Muggle Studies Lesson One {Cooking/Baking Theory}
 

{ Muggle Studies Lesson One }

The room was arranged in ordinary classroom fashion, considering Fina thought no reason to arrange any differently since they wouldn't be here very long. It was just easier to gather everyone together in the classroom first.

The brunette was dressed rather plainly, opting for flats rather than the usual heels, as she awaited by the doorway with a cup of markers and nametags, smiling warmly when you enter.

"Don't get too comfortable, but everyone have a seat and as this is our first class together for some of you, please write your name and year on the name tag and stick it on your robes." She instructed, handing everyone a blank tag when they entered.

Reminders: Please be sure you've read the rules prior to posting. No excuses! Also, this lesson won't actually begin until tomorrow evening in EDT (Sunday June 1st). Lesson started! See outline below for latest post =)

Lesson Progression

• Question One: Difference between cooking and baking
• Discussion: more on the differences as well as 'things to remember when cooking/baking'
• More discussion, but mostly: leading the way to the kitchens for the remainder of the lesson! See, I told you not to get too comfortable! =)

Jasmine found the Muggle Studies classroom and was surprised to find that she was the first student to arrive. Seeing the Professor standing at the door, Jasmine introduced herself. "Hello Professor, my name is Jasmine Guidry. I transferred to Hogwarts this term. It's nice to meet you." Taking a nametag and a marker from the Professor's cup, she wrote down her information and stuck the sticker onto her robes.

Then she found a seat and sat down. The Professor said not to get too comfortable so Jasmine wondered what she had planned for the class.

Even though they'd had their disagreement the last time Layla had attended a Muggle Studies lesson, she thought that Professor Hadley was a good duck. So, she was perfectly fine with entering the class, especially since it wasn't outside in the cold. And yes, she may have even been smiling.

But what were they going to be doing today that wouldn't have them in the classroom? They'd still be in the castle, right? Because she didn't think she could stand being outside.

Anyway, she took one of the name tags and a marker with a "Hello, professor," and hurriedly took a seat, filling out the tag.

It was his first time setting foot inside the Muggle Studies classroom, but Cutty was trying not to make that obvious as he entered by retaining his eyeballs and keeping them focused only on what mattered; The Professor and the seating arrangement. "It's nice to meet you, Professor Hadley." That was her name, wasn't it? Of all of the teachers presently teaching at Hogwarts, the Muggle Studies one seemed the hardest to run into.

Maybe that was a good sign.


Or maybe she was squib.

Did they let squibs teach at Hogwarts? He took a marker and a name tag introducing himself as he wrote down his name and year. "I'm..."

Lucy walked into the Muggle Studies classroom
She said:"Goodmorning, Professor Hadley! I'm Lucy Petersfield; it's my first year here at Hogwarts"..She she found a free seat and she took one of the markers and a tag..

Angel walked into the classroom. "Good morning." Angel beamed as she thought about what they might do in this class, being a muggle she probably didn't need to come to this but it would be great to see what the magical people thought of them.

Angel went over and sat down and then saw a name tag, what was going on here were the back at Primary School well Angel thought that it would be cool to wear the name tag so she put it on.

Muggle Studies! This was one class that AJ was likely not to struggle in given her background. As the first year walked into the classroom her eyes immediately fell on the professor. "Hello professor." She saw the name tag and thought that it would be funny if her and Angel used each other's names. Her eyes scanned the room and saw that Angel was already there. Bummer. Her sister most likely wouldn't have been down for it anyways.

Grabbing a marker and tag, she hastily scribbled down the needed information. Deciding that she would sit next to her sister this time, AJ plopped down at a desk closest to her.

One of the subjects he was good at, for obvious reasons. Adi happily entered the Muggle Studies classroom but not before greeting his awesome Head of House. "Hello, Professor Hadley,'' he said and smiled at her. He collected the blank tag and marker.

"Hey, AJ,'' the third year said as he slipped into the seat beside his friend. He quickly filled out the necessary information on the tag:

Bay was getting excited for muggle studies, he knew he would always count on having fun in this class. As soon as he came in he spotted the professor handing out name tags "good morning professor and thanks " as he took one and wrote his name on it.

Now after he wrote down his name he stuck it to his robes as he went to go sit in a seat.

Norah wasn't sure what to expect as she reached the Muggle Studies classroom. She knew a good amount about muggles, or at least thought she did, considering her mum was muggle born and she spent a good amount of time with her muggle grandparents in France. When she reached the door she was delighted to see the professor holding a cup of markers. Were they going to COLOR? YAY! Accepting a name tag excitedly, she bid the professor a quick "Hello!" before bouncing over to a desk to decorate her tag.

Drawing a few flowers around her name, Norah stuck the tag to the front of her robes and slid into her seat. She bounced a few more times because COLORING YAY. Even someone as old and wise as eleven can enjoy coloring, yep.

Muggle studies wasn't his strongest subject, but he wasn't bad at it either. So with a neutral feeling, the second year Gryffindor made his way to the classroom and when he saw the Professor at the door, he nodded at her. Grabbing one of the nametags and a marker, the boy entered the room completely and found a seat near the middle

Placing his school bag down on the ground beside his chair, Kevin began to write his name on the label.

When he was done he stuck it to his uniform near his chest and leaned back in his chair, on two legs.

Muggle Studies.

So WHY did they have to study the Muggles again? Meh. It wasn't like Sophie felt like denying her magic and running to live amongst the Muggles anytime soon. Oh, well. This class also seemed to be an easy O grade at the same time, so she'd deal with it.

Don't get too comfortable? Ohh--did that mean class was going to end early?! WOOT! Sophie took a seat and filled out her name tag.

Quote:

Sophie Newell Third Year

She peeled it off the backing and stuck it to her robes.

The first year smiled at Adi as he made his way over to where she was sitting. "Sup Adi!" She looked over at her sister and wondered if there was still tension there. They had made up after all.

"This is one subject I'm sure to be good at!" she leaned in to whisper to her hufflepuff friend. Bring it on muggle studies.

Toby wasn't technically muggle born, but he had grown up muggle. You'd have thought that would have been enough reason to not take this subject, but Toby was taking the full set, Muggle Studies included. In any case, it was fun, more challenging than he'd been expecting, AND was a useful qualification to have, right? Right.

So here he was, smiling and looking a little more distracted than usual, but otherwise perfectly present and correct.

"Hi Professor Hadley!" the Hufflepuff beamed at his Head of House as he entered the room. "S'good to see you back."

