Lauren hurried into the Transfiguration classroom, a half dozen textbooks and two notebooks tucked under her arm. She struggled with the weight of the books and, tripping slightly on her own shoes as she passed Professor Pride's desk, allowed a textbook to slip from her grip. Still fighting to keep the books together, she bent to retrieve the book that had fallen and, in the process, lost two more. "It's just that kind of day, isn't it?" she mumbled spitefully. Still bent over, she gave an exasperated sigh that ruffled the hair that had now dropped in front of her face and shifted the remaining books to one side, scooping up the escaped three with her left arm. Once her books were once again under her control, she rose and she gave a glance and a small smile to her professor. Pride, who was sitting behind her desk with an odd, almost tired look on her face, looked unfocused. Lauren hoped she was alright as she dropped her books with a hollow clunk against the desk. Relieved to be rid of the weight, she settled into her seat, the hard wood of the chair solid against her back, and waited for class to begin.
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