Something about the last weeks of school

[Ezekiel Eindhoven]

The week before the school break was always the unmanageable time of the year. It was also where Ezekiel needs the help he can get from his genius sister, who unfortunately, lives in Scotland and studies at Hogwarts. It was an option their parents let them choose and as Ezekiel wanted a school that has everything to offer, chooses Beauxbatons instead while her sister, Kassandra, only thought of how it was the school of the great Hermione Granger. The now Minister for Magic. As the piles of books in front of him seems to move higher, he annoyingly sigh and threw the pencil he was holding on his table. The library was packed that day, mostly the people he already knew, some are in his Quidditch team.

Studying wasn't the only thing he's thinking about, Ezekiel is also the team captain which means all burden goes to him but it will be well worth it when they win the international match. But it seems they still needed more practice, although, it'll have to wait next semester. Trying to study with the notes Kassandra sent to him, he focused into it but it got boring after. The boy lazily let his head sit atop of his table and contemplate life.

 

[Octavia Pourroulis]

Octavia needed to study more than ever to pass her exams, considering they were a lot harder this year than last year's set of exams. She sighed as she glanced at her watch and saw how much she'd been sitting here revising. The Greek knew she had to make the most of it and so far it was working, excluding the fact that she didn't have many if any friends in the first place. Not that she minded, the sixteen year old was content with not having distractions that could interfere with her work. Octavia needed to do well. She was somewhat getting tired of Beauxbatons and she wanted to go home, she had a couple of days left before that was possible however and so the girl sighed as she flipped the pages in her book. She wondered if the reason for her exhaustion was that she couldn't spend any time with other people her age as she'd never made friends in first year. Maybe no one had thought of approaching Octavia in the first place which was quite depressing, that or they always thought she wanted to be alone. She frowned as she pondered over it. Now that she really thought about it, studying all the time was energy draining.

Something drew her gaze to a couple of tables away from hers and she smirked at the sight, one of her classmates had his head down on the table. Octavia recognised Ezekiel, though she'd never had a proper conversation with the guy. Mostly, she knew him as the official Quidditch captain like everyone else. Via put a hand over her mouth as a chuckle escaped her lips. She quickly looked down, fixing her eyes on a couple of words on the page so as not to be noticed. Hopefully he had not heard her. It was unlikely he hadn't, however, because despite the number of students in the library the distance between her table and Ezekiel's was too little for her voice not to have been carried over. She wouldn't be surprised if he so much as glanced in her direction, though why would he? It wasn't like Octavia was an interesting person to look at. Besides, the sound could have come from any student right? There were many other people who could have laughed or made noise.​

 

[Ezekiel Eindhoven]

The boy just wanted the exams to be over and yet, they still have a couple of weeks. As he sat up straight, he faintly heard someone chuckled. Ezekiel's gaze drop upon someone familiar but haven't talk to. Although, he knows her name because of the classes they share with each other. The boy thinks Octavia is just a quiet girl but is it too late to talk to her and maybe become friends with her? There wasn't an option when it comes to friendship. Zeke took all his stuff and carried it to move on Octavia's table. "I hope I'm enough of an entertainment on this difficult day." He jokingly said with a wiggle of his eyebrows.

The Dutch was not into flirting but he did tried it many times. Although, right now he's just being funny and forgetting about the exams that was about to murder them all. "Do you mind if I join you? I'm literally done with studying and my teammates are probably busy." But he did put his things already on her table and with a big smile he waited for her answer. It was a just a move he learned from his sister, it makes people not to say no.

 

[Octavia Pourroulis]

As soon as Octavia heard a voice, she pursed her lips and looked up, not surprised to see Ezekiel in front of her. What did surprise her however was the fact that he'd placed his books on her table. What was he trying to do? She raised her eyebrows trying to hide her smile, albeit unsuccessfully. At least one of them was making an effort to be friendly. This thought made Octavia feel guilty so she made more space for him, pushing her books closer to her side. His wiggling of the eyebrows triggered the Greek girl to laugh. She couldn't help it. She guessed it was because it was a kind of stress release from all the studying she'd been doing lately. "I have to admit it's a good distraction," she shrugged gesturing to all of the mess in front of her.

Via was more than glad to let him join her. She needed the break, the more she studied the more she realised how good it felt to be making small talk with someone. "Please do. I can't imagine anything worse than reading facts for much longer." The brunette paused when Ezekiel mentioned his team. She didn't particularly know how to feel about the sport. She'd tried it once, though she couldn't remember much. One of her sisters loved it, but Octavia didn't mind living without it. "How's Quidditch coming along?" She asked before she could stop herself. She had to at least try to befriend someone and this was her first opportunity she could take in a long while. Besides she couldn't exactly change her mind, his friendly smile and his stuff on the table proved that much. ​