Toby took the nametag from her and went to go claim a seat by the window. He quickly wrote Toby, Fourth Year on his tag and stuck it to his chest, just above the Hufflepuff logo on his robes.

*crashes with Grayson and Cutty*
 

Muggle Studies. This was a start wasn't it? To attending classes that was, because Abbi didn't exactly enjoy participating in that part of Hogwarts. Her marks weren't too bad, but they could have been much better if she tried harder. That was the thing she wasn't silly, just had other priorities. That's how she saw it anyways.

As she entered the class, Abbi nodded towards the Professor. "Hello, Professor." Beam. She then took her name tag and marker as she skimmed for a place to sit.

OHHH. Would you look who was here? Why Hello Grayson Potato...and Cutty too. Cutty got beams, but Grayson...he got sassy eyes. The third year plonked straight beside Grayson and quickly waved towards Cutty.

Hehehehehehehe. She grabbed her marker and in BIG BOLD letters scribbled the word 'LOSER'. Then with a pat on Grayson's back she stuck the tag to his back, all sneakily of course. "Hello, Grayson." INNOCENT smile. "I think you spelled your name wrong in that tag." But the back tag was spelled PERFECTLY.

Such a pity she'd 'lost' her tag so soon, or was it? Hehehehehehehe

Mentions Jasmine, Bay, Lux and Adi
 

As Cris made his way to the Muggle Studies classroom, he was actually surprised to find himself actually excited to be attending this lesson....not that he wasn't with the others. This one was special because this would be the first time, he would be meeting his Head of House.

As he entered the classroom, he broke into a smile that stretched from ear to ear. There she was. Professor Hadley!!....and there was Jasmine too!!

Walking over to the Professor, he greeted her with a smile. "Hello Professor. Congratulations on the newest addition to your family, and welcome back to Hogwarts. Sander also asked me to say hello for him too,"Cris told Professor Hadley before taking a marker and a name plate from her desk, and filling out his information.

Returning the marker to her, he stuck the name plate on his robe before turning around to look for a seat. Noticing that there was an empty one next to Jasmine and his friends, he walked over to join them. "Hi there everyone. Mind if I join you?" Cris asked before sitting down.

Then he turned to wave at Adi who was sitting nearby.

This class Marigold technically didn't need to take, because her mum was an actual flesh and bone muggle, but she liked it. It was comforting, PLUS good teacher, yup. "Hi, Professor!" she said enthusiastically, then made her way to a seat somewhat near her cousin. She waved at him. Then, she started writing her name on her name tag, embroidered with flowers and dots and lines and pretty stuff.

Sooooooo......Muggle Studies.....that class she'd managed to scrape an 'E' in by some great miracle after nearly burning the kitchen down. If someone had told her that cooking involved hard work and the possibility of a few fingers getting chopped off...she'd believe them but now she knew it also included too much salt and ovens that weren't meant to be opened simply with one's hands. In the end one thing was abundantly clear, she was not meant for the kitchen.

Also, the Gryffindor was staring, in a similar fashion to the staring back in Diagon Alley when she saw the VERY PREGNANT PROFESSOR, who was not pregnant anymore.....

"Hello Professor Hadley....................................how's the baby?" Was she allowed to ask? Did you have to be a Badger to know because she and Grayson had seen. Did the boy even remember? Lex grabbed a quill from her bag and got to the name plate, her attention split between writing and the Professor who'd never bothered to TELL her. Wasn't like she'd had plastered it all over the Aparecium. Who did that anyway?

They were meant to write down their name? Didn't Hadley know most of her students by now? The name tag thing only made sense to Tag if it were for lower years or transfer students, but a name tag?

But anyway Tag took the little name tag, named after him of course, and wrote his name on it, and everything else that was required.



And yes, Tag was being serious about the Mr. Unicorn thing.

Muggle Studies didn't sound too hard. After all, she'd grown up around muggles. So Hayden wasn't worried at all for this class. In fact, she was pretty excited. An easy class seemed nice, and it was taught by the head of her house, who she had not had the chance to meet yet. So, yeah, she was pretty excited.

"Hello Professor," Hayden said cheerfully when she walked into the room. She found an empty desk and sat down. Don't get too comfortable? Were they going somewhere? Hayden shrugged and grabbed a name tag and the pen she'd brought along. It was purple.

Adi grinned at AJ as he finished up his name tag. "I know. This was the only subject I was good at in my first year. Well, except Potions.'' But he knew his friend would eventually be good at others too. Like how he was good at Care of Magical Creatures now.

The Hufflepuff brightened up a bit when he saw his best friend enter the class. Adi vaguely wondered if Benny was mad at him for slipping him the Babbling Beverage. He should know Adi just wanted him to talk more even if it were just madness. Anyway, he waved at the Lion.

Another waving hand caught his attention at that moment. The hand belonged to Cris the sixth year. Adi waved back while mouthing, "Hey, Cris!''

Muggles Studies wasn't her favorite thing in the world. She didn't like the lack of magic, but the Slytherin comforted herself by thinking of things that she likes less than this subject. Then she imagined thumping said things. Right on the face. It made her feel better. She did, though, respect the Muggle Studies professor for that kind act from last term, so instead of putting up a sour front, she was pretty neutral.

It was only when she reached the professor at the door that she grinned timidly. "Hello, Professor Hadley," greeted, taking a name tag and marker, ogling them as she went inside. It'd better not ruin her robes.

Writing her name and year on it, she stuck the tag onto her robes.

What exactly was Muggle Studies? Kate wasn't really sure, but she hoped it was useful. Probably it would help her understand how wizards viewed Muggles, yes? Kate figured that the way wizards viewed Muggles and Muggle things was different from how Muggles viewed themselves. After all, fish don't think breathing water is weird.

Oh, name tags! Kate happily took a name tag as she entered the classroom and, after sitting down, wrote her name and year on it before sticking it on the right-hand side of her robes.

One thing that can make a class seem awesome before it starts is name tags. They are awesome. Nothing more, nothing less. All the possibilities you can write on them and never write your real name. Likes Tag's name tag. There was a great one, Mr. Unicorn. Even Lotus' one. Which he hates to admit.

There was Hadley. Weird that this would be the last term seeing her. Very Weird. Pretty vague instructions. So they would be moving after the get seated. Interesting.

If she did not know his name by now. This would be an awesome replacement.

Feels Demelza Eyes xD
 

Cris was catching up on his textbook reading when he felt like someone was watching him. Okay well there were lots of students in the classroom, so there was a possibility that someone would be glancing in his direction but all the same, he looked up from his book and first looked to his left and then to his right.

