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The Snakes sit under a brand new silver and green banner representing their house. Their solid, shiny wooden table is nicely polished with all the place settings perfectly set. It was once said that the Hogwarts House Elves are the best in the world. It is up to your stomach to agree... but surely it will! Why wouldn't it like elf cooking?
If you're thirsty, there is also fresh pumpkin juice and water on the table, regardless of whether or not it is actually mealtime.
"That's because I don't need convincing, Brown. I'd be stupid not to want yer in my entourage and quite frankly, I'm surprised yew haven't noticed my subtle advances." He would've liked to have thought himself that clever. And maybe he was if she had paid him no nevermind or gotten the entirely wrong idea from recent antics. Specific targeting, like the magical equivalent of gum in her hair that he pulled during the potions lesson, was so 9-years-old. But despite his ability to speak with adults and even include himself amongst them, who could ever accuse the boy of being mature?
Cutty heard Flamsteed's voice and put away the paper to draw his bowl of Pixie Puffs closer to himself. His fist tightened around the end of his spoon as he ladled some of the cereal into his mouth...and then some of it came out to the side as he sharply turned his head having witnessed Flamsteed's knee-to-table collision. "Professor, please. I'm trying to eat m'breakfast." He said, collecting himself and taking another spoonful in to make up for the one lost. He crunched and tried to swallow quickly...before Professor Flamsteed said or DID anything else. He still thought him a bit of an attention hog, but Cutty didn't mind this attribute of the Gryffindors. In fact, he sort of liked it. It enabled quite a bit to escape undetected. Such a beautiful distraction.
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Clearing his throat, and eyeing the box of cereal on the table and the...er....bits that had escaped Mr. Morduant's mouth, the astronomer gave his knee another few rubs and then slid into the open space beside Miss Brown with his back facing the table. "Just a few," he chuckled, clearing his throat again and wiping his brow at that close call.
"Sorry about that, Mr. Mordaunt," he said, bowing his head and then peaking around the Ravenclaw. "Don't suppose you can spare some of the contents of that box?" He would rather like to get the spicy chicken wing taste out of his mouth and off his lips. Milk was good for that, but it was even better if it had cereal to soak in it. He had to wonder if Mr. Mordaunt, who was somewhat like him in his youth, shared a love of pouring the final bits of a box of cereal into a glass of milk. Just the sugary bits. The ones that were often seen as unwanted and tossed with the packaging when all the cereal was gone. Made for a nice little sweet accent to milk, in his personal opinion anyway.
"Hope I am not interrupting anything I ought not to be," he added as a sort of afterthought, rubbing his knee again. Merlin that was going to leave a bruise.
Ooooooooooowie.
Subtle... advances...?
Though she had previously been cool as a cucumber, Sophie's face faltered, fading into a dumbfounded stupor. He... was pulling her leg, wasn't he? Cutty Mordaunt didn't REALLY want to be friends with her, did he?
...DID he?
She forced her hardened expression to soften and plastered on an innocent smile as Flamsteed went on to apologize for interrupting their breakfast and even hoped to nab some cereal from Cutty's box. It was at that precise moment that Sophie realized the Slytherin boy had just shoveled a spoonful of cereal into his mouth, and her lips settled into a very calm, content smile, waiting for the magic to happen.
"Not at all, professor. Cutty and I were just becoming best friends after previously, before this interaction, being sworn arch-enemies. You're witnessing a miracle, really. Thanks for joining us on this momentous occasion. Means a lot." Her eyes remained glued on her fellow fourth year, grinning away as she awaited the potion's effects to kick in.
SPOILER!!: you two lovelies and your sometimes questionable characters <333
Clearing his throat, and eyeing the box of cereal on the table and the...er....bits that had escaped Mr. Morduant's mouth, the astronomer gave his knee another few rubs and then slid into the open space beside Miss Brown with his back facing the table. "Just a few," he chuckled, clearing his throat again and wiping his brow at that close call.
"Sorry about that, Mr. Mordaunt," he said, bowing his head and then peaking around the Ravenclaw. "Don't suppose you can spare some of the contents of that box?" He would rather like to get the spicy chicken wing taste out of his mouth and off his lips. Milk was good for that, but it was even better if it had cereal to soak in it. He had to wonder if Mr. Mordaunt, who was somewhat like him in his youth, shared a love of pouring the final bits of a box of cereal into a glass of milk. Just the sugary bits. The ones that were often seen as unwanted and tossed with the packaging when all the cereal was gone. Made for a nice little sweet accent to milk, in his personal opinion anyway.
