Help a Girl Out *

[KATHERINE LENNOX]

As class finally came to an end and the students began to collect their things, Katherine could make out the voice of her professor reminding them of the homework that was due for next week. A whole roll of parchment about the properties of unicorn horn in potion making and its external uses. In addition to all of the other homework that had been added to their piles since the start of term, Kate was sure that she would have lost track of herself. Thank goodness she always took copious notes and left herself a list up in her dorm room so that she wasn’t at risk of forgetting anything. Being in her final year meant that the professors would not be all that forgiving if she were to say she had forgotten about a homework assignment.

She glanced at the clock, noting the time of day. Kate had a spare period before the lunch hour was due to begin, and usually she would head back to her dorm in order to work on the assignment that sat at the top of her list. But she already knew what the assignment was, and she knew that she had a question about it before she could continue any further.

Going to see Professor Dendron was always a risk. Her class took place in a small chamber just off of the hospital wing, which was always cozy due to the small class size that seemed to take Medicinal Magic. It was a risk because Professor Dendron was a former Healer...someone who made a career out of looking at people and knowing when something was amiss. But perhaps if she was able to keep her on topic and press the issue of her assignment, Kate would be able to get out of there without having been asked too many questions.

Though whether it was truly Professor Dendron or her father who was asking, she didn’t know.

There had been a few instances now where Kate had noticed that the two of them were spending a lot of time together. She tried to put the thought aside, reminding herself that they were both members of the faculty. Of course they were going to see one another in the teacher’s lounge and such. And knowing her father, he wouldn’t hesitate to ask his fellow professor how his daughter was doing in her class. There was something in his smile that had seemed different though. Something Katherine couldn’t quite put her finger on.

The brunette gave her head a small shake, exhaling sharply as she stood outside the doors of the hospital wing. She didn’t really have any time to be worrying about something that likely didn’t even exist. She needed to talk to Professor Dendron about the assignment and then she needed to head back up to Gryffindor Tower so that she could work on the bloody thing…

Knocking softly, Kate pushed the door aside and poked her head around the corner. ”Professor Dendron?”

WORD COUNT: 507
TAGGED: LENNA DENDRON
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