Amelia cringed when she heard the professor shouting her name, obviously having caught her at the precise moment she was wishing his attention was diverted elsewhere. Because she was a good student, she thought she might receive a small slap on the wrist; it had been an accident, afterall. But instead, this new professor seemed to from 0 to 60 in about five seconds and slapped her with a loss of house points and a detention all in one blow.
Shocked, Amelia stood gaping at the professor for a moment, processing what had just occurred. Amelia had never in her life received detention. She was a model student, always did as she was told, and never, ever earned the scorn of any professor. But try as she might to figure out a way around what the professor had said, there was no denying it: Amelia Lyons had just earned her first Hogwarts detention.
Red in the face with embarrassment, Amelia made sure to avoid Arthur's gaze as she obliged the professor's instructions to stay behind. He had taken a seat at his desk, and Amelia approached him slowly, not able to make eye contact until she was standing right on the edge of the heavy oak desk.
"I apologize, sir," she said sincerely. It would have been difficult to be anything aside from sincere at this moment, though she sounded embarrassed as well, "It was not my intention to hit Mr. Poe. I mistimed my spell," she explained, knowing full well that the professor was unlikely to take back the detention, but she still felt as though she had to justify her actions.