"Hope I am not interrupting anything I ought not to be," he added as a sort of afterthought, rubbing his knee again. Merlin that was going to leave a bruise.
Ooooooooooowie.
What was everyone doing at his table? Can't a budding hell-raiser eat breakfast in peace? And then Professor Flamsteed wanted a bit of his Pixie Puffs and Cutty was sort of weird about that. He willingly shared his candy as a means of promotion and entrapment, but from his own plate was a different story.
But...this was Professor Flamsteed they were talking about. Flamsteed who had taught him the extension charm. And Flamsteed who had forgiven him a misplaced potion. Flamsteed who sacrificed his social life for living in a cursed castle for the rest of his days, which Cutty began to think were plentiful for the Professor did still have thick, blonde hair and hardly aaany wrinkles at all. Nope. Not a one. Damn. Professor Flamsteed was actually quite sharp. Cutty resolved there and then to do exactly as the Gryffindor Head of House in hopes of achieving as much.
Cutty drew the second spoonful of Pixie Puffs from his mouth and took out his wand. With a smile, he cleansed the spoon and duplicated it, handing the duplicate to Professor Flamsteed. "Sure, Professor. Tuck in!"
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Subtle... advances...?
Though she had previously been cool as a cucumber, Sophie's face faltered, fading into a dumbfounded stupor. He... was pulling her leg, wasn't he? Cutty Mordaunt didn't REALLY want to be friends with her, did he?
...DID he?
She forced her hardened expression to soften and plastered on an innocent smile as Flamsteed went on to apologize for interrupting their breakfast and even hoped to nab some cereal from Cutty's box. It was at that precise moment that Sophie realized the Slytherin boy had just shoveled a spoonful of cereal into his mouth, and her lips settled into a very calm, content smile, waiting for the magic to happen.
"Not at all, professor. Cutty and I were just becoming best friends after previously, before this interaction, being sworn arch-enemies. You're witnessing a miracle, really. Thanks for joining us on this momentous occasion. Means a lot." Her eyes remained glued on her fellow fourth year, grinning away as she awaited the potion's effects to kick in.
Oh, this was going to be good.
Were they arch-enemies? Cutty didn't think so and under the influence of the camaraderie concoction wrote it off as Sopophorous Bean's facetious humour. Therefore, his previous smile remained plastered where it was. "That's right. Best friends!" Said the snake, putting an arm around Soph's back and shoulder. Her hair smelled soooo gooood and her skin was perfect! Why wasn't she the most popular girl in school yet? WHYY??
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Airey had not been expecting such a chipper reply from the Slytherin, but did not second guess it as he was offered a spoon. "Excellent use of a fluid use of Doubling Charm, Mr. Mordaunt," he applauded as his fingers wrapped around the spoon. He hadn't meant to tuck in to the boy's bowl of Pixie Puffs....right? Surely not!
Eyeing Mr. Mordaunt for a moment, mostly to question the sudden change in sanitation standards, his attention moved to the Ravenclaw as she spoke. "Oh? OH! Well, then I supposed I should be thankful that I bumped my knee! Stellar to see new friendships forming," he saluted the two while twirling his spoon between his fingers. "Especially two bright minds such as yourselves." His curiosity wanted to ask what had made them 'archenemies' to begin with, but given the fact they were both ambitious in their own way he had a few ideas. All of them wrong, but he did not know that.
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What was everyone doing at his table? Can't a budding hell-raiser eat breakfast in peace? And then Professor Flamsteed wanted a bit of his Pixie Puffs and Cutty was sort of weird about that. He willingly shared his candy as a means of promotion and entrapment, but from his own plate was a different story.
But...this was Professor Flamsteed they were talking about. Flamsteed who had taught him the extension charm. And Flamsteed who had forgiven him a misplaced potion. Flamsteed who sacrificed his social life for living in a cursed castle for the rest of his days, which Cutty began to think were plentiful for the Professor did still have thick, blonde hair and hardly aaany wrinkles at all. Nope. Not a one. Damn. Professor Flamsteed was actually quite sharp. Cutty resolved there and then to do exactly as the Gryffindor Head of House in hopes of achieving as much.
Cutty drew the second spoonful of Pixie Puffs from his mouth and took out his wand. With a smile, he cleansed the spoon and duplicated it, handing the duplicate to Professor Flamsteed. "Sure, Professor. Tuck in!"
