After knocking lightly, Lauren entered the office after a thoroughly enjoyable Charms class, still a bit jittery from enduring her first class ever at Hogwarts. She had expected the worst from a teacher by whom many were intimidated and, quite frankly, terrified, but was only disgusted by how her classmates treated the professor with such sass. Professor Mao-Macdougal was actually extremely intelligent and competent and, as Lauren could sense, only wanted her students to do their best. The amount of house points she shaved from their totals told her as much - Professor would never settle for mediocrity or stupidity, only hard work and success.

As Lauren scanned the wall-hangings and bookshelves, the shining items and prisms of light, she felt as thought the furnishings didn't fit the person she expected Professor Mao-Macdougal to be ... and yet, watching her professor scribble furiously on parchment at her desk, she seemed right at home. It was almost as if the room had been built and furnished around her.

"Umm ... Professor?" Lauren looked expectantly at Professor Mao-Macdougal. Perhaps she was waiting to be verbally acknowledged or, at the very least, for the professor to glance in her direction. Waiting a few moments, she realized neither was going to happen and wisely continued, "I...uhh...I, I was just wondering when our next class was going to be." Lauren took a deep breath. She got so stressed speaking to her professors outside of class. "I just, I want to get a headstart on our homework assignment and would love to know when you are expecting us to turn it in." Phew. Getting her question out of the way, Lauren stood in anticipation of a response.



OOC: And, to add on to my character's question, do we private message the essay to you? Or post it somewhere? Forgive me, this is the very first time I've attempted to do any sort of RPing, let alone RPing with homework involved!