Charms | Y.2 L.1 (closed)

Alessa sighed. "I do like attending classes, but we can never avoid wishing for a break, can we?" she said, snickering. "Besides, I'd really want to catch up with my reading but with 12 classes coming on, I reckon I can't even touch a single book nowadays."

She looked around the room, examining the students inside.

"Hey Lex!" She made a grin and added, "Mind if I call you that? I call Alessa 'Less' now."

Alexis laughed at the shortening of her name,'Sure' she said. 'I wouldn't have expected any 'Less' from you.' her grin turned mischievous.

Alessa laughed at Alexis' remark. "They sound alike, really. I wonder if there will come a time when we can't differ Lex from Less anymore."

She looked around the room again and saw that the class has yet to start. She took a piece of Chocolate Frog and tore the box open. Alessa caught the frog and bit it headfirst, while looking at the card. "Hmm. I got Merlin. Who knew he'd be part of the Famous Witches and Wizards, eh Do you guys want one?"

Clarisse silently walked into the room, muttering a greeting to the professor, silently grateful that she wasn't late. She took a seat at the last row near the window.

Clarisse just adored Charms, even if it isn't the easiest subject.

Iris gave out a laugh and said, "Guess I'm the only one different. I'll make sure I'll emphasize it clearly. But we I won't be calling you too far though, we are in the same classes. Well most of them. And we're always together." She looked at the chocolate Alessa's eating and replied, remembering her diet. "No thanks." She motioned her hand on to her tummy.

Alessa grinned at Iris' first remark. "Yes - funny how we always end up together in every class, really. And - don't tell me you're on a diet?" she said while laughing, "Why so? You look fit to me."

"Ah well, I'm always over acting with it though. Even if I am fine to myself. It's just that those muggle friends I have. They make me look..you know. One time, I'm almost going to try to vomit what I ate just because of them. It's an issue in the muggle world. And a very nasty habit I want to break." She explained thoroughly. "But I won't attempt that again. That's worse."

'No thanks, I'd better not get caught by the teacher with chocolate dripping from my lips.'
She turned to Iris, 'Tell you what, call me Alex instead, or you can shorten my middle name, Anastasia. Call me Ana like my parents, or Sia if you like.'

"Alex. Sure!" She chuckled at Alex's first reply. It was true though. "Nice. Anastasia. Like it." She nodded.

"Ah..." she said, nodding, "Yes, that's one of the few habits I abhor in the Muggle world. They tend to be insecure, and whenever they are, they'd pull other people down just to get on top. Tch. Believe me, you're okay the okay you are." she said, smiling.

She turned to Alexis and shrugged. She looked at her Chocolate Frog and returned it inside the box. She sighed and frowned. Why do I easily get guilty?

'Oh, don't let me stop you' She smiled at Alessa.
'Really Iris, you are slim enough. Let's have our chocolate after the class, ok? Refreshes our mind for the next class and all that.'

"Yeah. I'll keep that in mind. But I still won't get fatty and all." She laughed at that thought and looked at Alessa who kept her chocolate. "Woops." She joked around.

Nat dashed into the classroom, breathing extremely heavily.

"Oh Merlin, Professor Lewis!" she panted. "I'm so sorry I'm late!"

She found Anna sitting quietly, and she sat by her.

"Anna!" she grinned. "How have you been? And um... no offense, but who are those people?"

Anna whispered, "Nat Bat! I'm fine thanks. The bigger question is: where have you been? Do you know how hard good seatmates are to come by? And those are just a couple of Slytherin girls. They seem nice though."

Alessa looked at both Iris and Alexis and grinned. She took her box of chocolate from her satchel and resumed eating it. "I agree with Alex, Iris. And besides, getting curvy is better than being all thin." she said while doing a thumbs up, with both of her thumbs colored brown by her chocolate. She finished eating the last two bites, and then licked her fingers. She frowned and reproachfully took her wand and flicked it towards her hands. She smiled, proud of herself for using her wand as a sanitation tool.

Iris began a topic with Alexis, telling her about a new found friend from the other house. "Not with the Ana thing. Already have one." She turned and waved happily to Annabeth, who was speaking to another girl from the Ravenclaw house.

Iris laughed at the sight of Alessa, looking childish. "Alright. Alright. I'll be good from now on." She held out her arms like a caught up girl, nowhere to hide. "You got me. Fine." She shrugged.

Anna waved at Iris, and she turned back to Nat, who had suddenly turned dumb.

"For heaven's sake, Natty!" she whispered. "Introduce yourself!"

Alessa, still amused by what she did, turned to Iris and laughed. "Here's a dare: let us all eat my remaining Chocolate Frogs after class and see who finishes first, yes?" she said, smiling suggestively. She found Iris waving behind her, hence she turned and saw Anna with another Ravenclaw. Alessa waved as well - new friends, perhaps?

"Excuse me," she muttered to Alexis and Iris as she stood and walked towards Anna and her friend. "Hi Anna!" she said with a smile. She turned to the other Ravenclaw. "Hey there! I'm Alessa. I take it your name's Nat? I heard it from Anna's, I hope you don't mind."
She gestured towards the place where she previously sat and smiled. "Why won't we all sit together? Don't be shy, we don't bite."

Nat nodded, "Yeah, I'm Nat. Call me Nat Bat. It kinda reminds me of Mars Bars."

At this, Nat chuckled. She nodded, dragging Anna along with her.

"You heard her," she joked. "They don't bite.

Alessa giggled. She motioned them towards their original place. "Nat Bat, this is Iris and Alexis. Iris and Alexis, this is Nat. But she prefers the nickname Nat Bat." She did the introduction the Muggle way, since it was in Muggle school that she first socialized with people.

"Of course I know they don't bite!" Anna whispered in Nat's ear, rolling her eyes. "I'm not stupid!"

"Hey Lessy, Alex, Iris!" she smiled, sitting down next to the other side of Lessy.

Iris totally agreed with the dare. "Looking forward for that. Yum." Yes, I'm going to eat chocolate again. She celebrated herself and smiled.

She saw another girl joined them, Anna and what Alessa introduced as Nat Bat. What a unique name. She then made a huge grin - the one she often made childish, and said nicely. "Hi Nat. Iris. Join us. Slytherins are not all harmful. Right?" She then asked Alessa and Alexis, "'Cause that's what some mean." and frowned a little bit to show her being upset about that fact.

"Yeah," Anna agreed. She then looked at the large amount of chocolate the other girls had. "If you guys are doing a dare or a competition, you're definitely going to need judges. Nat Bat and I can do just that. And we'll be fair, we promise. Right?"