Were they arch-enemies? Cutty didn't think so and under the influence of the camaraderie concoction wrote it off as Sopophorous Bean's facetious humour. Therefore, his previous smile remained plastered where it was. "That's right. Best friends!" Said the snake, putting an arm around Soph's back and shoulder. Her hair smelled soooo gooood and her skin was perfect! Why wasn't she the most popular girl in school yet? WHYY??
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Airey had not been expecting such a chipper reply from the Slytherin, but did not second guess it as he was offered a spoon. "Excellent use of a fluid use of Doubling Charm, Mr. Mordaunt," he applauded as his fingers wrapped around the spoon. He hadn't meant to tuck in to the boy's bowl of Pixie Puffs....right? Surely not!
Eyeing Mr. Mordaunt for a moment, mostly to question the sudden change in sanitation standards, his attention moved to the Ravenclaw as she spoke. "Oh? OH! Well, then I supposed I should be thankful that I bumped my knee! Stellar to see new friendships forming," he saluted the two while twirling his spoon between his fingers. "Especially two bright minds such as yourselves." His curiosity wanted to ask what had made them 'archenemies' to begin with, but given the fact they were both ambitious in their own way he had a few ideas. All of them wrong, but he did not know that.
The first sign that the potion was starting to kick in was that Cutty Mordaunt actually seemed willing to share his own personal bowl of cereal with Flamsteed, which IMMEDIATELY sent up warning signs in her head because she did NOT want the professor to get a taste of the camaraderie concoction, even though it wasn't a BAD potion for someone to ingest... and overly friendly Flamsteed WOULD be kind of funny...
Luckily, the professor didn't look like he was going to take any of Cutty's, and Sophie relaxed, content to just smile between the two and keep up her face of innocence. She snorted, though, at Cutty's agreement of BEST friends - she wished she could have recorded him saying that somehow.
...It did creep her out a little that his arm snaked behind her back and around her shoulders, though. Mordaunt was voluntarily touching her. It was very, very bizarre, and briefly, Soph's gaze drifted to the Hufflepuff table to see if Tobes was around and witnessing the historical moment for himself. But she didn't see him, so she made a mental note to try to remember everything especially well from this interaction to share with him later, and gently - and hesitantly - reciprocated the gesture by tucking her arm behind Cutty and letting her hand rest on his side, smiling away.
Weird. SO WEIRD. AND IT WAS SO HARD NOT TO LAUGH.
"Oh, yes, professor," she saluted him back with her unoccupied hand. "Two bright minds. It was destiny that we would one day find each other and be this... close." Literally. "Cutty here is the best friend I could have ever wanted, I'm sure of it. We'll be a dynamic duo."
It was a bit overkill, perhaps, but certainly Mordaunt would eat up her words to be the absolute truth, wouldn't he? Heheheh.
Airey had not been expecting such a chipper reply from the Slytherin, but did not second guess it as he was offered a spoon. "Excellent use of a fluid use of Doubling Charm, Mr. Mordaunt," he applauded as his fingers wrapped around the spoon. He hadn't meant to tuck in to the boy's bowl of Pixie Puffs....right? Surely not!
Eyeing Mr. Mordaunt for a moment, mostly to question the sudden change in sanitation standards, his attention moved to the Ravenclaw as she spoke. "Oh? OH! Well, then I supposed I should be thankful that I bumped my knee! Stellar to see new friendships forming," he saluted the two while twirling his spoon between his fingers. "Especially two bright minds such as yourselves." His curiosity wanted to ask what had made them 'archenemies' to begin with, but given the fact they were both ambitious in their own way he had a few ideas. All of them wrong, but he did not know that.
Cutty was beaming, positively beaming at the words of praise from Airey. The Professor was a downright pro at identifying charms even at a glance, Cutty thought. He wanted to be just as good. Even with the advanced ones.
Oh! And he thought he was bright. He thought Sophie was bright and that was true too. Everyone there was so sharp and wasn't Cutty lucky to have such good company.
He actually thought so! O___O
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The first sign that the potion was starting to kick in was that Cutty Mordaunt actually seemed willing to share his own personal bowl of cereal with Flamsteed, which IMMEDIATELY sent up warning signs in her head because she did NOT want the professor to get a taste of the camaraderie concoction, even though it wasn't a BAD potion for someone to ingest... and overly friendly Flamsteed WOULD be kind of funny...
Luckily, the professor didn't look like he was going to take any of Cutty's, and Sophie relaxed, content to just smile between the two and keep up her face of innocence. She snorted, though, at Cutty's agreement of BEST friends - she wished she could have recorded him saying that somehow.
