West was on his way in pretty much the moment the door was unlocked. Potions. He was in a potions sort of MOOD. There was something comforting about it, whether they got to learn new potions or just practice old ones, when you could follow the instructions and make things happen and just sort of lose yourself in the process.

He took his usual spot. "Hello Professor Lafay." He greeted politely. Hopefully they'd start soon.

Alexa walked into the lesson with the idea that this would be another viewer's choice class. Naturally she was perfectly okay with this. There were a couple more potions she wanted to try out and if possible she wanted more of that scintallation solution. Which reminded her, she needed to take another trip down to the Potion's Lab. She needed a whole cauldron full that she could send home before the Professor told her she couldn't keep it all again.

Lex walked into the room. The Professor...was getting papers together...? Good Merlin, someone tell her this wouldn't turn into another one of those theory classes. It was perfectly okay in DADA but outside of that her attention span was saying no.

"Good day Professor. Are you taking early requests? I already have an idea of what we could get brewed today. I'm thinking it doesn't necessarily have to be bright but definitely epic. I even gave it some deep thought." And a solemn nod. Who said the Fourth Year wasn't prepared for class? She was WELL prepared and in fact had written out a list in case the woman was interested.

Lex dropped her bag at her seat then walked to the Professor's desk with the well drafted list on parchment. "I was thinking we start with this one here," she said pointing to the third item, "but you know, any of these right here work too." gesturing to the bottom of the list and giving a WIDE grin. SO ready for this lesson.

Ascanius was really tired and thankfully not in the mood to compliment Lafay when he walked in the room. 'Cause, y'know, she really hated all that stuff and was not the type of Professor to be a good sport about it.

So he just walked in the room and suppressed a yawn, "Hello ma'am." Now time for his seat.

Also...a kitty. He really liked cats.

Nigel was in a good mood. For obvious reasons. Which meant that he was in the mood for Potions and some potion making. He was not going to ask what was going on with whatever Mephisto was or who.

Nope.

Just going to say hello and walked over to a seat. Yeah. "Hello Professor Lafay" Though it did seem like he got here early. So probably would have to wait till class starts

Ew. Kneazle's. Caleb was not quite a fan. And he knew that Beans wouldn't be either, so he was sure to keep the little mouse right there in his pocket where he couldn't become dinner for his gran's cat thing. "Hello Professor," he said with a smile as he took his seat.

Alright, ready to goooo.

Ella hadn't taken Lafay for a pet person.

The blonde eyed the kneazle curiously for a moment or two and stifled the urge to rescue it for fear their professor might ask them to harvest part for whatever potion they'd be making today. O__o She wasn't going to do that was she? ... ... No, of course not.

Ahem.

"Hello, Professor." Polite smile was given too before Ella headed to a seat in the middle of the room and got settled. Then eyes were back on the kneazle.

Yay for Potions! Since he had successfully brewed his first Potion in the previous class, Adi was very much looking to the second class. "Hello, good day, Professor!'' he greeted. Oh! Was that a kneazle? How cool! Adi wanted to pet it but somehow figured Professor Lafay wouldn't want that.

So, instead Adi skipped off to find himself a seat. He could not wait to find out what they would be brewing today!

Potions!

... Which it turned out that he was a little early for. Just a little.

Alec shrugged before continuing his steady pace down the corridor towards the open door of the Potions classroom. There was no way he wanted to be late to this lesson but he also wasn't planning on getting there early enough to be the only person there, aside from Lafay. The idea alone just screamed the word 'awkward' at him. So... he was arriving now. This was good timing, according to the boy.

Readjusting his grip on his bag, the Hufflepuff headed into the classroom just in time to see... a kneazle. A kneazle that seemed to really like Lafay. ... Should he ask or...? Probably not. "Hello Professor!" he said, shooting a small smile in her direction. He gave the kneazle a nod and a smile too before heading over towards an empty seat.

