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“Listen, I actually have to manage to do this right this year. Last year and all that, I managed to breeze by on sheer dumb luck these past few.... So if you’re not here to help, I might have to ask you to bow out gracefully and, uh.... lemme be.”
" If you insist on disturbing me with your presence, the least you can do is be of use and go fetch me my coffee, the elves should be done with it by now and if not, a good backhanded slap should do the job.”
For the first time since his first year there, Sirius Black was disgruntled with the way he found Hogwarts when he arrived. The castle had long been his home away from the madness of his family, and the fact that it was changing bothered him -- not that he showed it. Instead, he simply slouched against the wall in the Gryffindor Common Room, his hands buried in the pockets of his robes, while his piercing grey gaze took in the other occupants. More than half of them were looking at small, handheld devices, and evidently gossiping via muggle invention. Sirius was not at all impressed.
Though he eschewed all of his mother’s values on principal, Sirius could not help but be of the opinion that muggles rarely had any useful inventions. There was enough gossip at Hogwarts already without the addition of these silly devices, and Sirius, for one, was absolutely not taking part. Not unless someone could explain what all the fuss was about ... or make it worth his time.
one of the best things about having phones was audiobooks. peter didn’t realize how much he enjoyed never having to open any of his textbooks. also, he could be doing two things at once. his care of magical text book filled his airpods, while he was on the quidditch pitch. this year was going to be his year, peter thought. all he wanted to do was be on the quidditch team.
as he through the air, something caught his eye. instead of keeping his balance, peter went tumbling to the ground. glancing around the pitch thinking he was alone saw someone witness the fall. “you didn’t see anything.” peter called.
it was clear the scrawny fourth year on the other side of the courtyard was trying his very best at flirting. and in typical andromeda fashion, she couldn’t help but eavesdrop on his ( rather pathetic ) attempts, hiding the beginnings of an amused smirk behind her book. she might not be the most tech-savvy witch, and really had no idea what ‘ netflix and chill ’ meant, but it was clear his advances were far from reciprocated. finally, he mumbled some unintelligible excuse and made his exit. “ --- WELL, ” she spoke dryly, dark eyes lifting to meet the target of his affections with a coolly entertained glance. “ --- you’d best be careful you don’t catch the castle on fire, with sparks FLYING like that. ”
“ okay so,” ted began, sitting down quickly and sliding the chair across the floor to be next to the other. he’d popped an earbud out and was extending it as if he wanted the other to listen. “ don’t make fun of me for this but my world has just been ROCKED. so you know the goofy goober rock, yeah ? ”
he looked as if he’d just invented the iPhone from the expression on his face. “ it’s an actual song ! like, it’s based off an actual song that an actual band had ! nickelodeon literally got an 80′s rock band to perform a song for a SPONGEBOB soundtrack. ”
“ wild right ? ”
“So this bloke comes up, chest all puffed out innit? And he bumps me and pushes Sirius and that’s when all hell breaks loose, I mean total mania because you know how we are. By the end of the little brawl, we’ve gone and been kicked outta the pub, Sirius is pissed because some git has smashed the tail on his motorbike, I’ve got a bloody nose and all my mum can say is ‘And no one called the cops, eh?’ So yeah, that was my summer. Or the last bit of it. And yours?”