Fallon could tell that the Professor wasn't really enthusiastic about this answer. It was after all very close to what had already happened in his life.

Fallon returned the Professor's smile. "Of course. I have plenty of time." She looked back at her list of the core numbers. They'd already done the life path number. "How about the heart's desire or soul's urge number? I would need your full name."

It seemed that Miranda had not expected him to be so willing to let her get those points back that easily. Marcus gave a mental shrug as he watched her. The girl seemed to be a little out of sorts and at a loss for words. He had thought she would be jumping for joy at having got back the points without having to do anything for them.

He put the cupcake back down onto the desk and scrutinised the Hufflepuff more closely. As she headed for the door Marcus, quickly spoke up. "Was there something else you needed Miranda?"

Cool!

Not that he was a big believer in this stuff. Marcus believed a person made their own destiny but it was fun to hear all the same. "Let's do them all" he said. He may not be a believer but at least Fallon should get some good marks for her homework. "My full name is Marcus Graham Lawson."

Now let's see what his heart's desire was?

Fallon couldn't help but laugh a little. "All right. That'll give me a chance to practice." She really didn't care. She was really starting to enjoy Arithmancy and she was always up for improving her skills in all subjects. Except Herbology of course.

Fallon quickly scribbled down his full name before getting to work on the next number.



Fallon looked over her work to see that she'd done it correctly. Then she pulled out her faithful text book and looked up the meaning. She scanned it before telling Professor Lawson what it was and what it meant. "Well, your Heart's Desire Number is 4. Which means that you want to have a plan and meet life in an organized way." Well that was the general. "Mainly it states that you like to have a plan and be in control of everything that is going to happen. And that you like to make practical decisions."

"Really? It says that?" Marcus lent back in his chair and contemplated this statement. He has always thought that he was the type of person who was rather spontaneous. A live by the seat of his pants kinda guy.

But...

He was married now and had little Ava so maybe he did want to be in control of things and plan his life out better.

Gah, he still wasn't sure about that. Putting his hands behind his head, Marcus chuckled at Fallon. "What else have you got for me?"

Fallon looked back over everything. "Yep. That's what it says." She could see why it didn't make that much sense to him. She never saw much reasoning behind a lot of his decisions.

Fallon smiled at the Professor. "I'll do the Expression or Destiny Number next." She already had everything she needed for it. So she went to work.



She turned back to her faithful textbook. She never would understand how anyone could memorize this even if she tried. "Your Expression or Destiny Number is 9. This means..." She looked at the book and couldn't think of how to paraphrase it. "Mind if I read it straight from the book? I can't think of a good way to sum this one up."

Eli shuffled to his doom in the professor's office, his head low and his eyes burning with unshed tears. He was cornered. The professor was going to let his Slytherin bullies curse him to death, or something. Or maybe just mock him in front of them. He wiped his nose with his sleeve, wishing desperately for a way out of this. He had never been in trouble like this in his whole life! What if he was going to be expelled! His mother would never forgive him. That would be WORSE than being murdered. Sort of.

A thought occurred to the Ravenclaw boy as he tried to figure out how to get out of this. Then a clever idea filled him with hope. He had one way out of this... He waited for the professor. He waited for the professor, trying to hold back his tears and face his fate. Hopefully his idea would save him.

Well that can't be good.

Marcus lent forward once again and rested his elbows onto the desk and giving Fallon his full attention. "Please go right ahead Fallon. You've got me all curious now."

Was he going to die or something?

Following the Ravenclaw boy into his office and knowing that the girls won't be too far behind them, Marcus grabbed a box of tissues and passed it over to the kid.

He then moved around to his desk and flicked his wand at the bottom drawer. It sprung open to reveal his wonderful assortment of goodies. He pulled out a box of his finest chocolate and placed it onto the desk and offered them to Eli before he sat down in his chair.

"Please make yourself comfortable Eli" he said speaking to the kid in a kind and gentle voice. "And I apologise for yelling at you in class and calling you names. That was totally uncalled for."


ooc: Just ignore the Lawson clone with Fallon. Tis a different day.

Marie followed Lawson into his office only to see... CHOCOLATE! She knew he had some. He did bring them here to give them candy without letting the rest of the class know.