After taking out his things, Alec let his bag drop to the floor before turning his attention back towards the front again and, more specifically, the kneazle. This... just made him miss his puppy even more.

Minerva headed towards the dungeon. As much as Lafay terrified her, she figured nothing strange would happen in this classroom and if it did.. hah.. good luck becoming a potion. She would never let those pranking students show up late or send spells at others while she was teaching. Now she would actually like to see that. Maybe it would be fun to see one of them enter late.. She had to hold a chuckle at the thought.

Walking a little happier into class she smiled at the professor, "Hello Professor, how are you?" Yes that was probably the most she had said to the woman in a year, but she was feeling a bit better being in her with all the weird things going on. Moving to her work station she kept an eye out like she had been doing ever since the episode. A small smirk at the thought of Lafay even setting one of the pranksters on fire made her feel better. Now to get ready for class.

It was the second lesson for Potions. This was one of the few classes that Hannah actually enjoyed. Lafay being her head of house made it just a little bit better as well. As soon as Hannah entered the classroom she noticed that she was one of the first few to enter. This was definitely unusual for her especially this term.

She spotted the professor and noticed something fluffy around the women's ankle. "Hello Professor Lafay." she said almost cheerfully, almost. She found her a seat and didn't touch anything... just like her head of house liked. She had no idea why she was in a somewhat pleasant mood today.

Alright time for another potions lesson. He was quite excited for this. He wondered what the professor had in store. Their first lesson they had to make their own potions from scratch. As he entered the classroom, he noticed his fellow classmates already beat him here. Maybe he needed to walk faster or stop spending so much time eating in the great hall? Yeah that might be it.

When he looked at the front of the room, he noticed the Professor had her cat. It looked vicious and he didn't wanna approach it. "Hello Professor." he said giving her a respectful nod. Then he found his seat near the middle of the room. He took out his notebook and started to do harmless doodles.

Wade had made his way to the dungeons where another Potions class was beginning. He believed that when around Lafay he wouldn't have anything to worry about. She had a good eye and ear, so any funny business would stop before it began, heh.

Entering in, he could hear purring, which got his attention as he could see the kneazle around her. He remembered his manners though, "Hello Professor, everything alright?" Then back to the kneazle cat. "What a lovely kneazle... would it be okay if it stays by me?" Wade was sure the cuteness of it would distract her teaching, so why not offer to keep a good watch. He loved a lot of creatures, after all. Waiting for her response before making his way to a seat near Min. He wondered what was going to happen today.

And it was Potions time again. Which didn't bother Sky at all. She knew that as long as you kept your head down, did what you were suppose to and didn't blow anything up, you would be fine in this class. With that thought in mind, she entered the Potions classroom with a "Hello, professor," and found a seat towards the center of the room.

Oh hey, a kneazle.

Mo never had any qualms about Potions class, in spite of the fact that they used animal parts in the Potions. He'd even helped to harvest those parts before, and he didn't regret that decision. But with his recent bad luck streak in Transfig, he was cautious about entering.

And there was a kneazle. Mo took a seat, eyeing the cat-creature closely. "Good day, Professor. We're not experimenting on the cat, are we?" Please please please say no.

Was Potions the best class because it was the fastest one to get to? Quite possibly, yes. It didn't have a Professor Facial Hair, though. So Cat was going to have to rank it as number two on the list of favorites, still very close. "Hello, Professor Lafay." She smiled brightly at the woman and kneazle. Cat took up a spot next to Mo, though her eyes were trained on the kitty and she didn't look at him.

C'mere, kitty, kitty, kitty. Come to Caterinaaaaaa.

There had been a brief moment of consideration toward studying for everything that she had coming, some things much more soon than others, but at the last minute, Kendall had decided that skiving off from Potions probably wasn’t a good idea. Even if it was for studying for the tournament and NEWTs. She’d taken a moment to slide her Valentine’s Day present from Patrick onto a necklace, though, so no icky potions stuff would get spilled on it, and then headed down the many flights of stairs toward the dungeons and the Potions classroom. If anything, she wasn’t planning on trying to get attention, and she even quickly twisted her hair back into a knot on her head just so there was less available in case Professor Lafay got fire-happy or anything. Considering other lessons of late, it was possible.

