It seemed they were on the same page, or at least they agreed on the chosen location for their little talk. Library it was. That was easy, Benny could only hope the actually activity was the same way. The last thing he needed was a relatively simple sounding idea turning into something that was actually bad. With Hady already moving, , Benny followed her out of the classroom for the time being.

They would be back.

Well, this lesson had not been the lesson he'd expected it to be. Given that his cold was not yet completely gone, Benzi figured he should have probably skipped and slept a little longer but he was here now so it was a little late for all this.

Also no he didn't skip lessons not at all he was a Prefect he came to all the lessons unless he had a very very good reason not to. Ahem.

Realising he lacked a partner because he'd passed on the opportunity to talk about the person he didn't know sitting next to him, he sighed and looked around. "I'm partnerless too Professor," he announced both to Botros and the class because it didn't really look like there was a system here. The Headmaster had coupled up complete strangers and Hogwarts' very own Royal Couple so yeah. Anyways.

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"Professaaahhhhhh Headmaster Sir!" he called, his hand up in the air. YOO-HOO! "I don't have a partner either." So pair him up with someone, please? Someone interesting and cool and not likely to make him fall asleep?

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Letting out a annoyed sigh, because he had wanted to learn about runes, not be social, Daxton closed his textbook with a snap and looked at the others in the room with an unhappy expression on his face. What was the likelihood he could leave with everyone else and disappear without being noticed? He had not been given a partner, so... it was possible.

Oh. Oh! They had a silent boy over here who was just as old as the Slytherin one. "You go with Mr. Prince. Have fun." Botros beamed and moved on to the next couples.

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"Professor Botros, could you pair me with someone?"

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Realising he lacked a partner because he'd passed on the opportunity to talk about the person he didn't know sitting next to him, he sighed and looked around. "I'm partnerless too Professor," he announced both to Botros and the class because it didn't really look like there was a system here. The Headmaster had coupled up complete strangers and Hogwarts' very own Royal Couple so yeah. Anyways.

"Aha! You two can do this together. Go on, just be honest and have fun." Chop chop, off they went.

Yoongi did say that she's helpful? The young lioness just grinned and mouthed 'thank you' to the flower boy. And once the Professor spoke, she paid attention to him.

They're gonna.... WHAAAAAT?????

This is gonna be FUN!!!

And especially, she's gonna be partnered up with Adi. Ava couldn't help but grin and said hello to him. "Hey partner! Where do you want to do this?" Perhaps somewhere outdoor... Well, maybe not. It's too cold outside.

Well this was awkward. Davie hadn't spoken up in time to describe anyone (because he'd wanted to be last, so no one would describe him) and now he was partner-less. He liked the idea of this activity though, even if it had nothing to do with Ancient Runes.

So, partner-less David made his way up to the professor as instructed, and joined the little group of kids who also didn't have partners. "I need a partner too, sir," he piped up.

The adjectives thing was... INTERESTING, he decided, because he thought he did terribly, until he heard some other responses, and then realised hew as okay. They were all okay. AND further still, apparently 'awesome' wasn't good enough? How was that not good enough?

BUT...

Now they had partner work to do... and he was partnered with, Janelle... the Claw girl, right?

Zeke rose from his seat, he had his palm card, and he had his self-inking quill... just incase.

"Hey... partner," he smiled upon approaching the Ravenclaw's desk. "Did you want to take a walk?" Because stretching his legs right now sounded 'awesome'.

In her excitement to talk about Angel, Janelle had made a mistake......a big mistake. Now she had to get to know a classmate. Janelle was all for getting to know people and making new friends, but she was a little unsure about this activity. With a sigh, she got up and started to search for her new partner. It was time to play a round of "Hello, My Name is______".

Before she could get very far, Janelle was greeted by her buddy for the day. "Hi there", she responded. Well Zeke seemed friendly enough so far and he had a nice smile. Maybe this activity wouldn't be so bad after all. "I would love to take a walk. Where would you like to go?" It didn't really matter to Janelle, as long as they got out of the classroom for a while. Oh wait. I almost forgot." They needed a question flashcard. Janelle went and quickly grabbed one. "Now we're ready", she said with a smile.

Honestly, Gwen had no idea what was going on. She hated always being late for class. But she saw that, once again, everyone was partnering up, so she went to the front of the room to find a partner. It looked like they were doing some sort of get-to-know-you activity. "Professor, I need a partner as well."

Enthusiastic? Mr. Head boy couldn't do any better than THAT? Everybody knew she was enthusiastic, she practically had it written on her forehead. Not for real, though, 'cause that one time her mum had made her wipe it off. It wasn't HER fault it'd been backwards, okay. Mirrors were big giant liars.

Aaaand Yoongi! Norah turned in her seat to grin at the Gryffindor, who she'd never really talked to before but remembered on account of a good deal of screaming at the prefect event last year. That hadn't been his fault though, and anybody who was willing to raise their voice was worthy of getting to know for SURE. She approached his desk and indicated the door with a nod of her head. "Wanna go somewhere? I bet there's room to sit near Gregory the Smarmy." That wasn't too far away AND was a super cool statue. "Unless you want to go somewhere else." She gave him another grin and drummed her fingers on his desk. They could GO now, right?