...It did creep her out a little that his arm snaked behind her back and around her shoulders, though. Mordaunt was voluntarily touching her. It was very, very bizarre, and briefly, Soph's gaze drifted to the Hufflepuff table to see if Tobes was around and witnessing the historical moment for himself. But she didn't see him, so she made a mental note to try to remember everything especially well from this interaction to share with him later, and gently - and hesitantly - reciprocated the gesture by tucking her arm behind Cutty and letting her hand rest on his side, smiling away.
Weird. SO WEIRD. AND IT WAS SO HARD NOT TO LAUGH.
"Oh, yes, professor," she saluted him back with her unoccupied hand. "Two bright minds. It was destiny that we would one day find each other and be this... close." Literally. "Cutty here is the best friend I could have ever wanted, I'm sure of it. We'll be a dynamic duo."
It was a bit overkill, perhaps, but certainly Mordaunt would eat up her words to be the absolute truth, wouldn't he? Heheheh.
Seriously. Soph was the sweetest. Not only was she powerful, bright, beautiful, and talented, but she also was claiming him as her best friend. And not just her best friend, but the best friend she could have ever wanted. "No more wasting time!" He stated with exuberance. "We're doing what we should've done our first year. Teaming oop and changing the wehld!" Gaaaaasp. "Sophie?" Said the snake as he turned his attention toward her hair, the arm which had been around her moving up so that he fluffed a bit of it. "When are yew going to let me do yer hair, gehl?" Did Cutty even know how to do girls hair?
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Destiny. Right. Well, this man did not believe in such things but he would not crush Miss Brown's noble intentions by using such an expression. Nor would he point out that she had said that Mr. Tempus was the best of the best when it came to friendship and therefore her rankings were either incorrect or the Ravenclaw had more Hufflepuff in her than the astronomer had first realized. So he just smiled and nodded while he continued to twirl his spoon and look towards Mr. Mordaunt's bowl of cereal.
It really would not take THAT much effort to make himself a bowl, but he was feeling Gryffindor lazy and saw an opportunity presented to him that made satisfying his needs quickly and with minimum physical exertion. Beside, it wasn't like the Slytherin had been drooling into his bowl or anything. Just a spoonful or two couldn't hurt.
And so, the astronomer reached over around Miss Brown and dipped his spoon into the bowl. "Thank you, Mr. Mordaunt," he said with a bow of the head and then raised his spoon to the pair. "To...new friendships," he said as a form of 'cheers' and then popped the spoon into his mouth.
As he chewed, Airey just HAD to observe the two. It really WAS lovely, wasn't it? A huge grin slowly spread across his face as he scooted closer to Miss Brown, hanging on EVERY word the two shared between one another. "You know, THIS,right here, is just like what happens within molecular clouds in interstellar space. The warmth you both are just oozing, Miss Brown and Mr. Mordaunt..." Oh how TERRIBLY formal that sounded! "Excuse me, Sophie and Cutty, is just like the 10 million degrees Celsius necessary for condensing nebulas to become stars. You know what the star is I see here right now?" He leaned forward with his chin resting eagerly in his palms while his elbows were on the table...watching and waiting for one of them to answer.
Only he was FAR too excited to wait for them to get his analogy and spread his arms out wide to demonstrate the glory of nuclear fusion.
"Your friendship. Oh it is just so STELLAR!"
And then he did the unthinkable, which really just felt oh-so-incredibly natural for some reason in this moment, and he pulled both students into a group hug.
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Cutty was beaming, positively beaming at the words of praise from Airey. The Professor was a downright pro at identifying charms even at a glance, Cutty thought. He wanted to be just as good. Even with the advanced ones.
Oh! And he thought he was bright. He thought Sophie was bright and that was true too. Everyone there was so sharp and wasn't Cutty lucky to have such good company.
He actually thought so! O___O
Seriously. Soph was the sweetest. Not only was she powerful, bright, beautiful, and talented, but she also was claiming him as her best friend. And not just her best friend, but the best friend she could have ever wanted. "No more wasting time!" He stated with exuberance. "We're doing what we should've done our first year. Teaming oop and changing the wehld!" Gaaaaasp. "Sophie?" Said the snake as he turned his attention toward her hair, the arm which had been around her moving up so that he fluffed a bit of it. "When are yew going to let me do yer hair, gehl?" Did Cutty even know how to do girls hair?
No.
No, he didn't.
He just wanted to.
