Lily was exhausted from the lack of sleep, but she was pushing through the day nonetheless. Things couldn’t get too much worse, she reminded herself. All she had for the rest of the day was potions--the one class she truly felt confident in.
Sitting at her table she straightened up, head held high with the most attention she could muster. Her gaze was steady ahead, listening to the instructions. Right--she got this, she could relax. Partners? Fine. Tolerable.
“Lily, you’ll be with Stefan.”
Never mind tolerable.
Blinking in disbelief, she quickly looked back towards where Stefan sat, dread chilling her bones. Looking back down towards her book she gave a quiet groan before reluctantly gathering her materials to move to the seat beside Stefan.
She set her items down, giving him a narrowed glance before settling in the seat beside him. It seemed she kept her chair as distant from his as possible but turned in an angle so they could be ‘working partners’ for this assignment. How to greet him without making a snarky comment?
“How’s your day looking now then, Stefan?”
Well, she tried.
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