So, AJ wasn't sure why so many of the lessons were taking place in the kitchen, but she wasn't complaining. Food was made in the kitchen, and food was good. The first year knew that she was early, but she was in the area and decided to just go ahead and get a good seat... if there was such a thing.

As she walked into the room she spotted the professor. "Hello professor." Oh look, they had sombreros and hats. Deciding that she definitely needed to wear BOTH of them, the lion picked up a pair and slid them on. She would have worn them anyways, but they did provide her with more warmth. Who would deny that when they had snow IN the castle.

Of course she was the first one there since she was so early so she plopped down in a random chair at the first time. Food! What were they going to make? Maybe mexican food since they had sombreros? AJ could sure go for a burrito right about now. Oh, fried ice cream. The lion needed to stop before drool formed.

Another lesson in the Kitchen. Awesome! Adi didn't mind that one bit. It usually meant they were doing something with food. And food was good. He stepped into the Kitchen to find Professor Hadley there. "Hi, Professor Head of House.'' Hehe. "You're looking lovely.'' Not that she didn't always look good.

"I think I'll have a sombrero,'' Adi said. Did that mean they were making Mexican food? With the sombrero on his head, Adi trudged over to AJ. "AJ. Hello.'' He tipped the sombrero, grinned and dropped into the seat next to her. "What's up?'' And where was Benny? Why was his best friend always one of the last to arrive to classes?

Know something? Lex was gonna start blacklisting lessons taught by Professor Hadley. It was nothing personal--no, no it was. WHY were they in the KITCHEN, AGAIN?? She felt like it was just last week they were in here for Divination and even before then for homework for Botros. What was with Professors and this place this year? Was there something mystical that was just completely going over her head? Merlin!

"....................I did something in a past life, didn't I?" That was her greeting to the Professor with the smile by the door. It was the only explanation for why the Professors had her all over the kitchen this term. If she believed in that hocus pocus mumbo jumbo that Professor Smiles taught, she might have started asking about omens but this was as far as she would dabble into the improbable and impossible.

She looked at the streamer and yes, she did take a sombrero because why not then went to take a seat.

Across from her she spotted Adi and Aubrey. They both got waves before her eyes scanned the kitchen. Good she go find chocolate while they waited? Yes?

Whoa.


Were those hats?


Why were they so huge?


Cutty entered the kitchens...again, looking neutral as he tried to make the correlation between the ranchero-vibe and the kitchens. He took a seat beside the Gryffindor prefect and considered the numerical vibrations in their immediate surroundings counting streamers, hats, pots and pans. It actually seemed like a disorganized jumble, even with the chair set up.

Another lesson being held in the kitchen was fine by Lux. It was warmer here, and of course FOOD. Both things were very important, and she happily picked up a sombrero placing it upon her head.

"Hello, Professor Hadley! How are you?" And where was the Arithmancy Professor? Shrugging it off, she waved to Adi and headed over to her seat.

Ben followed the class announcement's instructions, making his way to the kitchens for the joing lesson. The warm of the fires within the room were certainly a plus but he hates the additional walking all the time. Only the dungeons were really further from Gryffindor tower than the kitchens. Nevertheless, the third year carried his supplies with him wondering as he stepped into the familiar room what was up with the decor.

"Hello Professor," he greeted Hadley as the other woman did not seem present. A few students were also there including his bestie. No surprise, it wasn't like Adi as a Hufflepuff had to travel much. Taking a hat to try and be in the mood, Benny made his way to the table were the other boy sat with AJ.
"Hey..." he greeted them both with a polite nod of the head.

They were in the Kitchens.

AGAIN.

Did Grayson have any complaints about this? LOL. NO! Lessons in the kitchens were MUCH better than lessons in classrooms because they were a sign of one thing that lessons in normal classrooms might not have: FOOD. And he had high hopes that this lesson would provide exactly that. Plenty of free food and maybe some hot chocolate.

Oh hey. Hadley. 'Sup. "Hey, Professor!" he said, shooting her a smile before looking over at the--

SOMBREROS. This was like the toga lesson all over again. Who could say no to these bad boys? Certainly not Whitty so, picking one up, he rammed it onto his head. "What do ya think? Looking good?" Yes. You. Hadley. DID he look good? Did he need to pout to add in that extra oomph?

On second thoughts, he wasn't pouting for anybody.

And while he waited for her answer, he was going to go and find a seat, mkay? The Slytherin headed over towards an empty seat at one of the tables and sat down. His blue eyes lingered on the decoration overhead, which reminded him all too much of the Gryffindor and Slytherin house colours. Smirking to himself, Grayson took out his things -- which did include a piece of paper and a pen -- and set them down on the table in front of him.

