Give Me Victory or Give Me Death

Your what? 

Betrothed.

Thalia. She’s quite impressive but if we kiss I can tell you if you’re better. .

There's only one problem with that: I don't want to kiss you.

Have you kissed better? 

Why, yes. Yes I have.

You have? 

You would doubt it wouldn't you.

Well if you need someone to take a bludger I can certainly offer you some chasers….  

Well, I wouldn't oppose to some target practice.

*smiles* Annabel, this is why you’re quickly becoming my favorite. 

*smirks* Well, I can't say I haven't been trying.

I've seem to have misplaced my shirt....

Of course he did...

Where have all my players gone?

It’s infuriating and half the time you want to tell them to grow up and start acting like proper people? Half of the time I swear they’re having temper tantrums…

But when you do, it seems like they worsen and you finally just want to give up and lock yourself away where you don't have to deal with them. And that's because they typically are. We have a rather bad case of children who almost always get what they want. 

That’s good to hear. We’ll get along perfectly well then. Yes they do… And they certainly don’t act their physical age… Some of them need to grow up and actually understand the meaning of the word mature.

I think we will. And they certainly don't. They behave like little children half the time and whiny adolescents the others. Even some of the ones the same year as us

A logical desire. But I guess…

Yes. And you're welcome.

They can be useful but I just want a job I can earn a decent wage on that’s all that counts for me. Nothing else matters so long as I can earn an income to support my family… That’s it. Only logic I need is how to get the grades - easy enough answer is to study.

An admirable desire. And admirable logic.

Well if you want to get anywhere in life you need to get the things that’ll get you there… And if that’s not connections… Then it’s grades. Simple logic no?

Exactly. Plus the lessons we're learning can be useful later in life, even if we can't figure it out now. Or well, others can't. But yes, simple logic that it seems like no one can understand.

Mm. Same as my sister and I it would seem.

Good to know there are other people here with enough sense that they understand it's important.

Probably the main reason. Yeah I don’t leave the dorms much either… Studying’s a pretty big thing I guess. Mm. Ryan Blackwell one of two Blackwells in this school. So which House are you lucky enough to be sorted in to then Annabel?

Studying is. Seeing as I'm taking as many classes as is logically possible, and I'd rather pass than fail in them,

Will do… So might I ask who you are? Don’t think… I’ve seen you around though I guess I don’t see many people around.

Well, that's quite normal, seeing as I haven't seen you around either.. Unless I'm doing perfect duties or playing Quidditch, I'm typically in my room studying. I'm Annabel Fowley.

Because that would’ve left me doing two-hundred and thirty repetitions rather than two hundred. Which is uneven no? I mean make it… Fifty I can do that. But not just thirty extra.

Well, then never mind. Continue on.