Haha, everyone else was back there being taught by Professor for a Minute and she was about to get some yummy chocolate.

Life was sweet, or it would be once she had that candy in her hand.

Crud.

The Purple Headed Freak was way too fast, and Destiny didn't have the chance to clobber him in the head. I'll get him. And I'll think of some way to clobber him in the head. After all..tomorrow is another day. she thought, as she moped her way into his office. And she had just realized that, even though all the times she was in trouble with this Professor, this was the first time in his office.

Noticing the boy getting chocolate, Destiny scoffed a bit. "Oh, I don't think there's anything in that candy drawer for me, right?"

Pffft.

Destiny hated the color purple now.

Eli took the tissue box, but didn't take a tissue, instead wiping his cheeks off with his sleeve again. He shook his head at the chocolate. It was probably poisoned. "No thank you, sir." he said in a small voice. He glanced nervously at the Slytherin bullies and back at Lawson. Waiting for it to start.

The scrawny boy was terrified.

Marcus rolled his eyes at Destiny and pushed the chocolate box towards her. "Please help yourselves." he gestured to both Destiny and Marie to take a chocolate.

He looked back at the Ravenclaw and was not surprised that he didn't take one. The kid didn't trust him at all and he could totally understand that.

"Alright why don't we all have a nice little chat. There seems to be some misunderstanding between you girls and Eli here and I think it's about time we cleared the air. So please girls tell me what you have against the boy."

He lent back in his chair and kicked his feet up onto the desk and placed his hands behind his head. "And no raised voices please. This is to be a civilised conversation."

He let his gaze linger on Marie when he said this. In other words he did not want to see any punches thrown.

So that's how it was to be. Eli had been called in here so the Slytherin she-snake bullies could have at him in a private session, for the professor's enjoyment. And they were to start by mocking him openly. Then they would probably hex him and curse him and kill him dead.

Great.

His lower lip wibbled and he kept his head down, wiping the tears off his cheeks as they fell. He wished for Gold to be in there to defend him. He wished he could disapparate. He wished he had skived off the class.

What was up with Lawson and his very obvious eye roll? If Destiny's gaze hadn't moved to the box of chooooocolate, she would have rolled her eyes right back at him. Grinning as the box stopped moving, right in front of her, she shoved her hand inside, grabbing as many chocolates she could and shoved them all in her mouth..at once.

He DID say to help themselves and that's EXACTLY what she did!

Listening to the Professor talk, she turned her head to glaaaaare at the Purple Headed Freak.This was all HIS fault that they had to have a chat. It might not have been so bad if it was an ordinary chat, but nope. It had to be a NICE and LITTLE one. Everyone knows they were the worst kind of all! If she would have known they were going to have a chat, she wouldn't have shoved all those chocolates in her mouth. She couldn't talk..unless everyone in the room wanted to be spewed with chocolate.

Yeah. Didn't think so.

Staring at Lawson, she reached her hand out to grab an imaginary goblet off the desk. She wondered if she was going to have to finish this little demonstration, or would the man know what she was aiming for. Holding the imaginary goblet to her mouth, she tipped her hand, taking a sip of..well, nothing.

Gah! The man wasn't THAT stupid. She was SURE he knew that she NEEDED a drink!

Taking her time in following everyone, since her left hand was stiiillll stuck to the dang hammer and she needed to make sure it was covered, Evelyn entered the room just as Lawson was saying something about no raising voices and having a civilized conversation. Was this about what happened in class? Pfft. Destiny was the one yelling. Why call all three of them to the office? They may be friends, but they weren't all in it together all the time...

Closing the door behind her, the Slytherin gently leaned against it as her eyes flicked from Eli, to Marie, to the Professor, to the chocolate stash..and then finally to Destiny. "I don't think giving chocolate to Destiny is such a good idea, Professor." she said quietly as she watched her friend take a huge pile and stuff it in her mouth. "Unless you have a sugar free kind."

So, why were they hear? She totally missed that part of the conversation apparently.

Haha, Lawson was rollling his eyes at Destiny. Did he know how funny he looked when he did that? Probably not or he wouldn't do it.

YES! She was going to get some chocolate...

...or not.