Nope no one specifically. Then he turned around to the back of him and was surprised to see Demelza sitting behind him. He smiled and waved at her before turning back to his book. Nah!...it couldn't be her.

It had to be his imagination.

Kace finally made it Muggle Studies. He didn't mind this class at all. He loved learning concepts from a wizards perspective. As he made his way to the classroom, he noticed he wasn't the only one there. Other's made it here before him. He smiled and then he saw the professor or rather his head of house. He nodded and said, "Hello Professor Hadley, Welcome back!" He smiled warmly and returned to his seat.

Once he got to his own seat as he put his bag down, he noticed there was a name tag. He was sure the Professor knew his name but he shrugged and did what he was told. He got out his quill and wrote....

He wanted to add a little pizzaz to his name tag. This was a nickname given to his friends. Why not try it out?

Catching up......Cris
 

Jasmine was waiting for class to begin when she heard a familiar voice. Looking up and seeing Cris made her smile. "Of course you can join us. Grab a seat. Jasmine just might have a bit of a hard time focusing on class today, but she was not particularly sad about that.

*whistles*
 

Muggle Studies. She was looking forward fo this lesson. She did grow up in the muggle neighborhood after all so this lesson was definitely her cup of tea. Beside Willy also said that his Head of House was really awesome. "Hello Professor." She greeted and took a name tag before she took one of the empty seat.

and Angel
 

Acknowledges Jasmine and says hi to Leah and Candice
 

Cris smiled at Jasmine once he turned his head back to the front. "I wonder what the Professor is going to be teaching us today," as he sat down comfortably in his chair.

Yes he knew that Professor Hadley had said not to make themselves too comfortable but he figured that even if he had a few minutes, he would do so. Turning his head, he waved at Leah, smiling in her direction before glancing over at another young Gryffindor he'd never met personally but had seen in classes.

"Hi Leah, it's good to see you...and hi there," he smiled at the young lion.

She had lived with her muggle relatives in California for most of her life, so Penelope should do well in muggle studies. It was not until a few years ago when it was becoming closer to the time when Penelope would be attending Hogwarts, and her magical abilities were growing stronger, that her mother had insisted that her family should move back to the wizarding village in England that her relatives lived in. Before her family moved, Penelope had not known much about the wizarding world and magic. It had been really hard for her muggle dad to adjust to the wizarding world. Finding the class after walking all the way down to the first floor, Penelope entered the room.

Entering the classroom, Penelope greeted the Professor. "Hello Professor Hadley." She took a name tag and wrote her name and year on it.

Relieved class hadn't started yet, the second year made her way into the classroom prepared for today's lesson. With her books held against her chest, she began walking towards the front of the classroom where she'd seen Professor Hadley. Hadn't she heard somewhere that she'd just returned from having a baby? Josette felt terrible for not even acknowledging this. Once near the Professor she gave a polite bow before she said softly, "H-Hello Professor...I-I hope you are well.." Giving her a nod, she turned to find a seat where she'd placed her things down. Soon after taking a quick moment to write down her name on the name tag.

Muggle Studies.

Yep. Probably one of the classes he will enjoy genuinely. Prior to attending this class, Ethan made sure that he got the professor’s name this time. He guessed it was fair that way since the professors knew them all; transfers or not. Professor Josephina Hadley. Copy that.

The Slytherin walked into the classroom and gave the professor a warm smile and a wave. “Good day, Professor Hadley.” After giving her a nod, he then got himself a green tag and a green marker and wrote down his name. The house pride thing going on in their common room was finally sinking in.

He placed the marker back in the cup and got himself a seat beside a Ravenclaw (Josette) and placed his nametag on his robe. Ethan smiled and gave his seatmate a wave. Hi, person.

Now. Where’s Simon?

Simon walked into the door of the Muggle Studies classroom. He couldn't believe that a school that was filled with magical people had a class about regular muggles. He grinned as he entered the room. Oh boy, he was certainly going to enjoy this class. He wondered what they were going to learn about in this class. He gave the Professor a shy smile and a nod. "Hello Professor Hadley," he said as he walked past her desk, picked up a name tag and green marker. Simon quickly wrote his name down and then placed the name tag on him. He made sure that his handwriting was neat and legible. That was a always a good start.

His eyes scanned the classroom as he looked for a familiar face. He found Cutty and gave the boy a friendly wave and nod. His eyes continued looking for another familiar face and then he found Ethan sitting next to a Ravenclaw girl. He gave his friend a smile and grabbed the open seat on the other side to him. "Hey. Ready for this class?" he asked as he opened up his backpack and started unpacking his notebook and pens.

Ethan spotted Simon right away and gave him a salute as his friend took the seat beside him. Was he ready? Oh yes, he is! "I'm pumped! Can't wait to unfold more muggle mysteries." Although he did grow up in the muggle world, there were still things that are unclear to him. It must be his wizarding blood talking, but there are things that can be easily accomplished by magic, yeah? The young Slytherin will be forever baffled as to why muggles love to complicate things.

Mhm.

Ethan watched as Simon prepped for the lesson. And...oops. He forgot to bring his muggle pencil! His beloved muggle pencil. "Er...Simon? Is it okay if I borrow one of your pens?" And can he borrow the green one too? Thanks.

Jeremiah walked in with a grin on his face, this class he was particularly good at, Muggle stuff was right up the boys alley thanks to his sister. with his bag slug on his shoulder he was excited to bring pens and pencils other tan a self inking quill and even brought extras in case others needed them, if they didn't read the noticeboard. "Hello Professor!" he was chipper she could tell, yeah? Grabbing a orange marker and a red name tag cos gryffindor, and also cos it was the one on top of the pile he was just lucky like that. He scribbled his name on and year on it and stuck it to his robes, yup good.

Jeremiah Walker
Fifth Year

"Hey, Whitty." The boy greeted back casually, making room for his fellow he-snake at the near-by seat.






The Slytherin audibly growled at being separated from his housemate by Abbi's BIG BOTTOM. She was, in fact, a small girl, but at the time, Cutty's thoughts were only on the interceding gesture. Well, if she wanted to make an Abbi sandwich, seemed a shame to waste a perfectly good opportunity. Cutty smiled and waved at the tiny lioness.

What was she even talking about? Grayson Whitlock hadn't misspelled his name. Wait, were the name tags charmed to read letters other than the ones written by the students so that they'd have to figure out Muggle means of correcting them? Is that what the Professor had meant by not getting too settled into their seats? Cutty took a look around the classroom, trying to absorb everyone's names before they changed.