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Destiny. Right. Well, this man did not believe in such things but he would not crush Miss Brown's noble intentions by using such an expression. Nor would he point out that she had said that Mr. Tempus was the best of the best when it came to friendship and therefore her rankings were either incorrect or the Ravenclaw had more Hufflepuff in her than the astronomer had first realized. So he just smiled and nodded while he continued to twirl his spoon and look towards Mr. Mordaunt's bowl of cereal.
It really would not take THAT much effort to make himself a bowl, but he was feeling Gryffindor lazy and saw an opportunity presented to him that made satisfying his needs quickly and with minimum physical exertion. Beside, it wasn't like the Slytherin had been drooling into his bowl or anything. Just a spoonful or two couldn't hurt.
And so, the astronomer reached over around Miss Brown and dipped his spoon into the bowl. "Thank you, Mr. Mordaunt," he said with a bow of the head and then raised his spoon to the pair. "To...new friendships," he said as a form of 'cheers' and then popped the spoon into his mouth.
As he chewed, Airey just HAD to observe the two. It really WAS lovely, wasn't it? A huge grin slowly spread across his face as he scooted closer to Miss Brown, hanging on EVERY word the two shared between one another. "You know, THIS,right here, is just like what happens within molecular clouds in interstellar space. The warmth you both are just oozing, Miss Brown and Mr. Mordaunt..." Oh how TERRIBLY formal that sounded! "Excuse me, Sophie and Cutty, is just like the 10 million degrees Celsius necessary for condensing nebulas to become stars. You know what the star is I see here right now?" He leaned forward with his chin resting eagerly in his palms while his elbows were on the table...watching and waiting for one of them to answer.
Only he was FAR too excited to wait for them to get his analogy and spread his arms out wide to demonstrate the glory of nuclear fusion.
"Your friendship. Oh it is just so STELLAR!"
And then he did the unthinkable, which really just felt oh-so-incredibly natural for some reason in this moment, and he pulled both students into a group hug.
THERE WAS TOO MUCH HAPPENING AT ONCE. Cutty was distracting her by being HILARIOUS and offering to DO HER HAIR, and Sophie LAUGHED aloud at the thought and responded brightly, "Whenever you'd like, best friend. No hair-cutting is allowed and no putting foreign objects in it and ruining it, but y'can play with it and braid it." She knew Cutty was bound to have pure intentions with his request, so she wasn't too worried that he would sabotage her lusciously long brown locks - but she was also still aware that it was Cutty Mordaunt, so she knew she had to set some rules to REMIND him not to ruin her life.
By the time she realized Flamsteed had just reached across her to take a spoonful of Cutty's cereal and spun around to gape at him, the spoonful was IN his mouth, and... all the Ravenclaw could do was stare. Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare.
Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no. She'd just POISONED A PROFESSOR. Well... not poisoned in a BAD WAY, and all things considered it had probably been the nicest potion she could've accidentally spiked the man's food with, but... SHE HAD JUST POISONED A PROFESSOR.
Oh nooooooo. There would UNDOUBTEDLY be repercussions for this, she KNEW Cutty and Flamsteed would BOTH come around and they'd remember, wouldn't they? They'd KNOW their minds had been tampered with, and if she was the only one of the three to not have it happen to her... well... the two weren't stupid - they would KNOW it was her, wouldn't they? And Flamsteed would be so disappointed and he would disown her from his list of favorites and all four years' worth of progress with him would be RUINED in ONE FELL SWOOP.
Merlin, she had to cover her tracks.
She plucked Cutty's spoon right out of his hand, smiling at him sweetly as if apologizing for doing so and knowing he wouldn't mind while he was in this extreme state of friendliness, and... as the professor beside her scooted CLOSER to her, she KNEW the potion had just kicked in. And it didn't just kick in - it was like an explosion of friendliness and joy all over Sophie and Cutty, topped off with a HUG. AN ACTUAL, REAL HUG FROM PROFESSOR AIREY FLAMSTEED.
...Well, she couldn't just reject it, could she? Sophie absoLUTELY took advantage of the only hug she would ever get from the man and laughed - albeit a bit nervously - and hugged the man back, not even bothering to share an arm with Cutty. No, she gave Flamsteed a proper hug in return and fully expected the Slytherin to join in, unfazed that she wasn't actively including him, but then she did pull away to shovel a spoonful of cereal into her mouth. Because she could not put up with the guilt she was facing for POISONING A PROFESSOR. It would be much easier to be distracted by the same potion's effects and take her off the suspect list if either of them sought vengeance when they came to, and she wouldn't have to feel bad at all when... actually, she didn't think she was going to feel bad ever again. Not when she had two friends like CUTTY AND AIREY.
