Amelia felt exceptionally awake this morning considering how little sleep she had gotten last night. What she had thought would be a simple excursion to the study room to practice her violin – in the dead of night, no less – had turned into a long and intriguing conversation with a Slytherin boy she had known nothing about a mere six hours ago.
As she had expected, Landon was the subject of her thoughts even after she returned to her dormitory. He was a puzzle she couldn’t quite figure out; he was intriguing, but guarded, like she was. He might have thought himself swift-footed in getting out of the way of her questions, but as someone with plenty of practice dodging questions, Amelia knew when information was being withheld. He had clearly woken some dormant part of her – probably the part that remembered she was a feeling human being. Obviously that part didn’t get much exercise – a part that kept her mind whirring and her eyes open for the duration of the night.
Not having slept a wink, Amelia should have been tired, but she had gotten her second wind after taking a shower this morning and thus she strode into the Alchemy classroom without the weight of a long night on her shoulders. She knew she would probably crash later that afternoon, but for now she barely felt the lack of sleep. Taking a seat near the middle of the classroom, Amelia set her bag down next to her and pulled out the crossword from The Quibbler, the only thing Amelia ever read from that rag of twaddle. Pulling out a quill and ink well, Amelia went about filling in a few more of the answers as she waited for class to begin.