Cutty waved over to Simon as he entered and greeted him first. There were a lot of Slytherin boys this term, but to Cutty that was a good thing. Less to stand out amongst. He never had to be that token Slytherin student again. Not like last year where they were being eaten alive by Hufflepuffs, it seemed.

"Mordaunt." He greeted Ethan too as Simon took a seat next to him. Ethan was the most popular boy in school. Good people to know. Yes.

Merlin. Was this class going to get started soon? The smell of the markers was threatening to give Cutty hallucinations. Wonderful, wonderful hallucinations.

Oh....

Was he..

Oh, there was boy sitting next to her.

Judging by the green robes, he must've been from the Slytherin House. Josie gave him a side glance as he sat beside her and scribble his name down on his name tag. She had tensed up when she saw him...wave at her? Josie looked at him to see him smiling at her, & she felt her cheeks feel very warm as they were beginning to redden. She gave a very faint wave back in his direction not too long after he'd waved to her.

..Her blue eyes immediately averting back towards her desk.

"Hey, Mordaunt!" Hehehehe. Cool, yeah? They should really start confusing the people around here. Ethan made a mental note about asking his pseudo cousin/twin brother about him and that girl back in the Common Room. He never got the chance to talk to him again about it.

Who knows? Maybe he'll be needing his assistance, a.k.a singing? Heh.



What?

Why?

Ethan’s enthusiastic wave died down and his smile slowly faded. The Slytherin scratched the back of his head confused, and glanced quickly at Simon. He just waved and smiled, but the boy felt that he did something wrong? Was…waving and smiling offensive? He did see her small wave. But, was that actually a wave or a gesture that he should move away from her?

Confusing, this one was.

But hey, look! She's a Ravenclaw. He met Coop, and Eagle Sophie, and Jasmine, and Mo…and they were all friendly and energetic compared to his seatmate. “Er…are you okay?” Blink. Blink. It was just a wave and a smile that he did a few seconds ago...unless of course he looked like a weirdo while doing it.

On second thought, maybe he did look like one.

Hmm.

whoops. we fell asleep last night, sorry! *hides* But starting NOW!
 

"Pleasure to meet you, Jasmine and what a lovely name!" See, this is why the nametags. Though she knew most of the students who'd taken Muggle Studies before there were lots of new transfers, so best to just make everyone rather than single out the new people.

"Hello Layla! Welcome back!" See, she remembered her prior students, even those who'd only been with her a year...

And another unfamiliar face, so not completely unjust and definitely easier than having them state their name before answering a question. "Wonderful, thank you!" Considering today's lesson plans, how could she not be?

And another new student; well new to Muggle Studies at least, she recalled seeing his face around the castle last term. "Likewise ...." she beamed back as he introduced himself. "Cutty."

Heh, that name had a nice ring to it. It amused Fina for a brief second. "Welcome to Hogwarts, Lucy! Morning!"

"Morning," Fina offered in return, to another newcomer.

And a returning student! She smiled though at his comment. "Excellent to hear, Mister Toussaint." Perhaps the attention thing was cause he realized his OWL exams were looming nearer? Either way, paying attention was always a good thing.

Blink, blink. Was she seeing double? Fina frowned glancing from the girl before to another who'd just entered moments prior. How come no one informed her there were identical twins coming to Hogwarts this year? That would've been NICE to know. And both Lions too; Merlin, she felt bad for Seren.

"Hello, welcome!" She replied finally, shaking herself out of her reverie.


Ah, one of her best students was back again. "Hello, Adi, welcome back," she smiled at the young Hufflepuff, as she took a seat.

What was that LOOK when he saw nametags? From a new student too. Really. Did he not see that this was easier than stating names before speaking? Figures he had on Slytherin robes this one.

"Hello there ..." she waited, as he filled out the nametag, since he hadn't introduced himself. "Grayson."

See now that there's a nice polite student; a returning one too and one of her best. "Morning Bay," she nodded at him.

Ooh, one of her new Hufflepuffs, whom she hadn't had the pleasure of meeting yet! Beaming at her energy, she smiled back. "Hello there! Welcome!" Ooh, lovely flowers too. Quite the artistic one, Fina noted.

Fina nodded at another returning student who entered quietly and politely filled out the nametag but then was leaning back in his chair ...... oh no he was not doing the thing that was like a teacher's biggest pet peeve. REALLY?? Innocently watching him, she inconspicuously and non-verbally cast a spell to push the chair back just a little bit more....

.... and then turned her attention towards another student; the female Newell! She knew this one too! Fina gave her a brief nod and smile. Now where was the male half?

"Hello, Schuyler. Welcome back!" Fina nodded at the seventh year.

Aw ...... someone remembered at gave her a welcome back; since unless they'd been at breakfast the morning of return, most probably hadn't seen her since June. "Hello there, Ben, and thank you."

And another welcome back ........ Well sorta. "Hello Tobias! Thank you and it's good to be back and see you as well!"

"Hello, Abbi. Welcome back," she smiled at the Gryffindor as she took a seat and watched her curiously as she stuck her nametag on the back of the Slytherin. It seemed she wasn't the only shifty one in the room - so clearly she could just blame it on the Gryffindor.


Another of her best students! Beaming at the third year when she entered, she greeted her back as well, "Welcome back, Lux." And smiled in amusement when she crossed out her nametag and wrote a nickname.

Ah, there was the male Newell; she knew he couldn't be far behind his sister. "Hello, Caleb," she returned his greeting.

Noting another quiet student, she made careful note of his name on his nametag, because she didn't know this student...

Ah ... another Strand, Fina quickly deduced from his familiar but new face, as he wrote his name on the label. Clearly explained how he knew of her pregnancy. "Hello there and thank you! Welcome to Hogwarts yourself, as well as Hufflepuff." Like brother, like brother? They were brothers, right?

Heh. There was something with Hufflepuffs and flowers? Was she drawing Marigold flowers too? Symbolism and all. Beaming at the fourth year, she greeted her back. "Hello there, Marigold! Welcome back!"

..........................

She felt horribly guilty when Alexa had seen her and stared that fateful afternoon in Diagon Alley. HORRIBLE way for her student to find out, but the Gryffindor should have used her bravery and NON-SHYNESS to come over to her and talk to her instead of just stare. Really.

Like now; she wasn't afraid of speaking now. But seeing her in London created feelings of shyness? Oh well. She'd get over it; probably after this lesson.

