 Fluttery Pegasi
Haddie nervously climbed the stairs to the Headmistress' office. All thoughts of telling the Professors how inefficient it is to need the password in order to let her know you needed the password to speak with her, faded away as she ascended.
When she reached the top, she stood there, nervously playing with the sleeves of her uniform. Okay, so maybe she did come to Moxley's office voluntarily to speak with the Headmistress, but it still didn't feel that way. Haddie had been in principal's offices and over the last year, Headmasters' offices plenty of times, but never voluntarily. It was a Pavlovian response now, that feeling of being in trouble. Half of what Haddie had decided upon saying was abandoned now that her usual bravery was replaced with the sense of impending punishment.
Haddie looked around at the office, everywhere but where Moxxy was. She avoided looking there entirely while she waited for the Headmistress to speak. She was particular drawn, with ample confusion, to the collection of rubber ducks. Why would there be a collection of rubber ducks... well, anywhere? But especially why would there be one in a school Headmistress' office. She wasn't sure what to make of that, which made her more nervous.
Wait... what was the procedure when she wasn't being summoned for whatever mischief had happened? Was she supposed to speak first? She took a deep breath and relaxed. Then Haddie cleared her throat and spoke directly to the Headmistress' right shoulder. "Good, uh... Good evening, Mox... um, Professor Moxley..." She realized it, and managed to get her eyes as high as the Headmistress' cheek. Oh, yeah, this was going oh so well already. That was sarcasm in case anyone missed it.
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