Open Old Fashioned Study Blues

[Marley Owens-Lee]

While they were near the end of the semester, exams were near, and Marley knew she had to focus on them. Marley knew she had joined a lot of different subjects this semester, and while she somewhat might have regretted picking most of the subjects, she also didn't mind it. However, Marley knew she had to study hard, she wanted to do well in the upcoming exams. The Hufflepuff quickly made her way to the library as early as she could. It was exam season after all and she knew people wanted to study and prepare for the upcoming exams. When she entered the library she was grateful that there were only a few people around so far, so she happily managed to find a good spot. She happily plopped all of her heavy books onto the table and quickly took a seat, looking at the different textbooks and notes she had, trying to decide what subject she wanted to focus on first.

 

[Lucy Montague]

It was early, but Lucy didn't mind early. She'd just been for her daily walk around the grounds, coming back into the castle and up to the library to study. She was exhausted from study, but the walking did help somewhat. It felt like each year came with more pressure, and she honestly wasn't one to look forward to exams at all. Entering the library, she wandered a bit before spotting Marley. "Hi Marley!" Lucy greeted, hoping for a distraction from exams but finding Marley had her notes and textbooks with her. Drat. Her expression fell for a brief moment, then her smile re-emerged. "What are you studying?" she asked, taking a seat beside her.

 

[Teddy Pirrip]

There were two sides to Teddy: the silly boy, and the studious high achiever. The two Teddy's rarely mixed—except on this occasion, they had. He'd read ahead in the fourth year Herbology textbook and devised a mock set of revision questions on topics the third years hadn't covered yet, thrown in were a couple of thirds year questions to look less obvious. Armed with his devious plan, he set off to the first study club he could find.

Grinning, he walked over to Marley's table and dropped his own pile of books beside hers. "Hey Marley," he greeted cheerfully, pulling out a chair. "Hi Lucy," he added, "How's the revision going?" He plopped down and began rifling through his notes with exaggerated seriousness. "So, I don't know if you two might find this helpful or not," he said, feigning nonchalance, "but I've created a set of Herbology questions based on everything we've covered this year. It might be a helpful knowledge check for you." He pulled out a parchment full of fourth year questions as if he'd been searching for it, though in truth he knew exactly where it was.