"Hello, Alexa...." No Prefect Cambridge this time. ".... The baby boy is great, thanks."


Another sarcastic one. Shaking her head at his nickname on his label, she smiled at Tag. Yes, she knew his name, of course, but did he not realize it was for the OTHER students. And she didn't want to single out those who she didn't know, so she just made it uniform, because there was a mix of known and unknown students here...

Like this one. Unknown. It was a lot of unknown. Seriously; Gryffindors, thinking they were the center of everything.

"Hello there, welcome," she beamed at the first year.


"Hello there, Lotus and thank you! It's good to be back." She beamed at the sixth year, ignoring the fact that she didn't write 'Lotus Wisteria' on her nametag. Because she knew this one's name.

Another of her best students. "Hello there, Beverly! Welcome back!" she beamed at the Slytherin.

"Thanks, Demelza," she greeted back, not QUITE as enthusiastic as the seventh year, sadly.

And another newcomer; Fina nodded at the new young Ravenclaw, as she quietly took a seat. Hopefully these students would warm up once the lesson started?

The other third year Sophie was here! Because yes, even though this one hadn't been in her classes before, she knew her from Quidditch reasons, even if she didn't really know her. But now she could!

"Hi Sophie! Welcome!"

Was it just her or were there quite a few seventh years this term? "Hello, Penelope," she greeted to the Gryffindor, reminiscing for just a moment, how it felt like just yesterday the Ravenclaw Greenwell was graduating. My how time flies.

Well wasn't someone just up for flattering the professor today? But didn't he learn by now that flattery gets one nowhere? Actually, he probably hadn't.

"Hello Ascanius," she greeted back, simply acknowledging the latter comment with a nod of appreciation.

Oh Merlin. She was definitely getting old. Considering it seemed like YESTERDAY when Dash Scabior was teaching History of Magic and had brought his son in .... and now said-son was a FIRST YEAR?!? LIKE how? She sighed, thinking that would be her in eleven years, but right now couldn't imagine anything but diapers and baby food.

"Welcome back, Kyroh." Because he'd been here before, even if this was his first time taking classes.

Heh. Awesome?

Leave it to a Prefect to come up with that name. But alas, it was Nigel's last year. Sniff. She flashed him a brief smile of welcome though.

"Hello there, Kace and thank you! It's good to be back!" She beamed at him.

And another new student. This one too was clad in red robes. Had Seren tricked the sorting hat into sorting everyone into Gryffindor or something? "Hello there!" she greeted back.

Well this was awkward and quite the surprise when one of her young Hufflepuffs wrapped her arms around her middle. Patting her gently on the shoulders, she smiled back. "Likewise, likewise, Leah." She swallowed, grateful when the second year released her and took a seat. Sweet intentions, really, they were.

Now here was a polite transfer. At least they weren't ALL snotty like that Slytherin one ... Grayson. Introduce yourself if you're new. It made sense to Fina. "Nice to meet you, Bryant. Looking forward to seeing you around." She was, truly, because she always looked forward to seeing nice polite students. They gave hope for humanity.

"Hello there, welcome!" she greeted back to another new Ravenclaw.

So sweet. So quiet. Nodding at the small Ravenclaw (had eagles and lions taken over or something? o.O), she smiled grateful at her politeness. "Thank you, Josette. I'm quite alright." It wasn't as if SHE aged fifty years or so like everyone else had, last term. Nope, she'd been exempt from the curse or whatever and retained her youth.

"Good day, Ethan," she noted in response to the young Slytherin, as he settled in next to the young Ravenclaw Josette.

Another Seventh year. Yup. Seventh years, eagles and lions had totally taken over the school this term. Only this one - Lily - was a quiet one, more insightful than chatterer. Nodding in politeness at the seventh year, she noted the time and figured it was just about time to begin.



Right after the last two students just barely made it on time. Another new one? Or at least knew to Muggle Studies, but he seemed to know a few students (which wasn't unlikely even for a new student since they'd been at school now for a few months). "Hello there! Welcome," she beamed back at the two boys, before closing the classroom door after them and walking over to set the markers and remaining tags on her desk.


Now facing the class, her hands clasped together in front her she patiently waited for the students to settle in and quiet down (the few who were talking to their neighbors anyway). "Hello, hello! As most of you already know, I'm Professor Hadley. Bit of a background for you; this will be my third year teaching Muggle Studies, but before that I taught Arithmancy for ten years here at Hogwarts and before that, Charms for two years in South Africa. I grew up in a muggle neighborhood so despite my mother being a witch, we did a lot of things the 'muggle way'. I'm here to help you, so if you have any questions about anything, muggle related or not, don't hesitate to visit me." And that just about summed up the basics anyway. Now onto the lesson.

"Anyway, onto our first lesson. As I made note of on the notice board, I think this lesson is important for anyone. It will be slightly basic, but hopefully informative, even if you already know some about the topic. Just to see what you know; who can explain to me the difference between cooking and baking?"


ooc: Lesson has begun, so if you didn't post arriving, pretend on if you've been here the whole time or risk points being docked. Thanks! =)

Josette began to panic as she'd seen his smile fading. Oh goodness, did she upset him or something? Had she offended him? DRATS! That wasn't her intention at all. Curse these awkward moments that always happened to the second year! She was internally panicking as she tried to come up with something to say before he became to get anymore upset. But somehow, these words sort blurted out of her mouth a bit, "Mhmm, I-I'm good-I-uh mean..I'm fine..-just-uh.." She shut her mouth and stopped herself before sort of holding her hand out. "I-I'm Josette.." A small smile forming.

...

OH, class had begun.

Her blue eyes looking towards the Professor as she had begun the lesson. What was the difference between Cooking & Baking? She paused as she began to think about it. Not being someone who cooked a lot, she wasn't entirely sure. But she'd figure she'd give her some form of an answer. Her hand slowly raised, "P-Professor, might cooking be more so used for creating meals & such..While b-baking could be more commonly used to bake sweets? Or perhaps things like bread?"

....but before he could even get a response from the Ravenclaw, Professor Hadley decided to start the lecture. Ethan gave his very quiet seatmate a nod and a grin, and listened to the professor.

Wow. Arithmancy for ten years? Interesting. Hmm. Maybe the Headmistress can't find a suitable replacement for her because she's that good?

Maybe.