"You can go with her then, there you go, come on," he smiled and patted Truebridge's shoulder and the gave him a slight friendly nudge towards the Hufflepuff girl. Aww, he liked kids yearning to learn (maybe not runes but runes would come later, okay? this was more important).

Angel had never spoken to Olympia before so she was happy to actually come up with something but then the Headmaster said that it wasn't acceptable, well what else could she say about someone she didn't know. She was then shocked when he said that she would be teaming up with her fellow Gryffindor, now maybe she could get to know her.

Angel walked over to her partner and smile. "Hi there." Angel always wanted to be friendly and she always wanted to be polite. "How are you today?" Angel then heard the Professor say they could go outside if they wanted but she wasn't sure what she wanted to do.

Oh so they’re not going to have a lesson, lesson? Ethan sat back, and gently closed his textbook as he absentmindedly rubbed half of his face with his hand. He thought he saw this…scenario coming though. Being a Headmaster and a professor sounds tough, to be honest. And he was sure that there were issues left behind by the former head of the school that needs to be addressed pronto. And to deal with it, Ancient Runes had to be sacrificed. Something that Headmaster Botros would likely do. You know, for the good of the whole school.

Ethan sighed, as he chucked all of his things inside his bag, and looked around the classroom. Certain students were paired already, and surprisingly, he wasn’t bothered by the fact that he has to catch up with the said activity. He’d rather learn Runes, than spend an hour with someone he barely knows. He needed that time to actually study for his upcoming test.

Ethan sat straight on his chair, as he raised his hand lazily and tried to get the attention of the professor. “I need a partner too, sir.” The Slytherin gave the man a tired grin, then sat back and waited to be paired off.

Following the Headmaster's gesturing, Benzi turned to look at his partner and nodded. It was his housemate, and the girl he vaguely remembered which meant she'd been around during his first year. Reagan, if he wasn't mistaken.

"Let's take a walk partner?" he smiled as he made his way over after grabbing a card with the questions on it. "Reagan, right?"

At least they'd get out of here... he LIKED leaving class when class was on, it just felt, NICE. As for where he'd like to go though... well, places with food would be great, but at this stage he was happy to settle. "We can figure that out as we go?" he suggested, watching as she gathered herself a flash-card.

So. Ready? Cause he sure was.

"Let's start outside," he suggested, moving to exit the class. Corridors were great for leading them to places, like... away from here. With a quick cock of his head to the door, Zeke started moving off, figuring she'd follow.

Full disclosure, Reagan had kinda been hoping she'd get paired with little Daxton. See, she understood her young housemate; knowing his affinity for staying silent in all the situations. To break language barriers, she could sign to him; keep it casual so they wouldn't have to speak if he didn't feel comfortable.

However, that's not what happened.

"Thank you, Headmaster." Rea had called him Professor before...but then realized that probably wasn't the politically correct title. Hmm, it was a tad confusing in these situations. Glancing at Daxton, she hoped he be set with the small Slytherin boy. Bless his adorable face.

"Yes, Benzi." Smiling a little, she went to collect their flash cards before following him from the room; pausing only to toss one last look back at Daxton. She cared, okay?..."So, where to?"

Janelle glanced at the flashcard and wasn't sure how she felt about the questions they would have to answer. Sharing personal information with someone you didn't really know was.........kind of scary. She was suddenly distracted from that thought when Zeke began to speak.

OK, so they were making this up as they went along. Cool. "That sounds good to me.", Janelle replied. As Zeke began to head toward the door, Janelle grabbed her things and followed him. "Outside it is", she said. Off she went with her partner on their get to know each other mission.

Person? Really? Paulina had never been described in that way before since she was more than just a 'person', but she wasn't bothered by it since she didn't even know the girl. Just was funny was all.

Professor Botros recorded the adjectives they had each used on the board, and yep the one that described her was too vague. She was going to need to spend to spend time with her partner and that was totally fine though she was shy. Did they really have to share personal stuff? Hopefully she wouldn't be asked to divulge a secret...

"Hey," Paulina said as she gave Ellery a shy smile. "Where would you like to do this?" She was open to just about anywhere.

Uh, Headmaster say whaaaaaaaat?

Phillip looked at him, and then over at Daxton, and then back at Botros again. Daxton wasn't baaaaaaaaaaad but he was quiet. He couldn't even remember a time when he'd heard the boy SPEAK, nevermind the fact that the two hadn't talked a lot EVER. AND that Phillip hardly remembered things. But the boy didn't speak.

And this was a SPEAKING task.

And Phillip didn't want to be doing AAAAAAAALL of the work.

Sigh.

The Slytherin got up, collected up his flash cards and headed on over towards Daxton McSilentson over there. "Howdy, partner," he said, pretending to tip his imaginary hat at the boy, "Where should we go to finish this?"

And just like that, education was tossed out the door for the morning. He could ask questions, definitely. By now the boy was practically trained in the art and his quick quotes quill was always eager for an interview. It helped that it was with Dante, the guy had been nice enough to show him where the Library was that one time when he was lost, didn't even mind walking there.

