Caught The Study Bug! | Open

[CJ Warren]

It might only be September, but as far as CJ was concerned, September was a good time to start studying. Next year was his OWL year, and he'd already decided long ago that he was going to do everything he could to make sure that he got straight 'O' results in his classes. An 'EE' was the absolute lowest he was willing to accept, and even that was a last resort. So, he was studying now and trying to read ahead for all his classes to put himself in a better position for the coming years. 

CJ knew what he wanted, and how he was going to get there. To call him ambitious would be an understatement - he wanted everything he could have. Actually, he'd already made himself a little timetable - a plan, of sorts - for each day. It all started with a 6am wake up, and morning run for 30 minutes, followed by a workout regime he'd created for himself, then a shower, breakfast, and 20 minutes of spell practice before his first class of the day started at 9am. He's planned his work outs, his Quidditch practice, his homework schedule, plus his additional study/library time... He planned it all out. Of course, there was space for free time, and enough leeway that if some sort of social event came up he could attend it, but for the most part, he was keeping to a very strict schedule. Hopefully.

At this particular moment, he was scheduled in for his 'additional study' time, and so there he was, claiming a desk for himself in the otherwise empty Study Area. Apparently, no one else felt studying was important at this moment in time, which was fair enough. Most still hadn't got back into the swing of school yet after the summer ended, never mind even thinking about studying for things. For CJ though, it meant he was left alone in complete peace and quiet to do his studying, which was absolute bliss for him. 

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Vipera was similar to CJ in more ways than one; one of those ways was how she wanted to start studying early. She wanted to keep her grades as 'O's, well, all except for History of Magic, which was the one single class she did terrible at. What confused her the most was why she was not good at it, was it because her mother never taught her about her heritage? Well, it did not bother her all that much, because she knew a lot more about magic and its history than what she did before. That was all she was happy about, doing well in that class was all that mattered to her, anything lower than acceptable was bad. No, she would not accept anything lower than 'A', it would be completely unacceptable for her, she wanted perfect everything. All right, that was a little bit of an exaggeration for her, she was perfect in other ways, so she did not want everything perfect; her life would be too boring. Pulling herself out of her daydreaming, Vipera entered the study area with a pile of books in hand like usual. She struggled a little bit, but eventually she got through the door and set her things on the closest table to her. It just so happened that another student was sitting at that table as well and she felt sorry if she had disturbed him. "Er . . . sorry, if I disrupted your studying," the fourteen-year-old apologized to him before sitting down. That was all she said, because if she said anymore, she did not want him to get made at her and shush her for talking. Taking a book off her pile, she opened it to a random page and hoped for it to be the lesson they were currently on. She needed to get ahead in History of Magic, that was her worst class and she wanted to be better in it than she was. Like that was going to happen though, so why she was even trying to get ahead, she was not even sure herself. Eventually, she closed the book and gave out a little huff of air from her lips, although it was quiet like she planned it to be. "You know, I can just leave you if I'm a bother," Vipera said after the silence extended for a period of time. "I'll probably end up talking to you too much and you won't like that, so I can just leave you be." Her forefinger and thumb from her left hand had found their way to her hair and began to twirl it slightly as she looked at CJ."Oh, I'm Vipera, by the way, Vipera Berus; I think we have a few classes together, but I'm not really sure." The girl bit her lip and then looked down to the book in front of her, letting her hand drop back into her lap. Stupid! You apologized for bothering him and then you start yapping away, what were you thinking! You're stupid! she thought to herself.

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[CJ Warren]

CJ had been working for about ten minutes when a flurry of noise caught his attention, and a quick glance towards the door made it clear that another person was coming to study in this room. The person, whoever they were, seemed lost behind a mountain of books. CJ realized that the person was about to set their things down on the same desk he was at, obviously not having seen him over the mountain they held, and he quickly pulled his own things that he been shoved to that side of the way before they got crushed by books. A crushed bottle of ink never helped anyone, nor did broken quills. 

He sat back in his seat, looking quite amused when the person - the girl - finally noticed the table was already occupied. In a room full of tables, it would be this one she landed at, wouldn't it? Perhaps that was his fault for choosing the seat closest to the door. "It's fine." It wasn't like he was doing homework or anything, it was just additional study - reading and taking notes on things that weren't covered in class, or at least not in his classes this year. 

CJ took a proper look at the girl who had sat beside him and for just a few moments he seemed unable to look away, then he finally did managed to pull his eyes away. Damn, if it wasn't the veela girl... He knew her, of course, since they were in the same year and a number of the same classes, but he didn't know her well. To be honest, he didn't really trust himself to not stare around a flippin' veela. She was a veela for heaven's sake, what was he supposed to do? The whole point of veela seemed to be to make men drool. Still, she was hot, and that went without saying.

He watched as she pulled a book from the pile and opened it, but it didn't last long. CJ was still sat back in his seat, watching. "You're not a bother. And it's nothing important," he motioned to the book and notes on the desk in front of him. "Nothing that can't be done another time, any way." She was talkative, or perhaps just one of those people who hated silences, especially with strangers. 

He watched as she twirled her hair around her fingers. "CJ." He pulled his gaze away from where she was twirling her hair, only to catch her face and have to tear his gaze away again. He shook his head quickly to clear it and turned back to looking at his books again. Anywhere was better than looking at her. "We have a few classes. Believe me, I've seen you there." Who hadn't? The whole 'being a veela' thing made it hard for any male with eyes not to notice. "You're kind of distracting... in a good way." He still didn't look back towards her, just kept his gaze firmly on the books on the desk before him.