"We should ALL be new best friends - we'll be a TRIO! Like the GOLDEN trio or the THREE MUSKETEERS! Let's have a sleepover TONIGHT and we'll stay up all night telling stories and share what we love MOST about each other and how great it is to be BEST FRIENDS! We'll make memories to last a LIFETIME!" BEAM.
Destiny. Right. Well, this man did not believe in such things but he would not crush Miss Brown's noble intentions by using such an expression. Nor would he point out that she had said that Mr. Tempus was the best of the best when it came to friendship and therefore her rankings were either incorrect or the Ravenclaw had more Hufflepuff in her than the astronomer had first realized. So he just smiled and nodded while he continued to twirl his spoon and look towards Mr. Mordaunt's bowl of cereal.
It really would not take THAT much effort to make himself a bowl, but he was feeling Gryffindor lazy and saw an opportunity presented to him that made satisfying his needs quickly and with minimum physical exertion. Beside, it wasn't like the Slytherin had been drooling into his bowl or anything. Just a spoonful or two couldn't hurt.
And so, the astronomer reached over around Miss Brown and dipped his spoon into the bowl. "Thank you, Mr. Mordaunt," he said with a bow of the head and then raised his spoon to the pair. "To...new friendships," he said as a form of 'cheers' and then popped the spoon into his mouth.
As he chewed, Airey just HAD to observe the two. It really WAS lovely, wasn't it? A huge grin slowly spread across his face as he scooted closer to Miss Brown, hanging on EVERY word the two shared between one another. "You know, THIS,right here, is just like what happens within molecular clouds in interstellar space. The warmth you both are just oozing, Miss Brown and Mr. Mordaunt..." Oh how TERRIBLY formal that sounded! "Excuse me, Sophie and Cutty, is just like the 10 million degrees Celsius necessary for condensing nebulas to become stars. You know what the star is I see here right now?" He leaned forward with his chin resting eagerly in his palms while his elbows were on the table...watching and waiting for one of them to answer.
Only he was FAR too excited to wait for them to get his analogy and spread his arms out wide to demonstrate the glory of nuclear fusion.
"Your friendship. Oh it is just so STELLAR!"
And then he did the unthinkable, which really just felt oh-so-incredibly natural for some reason in this moment, and he pulled both students into a group hug.
To the Professor's toast, Cutty also raised his spoon. He wasn't about to let Professor Flamsteed's toast go untoasted from his end. Then Flamsteed was talking about Astronomy and space again. It was just like getting a freebie lesson, right there in the middle of eating. Almost like a private lesson if it weren't for Sophie Brown, but Cutty didn't mind. It could only help their already close minds merge together as they meditated over shared facts.
Was Flammy expecting an answer? Nope. The man apparently had one.
And then so Cutty was being hugged. And not minding it nearly as much as he would've only moments ago. He'd heard such a many mixed things about Airey Flamsteed, and without fail, they all seemed to contradict with the man as he was in motion.
NO ONE KNEW AIREY FLAMSTEED LIKE HE KNEW AIREY FLAMSTEED!
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THERE WAS TOO MUCH HAPPENING AT ONCE. Cutty was distracting her by being HILARIOUS and offering to DO HER HAIR, and Sophie LAUGHED aloud at the thought and responded brightly, "Whenever you'd like, best friend. No hair-cutting is allowed and no putting foreign objects in it and ruining it, but y'can play with it and braid it." She knew Cutty was bound to have pure intentions with his request, so she wasn't too worried that he would sabotage her lusciously long brown locks - but she was also still aware that it was Cutty Mordaunt, so she knew she had to set some rules to REMIND him not to ruin her life.
By the time she realized Flamsteed had just reached across her to take a spoonful of Cutty's cereal and spun around to gape at him, the spoonful was IN his mouth, and... all the Ravenclaw could do was stare. Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare.
Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no. She'd just POISONED A PROFESSOR. Well... not poisoned in a BAD WAY, and all things considered it had probably been the nicest potion she could've accidentally spiked the man's food with, but... SHE HAD JUST POISONED A PROFESSOR.
Oh nooooooo. There would UNDOUBTEDLY be repercussions for this, she KNEW Cutty and Flamsteed would BOTH come around and they'd remember, wouldn't they? They'd KNOW their minds had been tampered with, and if she was the only one of the three to not have it happen to her... well... the two weren't stupid - they would KNOW it was her, wouldn't they? And Flamsteed would be so disappointed and he would disown her from his list of favorites and all four years' worth of progress with him would be RUINED in ONE FELL SWOOP.