"Dante!" Blaise hopped out of his seat and turned to face the boy who would be his partner.

"I got the flashcard right here. Ready to go?" Others were leaving. It was only right they got a move on too or they'd run short on time and have to stay somewhere super close to the classroom in order to get everything done.

"Have you got somewhere in mind?" If not, could they hit the staircases? He liked the way they moved.

Oh. He had managed to get dragged into this activity before the chance to slip away had presented itself. Daxton mentally kicked himself, and looked in the direction of whoever Botros had been addressing to see Phillip Romalotti sitting there. Well... could be worse, he supposed. Could be much better, too. In fact, best case scenario? Not having to join in, but here he was. Looking across the classroom, Daxton could see in his periphery that Rea (Reagan Penrose was her full name, he had made sure to find it out one way or another since their initial interaction) kept looking over at him. He was not entirely sure why, given that they had not been paired up or anything, and it made him immediately suspicious, so as soon as he had noted it, Daxton quickly turned his head away again.

Aware that the other boy was heading in his direction, Daxton took a moment to pack his things back into his bag. All of his things. He had absolutely zero intentions of leaving anything where someone else could just pick it up and take it for themselves. It was, of course, something he himself would do, and he expected nothing less from anyone else.

Daxton looked up at Phillip Romalotti just in time to see the strange gesture the Slytherin boy made, one that caused Daxton to pause for just a moment before he realised he did not care enough to try and understand what it meant. He finished re-loading his school bag with all his stuff, before standing up and leading the way out of the classroom, which was his own version of greeting and answering. He would find a place.

Like the awesome persons they were, Adi and Ava were done with their questions. The Hufflepuff was still clutching the card they had gotten with the questions. Every single one of the questions had vanished hence the duo had an empty card.

"Hello, Professor!'' Adi told Botros when he and Ava arrived back at the classroom. He grinned at the man then shuffled off to his seat, pleased with himself and Ava. And were they the first back? Heh. It seemed like that. With nothing to do but wait for the others, he flipped open his textbook and tried to focus on cramming a bit. Runes NEWTS would be challenging after all, right?

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Like the awesome persons they were, Adi and Ava were done with their questions. The Hufflepuff was still clutching the card they had gotten with the questions. Every single one of the questions had vanished hence the duo had an empty card.

"Hello, Professor!'' Adi told Botros when he and Ava arrived back at the classroom. He grinned at the man then shuffled off to his seat, pleased with himself and Ava. And were they the first back? Heh. It seemed like that. With nothing to do but wait for the others, he flipped open his textbook and tried to focus on cramming a bit. Runes NEWTS would be challenging after all, right?

This activity was so much fun, wasn't it?

She was glad that grandpa Professor Botros paired him up with Adi, his favorite senior and also fake brother, hehehe. Hey, Adi did say before that she was one of his fake sister. It was fun and not awkward, she liked to know more about the Hufflepuff prefect and she didn't mind to share her personal facts to him.

"We're back, Professor Grandpa!" The young lioness said once they're in the classroom. Also.... nobody was here besides them and the Professor. Was that mean they were the first people who managed to finish the activity?

...and they were reentering the Ancient Runes classroom once more, a big smile having slid back onto Reagan's face. This was just what she'd needed to brighten her day; some one-on-one time with a complete stranger. Almost...She couldn't really call Benzi a stranger, but it was accurate to say that she didn't know much about him. Now, however, she did. So, Professor Botros' activity had been a success.

"It was nice getting to know you, Rider." It was said airily, as she moved towards the Professor's desk, placing her now blank card atop it. See?! All done. Reagan even tossed a wink at the older man due to her sudden pleasant mood.

"That was a lot of fun, Professor." She retook her seat, heart fluttering happily at the good vibes.

Oh, hello happiness. Glad to see you could join me today.

...What was next?

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Well, that had been fun. Kinda. Only at times. Walking back into the classroom directly after Rea, Benzi shot Botros a LOOK. Sure, he knew more about his partner than he had about twenty minutes ago but some of those had been HARD, Professor Headmaster Sir. Merlin, next time Benzi would suggest something easier. Like Charades or something. Just as fun without spilling his darkest secrets. No one was supposed to know about the socks.

Benzi snorted and grinned as he returned to his seat, deciding to give the card back at the end of the lesson. Could he doodle on it? "You too Penrose," he quipped back and sat down, very much ready to get to the actual learning now because he had NEWTs this year, did Botros remember that?

Rusty was LOVING this lesson! It was such a fantastic way to make FRIENDS! And if there was one thing Rowan Fields prided herself on, it was her ability to make and keep lots of wonderful friends.

She watched eagerly as partners were assigned, and scanned the room for... Dot. She'd heard about this person... she was a prefect, right? "Hi!" Rowan jumped to her feet as the girl came over to her. "Well my name is Rowan really but nobody calls me that because I forget to answer sometimes so it's probably best if you stick to Rusty." Since they were talking about names and stuff...

As for where she wanted to go... "Can we go outside somewhere?" That was where Rowan felt most comfortable, anyway. In the open air, with nature all around her. It was all she could do not to sigh all soppily at the thought.