"Geez Destiny, slow down already before you hurt yourself." Really, Lawson should have never told that one she could have any chocolate.

Taking two pieces of chocolate for herself she plopped down in a chair right in front of Lawson. Okay, so all the chairs were in front of his desk but she picked the one that was directly across from him. Yep, she wanted to make sure he could see her just in case she had to turn on the girls tears.

Aww man, they had to talk civilized to the little freak of nature... and WHYYYYY was Lawson staring at her when he said that? She wasn't even the one that was arguing with him in the classroom. She was too busy trying to keep Lawson from kissing her.

Munching on her chocolate she shook her head a little. How could Lawson NOT know what their problem was with the little freak of nature. Did he NOT listen to anything they had told him in the corridor? Not to mention the log he THREW at them in HoM class. Okay so Lawson didn't know about that... yet, but he would.

Not wanting to be rude and talk with her mouth full of chocolate she looked over towards Evelny to start this NICE little chat Lawson wanted them to have when she seen Destiny doing... what was that girl doing? Acting like she was drinking something? If she was thirsty Marie would gladly shoot water towards her.

Mmhmm

Fallon tried not to laugh at the expression on Lawson's face. She could tell that she had his full attention. She looked down at that page and read what it said aloud. "Your mission in life is to perfect and love unconditionally. Your purpose is to strive for universal brother-/sisterhood, using your humanitarianism, responsiveness, and healing art. Learning to transform and heal and being receptive and forbearing will bring you closer to your destiny. You're destined for broad horizons. Reach out and help someone."

She looked up from the book to face Lawson. She didn't get how this applied to him at all. It didn't make that much sense to her.

He KNEW he should have just brought out the cheap chocolates.

"HEY! Take it easy woman. That box of chocolates cost me a hundred galleons. You are supposed to savour the taste and let the chocolate melt in your mouth." He scowled at Destiny before pulling the box away from her.

Someone needed etiquette classes.

When Eveyln spoke up, Marcus turned to look at her and raised an eyebrow. "Ya think?" he replied with a dry tone. At least Marie showed some self control and only took two chocolates and ate them like a lady.

And then he waited for them to answer his question.

...

...

...

After a few more gray hairs had accumulated on his head, Marcus was coming to the realisation that the girls had nothing to say for themselves. Which meant that the Eli had done absolutely nothing to them.

"I see" he said picking up the box of chocolates and putting them back in his drawer. "Well how about I tell you how I see things?" Without waiting for any of the girls to speak, Marcus plowed on ahead.

"You're angry with Eli because he had the unfortunate luck of getting stuck behind in the last class and happened to overhear you girls getting all upset because I am leaving." He steepled his fingers against his lips and looked between the three girls before continuing.

"God forbid anyone should even think that you might like me or could get upset over me or anyone for that matter. Were you worried that he might go run around and tell everyone? Is that why you chased after him?"

So he wasn't going to die.

That was a good thing.

After listening to Fallon's summarisation about his destiny, Marcus felt a small smile spread across his lips.

Reach out and help someone?

Ah if only they knew.

"That is very interesting Fallon. What an interesting life I seem to be leading. Rock star to Auror to Professor and now it looks like I am going to be a Healer." He grinned at the Slytherin. "Don't worry I know that's not necessarily what it means."

He had noticed Fallon's look and he chuckled softly. "It's a lot closer to home than you might think."

Eesh. No need to get snappy at her.

She was juuuust pointing out that perhaps it would've been a smarter move to give Destiny a less expensive and sugar free chocolate instead.

Crossing her arms, Evelyn placed one foot over the other and...scowled.

What the Professor was saying, was NOT true. "Professor, as much as you are losing your hair...i think your memory is going along with it." she said, shaking her head slightly. He was getting old. Old people didn't remember many things. "We already explained why we went after Purple Head that day. Apparently you've forgotten." And apparently, it wasn't appreciated!

"Besides. You don't know what he did during History of Magic..." The tragic thing that happened!! She had a big bruise because of it! In a place where she would much rather NOT have it too. Pfft. Did the purple head even know how hard it was to sit now?