Despite the cold, Ethan Mordaunt forced himself to get out of bed, and attend the joint lesson for today. Muggle Studies and Arithmancy. Are they going to tackle muggle math or something? As the blond boy made his way inside, he saw different sized sombreros. Of course he picked the biggest and most obnoxious out of the lot. Making a statement, yeah? And just so everyone knows, he can pull anything off. Mhm.

“Hola!” Ethan greeted Professor Hadley with a Spanish salutation, in that funny Mexican accent. Yes, we know, it’s confusing. The boy then turned to the rest of the students who were already there. “Hola, mi amigos!” Really, it’s the sombrero talking. For full effect, Ethan started to dance towards Cutty with imaginary maracas. “Ole!”

Hallo, Cutty.

Another combo class. Jasmine tried to imagine how Divination and Muggle Studies could possibly be mixed together. She guessed that she would just have to wait and see.

Entering the kitchen, Jasmine noticed that it was decorated with a Mexican theme. Now she was even more intrigued. Seeing Professor Hadley, Jasmine went over to greet her. "Hello Professor", she said. "My, the kitchen looks very festive." Oh, they had sombreros too. Jasmine took one and put it on. She had to get into the spirit, right?

Seeing some of her friends, Jasmine waved to Adi, Lex and Lux. Then she found an empty seat and sat down. She couldn't wait to see what the class was all about.

Another kitchen lesson.... How wonderful. And by how wonderful, he was clearly thinking along the lines of 'no, not wonderful AT ALL'. Because as it was established in the very first kitchen lesson, he failed at cooking. Any kind of it. Especially the pizza kind. Especially that one.

Right. Despite the fact that he was clearly very upset about the choice in venue today, Zander walked in forcing a smile upon his face. Hopefully everyone would ignore the fact that the smile was a little too wide and out-of-place looking, but he was out of his element okay!?! This wasn't faaair.

Alright anyways. He walked into the room and saw a pile of the sombreros... Um no thanks. The hat would probably block his view and make burning the kitchen down much easier. So no, he was already terrible enough, didn't need something else making it worse. Right. "Hi Professor.... Uh, where's the other Professor?" Wasn't this supposed to be a joint lesson?

Sophie felt like lying down on the floor and just staying there, not moving, for the next few hours. She was slowly withering away.

Well, not really, but that's how she felt. She hated Arithmancy. She hated Muggle Studies. ...and now they were both joined together for a full lesson on the two of them! Yes...she was slowly withering away.

She didn't want a hat. She passed them up but did greet the professor. One of them, at least. Where was Domingo? "Hi, Professor Hadley," she said. Then she ventured further into the classroom and took a seat...

...next to Grayson Whitlock, of course.

Arithmancy? Not something Hayden really cared to be a part of. But Muggle Studies? That was something she had actually enjoyed. Not to mention the fact that it came quite easily to her, given that half of her family were muggles. So there she was, down in the kitchen for another lesson. She wasn't too bitter about having to leave her warm common room and face the bitter cold of the castle because this lesson wasn't very far away. And hopefully they were cooking, so the ovens would provide a little heat.

"Hello professor," she greeted Hadley as she stepped through the door. Hats? Hayden took one and set it on her head. Sweet.

Angel really couldn't figure out why all the lessons where in the kitchen mostly, maybe there was a problem with heating in all the classrooms and so they were trying to keep warm by working from the kitchen. "Hello Professor." Angel smiled. "How have you been?" Angel really couldn't wait to see what was going to happen today, she just hoped that they would keep warm because it was still cold outside.

Nigel was only slightly surprised by the class set up. They were in the kitchens after all and that meant more walking for Nigel. Exercise, Yeah. But the somberos were a nice touch and as long as they did not mess up his hair. They would be cool.

"Hey Professor Hadley. The only thing missing is a cowboy hat for your outfit....Hope this sombereo does not mess with my hair."

Nigel said as he greeted Hadley and grabbed a sombero, making his way to a bench? Was there like a Ravenclaw house table, he was suppose to got to.

This lesson being in the kitchen was great and totally made up for the fact that it was a joint lesson with Arithmancy. Penelope hadn't taken that class in a couple years, so she wasn't looking forward to finding out just how much she'd forgotten, but at least it was here in the kitchen. And that crazy guy wasn't the professor anymore. Might not be too bad then.

Sombreros though? Interesting. "Hi Professor," she said as she came in and grabbed one of the hats.

A joint Arithmancy and Muggle Studies lesson?

Now this would be interesting.

Simon walked into the classroom with the usual casual backpack laxidasically hanging off one shoulder and eyed the rather festive kitchen. Were... Were those sombreros? He eyed them carefully and then turned to greet the Professors. And he only saw Hadley. Huh?!? Where was Domingo? Busy hiding something? He didn't know what to make of her but decided to ignore that thought and smile at Hadley instead. "Hola Professor Hadley! How are you?" he said as he slipped a sombrero onto his head and made his way further into the kitchens. With his sombrero, the only thing he now needed was a nice mustache like the one Luigi had from Super Mario Bros. That would be perfect.

