Office Of Professor Kaysha Stewart
 

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Once invited into Kaysha’s office, you enter to find she had decorated it simply. The walls have been covered in amethyst coloured wall paper, her favourite colour. Over these wall papers, there are many framed photos of persons precious to her. One frame holds a collage of her at various ages, another shows pictures of herself and her father and yet another shows a picture of her beautiful, deceased mother. Most of the photos, however, contain pictures of her previous students from the Muggle Primary and Secondary schools she had taught at as well as from the little volunteer group she had formed so that kids who needed extra help in school could get it.

On one corner, there was a huge, wooden bookshelf laden with an assortment of books for her to read in her leisure time. Would you be interested in borrowing one? You simply need to ask! Just ensure that you return them back in their proper condition. In the opposite corner sat a sort of kitchenette dedicated to store refreshments for her guests. These refreshments were provided by the hard working elves of Hogwarts.

In the middle of the room sat Kaysha’s desk which was always so neatly organised. Across from her desk and chair, sat two comfortable chairs. Choose one and make yourself at home! There is no need to be shy!

Cool beans, she was inside of her office at the moment so without waiting any longer, the sixth year opened the door and entered. Once he stepped through the doorway, he always took a second or two to look around. His eyes had been immediately drawn towards the huge bookshelf at first. Something that always and automatically happened. It was his dream to own a small library some day. Maybe in his basement when he lived alone.

"Hey Professor, i like the colour of the walls,its one of my favourites" He said after closing the door behind him and made his way towards the desk in the middle.

Oliver glanced up at the door when he heard a voice from behind call for him to enter the office. Her voice sounded nice, but that didn't make him any less nervous. At least his first two meetings had gone well, so the chances of this one not going well was unlikely. He just had to remember that.

Getting up from his seat, he slowly walked to the door and opened it. Ollie peeked his head in and smiled at Professor Stewart. "Hello, Professor." Honestly, he hadn't really thought past that. He was expecting for the professor to come to her door just as the other two had, so he was a little caught off guard by having to talk first. He could do this though! He was somewhat sure of it.

"I hope I'm not bothering you or anything? I was just wondering if I could talk to you about...teaching Muggle Studies and whatnot." This probably seemed out of the blue for her, it was actually kind of out of the blue for him too, but this was on the list of his best classes, so he figured he might as well find out all it took for Professor Stewart to get to where she is today.

Seeing the professor's smile definitely helped Oliver relax a bit. She had always been nice in class, but he never knew what to expect from professors when they weren't in a classroom setting. He was happy to see that Professor Stewart was still very nice. Closing the door behing him, Ollie walked over to stand in front of her desk, still just a little nervous. Thankfully, the last two meetings he had had warmed him up for now.

Oh no. Now she wanted book suggestions though? Oliver had never really been one to read recreationally...though he probably should have picked that up a long time ago while he was doing nothing all those years avoiding people... Think, Ollie. Think. What genres sound cool??? "Umm...well, I don't read much, but I feel like biographies or autobiographies might be cool?? You get a glimpse into someone else's life and how they see things...and it's not fiction." He was sure fiction books were great, but life wasn't a fairytale. If he was going to read anything, he'd want it to be more realistic and other than textbooks, there wasn't much that was more realistic than biographies.

And now he could sit, which was good because it would help him relax a little more. Awww and she was offering him a drink. How nice. That would definitely help him too for whenever his mouth went dry. The struggle was so real. "If it's not too much trouble, just a water, please?" He offered Professor Stewart a smile and then looked around the room. His eyes ran across the many many books she had and then went over to all of her pictures on the wall. Amazing how much students didn't know about their professors...

Ehm. Amethyst? Mason looked at the walls again. "I thought it was purple" he said sheepishly. It looked purple to him. Why did they all make weird names for colors that were already named?

The colour of the walls wasn't the reason why he had entered this room though. Nor the bookcase she mentioned but he did answer her question by nodding his head. "I can?" he said, his eyes seeming to twinkle as he walked towards the bookcase. "I love them, they're so fascinating. I mean, there are so many worlds that people created" he said as he looked up to read the titles of the books on the top shelf. "I could only read 3 books during the summer vacation though" he sighed because that was a low number for him. "What kind of books do you like, Professor? Or are these just for decoration?" he asked with a light tone of accusation.

Walking back to the chair and sitting down, Mason turned his gaze away from the books and instead focused them on the Professor. "Well, this is probably going to sound ...odd" he didn't know how else to describe it. "But i was talking to Hadley during the summer and she mentioned that she was going to California in a ...what's it again?" he thought for a moment "Ah! Flyplain! But isn't that dangerous? I mean, i have seen flyplains before and how can those massive things stay in the air without any magic?!"

It was crazy!

At first, Oliver smiled because Professor Steward had actually liked his suggestions (What a miracle!) but not long after, his cheeks turned pink when she suggested he read more. "Yeah...I know. I guess I hadn't thought much about it. During breaks from school, I'd rather be out with friends." And while at school, he was busy 'studying' and whatnot, of course. "I'll try my best to read more once I graduate though." Surely there was a biography or fiction book out there he would find interesting.

"Thank you." Ollie picked up the glass and took a few small sips. He would have taken a big gulp but he felt like that would make things weird. "I'm okay, thanks. Um, I just...I was, I mean, I am trying to figure out what exactly I want to do in the future, after I graduate, and I was interested in teaching...so I was wondering what teaching muggle studies is like for you." Clearly, he knew what she did, sorta. He had been in her class and he listened enough, but he wanted to hear how exactly the professor felt about it in her own words.