Merlin, she had to cover her tracks.
She plucked Cutty's spoon right out of his hand, smiling at him sweetly as if apologizing for doing so and knowing he wouldn't mind while he was in this extreme state of friendliness, and... as the professor beside her scooted CLOSER to her, she KNEW the potion had just kicked in. And it didn't just kick in - it was like an explosion of friendliness and joy all over Sophie and Cutty, topped off with a HUG. AN ACTUAL, REAL HUG FROM PROFESSOR AIREY FLAMSTEED.
...Well, she couldn't just reject it, could she? Sophie absoLUTELY took advantage of the only hug she would ever get from the man and laughed - albeit a bit nervously - and hugged the man back, not even bothering to share an arm with Cutty. No, she gave Flamsteed a proper hug in return and fully expected the Slytherin to join in, unfazed that she wasn't actively including him, but then she did pull away to shovel a spoonful of cereal into her mouth. Because she could not put up with the guilt she was facing for POISONING A PROFESSOR. It would be much easier to be distracted by the same potion's effects and take her off the suspect list if either of them sought vengeance when they came to, and she wouldn't have to feel bad at all when... actually, she didn't think she was going to feel bad ever again. Not when she had two friends like CUTTY AND AIREY.
"We should ALL be new best friends - we'll be a TRIO! Like the GOLDEN trio or the THREE MUSKETEERS! Let's have a sleepover TONIGHT and we'll stay up all night telling stories and share what we love MOST about each other and how great it is to be BEST FRIENDS! We'll make memories to last a LIFETIME!" BEAM.
Cutty was about to take another dip into his Pixie Puffs when Sophie Brown had borrowed his spoon. He naturally, assumed it was borrowing and that she'd give it back when finished with it. Oh, she must've been hungry! His poor bestie! There he was eatin' in front of her no less. An amused sort of smile as he watched Sophie tuck into the cereal like a beast. Go, bestfriend, go! Beat that hunger!
She'd only taken but a spoonful, however before she was hugging Professor Flamsteed right back. Cutty responded to this by flopping his hug onto the both of them. Did they know how special they actually were? Did they?
Then Soph had a great idea, except..."Oh. We can't. Tonight's the end-of-tehrm feast." He said, sounding genuinely let down. HE WAS! It was a BUMMER to not get to do the things one wanted with one's friends. "Booht, we can still find soomthin' else to do while we tell stories." And he was game for anything, really. That was when he remembered the bracelet woven for him by his ADORABLE little redheaded Abby. "Merlin! What am I even still doin' here. I have to go and make you both friendship bracelets!" Seal the deal so that everyone knows.
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Oh sweet solstice. OOOOOH SWEET SOLSTICE! This was too gloarious a moment for words! Which was precisely why the professor had been rendered completely speachless by the compassion and loyalty that Cutty and Sophie were showing him. Eyes misting up bit a bit, the astronomer was overwhelmed by the rush of emotions that threatened his giddiness to supernova.
"FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS! I'VE NEVER HAD ONE OF THOSE BEFORE!" he exclaimed, giving the pair an even tighter squeeze. Not with Tiberius. Not with Andy Pandy. Not even with Medea! He hoped they realized how incredibly special they were and how fantastically honored he was. "Oh what a STELLAR notion! If were in my right, I would award you both with 500 points each for your school spirit and friendship right now. But since it is regretably not, I hope that this hug will suffice." Unwillingly breaking their group hug, the professor moved to give each of them their own individual hug and loving pats on the back. He may have even gived them each a kiss on the head, just as a father would to a child that he was incredibly proud of.
"We can do the sleep over in the Observatory if you'd like! I have stories upon stories about the stars that I would just love to share with you both." he grinned while bouncing in place like he was sitting on a pogostick. "We can go there after the end of term feast! No time to waste, after all, with summer around the corner and what better way is there to spend one's last night in the castle than with good house elf cooked food and with friends?!" He paused for a moment. "I HAVE AN EVEN BETTER IDEA! We should invite EVERYONE! I'll make an announcement at the feast! WE'LL THROW THE BEST SLEEP OVER PARTY EVER!"
Because friendship wasn't exclusive, best friends were, but not the power of friendship. It was something that should touch and spread to ALL! Ever expanding, just like the universe.
In FACT! HE HAD JUST DONE IT! THE ANSWER TO THE UNIVERSE! FRIENDSHIP!