Onto the lesson now! Cooking and Baking? Oh. OH. He knows this one! "Professor." Ethan raised his hand before he proceeded. "Cooking is some sort of experiment. My mom used to do the...'add-this-add-that' method. While Baking is...I guess pretty much like Potions? You have to be very specific about the ingredients and its quantity." That's at least what his mother used to do.

So...will they bake and cook today? He's ready!...to eat. Noms!

Cooking and baking? Was there a difference? They was definitely one similarity and that was they both involved making food. However, since the Professor had asked for a difference, Cris had to believe there were differences.

So he sat back and thought for while trying to remember what his mother did in the kitchen with the house elves, and eventually concluding that there were indeed differences, Cris raised his hand.

"Professor, cooking involves the preparation of food into meals which can be done in various ways like frying, sautéing, or stir frying of foods in a pan, pot or wok. I guess baking is another part of cooking only that involves putting the prepared food in an oven to bake on dry heat. ."

Was he right?

Sophie was RIGHT THERE NEXT TO HIM, which was always cause enough for Toby to smile even wider than usual. He gave her a 'sup' nod right back, plus a little nudge with his elbow. Hi Sophie. Hey.

While he waited for the class to start, Toby let one of his legs swing back and forth beneath him, sole of his foot just brushing the floor. He was already wondering if there would be a practical part to this lesson, 'cause he was REALLY in the kind of mood to be moving about.

Aaaaaaaaaaaand they were starting..............

.................... and THIS was why it was a good idea that Toby was in this class. He literally didn't have a clue of the specific differences like the other kids in here seemed to know. Were THEY all muggleborn, or did they simply know this stuff? Was it in the textbook? He should really read the textbook.

Toby scribbled down some notes and raised his hand, fingers waggling in the air. With his other hand, he tapped the feathered end of his quill on the desk, while his leg still swung beneath the table.

"Uhhh, I guess all baking is cooking, but not all cooking is baking."

Would they be learning to COOK? Boy oh boy, Toby was awful at cooking, this could be a super helpful lesson if that was the direction they were going.

Jasmine was hoping that she was going to enjoy this class. She knew a thing or two about muggle living and hopefully this knowledge would help her out in Muggle Studies.

When the Professor asked a question about cooking vs. baking, Jasmine raised her hand. "Cooking is usually done on a stove or a grill. Baking is done in an oven. You bake things like bread, cakes and pies, but you can also bake meats and fish.". Baking was something that Jasmine enjoyed very much, especially desserts.

Oh look what the wind blew in.

Grayson groaned and rolled his eyes. Freaking Merlin why did SHE have to come over here and ruin things? And she knew Cutty? Cutty Mordaunt? He wanted to ask how he managed to survive being around HER but he stopped himself when a quick glance had been made over towards the Professor.

She was greeting him. And smiling innocently, too. Grayson narrowed his eyes at her before saying, "I don't care if you like me or whatever. There's no need to get so touchy feely. We're in a lesson." JEEZ. Girls. Stop patting him and smiling like that at him, mkay? It was freaking weird.

And if she was joining them oh-so-casually, then the Slytherin was VERY glad that Cutty was here too.



Oh look, they were getting started! With a question about cooking and baking, too. Did he know much about baking and cooking? Er. He doubted it. But this DID raise the question as to whether they were going to be cooking and/or baking and whether he could prank the Sassy Gryffindor sitting next to him.

"Isn't baking just a type of cooking?" he asked, raising his hand in the air. Like that Bookstore Kid had mentioned. "Baking's to do with the oven, I think, and heating things up using that. Cooking's just everything to do with food preparation." Uh huh. That was all he knew.

Sooo this lady had to be old if she had been here for so long. The woman seemed nice enough and the subject would surely be easy enough so it really wasn't a big deal. Plus. weren't older people supposed to be all jolly and stuff?

Listening to the first question asked, she was right in assuming this class was going to be a cake walk. Oh she knew this one, but how to explain it? Her hand shot into the air. "Professor cooking is for like food, food, and baking is things that you do in the oven like cookies." Mmmm... cookies. You could bake other things in the over too, but cookies were the most important.

The Gryffindor continued to rock on the back of the chair legs while he waited for the class to start. He had been looking around the room as well and was therefore unaware of the silent spell being casted towards him. The boy gasped as he lost his balance and he fell backwards with a THUD on the ground.

He groaned as he rubbed his back and stood up quickly. No one had seen that, nope. Kevin set his chair upright again and sat back down. On all four legs this time.

The difference between cooking and baking? His head snapped up at this. Were they gonna make delicious food? Pleeeeeeaaaase let it be true! The Gryffindor LOVED food and that reminded him that he still had some toffees in his pocket. He would eat them later when the Professor wasn't facing the class.

" The difference is that....uhm..." Wait! He totally knew this! It was on the tip of his tongue. ................okay he had nothing. He had never cooked or baked before. Nor had he ever watch his mother cook. He was just interested in eating it. The boy had already forgotten that he was in the middle of a sentence and began to rock the chair back on two legs again.

The difference between baking and cooking? This should come rather simple to anyone really, but considering Tag had a chef in the 'house' he could give a good answer to this.

"Cooking is more commonly used for breakfast, lunch and dinner. You use, usually a frying pan or stove, or pot. And you make meals that can take up to thirty minutes for one single ingredient. Like, pasta can take some time to cook, and soups can too. Now, baking, that's for sweets and desserts. And they are usually served after the main meal. But for baking, its a lot more measured precisely with time and ingredient measurements. Cooking, you can be relaxed about how long you take or what you want to add in or out of the dish. Baking on the other hand, say you accidentally put too much sugar into your treat, it could turn out to be a complete disaster."

That was very bad. Once Tag had baked chocolate chip cookies with his sister, had read the measurements wrong on the ingredients and they had come out the stove flat and stiff, almost felt like he would be breaking a tooth.

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Cris smiled over at Jasmine when she shared her answer. She had been quick with her answer too, which Cris had to admit was a good one.

Cris thought back to the Chocolate banana filled cake his mother was famous for baking, and began to feel homesick. He missed that cake but most of all, he missed his family.

Chocolate banana filled cake, Professor. Can we bake that? Cris quietly thought to himself.

Angel looked at the Professor and then raised her hand. "Baking is where you get your hands dirty and actually do stuff like make the food yourself, were as cooking basically you just go to the shop and buy something and then put it in the cooker." Angel really liked baking.

