"I wonder when they expect us to do our homework," Chanel commented in a tone that implied detached, careless curiousity, but she was a little annoyed.

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"Fine, fine, fine. I'll leave you to your brooding." He stood up and walked over to where he had been before. "Lunch time," he replied, jumping right into the conversation. "Snape's been piling on the homework... Oh well. Say, who keeps scheduling the practice's so late anyway? I'd like to have a word with them," he said, pretending to be macho and sticking out his chest.

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((anyone want quidditch captian?))

"You and me both," said Gwen teasingly as she extracted her transfiguration homework. "McGongall's not exactly taking it easy on us either. I mean really, quidditch, the holidays, and the ball....you'd think they could give us a tiny break from homework."

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(actually I can take Captain If no one else wants it that is...that kinda makes what he said funnier)

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(lol ok )

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(If not, I can..)

Remembering with a jolt she was supposed to be sitting with the other Quidditch players, Allison got up quickly and headed over, hair falling in her face to hide the fact that she was blushing furiously.

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"Changed your mind?" Cole smirked. "The pitch's booked for the rest of the day, unfortunately. Darned Slytherins somehow got Snape to give them double hours there! McGonagall says there's nothing to do now, though," he sighed.

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((Mcgonagall and Snape are still around? Wouldn't they be, like, dead?))

Chanel sighed and pulled out a crumpled roll of parchment from her bag. "I'm still four inches short," she muttered. "What else is there to know about boggarts?" She looked up at the others. "Honestly, I'm going to have to stay up so late doing homework I won't even be able to see the Snitch, much less catch it."

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"I just hope I can see straight enough to not get hit in the head with the bludger..." Allison said, heaving a sigh. "I'm at six inches short on most of my papers, and I've got to finish all of it tonight.."

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"Try to write big," advised Chanel. "Works for me. Plus, they all know we have quidditch, they'll cut us some slack, 'specially since it's Christmas."

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"I'll remember that.." Allison murmured, grabbing one of said reports from her bag. Yes, her writing could definitely be larger and cut down on some of the actual work..putting the parchment away, she tried to forget homework for a while..even if only for a few moments, it would be a relief.

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*smacks forehead* (I didn't think about that...ah, well. let's just keep em anyway)

"Nah, don't write too big...just repeat yourself. Once, I gave Snape a paper that had the same thing written twice. I wrote a half a page and got stuck, so I just recopied the whole thing right after it...I got top marks on it!" Cole told them all, leaning back and forgetting there was nothing behind him. He fell right of the bench. "Ow."

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Chanel shrieked with laughter at Cole's untimely topple off the bench, and then, still giggling, looked hugely skeptical. "McGonagall's not gonna fall for that," she said, rolling her eyes. "Try to repeat yourself in different words, then. Only Snape is gonna be that thick."

((Who's the DADA teacher then?))

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"Smooth move, Cole." Allison said teasingly, glancing at Cole, before nodding in response to Chanel's suggestion. "Also another good idea..I've actually done that once before, and got very good marks from McGonagall."

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"Problem solved," said Chanel triumphantly. "Say, are we playing against Slytherin in out first match? I really want to be awake for that one!" she added with a giggle. "It'd be nice to beat them as a start to our quidditch year."

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Cole remained on the floor, but continued to talk "That's the plan!Tomorrow, I think I'm gonna use my time turner to go out and sneak a peek at the slytherin's practice and get an idea of their strategy" He swung his legs over the bench, just barely missing Chanel and then stood up. He sat back down in his seat as though nothing had just happened.

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