So Professor Stewart really did understand! "Do you still do that now?" There was no judgment if she didn't. Oliver understood that some people just enjoyed staying home to read, he had never been the type though. He was always out doing something with someone, even his family.

Now Ollie sat quitely and listened closely to everything the professor had to say. He really really wanted to know everything so he could make the right decision in the long run. He thought it was really cool that she saw teaching as a hobby. That was the way to konw someone really enjoyed what they were doing. He had heard of teachers doing the job just for the money and how much they hated it. Ollie never understood why they would work somewhere they hate. And the fact that Professor Stewart had taught at a muggle school before Hogwarts really interested him. Maybe he could do that! Though he wasn't sure he'd be too good at any of their subjects. He just wanted to be as happy with his job as she was with hers.

"I've never heard someone talk about their job the way you do. You really love it." He smiled and took another sip of water. Then he looked over the pictures on her wall and noticed how happy all of the students looked. "And you're really great at teaching too. I want to be like that. I want to enjoy what I do and be good at it..." He had no way of knowing whether teaching would be that for him though.

An hour every day? But what if the book was too good to put down? And then she stayed up all night reading and wasn't ready for the next day? Obviously, Oliver had never done that, but he had heard people tended to do that when reading a good book. But what was more interesting to him, was that Professor Stewart was so good at managing her time to be able to read an hour a day. "I don't think I could ever do that...I'm not very good at balancing my time. Should I be good at that already?" Was that something he was supposed to learn while at Hogwarts? Because he didn't and he was leaving soon!

"Really? That's so cool...so you got a job right after graduating from uni?" He had assumed it worked that way, but what if it actually took people YEARS to find a teaching job??? He supposed he could go into charms developing until being a professor, but what if he couldn't get a job doing that either?? Oliver smiled at Professor Stewart when she said she was just trying to be the best professor she could be. She was definitely succeeding at that!

"Well, my best subject is Charms, which is what I've been mostly looking in to, but I'm pretty good at muggle studies too." And he had never really thought about tutoring other students...he didn't even know people needed to be tutored in Charms because...it was just so easy for him. "That's a great idea! I hadn't thought of that. But how would I even let people know I'm offering to tutor them?" Of course he could post flyers in his own common room, but he couldn't really get to the other houses' common rooms...

Kitty sat up straight when Professor Stewart came out, closing her magazine as she did so. "Hi Professor," she said cheerfully. "I don't mind waiting. These magazines are fantastic." She gestured to the magazine before putting it back in its proper place.

Then she stood and walked in through the open and into Stewarts office, sitting down in one of the chairs as soon as she entered.

"How was summer?" she asked politely. "My summer was great. Remember how last year you assigned us to write a poem or essay to a Muggle or Muggle-born in our lives, and how I wrote it to one I didn't have yet? Well last summer I finally became friends with some of the Muggle kids from town. I didn't give it to any of them, but I know I will someday."

"At first I just sort of drifted around shopping centers and watched them." It sounded awkward when she said it like that, but it had been awhile since she'd been around so many muggles and she would have felt awkward to just plunge in. "No one really talked to me then, though some made comments about my gothic outfits as they passed by. I think it might have weirded a few people out, but I don't care." There was no way she'd change her lifestyle just because it made people feel strange. "Still, I liked hanging around those places, even if I wasn't talking to anyone. Then one day I was walking by one of the places in the mall, and there were people doing Yoga inside." Kay knew so much about Muggles that Kitty knew she knew what Yoga was. "It looked very peaceful, and there were lots of Muggles of all ages there. I watched how they didn't talk during the lesson but afterward you could tell they were all friends, or at least friendly. So I decided I would take Yoga too. At first I felt out of place being the only one to wear a cape or hoodie to class. Eventually I decided to wear the more typical Yoga clothes, but only black or purple. It's really quite fun, and I occasionally do it at Hogwarts by myself."


"After a few lessons, people started asking me questions and I started getting to know some of them. I can honestly say right now that I love them and they love me. Of course I feel guilty about not telling them who I am, but oh well." She sighed a little sadly. "Anyway, I'll look forward to seeing them again next summer, but I'm happy to be back at Hogwarts. I really missed you and your classes too." And all her other friends and classes, of course - though Muggle Studies was her favorite.

Kitty settled herself more comfortably in her chair. "Hey Professor, I was wondering...what do you think of Carlotta Pinkstone?"

Kitty smiled shyly when Professor Stewart complimented her with the statement of everyone liking her. That was such a nice thing to say. "Thank you Professor," she replied simply, before switching the subject back to Yoga. "Oh I love it! It's very calming, and even when I don't need to be calm it's still very fun. I love the poses. It's beautiful. I never really liked exercise before, but I make an exception for Yoga. My mom disagrees though, she prefers the typical push-up pull-up exercises." Why, she did not know, but her mom was quite good at them so maybe that was why.

Stewart's comments about the Statute were interesting and she did have a point, but Kitty wondered how she would respond to her next question about it. "What if there was an even more advanced group of people than we are, and they were hiding from us and the Muggles?" she asked. "And imagine they knew magic or science or something even stronger than both of these, and they were able to cure any sickness. We'd want them to share, right? Well isn't it just like that with the Muggles? I mean, I agree that SOME Muggles are bad and would try to destroy us, but not all of them. It seems very unfair to not share our healing magic with them just because of the bad ones."

"Yeah, I started reading about her this week. I mean, I knew about her of course, but I hadn't read any of her speeches or gone into very much depths until recently. I also admire her confidence, and really, I can sympathize with her goals - at least I think. I'm not 100 certain where she stood on Muggle rights. But it's kind of related to the thoughts I've been having recently about always having to hide."