João smiled at Paulie reassuringly. He wasn't a jerk to breathe on him or anything. In fact, just to show his GOOD will and all, he had sat a bit spaced than normal, though he also didn't want to sit people any closer any more. You never knew what they would do.

"Don't worry," he said simply at him before his eyes fell on that girl Aspen as she looked at him too. He froze for a moment. What should he do? Should he... was he even allowed to acknowledge her or anything? He figured talking to her was impossible, but at least... maybe he should at least smile. He smiled quite unsurely at her after 3 dreadful seconds, and then regretted it. He had bloody blasted her wand into a million pieces and he was smiling at her! His smile quickly vanished when he remembered that and he lowered his eyes deep in thought for a moment. Maybe the best Brazilian chocolate would fix it? How was he supposed to know that wand meant her so much?! If she had blasted his away, he would just shrug and--

Swish and flick!

He practically jumped in his cushion when the professor addressed the class and got his wand ready, while peeking at Aspen to see if she got a new one. Thankfully, she had. He was relieved to no end. He even smiled to himself because of the tension, before he realised he looked silly.

Wait. No one got their wands out.

Looking around with a frown, he put his back into the holster and raised his hand simply to do the swish and flick once. He wasn't a baby, he knew the spell alright. One time of practising was enough.