She’d done a double take as she’d stepped inside the classroom, however. The sound of purring had made her wonder if Accio had followed her, but soon enough she’d discovered it was, presumably, the professor’s pet instead of her own tabby cat. Okay, she thought, continuing inside to take a seat at her normal spot and sending the professor a smile. “Hello Professor Lafay,” she said, hazel eyes flickering back toward the feline as she wondered if there w as a reason it was there. Hopefully not. She didn’t think that it was possible for even Professor Lafay to want to do harm to her pets.

Because of the pleasant experience she'd had during her first Potions lesson, Vesper decided to attend the second one.

Upon entering the lab, she glanced around, getting an eyeful of who'd already shown up. This was important considering the certain people she'd been purposely avoiding and/or blatantly ignoring for the past week. Quickly spying West (because he was hard to miss), Ves didn't think twice about trekking across the way to settle herself beside him.

Hello, West.

Also...the professor was present. Ves hadn't missed that...or her kneazle roaming the area. "Hello, Professor." Small smile present.

Blair had a sinking feeling in her stomach as she made her way through the dungeons. Potions was not her best subject, Blair felt it was too much like cooking and to be honest, she couldn't think of anything worse. It wasn't that she did not enjoy the class, more the fact she did not enjoy not being brilliant at something.

As Blair walked into the classroom she put on her best smile and said, "Hello Professor Lafay." She paused for a moment before making her way towards the back of the room and took a seat.

Ew, a cat.

Theo made a face at the creature and took a space in the middle of the classroom. Not a usual seat that he took since he hated having people surrounding him like this, but he was not sitting at the front and Professor Lafay didn't seem to like him sitting near the back last lesson. Compromise, see? He slumped onto his seat with a quiet huff.

Oh. "Good day, Professor Lafay." Good day? What was he saying GOOD DAY for?

Theo rubbed his sleepy eyes then continued to watch the cat. Creepy things.

Benjamin fiddled with his matted hair as he entered the potions classroom, glad to be finally rid of whatever had made him ill these last few days. He'd been gutted to have missed the last quidditch match, especially after how awesome the first one had felt. Spying his Captain as he surveyed the room, Benjy gave an apologetic smile to Mo, before heading to a seat near-ish the middle.

Middle-middle. Not too keen, not with the trouble makers.

"Good day, Professor Lafay." Yes, he could do manners too. Not worth the wrath of not having them, in potions.

It would be an inappropriate time to squish Vesper yeah? West didn't think Lafay would much appreciate it, so he just gave her a quick smile and sent mental squishes her way. He was glad enough to have her sitting with him, and hoped they'd get to do the sort of potion where working together was a thing. That'd be cool.

He stayed quiet though, and waited for class to start.

Marissa walked into the Potions classroom and gave a big smile, "Good morning, Professor Lafay." she said to the teacher sitting at the desk and made her way to her seat.

Oh hey, Potions. It was sort of obvious that Kat liked Potions and that she'd never miss a class. It didn't take a lot of time getting to the potions classroom because it was in the dungeons, and her common room was there too. It took only about five to ten minutes to get there from the Slytherin Dungeons so the Head Girl didn't really think she'd ever be late for this class. Plus she had a watch for reasons. T'was quite useful, really.

"Hello Professor Lafay," Kat greeted her head of house and went to sit on her usual seat. At the front of course. It was her favourite class, after all.

Stepping into the classroom, Zoe found her usual spot and set her bag down before taking her potions book out and placing it on the worktop. "Morning professor." she called before taking a seat. She was really tired for some reason that morning, and really just wanted to curl up back in her bed...