knowing she would accept.

Ginn looked around the room for a partner, and seeing someone as confused as herself, said "Christy, right? Wanna parnter up?"

kass turned to raven "partenrs?" she asked taking her wand out of her robe

Afton looked at Olivia formally.
"Yes ma'am. will you be my partner?"
She bowed and smirked.

'Sure Ginn' Christy said gently.

Shelby looked around for a partner.'I'll never get a partner'Shelby thought.

Selena took a look around "hmmm i needa partner"

"Great!" She says, grabbing her wand. "Now what? I guess we practice, what, disarming each other maybe? I'm real new to this."

:: Lauren looked around for a partner. ::

Noel watched nervously as everyone around her paired off. She saw Alex go and duel with someone else. She didn't know who any of the other students were. She tried to stand up a little to perhaps find someone but some invisble force kept her in her seat, watching the rest of the class.

Sarah waited for his answer.

Alex made eye contact with Anelreas and slowly got up to walk over to her. But before she could start walking, she noticed Reas moving between the rows. She gave her a small smile. "My pleasure," she said, with a hint of sarcasm in her voice, that she was hoping Anelreas would not recognize. She gave her a small bow and and also grabbed her wand off her desk.

"Err, where are we supossed to be duelling?" she asked Anelreas, with a small frown on her face. She looked around and noticed Selena and Noel, two of her fellow Slytherins. She gave them both a thin smile and turned her gaze back on Anelreas, awaiting for an answer.

Shelby sighs'I was right'she thought.She stood up watching the others duel.

hey, dya want to duel for a bit

"Ay Noel care to partna up?"

Noel noticed Alex smiling at her and couldn't help but wonder why, she smiled back nervously and looked around some more until she saw Selena ask her, "Sure. I've never really dueled before but I'll do my best."

Sarah, decided that her wouldn't answer her, walked over to Shelby. "Partners?"

'Yeah I think so, but we do we start?'

Olivia bowed as well, making sure not to take her eyes off of Afton, they may be friends but now they were also opponents. She slid her hand into her robes in search of her wand, she withdrew it quickly. This wasn't going to be too formal, but they might as well make it look good just the same.

"So, the rules say we have discuss the spells we're going to use. Then, we have to practice them..." Olivia drawled on, she didn't hate rules. It was just they usually involved a waste of time, but it was for their safety so...

"sure" Selena said to Noel "aight just don't hurt me, i'm fragile" Selena said laughin

never mind

"Where can i find a partner?"Shelby thought aloud.

"I'll try," she smiled a little. She looked around realizing no one else had really started, "Should we wait?"

"I asked you." Sarah reminded Shelby.