Lesson 4: Dealing with Bad Numbers

[Caleb Renneau]

Caleb wasn't any less upset that Adele had dropped this class, though Dumbledore hadn't stopped yet and told him it was official he figured that the man was just busy. He sighed, she was a good student, he didn't know what had crawled up her butt the last lesson and he was trying valiantly not to care. He had another lesson to do today and he wasn't going to let her interfere.

He waited at his desk for his students to arrive.

[Samantha Montgomery]

Sam waltzed in the room and grinned at her brother, he had taken her shopping the day before and she was still in a good mood, " Hey bro." she smiled and winked. There was no one in the class and so it seemed fine for her to tease. When he creased his brow at her she could tell he wasn't in the mood for games.

Worry came to her quickly and she moved for him, "What's wrong?"

[Hallie Monroe]

Hallie walked slowly into the room, for once not moving in her usual frantic, chaotic pace. Ever since the ceremony, she hadn't really felt like herself. She was depressed, and as such, moved a lot more slowly, her head hanging down. On the bright side, however, she found that she tripped a lot less when she moved more slowly.

She didn't even acknowledge the professor or Samantha as she entered the room and sat down.

[Kyle Atkins]

Kyle left the common room with plenty of time left to get to class. Walking in, he noticed that he was still early, but he didn't mind that. Looking around he spotted a seat next to Hallie open. She still looked sad as ever. He looked back to the professor and gave him a nod in greeting before going to take a seat next to Hallie. He didn't make himself seemed rushed to get next to her. What would it look like if that happened?

"Hey Hallie," Kyle said friendly and with a greeting smile.

[Samantha Montgomery]

Sam couldn't talk to her brother now because people had come into the room but she didn't like that he looked haggard though it took a keen eye to even discern his unhappiness. Silently she moved towards the back to get another seat. She sat there and huffed.

[Caleb Renneau]

Caleb was angry over the last class was all, and he wasn't exactly thrilled that he was keeping his relationship with Sam a secret, he wasn't really a secret keeping kind of guy. He was a private person and therefore didn't allow many into his life but he didn't do things that needed to be kept secret. He sighed and sent her on her way to pick a seat. It was a pang that she chose the back instead of the front but he would deal with it.

Nodding towards the other students who had come into the class he marked their names on his roster.

[Dorian Knight]

While Adele would not show in class today, Dorian was the next in, a large smile on his face. He took a seat somewhere in the middle of the room, hoping today would be just as interesting as the last class.

[Samantha Montgomery]

Sam had to avoid laughing at the look her brother gave Dorian and simply opened her book to read silently until class started. She couldn't blame her brother, Dorian got under the skin like a bad itch. She could tell by her brother's neck reddening just slightly that he was contemplating vicious thoughts. She bit her finger otherwise she would have laughed.

[Rafe Colby]

Rafe was only barely able to keep the smirk off of his face as he walked into Arithmancy class and saw Samantha standing there. Smiling brightly, he walked right past her, lightly brushing her arm as he did. "Hi, Sam," he said in a low, intimate voice. "Imagine that, same house, now the same class. What a coincidence."

Without that, he walked over and chose a seat in the back. This way, he figured, even if she didn't end up sitting next to him (and knowing her, she wouldn't), he would still be able to watch her. Perfect, he thought as he slipped into his seat and began to stare fixedly at the back of her head.

[Samantha Montgomery]

Her hands fisted at her sides. He wasn't doing this to her again, he wasn't going to! She cleared her throat and moved her seating somewhere else in the room. Still she felt his eyes at the back of her head. There was only a momentary point of weakness where she showed that she hated this but then that steel reserve was back in place and she continued reading.

[Caleb Renneau]

Caleb saw part of the interaction but didn't hear anything nor could he tell anything was wrong except that Sam seemed to look uneasy. His gaze returned to the boy and found him staring at Sam.

Caleb didn't know why Sam had transfered, and even if he had an idea he had no idea that the reason was in the very room.

[Samantha Montgomery]

Sam fiddled in her seat finding it very uncomfortable with Rafe's eyes on her. If only they were in private she wouldn't cower, no she would scream and probably hit him with something, Rafe needed to be hit over the head with something very badly. She sighed audibly and the look on her face was anything but pleased.

[Ivan Kresimir]

Ivan walked into class. He had requested to change his class schedule after meeting the professor outside of class and liking him. It had to be better than Astronomy. He saw Samantha as he came in. He walked to the professor however and showed him his class schedule change paperwork just in case they were formal about that kind of thing here.

[Caleb Renneau]

Finally something to make Caleb smile, "Ah Ivan, I heard you were changing classes, good man." he nodded shaking the boy's hand and directing him to his seat. They had gotten along that day they went shopping and he was pleased with Ivan overall he wanted Sam to pick more people like that to hang out with, although he was already hearing rumors about his sister that would cause a lesser man to balk or coil with rage. Still from an objective view he supposed his sister was fairly pretty and therefore no it wasn't that surprising that she had quickly drawn popularity, but she was much more than a pretty face, and that he knew by experience.

[Samantha Montgomery]

"Oh. Ivan!" she said excitedly, she didn't yell or do anything to shake her calm and graceful visage, but she did wave to him, and after that waved him over happy to see that he had indeed transfered. No matter what she told her brother about cooling down his recruiting speeches she was still happy to have a friend in this class, besides now she could focus on Ivan instead of Rafe.

[Ivan Kresimir]

Ivan nodded at Professor Renneau respectfully, "Yes you made it sound interesting, and I already memorized all the history books I could find at Durmstrangs I thought this might be something new to learn." He looked around for a seat.

[Anya Kresimir]

Anya walked in a few minutes after Ivan, she was pretty shy but her brother had told her he was taking this class now so she'd been happy to hear considering she'd already chosen to take the class. She suspected that perhaps he'd taken it to make her feel a little more comfortable to share a class with him.

Her green eyes almost seemed to glow, but it was a strange beauty and defiantly not conventional, but she was still very young. She looked at Ivan as she entered and then went to the man who wasn't standing in student robes, although he did look a bit younger than what she'd expected for a professor. But then this was her first class so far and who was she to judge if this school had younger instructors as long as they knew their subjects.

Very quietly she gave her name and level to the professor but she spoke softly and likely he would have been the only one to hear besides Ivan who was still looking for a place to sit by the looks of it.

[Caleb Renneau]

Caleb nodded to the girl, "Hmm..Kresimir...two Kresimirs..." he said looking at them both, "Are you related?" he inquired shifting his glance from Ivan to Anya back and forth.

[Anya Kresimir]

Anya nodded to his question without really speaking. She was very shy but friendly and she smiled at the Professor beaming proudly at the fact that Ivan was her big brother. He was the one person who she loved utterly and completely, without reserve or hesitation. She would do anything for him and she knew from experience that he would lay down his life for her if he felt she needed it.

[Samantha Montgomery]

Samantha tilted her head, she didn't know that Ivan had a little sister. Glancing between them she smiled, his sister was very pretty, and yet there was an odd vibe about her, Sam couldn't place it, something in her eyes that Sam thought she could see a change, but it didn't matter, she knew already that if Ivan had a little sister, that girl was very lucky indeed.