097: First friction
"Ah...... No," Eddie blinked, "There's Quidditch training on the weekend, and I have to make up my herbology papers." ”
"If we win Gryffindor, we can win 100 points for Ravenclaw," Eddie clearly doesn't want to go to tutoring, "it's much better than tutoring." ”
Caitlin muttered for two seconds, "Mr. Carmitchell, I still remember your academic performance well last year. ”
"The results are very ...... Normally, this year, many professors have asked Prefect Flitwick "Caitlin in the most tactful tone possible, "I know that Quidditch is important to you, but you can't afford to fall behind in your studies, not only because of deducting points from the house, but also because of the possibility of repeating a grade if your grades are too poor." ”
Eddie's level of potions is a nightmare, he has been at Hogwarts for two years, he can't even make a pot of potions that meets the requirements, and last year he got a T in the final exam, and Snape deducted nearly 100 points for his mistakes.
Last school year, he would raise his hand to answer questions about the history of magic to earn some points to make up for it, but this semester he basically didn't attend lectures, and his mind was all about Quidditch and making money, which caused his daily grades in various subjects to plummet, and it was a bottomless pit.
Hearing this, Eddie's face turned red, and there were people around him, including many of his old acquaintances.
The sight is tangible and qualitative, so that the sensitive Eddie is like a thorn in the back, and the inferiority complex of the past comes to his heart again.
"Mr. Carmitchell, you have Quidditch training, you don't have to tutor, but you have to make sure you don't have a T in your grades, and I don't want anyone to be left behind in Ravenclaw." Caitlyn didn't say anything more when she saw that Eddie had her head down, her ears red as if they could be covered with blood.
"Don't worry," Eddie hurriedly agreed, "My roommate's grades are very reliable, I usually ask them to help me with tuition." ”
Several people laughed and sent the suspicious Caitlyn away, and the expression on Eddie's face immediately collapsed.
"Eddie, we'll definitely help you improve your grades!" Allen looked oblivious, "I've read your Potions papers, and I think you're still ......"
The four of them pushed open the door and went down the spiral staircase, Sergei was introverted and did not like to speak, and it was inconvenient for Joel to speak with mandrake leaves in his mouth, and the only thing that could be heard among the four of them was Allen sharing his potions learning experience endlessly, like a lark.
Eddie listened to Alan's words, and the fire in his heart jumped upward, finally burning the string of reason.
"Alan, don't you understand?"
"I don't want to improve my grades, I know I can't learn from you, don't use this lofty posture to teach me how to do it?"
Eddie's tone was not good, as if he wanted to vent all the fire in his heart on Alan.
"Mind yourself first," Eddie scoffed, "Joel and Sergey don't have as much of a tongue as you. ”
With that, he glared at Allen, who was pale, and walked away with his textbook in his arms.
Alan's lips trembled, and his eyes were full of tears, obviously he didn't expect Eddie, who is usually giggling and optimistic and cheerful, to say such things to himself.
Sergei and Joel stepped forward and patted Alan on the shoulder.
"It's alright," Joel said in a slurred voice, "he's angry just now, you have to touch the mold, and it will be fine in two days." ”
"Am I usually verbose?" Alan asked the two, and Sergei lowered his head and did not answer.
Joel made way for the seniors who had just gotten out of class to the common room, "It's okay, it's you and Eddie who talk the most in the dorm." ”
Alan seems to be an introverted and autistic person, but once you get acquainted with him, you will find that he is a talkative person, and he can pull you to talk about interesting topics for a day and a night.
Alan walked forward with his head down, and he almost fell down the stairs in a trance.
As a result, the two fell into a cold war, and the originally lively dormitory became silent and deserted, and Eddie and Alan ignored each other, giving Joel and Sergei, who were caught between the two, a headache.
Joel didn't try to persuade him, but he was worried that it would backfire and that he would be sneered at by Eddie.
In addition, there have been a lot of trivial matters recently, and the transformation of Animagus has not been smooth, and he has a leaf in his mouth all day long, so he is unhappy, so he simply goes with the flow and does not intervene, and stays in the library and self-study area every day to ponder spells and transfiguration.
Joel got up early Saturday morning to wash up and quickly left the low-pressure dormitory with his bag.
As soon as the library opened, he met Mrs. Pince's eagle-sharp gaze, walked in with a notebook and quill, and sat down in the corner to begin the day's study.
Recently, he was studying a "Guide to Advanced Transfiguration", the knowledge of which was obscure, but it opened a new window for Joel's understanding of Transfiguration, and he was immersed in jotting down all his inspirations in his notebook when he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps around him.
He turned his head, and Prefect Caitlin led a group of students into the corner, urging them to open their books and start reviewing, and by the way, take out the exercises in the CLBT course and do them, and if there is something they don't understand, they must ask.
Despite their efforts to keep their voices down, Joel couldn't calm down, and he stood up to continue his studies in a quiet place.
After two turns in the library, Joel came to the most remote part of the library, and he saw Helis, who was sitting alone by the window, her black robe showing her shoulders even thinner.
The window was wide open, the clear sky was like a forget-me-not flower, the warm spring breeze stirred her black hair, and the face hidden under the long hair was so tranquil that Joel's heart was a little itchy, as if she had been scratched by something.
He crept forward and knocked on the table in front of Haylis.
Haylis was looking intently at what she was holding, Joel's movements startled her, and when she looked up and saw someone coming, Haylis's cheeks were flushed, and she shook her head repeatedly.
Joel breathed a sigh of relief, packed up his books and sat down.
Joel wrote a note and handed it over: What are you looking at?
"Notre Dame de Paris", Joel saw the title of the book, he had seen Haylis read Muggles more than once, and he didn't know what she was thinking.
Joel was once again immersed in the wonderful Transfiguration, and every theory in the book was firmly in his mind until a whisper sounded in his ears again.
"Are you crazy...... We can't...... Here......" The sound came intermittently from behind the bookshelf, and Joel was annoyed by the faint noise, like a mosquito buzzing in summer, and he couldn't calm down at all.
Helis was also a little irritable, her eyebrows frowned, and her face was a little impatient.
Joel's quill flew and he wrote a line in his notebook: I'll go see what's going on.
Haylis nodded hurriedly, and Joel stood up, only to realize that the voice didn't seem quite right.
His face was as red as an apple, and he pulled out two small balls of paper from the parchment in front of him, which he couldn't help but stuff into Helis's ears.
Haylis looked up at Joel with a puzzled look.
Joel didn't bother to explain to her, but told her not to take it off.
Haylis wasn't suspicious, Joel told her to do whatever she wanted, but Cute Love was well-behaved and clever, and opened the book again.
Joel took two deep breaths and moved behind the bookshelf.
"How dare you ...... in broad daylight" Joel arrived before he arrived, and he was upright, vowing to be a guardian who eliminated the corrupt atmosphere.