Ending the Day

[Zoe Willows]

Amy had been to quite a few places this Hogsmeade trip, and was ready to chill out in a warm place with a mug of Butterbeer and a book, or even to get caught up on her homework. Not that she enjoyed the homework so much, but the thought of getting to rest her feet awile was nice after such a busy day, such to the point that Amy debated whether she wanted to do schoolwork or just read and relax the whole walk to the Three Broomsticks.

She had departed from James and Gawain, telling them she planned to meet Lorna and where, and of course letting them know they could join them in a bit or later that night if they so felt, otherwise Amy would see James in the common room after, and Gawain the next day. They were her best friends after all, even if the didn't spend every waking free time only together. The thought of her friends brought a smile to her face as Amy pushed into the Broomsticks and looked around for Lorna.


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I'll let you decide if you are there first and where they sit, or if you come in later or how you want to start it
Tag: Lorna Clarke 

[Lorna Clarke]

Lorna had briefly gone to the bookstore to buy some books for general reading when she returned home for the holidays. She picked up some books on Magical Creatures, including a book on House Elves. She also picked up the latest edition of the Arithmancy Journal and some books on historical magic. Of course, this was the only stop she made before going to the Three Brooksticks Inn and working on homework. She was currently on her second butterbeer as she solved complex Arithmancy equations. She sat in a corner table, safely away from most of the noisy hustle and bustle from other students.

She heard the bell ring, signally someone had entered the Three Broomsticks. Lorna looked up and saw Amy enter the build. "Amy!" Lorna called out. She waved her hand and motioned for her to join them. "James and Gawain going to join us? Or is it just the two of us?"

[Zoe Willows]

Amy heard the familiar voice, and glanced to her right. There was Lorna tucked into a corner booth, looking to be already into her homework by the looks of the books and parchment spread around. Amy grinned, lifted her hand in greeting, then slipped her side bag over her head and carried it over with her to the main bar in the middle of the room. "One Butterbeer please." Rather to get it first before joining Lorna and then having to wait. The place was semi-crowded, as it usually was, and Amy assumed most of the waiters had their hands full already.

Butterbeer in hand, Amy joined her friend in the corner booth, sliding onto the seat across from Lorna. "Hey." She said in greeting, flashing a smile before reaching over to pull her bag closer. "Hmm. Better to get the Arithmancy done first I suppose." Amy sighed slightly. She loved the class and the math behind it, and she did well enough, but the book she had started earlier while waiting for James and Gawain was calling to her and was still tucked in her mind. I swear I should have been a Ravenclaw, Amy thought, then tried to push the thoughts away for awile to focus on her work. It needed to be done afterall.

"James and Gawain going to join us? Or is it just the two of us?"

"Hmm, I think they will be along in a bit, unless they get distracted." Amy had spent most of the day with them already, so if the two went off on their own for awile or went to shop without Amy, she was fine with it of course. "So how was your day so far?" Amy asked in way of a conversation opener. She retrieved a piece of parchment from her bag, a quill and bottle of ink, as well as her Arithmancy book, and flipped it open to the dog-ear marked pages which they were to work on. Amy shifted in her seat then sighed softly. "It's almost too cozy in here to even focus on homework." She admitted with a soft chuckle. The fire was warm and casting a soft glow to the room, the people were overall talking to each other in hushed whispers so it wasn't too loud, and the occasional sounds of goblets and glassware clinking together reverberated in the room. It had a nice feel to it though.

[Lorna Clarke]

"Hmm, I think they will be along in a bit, unless they get distracted," Amy said as she sat by Lorna. She had a butterbeer in one hand and her Arithmancy homework in the other. "So how was your day so far?"

"Pretty good," Lorna replied. She flipped to the next page of her Arithmancy homework and began to jot down the equations. It almost felt like she was doing Algebra or Calculus sometimes. Then again, if she wasn't a witch, she'd be taking those kinds of courses right now. At least Hogwarts didn't require A Levels... but she supposed that N.E.W.Ts were pretty much the same as those. "I went to the bookstore and got some holiday reading. All nonfiction books, of course. My parents are undoubtedly going to get me the latest young adult novels that don't interest me in the slightest, and maybe some muggle nonfiction. I can't be sure. Anyway, bookstore. Then I came here and started working on classwork. I have rounds tonight, so..."

"It's almost too cozy in here to even focus on homework," Amy said as she looked around the inn. Lorna shrugged and smiled, taking a sip from her butterbeer.

"Really? The coziness is actually helping me focus more," Lorna said.

[Zoe Willows]

"Really? The coziness is actually helping me focus more."

"To each their own." Amy replied with a smile. She lifted her butterbeer slightly for an "air toast" to Lorna, then took a sip before she dipped her quill into some ink to start copying down a few of the first set of equations that they were to complete before next lesson. Amy decided to work a little on it, maybe half of it, then she would dig back into her Muggle fiction book that she had started while she was waiting for James and Gawain earlier that day. 

She computed and scribbled in silence for a few minutes, then Amy looked up at Lorna. "Hmm, this one, I'm a little stuck on." The last thing Amy would ask was to copy or see Lorna's or anyone's homework, but since Lorna had been there a little longer before Amy, most likely she was already past this equation. So Amy turned her parchment paper towards Lorna so she could see, and Amy pointed at the one she was working on with her quill, then pointed as she spoke, "Do I move and add these first," she pointed out one set of numerals and numbers in the equation, "Or should I do these, then these, then continue the problem?" Amy pointed out another set. Sometimes order of operations wasn't her strongest suit, but at least she had gotten that far on her own with the problem, right?

[Lorna Clarke]

"To each their own," Amy replied with a smile. She lifted her butterbeer slightly for an "air toast" to Lorna. Lorna lifted her own butterbeer to toast as well, then took a long drink from it. The two girls then resume to do their homework. Lorna felt like she was getting through her problems easily enough. Arithmancy was something that just came to Lorna. Maybe it was because of her background in a math/science family. Amy looked like she was struggling a bit. "Hmm, this one, I'm a little stuck on. Do I move and add these first or should I do these, then these, then continue the problem." Lorna looked over at the classwork and bit her lower lip, inspecting the problem.

"Okay, what you want to do is do the problems in the parentheses first," Lorna explained. "Do any of the multiplication or division in there first, then do any adding and subtracting. Once the parentheses are taken care of, do the rest of the problem." Lorna loved helping people with coursework. It was always exciting when she got someone to understand something, especially with Arithmancy. If she wasn't so dead-set on being a healer, then perhaps she'd try to study Arithmancy for the rest of her life.