study sessions

Athena sat in one of the large comfortable chairs that sat around the common room. The one she had chosen was a bit away from the center of the room where she hoped that she wouldn't be bothered. She slipped her shoes off and pulled her feet up into the chair and beneath her, the warmth from the fire not quite reaching the chair she sat on. She had one of her school books open on her lap, a piece of parchment on the arm of the chair and her quill in her hand. She was determined that she was going to ace all of her classes this year because she had to prove that she was good enough to garnish some attention from her father, to show her mother that she was worth more than just a pawn to use. She would be more. And she knew that she had to work hard to accomplish that. She jotted down some notes as she read the text, not even looking up when someone else entered the room.

Ashton had entered the common room a few moments before and watched Athena in silence. She was gorgeous. He had always slightly had his eye on her. He noticed she was studying, but that was boring. Time could be spent so much better with him. He walked over and placed his hand on the arm of the couch, right next to her parchment, "Hey there, Lestrange? Studying like always? Why don't you take a break. Come have a drink with me, love?"

@Athena Lestrange

Athena couldn’t shake the feeling of being watched but she still didn’t look up from her book. It wasn’t like she had a whole lot to worry about. If someone wanted to mess with her then she could send them on their way just like anyone else. She didn’t need to feed into whatever they were trying to do by watching her. Though, the next thing she knew someone was approaching her seat and put a hand on the arm of it so that he was leaning over her. She looked up from her book. ”For one, I am not your love. And for two, I’m busy, go away.” she said, looking back down to her book in hopes that he might go away even if she knew that he wouldn’t. ”Isn’t there some other poor girl who would love to waste their time with you, Harrington?” she asked as she turned the page in her book, jotting down some note or another on what she read.

@Ashton Harrington

He gave her his winning smile and chuckled, "Why you gotta be like that? I'm just trying to be nice." He walked around and hopped over the back of the couch to take a seat next to her, "I'm sure there is. But I wanna spend my time with you. Isn't that something?" He wanted to spend alot more than time with her, but he wouldn't push it right off the bat. He may enjoy sexual relations with the gorgeous girls of Hogwarts, but he was still a gentleman none the less, "What are you working on?"

@Athena Lestrange

Athena bounced a little in the seat when he jumped over the back and onto the cushion beside her. A sigh was given as one of her textbooks bounced to the floor. She wasn't used to this kind of attention or much attention at all. It was foreign to her and she didn't know how to deal with it. "And what's in it for you? People aren't just nice because they want to be." Surely, he had some sort of ulterior motive, right? "Lucky me." She mumbled as she bent to pick up her textbook and put it into her bag so it wouldn't get all wrinkled or anything. "Potions homework." She explained.

@Ashton Harrington

"You haven't met many good blokes then. I'm really just trying to be nice. Maybe even friendly?" She said as if he was questioning his own motives simply because she was. "Yes indeed. Lucky you." He said with a smile, "Potions huh? I'm kinda good at that. I usually help Carina out. Do you need any help?"

@Athena Lestrange

"Nice? It's not like our house is particularly known for being filled with nice people." She pointed out something that she thought to be quite obvious. She tapped her quill against her paper, something that she did when she was either annoyed or just bored... She wasn't really buying his kindness but then again, she wasn't the trusting type. She didn't even trust her own family. What she wasn't expecting was for him to offer to help her out with her potions assignment instead of trying to make some sort of move on her or something. "You help Carina with potions?" She said in disbelief. "If you really want to help, I have to have this assignment done by tomorrow, feel free." She showed him the chapter she was working on.

@Ashton Harrington

"Can't you just accept that I might not be like these other blokes. People get sorting into Slytherin without being evil back stabbing douche bags." When she asked if he really helped Carina out, he nodded, 'Yeah all the time. She's not the best with potions. But she's still passing, thanks to some extra help." He looked at the book and nodded, "Draught of living death. That's a tricky one. Where are you having trouble?"

@Athena Lestrange

Athena raised a brow at him. "I never said it was because you were a Slytherin. To think badly of another Slytherin just because they were a Slytherin wouldn't make much sense seeing as I am one too." Not that she wouldn't stab someone in the back if she thought it would get her somewhere. She definitely would. She actually let her guard down a bit when he mentioned actually helping her with potions rather than trying to get her to leave her studies to do other things with him instead. "I'm not really having trouble. It's more that I'm just trying to memorize the times and word this essay properly. I tend to forget silly little things like times and such." She said with a sigh. She tended to get distracted with other things and forget to stir her potions when they needed or brewed them too long. It was a problem.

@Ashton Harrington