Okay good. The students weren't COMPLETELY daft when it came to this topic; but most of them were probably incompetent when it came to performing either of those actions. It was the after that they were good at. "Not necessarily, as baking might also refer to making bread"

"Ah, this is a very good analogy. Cooking doesn't require set recipes, but baking requires more precision. More detail. For instance, adding too much salt could potentially ruin that cake you were baking for a friend. But if you add too much salt when cooking, then the dish might still end up okay."

"Cooking is a broad term." Hadley nodded at Cris. "So in that sense, yes, but more than that, cooking refers to the application of heat ... anything that results in the change of texture or appearance could qualify. Baking, however, is a specific subset of cooking, referring to the application of heat in a closed oven, such as pizza, cookies, cakes, or breads."

"This. Is precisely correct in its most simplest essence." Though it didn't really define the two, it was still correct. Because baking was a subset of cooking.

Hadley nodded at Jasmine, as she'd already sort of went over that. But good, good.

"Yes. Baking is just a type of cooking." Good, the snarky Slytherin boy has ears and probably heard what Tobias had said. "However, cooking is more than just food preparation; it also refers to the application of heat. Which could be in an oven, on a grill, or on a stovetop, for instance."

"Baking is for food too, technically, as its a subset of cooking," Hadley nodded to twin #2 because she was the second one in the class, hence why she was number two. "It is, however, for food preparation in a closed oven."

So if they were listening to her responses after each student, then they should have gathered the difference between the two... which theoretically wasn't much, since baking was cooking, but cooking didn't have to be baking.

"Today, we'll be cooking. More specifically, baking. One of the first things to remember when doing any sort of cooking and food preparation is to keep your work area clean. If you're just starting out, you'll want to make sure the recipes aren't too complicated ... and you'll definitely want to read through the whole recipe." She paused, eyeing the time. They definitely had time for this, but they did need to get down to the kitchens soon.

"Can anyone think of anything else to maybe know before we get started?" No this wasn't Potions Class, but that didn't mean they still couldn't make stuff. It wasn't as if they would be using cauldrons; that was so not muggle.

Hmm. Something else they needed to know? Norah raised her hand and said, "Well, you don't want to take anything out of the oven with your bare hands. That'll hurt." She knew that from experience, yep. Baking cookies with her grandmother hadn't been as fun as she had expected after she had burned herself. But they were going to bake! Cool! That probably meant there'd be some oh-so-yummy treats to eat when they finished class. Oh, food. It's enough to make any class your favorite.

Cris quickly took down notes as Professor Hadley explained the difference. Yes!! They would be baking today, and Cris' first question was what. But he knew the answer to that question would discovered soon enough.

He had a question though and so he raised his hand,"Professor I've heard mention somewhere that the heat required to bake a specific recipe may have to be taken into account depending on which altitude you are at? What may require 300 degrees Celsius when baked high above sea level may end up being a different heat range at say sea level. Is that true or an old wives tale?"

Cris hoped that was a reasonable question to ask.

...and then he raised his hand again, "Um, Professor can we maybe bake a Chocolate Banana Filled cake too?"

...well it was worth a try.

Yay! Based on the first question, they would not be going outside. Probably down to the kitchens though. Which was fine with her.

Anyway, this was a easy question. "Baking usually refers to cooking in an oven or making cookies and stuff like that, while cooking usually refers to using other means like a stove or microwave or making soups and things." Oooh, were they making cookies? Because that would be awesome! You know, as long as no one burned anything or set anything on fire.

Oh, so they were baking something. Probably cookies, since those were relatively easy. "Use oven mitts when removing anything from the oven." That was her rather intelligent contribution to the conversation. It was true, though.

Angel raised her hands. "Professor I think that you should know what you are making otherwise you are in trouble." Angel sighed.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.... cookies! She was kind of on the same page right? AJ didn't particularly like cooking or baking, but her mum did a lot of baking for her sweet shop, and she would sometimes lend a hand.

Hmmm... what else did they need to know? Once again her hand was in the air. "To get out of the way when there is a hot pot coming through." According to her mum anyways. She had to find that one out the hard way.

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Hearing the chair rocking Gryffindor start to speak up after she briefly caught a glimpse of him falling backwards, Fina waited for him to finish the sentence. Except he never did. Nor did he remember what happened the last time - a moment prior - he rocked in his chair. Frowning and tempted to cast another silent spell, Hadley stopped herself, choosing a different route this time. "Mr Hirase, perhaps a remembrall shall help you in not only class discussions, but not to rock in your chair. You wouldn't want to end up in the Healer's office with a split open head, would you?" She was being totally serious!

"But baking doesn't have to be for sweets or desserts, as it is simply just heating things up in a closed oven. Pizza or lasagnas, for instance, would be considered baking." Not simply cooking, like Penelope suggested for the pizza thing.

"AH yes, very good to remember. Ovens are HOT pieces of equipment and burns, we'll let's just say an oven burn would be way worse than a simple sunburn." She nodded at the first year. Very good point.

"Yes. You should probably check this before you begin.... making sure you have everything, similar to potion brewing, in that regards." Fina nodded in concurrence.

Fina blinked at this question. Heat required to bake something depending on your altitude? That was weird. "I'm not sure it depends on altitude as the only thing I'm aware of in regards to heat transfer is that it depends on how much material you have. If for instance, you have a small toaster oven, it requires a lower temperature to heat something compared with a traditional oven, as there is less space. Heat transfer is due to the movement of molecules - the molecules change places and take their heat with them. For example, heating a pot of water, the water nearer to the heat source will be warmer than the water far away. However, if you stir the water, than the hotter molecules will move away and be replaced with colder water molecules." Did that answer the question? Not really, but sort of.

...

"No." She said flatly at his next question. "First of all, we don't have the ingredients, but more importantly, I rarely condone baking sweets and consuming them." So baking a cake was out of the question, basically.


"Yes, oven mitts are a very handy muggle invention." Hadley nodded in agreement. Went along with what Norah had said about taking stuff out of the oven with your bare hands; or not to.

"Not necessarily correct with the cooking.... cooking is more the general terminology. Baking is a subset of cooking." Fina nodded at twin #1.

"But yes, yes, knowing what you're making is a very good thing to know."

Anything else? Glancing around at the students in anticipation of more questions, she waited another moment or two before speaking once more. "Right then. If there are no further questions, then please, stand up and follow me to the kitchens for some baking experience, as that will be the best way to learn and explain!"

After passing Ethan a pen, he was about to open his mouth to reply when class had started. He made a face as if to say 'Let's talk after class, mate'. As the Professor asked the difference between baking and cooking, Simon's hopes of acing the class went downhill. Cooking and baking?! Uhh.. Uhh.. He didn't know. He remained calm and decided not to raise his hand when the Professor asked for answers. Yeah, he knew what was going on. Of course he did. Liar.

