 Lovely™ | Captain Hurted | Ariana's Bane | Resident Antagonist | Unparalleled Delight
Unfortunately for Abey, even though Potions was a mostly practical subject, it required reading instructions and knowing ingredients (which required more reading) and making precise measurements (which Abey was terrible at because he kept mixing things like numbers up all the time) and remembering things (yeah... no). He always dreaded Potions actually, and avoided it as and when he could. Except, well... it was a new term, and his shocking attendance had been noted last year after all, and even though nobody at home had been upset with him last year on account of the whole MONSTER thing at the forefront of everyone's minds, he didn't really want to risk upsetting them this term.
.......... Okay, but maybe he had still been skipping the odd class here and there. Maybe. But he would CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN that he hadn't been feeling very well at those times. It just so happened to always occur at the same times as the classes he was terrified of going to, mhmm. Just a coincidence actually.
But he was at Potions today, because, you know, he wanted to be BRAVE like the Gryffindor he so begrudgingly was and at least give it a go. Even so, he was very quiet as he joined the classroom at the same time as a large crowd of other students (because there was no way he was ever hanging around Hogwarts without at least a million people nearby). After locating a space that wasn't so near the front that the professor was sure to notice him, but not so far back that it was clear he was avoiding being noticed and drawing attention that way, Abey took a seat. Today, even though he knew it was terribly impolite, he decided not to verbally greet the professor, but did at least send a smile her way. An apologetic smile almost, because he knew he was going to do terribly in class today, and apologies would be necessary at some point, probably actually.
But those vials though, they caught Abey's attention quickly enough. Naturally, he poked them, to see if they did anything, before leaving them alone and waiting for class to start. |