Gondor was still looking back and forth between Tabby and the charms woman, seriously considering flying to go get Rave when he felt a pressure on his side and heard a low mournful hoot. Turning his head towards the noise he saw Anya looking quite upset and he nuzzled her with his head and hooted quietly as to let her know it was ok.

Tabby's attention turned form the Professor to Anya, who was conciderably upset. He picked up both of the young owls from his feet, walked over to the table and placed them next to Anya and Gondor. "I'm sorry," he whispered to her as he gently stroked her feathers.

Anya noticed her other children appear infront of her and realised that Tabby had put them there. She shuffled forward so there was an owl either side of her and put her wings over their backs, determined to keep them safe for as long as possible.

"Umm Professor I wanted to tell you something. I mean in light of all the..."Mysterious" things going on around school i figured it would be best to get this off my chest now." he took a break,He didnt know how else to proceed "Umm are you hungry Professor?" he asked cautiously "I brought something i think you might like...."

Lightly, Andi set the owl down on the table and turned her intense gaze onto Thump. That look was all the more alarming for it's trademark hostility. "Indeed, I've heard about the... mysterious occurances about the school, Mr. Nixon," she drawled, her fingers tapping slowly on the surface of the table. The owlet watched what looked like long, pale worms to it, with interest. "And no, I'm not hungry at this very moment. Get a move on with what you want."

Pfft why she trying to blow me off for thought Thump, well its not working
"Well Professor im sure you can eat this later then,i worked hard on it and i would at least like you to try it" he said more angrily than he ment to, placing the platter of Malay Satay down on her table along with a container of Traditional Malay Porridge "I made the Satay myself with the help of a friend,but the porridge was all her" he said shyly, remember the charm he had to use to regrow his eyebrows which where burned off in the cooking process. Hoping she would at least take a bite he said "Do you approve Professor?"

OOC: Malay porridge? *dies*

Andi looked at the food with an odd look on her face. The glance she shot Thump was distinctly odder. "Most kind of you, Mr. Nixon," she said warily. "I'm not hungry now, but I'm sure I appreciate the effort. Maybe you should take them to other professors, so they can sample it as well," professors, for example, who aren't so paranoid they suspect you've poisoned everything. Delicately, Andi broke off a bit of the meaty satay, and fed it to the owlet who devoured it.

...looked like it was safe then, thought Andi as the owl showed no sign of dying. In fact, it seemed to have perked up and now watched Andi with happy eyes, like one knowing where it's food would come from in the future.

Lol i didnt know how else to get it out in such rush lol *dies*
 

OOC:heard it was your fav XD

"Fine" Thump said quite angrily,upset that is HARD efforts would not be awarded and instead used as owl food. Noticing that Professor AMMZ was clearly paying more attention and care to the animal than he had ever seen her show to a student he decided to get it out now,so sitting down he said"well Professor,becuase of all the student attacks,nearly being attacked myself if decided i should just tell you now...." and with a deep breath he said "Professor...i think im in love with you" he almost ran out of the classroom...

THUMP! You said he was gonna accuse her of freezing the students not---
 

OOC: XD, thanks for remembering, but it wasn't Malay porridge! It was Chinese... Oh dear.


The professor's face had undergone a swift plethora of emotions, each other than the last. Surprise, shock, dismay, disbelief, and the unique 'right, all my students are mad' look.

She looked down at the owl who looked back at her with some modicum of sympathy. Possibly Bartimeaus just wanted more food.

"Mr. Nixon, I believe you're already in a relationship with Ms. Roy," she said, trying to regain her composure. She dropped into her seat, and arched an eyebrow at the boy. "What is this really about? A ploy to make her jealous? Good heavens, choosing a professor is not the best way to go about this."

"Its Ray Professor!" he said louder than he ment to "No Professor it isnt a ploy to make her jealous.She actually already knows...she finds it quite amusing" he said making a small laugh to himself "No Professor my.....feelings....for you are all natural.Something about your personality,your need,or want, to show no emotion and your extroidenary intelligence is........attractive to me.Plus...for your age...whatever that might be....your quite attractive" Thump said all this quite not aware of what he was doing,he still couldent actually convince himself he was really here doing this.

Andi massaged her forehead, closing her eyes momentarily. Inappropriately, her thoughts went to Andrei Vannacutt and just what he would do if he knew of this situation. Laugh his stupid self senseless, probably. "This does not deserve the term of 'love', Mr. Nixon," she said wearily. "I am flattered, most certainly, but this is nothing but an infatuation. Go and spend more time with Ms. Roy. Ray. Whichever."

Idly, she fed Bartimeaus more satay.

"I don't know what you hoped to gain by this revelation, other than maybe the relief that emerges from 'coming clean'," at the expense of my sanity, you selfish little twerp, "because I certainly couldn't enter a relationship with you, even if I wanted to. You will leave, take the food with you if you want, I'm sure it tastes lovely; and we will consider this incident forgotten. Fair?"

"Your just like most adults in that aspect you know,thinking that whenever a child loves something its nothing more than a mere crush,an infatuataion but trust me when i say i do love you" He said all this calmy and cooly while getting up from his chair no matter how upset or sad he was to hear her response. "You can have the food" he said "I made it for you" he said thinking of the burns he had to endure to make the Satay just right. " I suppose ill have to tell this Mr. Vannacutt that hes a lucky man.Or maybe just find a way to get him out of the picture completely.." he said omniously as he walked out the door pulling it in just a LITTLE bit harder that he should have.

Andi winced reflexively, and reflected that if there really was this plump cherub called Cupid that went around shooting people with arrows of love, she was going to find him and wring his bloody neck. "Mr. Nixon, I've never been in love, but I assure you that this is not it. It will pass, and you will feel all the better for not having made a fool of yourself." Her eyes flashed suddenly at the mention of Andrei Vannacutt. "Threatening bodily damage is not the way to go, Nixon. Don't even think about it. Nothing will be accomplished. He and I are not involved, or interested in each other."

She gave the boy a chance to get out before the urge to take 290845834958 points off Ravenclaw took over.

Bartimeaus nibbled at the satay.

On the outside of the door was written:

At the hustle and bustle outside her door, Professor Mao-Macdougal had emerged and she stared at the letters carved into her door with eyes that snarled inasmuch as eyes could. There was no other verb for it. 'Glowered', 'glared', even 'blazed' wouldn't have done the sheer savagery in her eyes justice. She whirled onto Whende, Rosalie and the boy - Andi didn't bother accusing Rosalie, she trusted her not to do something like this. "Did any of you see what happened?" she hissed.

Quick to answer Patrick said "No Professor, I didn't, but I think Rosalie might have." He sensed that crossing this teacher would be folly so decided to only answer when spoken to. He kept his face serious and nudged Whende for a reply to the Professor.

"My sister's in Hufflepuff and she knows people in Ravenclaw. She said that there was writing in there as well." He answered for Rosalie whgo he knew because he was a friend of Whende's. "You know you can trust me. I'm a friend of Whende's." he muttered when she seemed reluctant to divulge any further.

Andi frowned at the three of them, and then gestured towards her door sharply. "Go in," she snapped, pushing inky strands of hair off her forehead. "Sit down. Tell me everything you know."

She stalked behind her desk and threw herself into her chair, her fingers steepled tightly together, her lips thin and tight, eyes glittering with a sort of cold icy fury.