Okay so they were going to be cooking today. Awesome! Okay so maybe he could do this. He wasn't going to fail. Simon had some experience in the kitchens. Back at home, he used to help his mum out in the kitchen each night for dinner- it was always better cooking the food than cleaning up.

So now what did they need to know other than the recipe?

...Hmm..... What would his mum say?

Simon paused, racking his brain for an answer. He was about to raise his hand and offer the answer (the point that they needed to make sure that the kitchen was clean before they began baking. If it wasn't, someone could get sick. Cleanliness was always important no matter if the subject was Muggle Studies or Potions.); however, Professor Hadley was already up on her feet and asking everyone to head down to the kitchens. He lowered his hand.

He began packing his bag up and followed the Professor out the door. Merlin, they were going to be baking now.

So, they'd be baking then. Adi wasn't too interested in that but he was very much interested in eating whatever they baked. Especially if it were sweet. Hehe.

Adi raised his hand. "Measure all the ingredients properly. Well, the ones that need to be measured.'' Because who wanted incorrect portions of the ingredients that could spoil the entire baking?
...........

And so it was down to the kitchens! Adi packed up his stuff and followed his head of House.

Cris sighed sadly as he acknowledged there would be chocolate banana filled cake at the end of this lesson. Picking up his things, he waited for Jasmine to collect hers before walking out of the classroom with her and following the Professor down the halls.

They were getting right to it then. Luckily for AJ, she hadn't bothered unpacking anything so all she had to do was pick up her bag and get in the line that would eventually lead them to the kitchen.

Copying down the rest of the suggestions on what to remember, Ben almost missed the instructions to move. Until, of course, the third year noticed the movement around him and everyone seemingly getting up from their seats. He quickly shuffled his notes and quill into his bag and then getting up to his feet to follow suit. Cooking lesson...cool. The Gryffindor just hoping as he left the classroom that he did better with baking than he risked doing in potions.

Could food blow up?

It seemed like no one really had any more questions, probably because they all wanted to cook, and then hopefully eat their creation. Tag couldn't blame them. So, the blonde tightened the straps on his rucksack and headed out the classroom, following everyone else and the Professor.

MOVEMENT WOOOO!

Toby was RIGHT UP out of his seat again, and waited for Soph to stand up too so they could walk down to the Kitchens together. He'd never actually been in there before, so this would be SUPER cool to see. And they would be learning to COOK which was also dead handy. See? Toby knew he took this lesson for a reason.

Oop, Hadley wasn't kidding about not getting comfortable.

Layla jumped up quickly and joined everyone else in journeying down to the kitchens.

Oh, they were going to bake something! Jasmine was very excited and curious about what they would be baking. OK no sweets apparantly, but there were other tasty possibilities to consider.

Jasmine gathered her things and stood up, ready to try her hand at baking. She joined Cris and they followed the Professor in the direction of the kitchens. This was going to be fun, at least Jasmine hoped it would be.

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Kace dazed out again in this class. He heard the professor ask the difference between cooking and baking. He knew this answer since he knew how to do both. But he heard his fellow classmates answers and smiled. Some of them were creative that is for sure. Some of weren't quite right. Kace knew for baking you needed exact measurement and for cooking you didn't need to be SO precise. You can be lenient with measurements. As the professor moved on, she said they were going into the kitchens!

He smiled and stood up and followed the teacher out to the kitchens. Now this was the class he was looking forward to. He found Lux and walked out of the classroom waiting to see what they were gonna cook or bake.

Cooking.............

Nigel could not cook anything but pasta because that was easy. Put in pot and boil. Other than that he could not cook and it usually results in fire. Which is awesome. But that is besides the point. He listened to what the differences between cooking and baking or whatever it was.

Interesting, it certainly was

Well that was quick. Nigel got up and followed everyone out of the room to the kitchens.

Ethan grinned at Simon and got the pen he offered. Nodding, he wrote down all the important notes that he needed to know as quickly and as legibly as possible. He's very excited to go to the kitchens now, you know. Cooking, baking...it meant food. And this growing boy needs a good amount of...whatever it is that they are going to do.

He also took note of Professor Hadley's comment about his answer. That just made him miss his mother more. What's even sadder is the fact that she will never get to cook for her family anymore.

Ethan sighed to release the sad feeling in his chest, picked up his satchel and placed his notebook and Simon's pen inside it. The Slytherin stood up and slung his satchel on his shoulder and reached out to Simon. Boy, is he excited to get to the kitchen or what? Ethan shrugged and turned to where his Ravenclaw seatmate was sitting. "Er...Josette's your name, yeah?" The boy paused and selected his words carefully. She seemed to be very sensitive around people. "Sorry about earlier." For whatever it is that he did. "I'm Ethan." Hi. Hello. Again. "Come on, it's time to do some fun stuff!" Ethan grinned at the girl and followed the rest of the class to the kitchen.

Wait, they were actually going to be creating food today?

Really?

But, she'd only baked ONCE before & that would have clearly have turned into a downright messy disaster if Ella hadn't stepped in. What was she going to do now? Actually blow up the kitchens this time? Josie let out a little bit of a soft groan as she began collecting her things to follow the Professor & the rest of the class, but stopped when the boy she was sitting next to suddenly began speaking to her again. She tensed up as he spoke to her by addressing her by her name & then was, wait, apologizing to her? A bit random, but at least she'd gotten a name from him. Ethan. She spoke softly, "I-It's nice to meet you.." She studied his very happy mood & found it pretty interesting, especially for a boy wearing those green robes. From what she understood, not a lot of Slytherins were that happy-NOT that she found him weird for being happy, it was just....different than what she's seen before?

.....And interesting..

Standing up from her chair, she was soon walking amongst her classmates as they headed towards the kitchens.

Catching up!!!
 

He Knew the difference between cooking and baking.. when baking you Baked things.. in an over usually and when just plain cooking you could use the stove top or a grill or a griddle, really it was endless. Baking though that happened in an oven. Pizza was made in an oven.. so was cake. he liked pizza and cake, yes yes he did.

Before he knew it, while he was busy daydreaming of Pizza and cake, they were being ushered up and out of their seats and towards the..... Kitchens. WERE THEY MAKING CAKE!?!?

Jeremiah was EXCITED okay! and he wasted no time picking up his things and gathering with the rest of them.

TO THE KITCHENS!!!