What was Lawson doing with a box of chocolates that costs one HUNDRED galleons? Perhaps he should spend his money on something more important..like a toupée to cover up that bald spot on his head. Destiny would have told him this, but she really didn't want to spew chocolate over everyone.

They wouldn't appreciate that.

And jeeeeez! If he would have told her how to eat the chocolates BEFORE offering them, she would have listened..no need to scowl.

Then he went and put the chocolates away! Destiny folded her arms and waited to hear how Lawson seen things. Of course he WOULD see things differently from all of them. He had ANCIENT eyes for Merlin's sake! He probably saw the Turtle War first hand!

She snorted as she listened to him speak all these LIES.

Lawson had NO idea what he was talking about! That was not the reason why she didn't like him! "We chased him because you had asked us if we wanted a way to take our FRUSTRATION out. I thought you meant by clobbering something over the purple head.." And the boy just so happened to be there. Coincidence?

She nodded her head when Evelyn brought up the History of Magic class. Mmhmm. "He KILLED my DUCK!"

Fallon watched as Lawson started to smile. She had no idea why either. She laughed at his comment. "That would be very interesting career shifts if that is what it meant." She didn't think she could imagine him as a healer. It would be too strange.

Fallon was going to ask why, but she didn't want to be intrusive. "Would you still like me to do the personality number professor?"

Ah, so it HAD been on Lawson's orders. He KNEW it. Eli felt terrible; to think that a professor would sic three bullies on an innocent kid for no good reason! He was going to hold his tongue. That is, until she made the next accusation:

"I did not!" Eli exclaimed, indignant and shocked. "I never killed a thing in my entire LIFE you big liar!" He was a lot of things, but a killer was never, ever going to be one of them. Ever. And certainly not of a poor innocent DUCK whose only crime was to be owned by this snakefaced git.

He sulked, knowing he shouldn't have called names. But she called him a murderer of ducks.

That was just Wrong.

Yeah he totally couldn't see himself as a Healer. Marcus wasn't particularly fond of hospitals.

Upon hearing Fallon's question he grinned stupidly at her, he didn't need her to tell him what his personality was. He was a dork everyone knew that.

But...

"Sure why not. Might as well go the whole hog while we are here."

Oh for the love of Merlin!

Marcus tipped his head back so that he was now looking at the ceiling. Someone up there hated him. He was sure of it.

"I am not losing my memory" he said, still looking at the ceiling. If he looked at those girls right now he was pretty sure that he was going to launch himself across his desk and possibly throttle the lot of them.

"Yes you already told me why you chased after him. It was because he stole the hammer. Yes, yes I get that. But before that you were already advancing on Eli when he was stuck to the table." He finally brought his head forward and letting his gaze flick between the three girls.

"All because he interrupted your little sentimental moment. Do you deny it?"

At Destiny's statement, Marcus groaned and started to bang his head against the desk. Why was he bothering with this again?

"I didn't mean for you to do anything to Eli." He raised his head off the desk and stared at Destiny. "I had just told the boy to make a run for it. To get away from your three. Why would I then give you permission to then go after him?"

Gah! She knew what he had meant she just wanted to turn this back around onto him so that it looked like it was all his fault.

And there they go again!

Marcus had no idea what they were talking about.

Duck?

Destiny had a duck? That in itself was funny but he was in no mood for laughing right now. They were going to drive him insane before the term was out.

"SHUT. UP!"

Holding up his hands he glared at all four of them. "Sort it out. And do it now. None of you will be leaving this office until you can all speak civil to each other and be friends or I would even settle for acquaintances at this point."

He knew that there was no way that was going to happen but if they were smart enough they could just pretend for his sake.

Destiny chose to ignore the boy's absurd outburst. Everyone in the office, besides Lawson, knew he was a duck murderer! Not only did he have to walk around with the guilt of being a thief, he had to walk around knowing he was a murderer, too! Too bad Destiny didn't charm her duck like Lawson charmed those tools.

The Purple Headed Freak could be walking around the school with big red letters that spelled out 'Beware! I Am A Duck Murderer!' Destiny knew all those words would fit, since the boy had a HUGE head. She glaaaaaared at the boy, ignoring Lawson for a moment until...

Oh sweet Merlin!