He spotted Sophie sitting next to Grayson. Ooh getting cozy, huh? "Hola señorita and señor," he said, smirking as he walked past them. Oh, ho, ho. Where was Domingo when you needed her to give them both a wink? The boy continued into the room, making his way over to Cutty, Ethan, and Zander. "Hola amigos!"

No complaints from this snake about being in the kitchens again. It was much warmer here than in the rest of the castle, thanks to all the cooking and baking going on. Speaking of cooking, would they be doing that again? Because that would be nice.

"Hello, professor," Layla greeted, making sure to nab a Sombrero before taking a seat. Hmmm, now where was Professor Domingo?

Lucy walked into the kitchen..
The Mexican atmosphere was very warm and the kitchen was cozy!
"Hello Professor Hadley"she said.. Then she took a green and tourquoise sombrero and she sat down.

Another lesson down in the kitchens.

Yeah. At least this time he had some REAL nice viewing to do while it happened.

Oh. Hadley was here first. Well, uh, that was fine, yeah? She still looked fit. So he offered a hello and "You look lovely, Professor." Cue smirk. A gooood looking smirk.

But he didn't bother with the sombrero. He had done his hair. No need to mess that up.

Cutty shot a calm smile when Ethan Mordaunt entered the kitchen. It was assured that Slytherin would dominate the class if Ethan were present and Cutty was intent to use that. At least, not stop it.

But, then Ethan did something that made Cutty a bit uncomfortable. He started shaking imaginary maracas. No. "What are yew doing? Are yer shakin' imaginary maracas?! Stop! Stop it!"

This reaction could probably be traced directly to Harlowe Mordaunt, the kid's older half-sister.





"Simon, tell him to stop with the maracas!" It was freaking Cutty out a little bit. A lot.

“La cucaracha! La cucaracha!” Ethan continued to dance and even sang the traditional Mexican song for Cutty. Funny how cucaracha means cockroach in English…which made him think of Kyroh and the little drama that happened in the Entrance Hall. Ethan however paused when the Mordaunt kid with jet black hair questioned him. “Of course, Cutty boy. What else will I be shaking? Coconuts?” he asked as he shook his hands some more.

Ethan then blinked and glanced at Simon, then to Cutty. “Why? Is my dancing horrible? Or is it my singing? Or both?!” he asked as he fixed his over-sized sombrero. The blond kid was sure Cutty had read the freak paper at some point.

“La cucaracha…la cucaraaaachaaa!”

Arithmancy and Muggle Studies. Together. Joint lesson. She did something terrible in her past life, didn't she? Or was she being punished for shoving first years out of her way? Or...

She knows why!

It was because of all the ex tutors she tormented throughout her years. Now all of that bad Karma was coming back and biting her right on her BUM. Ouch. It wasn't that she minded Muggle Studies. She simply didn't like it because she wasn't familiar with the subject. She liked Hadley, though. So she'd push through.

And there were sombreros.

Beverly put on a sombrero.

"Hello, Professor Hadley," she greeted with a small wave and dropped her bag on the floor before taking a seat. Adjusting her sombrero she grinned up at the older woman and waited.

More food? She'd like that.

She had been at this school for almost an entire year now, and yet she had still gone the wrong way on the moving staircases. Estúpido, that's what it was. But now she had finally found the kitchens and, after tickling the painted fruit as instructed, had entered the room. Already so many students here? Early birds, apparently.

It didn't take long for her to spot Fina. "Buenos días, mi amiga," she called across the room. Weaving in and out amongst the students, she made her way over to her friend and colleague. "I've been looking forward to our combined fiesta for some time now. Ah, sombreros!" She had just now spotted the festive head gear and summoned one with her wand. "De moda, ¿no?"

Josephina stood by the door patiently waiting, resisting the urge to tap her boot on the stone floor. Not that she was impatient, just that the sound was so enticing.



Once everyone had filed in, Josephina waited for them to get settled - get the singing out of their system (Ethan) - or whatever else they were doing before she started. "So its a very festive today and yes we will be enjoying some delicious food soon, but before we do anything with food, we need to go over some history stuff to lead us into the arithmancy portion." Sound good? Good. "The festival we're learning about today is called Cinco de Mayo, which commemorates the Mexican's army unlikely victory over the French army at the Battle of Puebla. It is NOT to be confused with Mexico's Independence day, which takes place in September. The are two main reasons why this battle is significant, which I've already somewhat alluded to one. Any idea what these reasons might be?"