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To the Professor's toast, Cutty also raised his spoon. He wasn't about to let Professor Flamsteed's toast go untoasted from his end. Then Flamsteed was talking about Astronomy and space again. It was just like getting a freebie lesson, right there in the middle of eating. Almost like a private lesson if it weren't for Sophie Brown, but Cutty didn't mind. It could only help their already close minds merge together as they meditated over shared facts.
Was Flammy expecting an answer? Nope. The man apparently had one.
And then so Cutty was being hugged. And not minding it nearly as much as he would've only moments ago. He'd heard such a many mixed things about Airey Flamsteed, and without fail, they all seemed to contradict with the man as he was in motion.
NO ONE KNEW AIREY FLAMSTEED LIKE HE KNEW AIREY FLAMSTEED!
Cutty was about to take another dip into his Pixie Puffs when Sophie Brown had borrowed his spoon. He naturally, assumed it was borrowing and that she'd give it back when finished with it. Oh, she must've been hungry! His poor bestie! There he was eatin' in front of her no less. An amused sort of smile as he watched Sophie tuck into the cereal like a beast. Go, bestfriend, go! Beat that hunger!
She'd only taken but a spoonful, however before she was hugging Professor Flamsteed right back. Cutty responded to this by flopping his hug onto the both of them. Did they know how special they actually were? Did they?
Then Soph had a great idea, except..."Oh. We can't. Tonight's the end-of-tehrm feast." He said, sounding genuinely let down. HE WAS! It was a BUMMER to not get to do the things one wanted with one's friends. "Booht, we can still find soomthin' else to do while we tell stories." And he was game for anything, really. That was when he remembered the bracelet woven for him by his ADORABLE little redheaded Abby. "Merlin! What am I even still doin' here. I have to go and make you both friendship bracelets!" Seal the deal so that everyone knows.
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Oh sweet solstice. OOOOOH SWEET SOLSTICE! This was too gloarious a moment for words! Which was precisely why the professor had been rendered completely speachless by the compassion and loyalty that Cutty and Sophie were showing him. Eyes misting up bit a bit, the astronomer was overwhelmed by the rush of emotions that threatened his giddiness to supernova.
"FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS! I'VE NEVER HAD ONE OF THOSE BEFORE!" he exclaimed, giving the pair an even tighter squeeze. Not with Tiberius. Not with Andy Pandy. Not even with Medea! He hoped they realized how incredibly special they were and how fantastically honored he was. "Oh what a STELLAR notion! If were in my right, I would award you both with 500 points each for your school spirit and friendship right now. But since it is regretably not, I hope that this hug will suffice." Unwillingly breaking their group hug, the professor moved to give each of them their own individual hug and loving pats on the back. He may have even gived them each a kiss on the head, just as a father would to a child that he was incredibly proud of.
"We can do the sleep over in the Observatory if you'd like! I have stories upon stories about the stars that I would just love to share with you both." he grinned while bouncing in place like he was sitting on a pogostick. "We can go there after the end of term feast! No time to waste, after all, with summer around the corner and what better way is there to spend one's last night in the castle than with good house elf cooked food and with friends?!" He paused for a moment. "I HAVE AN EVEN BETTER IDEA! We should invite EVERYONE! I'll make an announcement at the feast! WE'LL THROW THE BEST SLEEP OVER PARTY EVER!"
Because friendship wasn't exclusive, best friends were, but not the power of friendship. It was something that should touch and spread to ALL! Ever expanding, just like the universe.
In FACT! HE HAD JUST DONE IT! THE ANSWER TO THE UNIVERSE! FRIENDSHIP!
The end-of-term feast, she had forgotten! But then brilliant CUTTY was on the ball and suggested they find a way around that, AND suggested friendship bracelets! YES! "I have loads of string for friendship bracelets up in my dormitory, we can make them TOGETHER! " WHAT GREAT FRIEND BONDING TIME!
Airey was especially adorable, wasn't he? Never had a friendship bracelet before! THAT HAD TO CHANGE! "That changes tonight, best friend! You deserve a lifetime's worth of friendship bracelets - I'll make you TWELVE! All different colors!" Then he could have one for every occasion with every outfit to coordinate PERFECTLY!
Sophie BEAMED at getting a proper individual hug AND the kiss on the top of her head. How sweet of him! And the OBSERVATORY! "That's the GREATEST idea I've ever heard! What a way to end the term!" And inviting EVERYONE! What a friendly, generous man! "YEEEEEEEEES!"
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