The man started to bang his head against the desk! Turning her head back towards the Professor, she swore she could see a few million hairs fly out of the his head as he did this. She watched him for another moment before she spoke, "Professor? Don't you think it would be safer to put a pillow under your head while you do that? You're crazy enough as it is." She was only looking out for him.. He stopped banging his head but now he was STARING at her! Destiny sat back in her chair a little, so she wasn't so close to him.

"How was I supposed to know that's not what you meant, hmm? You said," she cleared her throat and spoke in a deep voice, trying but failing horribly to imitate Lawson's, "'Do you want to take your frustrations out?'" She glanced at the Purple Headed Freak before continuing, in her own voice, "Then, riiiiiight after you say that, he was spotted! It's like you had this all planned out!" The Purple Headed Freak was working with Lawson! How could she be so stupid!

Huffing in realisation that this boy was a Lawson minion, she flinched when the Professor SCREAMED. The man was going to not only lose his sanity, he was going to lose his voice as well. He wanted her to be civil to the boy that KILLED her DUCK!? Fine..she could do this if it meant they could all leave and go back to learning about the Turtle Wars. She turned to face the boy and rolled her eyes, "Do you know ducks have three eyelids?"

Facing Lawson once more, she raised her eyebrows, "Civil enough for you?"

Hmm, she didn't believe him. He was totally losing his memory. He was OLD for goodness sakes. How...old was he anyways? Did he say before?

She did remember advancing to 'Eli', supposedly his name was, when he was stuck to the table, but it wasn't for the reasons he suspected. And just about to correct him, ONCE AGAIN, Destiny beat her to it. However, that was nooooot what she was going to say. "Well, I don't know about Destiny, but really...I was only going to help him. Like I asked if I could." Regardless of any expression she may have had during that time, she was about to hurt someone in FULL VIEW of a professor. Eesh. She may be called many things, but STUPID was NOT one of them.

But the way Lawson had worded that question...'All because he interrupted your little sentimental moment. Do you deny it?'.

It... well it was hurtful. "Our...little...sentimental moment..." she repeated, her expression darkening at the passing seconds. Of course. This ALWAYS happened. Show a little emotion to someone, and then they turn on you in the next second! Little sentimental moment... PFFT!

Scoffing, she leaned her head back on the door and looked up at the ceiling, tapping the hammer that was STILL stuck in her left hand on the door as well; more to annoy the professor than anything. Evelyn was done speaking. There was nothing to say anyways.

Looking around the room, she flinched slightly when the Professor had shouted, however, she did not look at him. She would've ignored his words as well if they weren't so darn impossible to ignore. After a few moments though, and after Destiny spoke (bahaha which was funny by the way), did Evelyn glanced at Lawson for a moment. "So, if we don't sort this out..." This was very important.

"...are you going to make us miss dinner?"

Eli's eyes were wide and he pressed his lips together when the professor screamed at them. Friends? Civil? Unlikely.

He could keep his own outbursts in check, though. Although he found it hypocritical for the professor to expect them to act better than he himself was, he would try.

Eli stared at a spot on the floor. He couldn't fake that he was friends with the slytherins, though. That would be dishonest.

Oh, patronizing!

"Actually, that's a common misnomer. What you call an 'eyelid' is actually known as the nictitating membrane- a transparent membrane which acts to cleanse, hydrate and protect the eye so vision is not impaired by common 'eyelids'. All birds as well as dogs and cats have the nictitating membrane, which ignorantly many people believe is a third 'eyelid.'" The purple haired Ravenclaw said in a rather know-it-all tone as he took her to school. He was a Ravenclaw, and wasn't about to get educated by a Slytherin. Puleeze.


Eli snorted a little at that. He really couldn't help it. Help him. Sure. Certainly the professor wasn't going to buy THAT from a Slytherin.

He didn't care if they missed dinner, he wasn't going to pretend to be friends with the Slytherins. They were SLYTHERINS. They would pretend to like him and then start pounding him again the minute they were out the door. Was the man so barmy he didn't realize that they would lie or cheat to get what they wanted?

Besides... "I didn't do anything to them, sir. I didn't do ANYTHING wrong. They just want you to believe that they can be civil so you'll let us go and they can be free to hex me again." It was true.