The second lesson, hope you enjoy :)
The fourth floor corridor was packing with students rushing to their next lessons after lunch.
"Watch it Midget" Sam growled at a Slytherin first year who had been pushed into him accidently.
She blanched before stuttering "Sorry" She ran off with her friends.
"Honestly Sam" Tilly scolded "She was only walking"
"Please" Rose snorted "It will have been a joke between her and her silly friends"
"Hmm" Albus didn't want to get into an argument "Where are the Slytherin's?"
Harry shrugged "Still in the Greenhouses being told off hopefully"
Rose wrinkled her nose "They'd deserve it, I mean how hard is it to skin some Rudder Bush pods"
Amy laughed unkindly "I don't know, Zabini seems to find pruning Flutterby Bushes hard"
Albus scowled at her then turned to Rose "It wasn't all of them messing around though was it?"
"Don't tell me you fall for Malfoy's good boy act" Rose asked incredulously "He just encourages them all no end. You can tell!"
Tilly rolled her eyes but nudged Rose urgently however she was ignored "I mean, him and his cousin are so obviously getting it on. I suppose Slytherin's still haven't grasped the concept of incest!"
There were a few gasps from behind her and she wheeled round to face Scorpius flanked by her cousin Lucy who growled "Shut your mouth Rose"
Rose blushed but Sam pulled out his wand "Go to hell Weasley..."
Joseph's wand was in his face within seconds "I would advise you put that away Mordent"
Professor Jenkinson appeared at the end of the corridor and the boys put their wands away quickly, neither wanting a detention.
"Sit in your group's class" Professor Jenkinson said as he opened the door.
They filed in, the Slytherin's pointedly ignoring the Gryffindor's, and sat down.
However Sam and Albus found themselves partner less "Well boy's I suppose for all practical purposes you two will get to work together today" Professor Jenkinson said cheerfully.
"But we're working on different people Sir" Albus pointed out, he wasn't too fond of Sam.
Professor Jenkinson shrugged "Well I had enough of the school laptops for one per group"
There were shouts of enthusiasm; the laptops were a rare treat as they had been especially enchanted to work in the school.
"Yes I thought you might like that" Professor Jenkinson smiled "You will have the laptops for two of your weeks, starting today. Of you go then"
There was a scrabble for the ones not missing keys and Joseph, accidently of course, elbowed Sam in the mouth.
Only one desk remained seated; Rose glanced along the desk at Scorpius "Do you want a laptop then?"
He looked at her and indicated a thick expensive book in front of him "I have a book to use actually"
He opened it without looking at her again, leaving her seething with envy "I suppose muggle technology is too unclean for you" she snapped before storming off.
He looked up, letting a little hurt into his expression in the form of a sneer "Right, of course..."
Albus opened the laptop carefully before turning to the sneering blonde boy "Err...where's your cousin?"
Scorpius expression instantly stiffened "Why?"
Albus indicated the laptop "I don't know anything about Cleopatra"
Scorpius smiled "I'd advise just getting some pictures then"
Albus glanced back at the laptop "So where is she then?"
"Why?" Scorpius asked with a sly grin "Why do you need to know?"
"I don't" said Albus, surprised "I was just being civil"
Scorpius raised his eyebrows but before he could answer Rose slammed a laptop onto the desk "Shouldn't you be reading?"
"Sorry" he muttered, burying his head in the book.
Albus rolled his eyes at Rose but turned as Harry threw a scrunched up bit of parchment at him.
Lucy watched her partner with distaste before returning to her laptop and searching for a decent documentary on Elizabeth the First. Evelyn had always rated David Starkey...
Harry leaned over her shoulder "What are you doing?"
Lucy looked at him "Sorting out our presentation, what are you doing?"
He crossed his arms defensively "Wondering how a search for Monarchy Series Two is going to help?"
Lucy grinned at him in a distinctly feline fashion "Were you actually planning on doing some work?"
He stared at her incredulously "There is no way that he will let you get away with that"
She raised her eyebrows "What sort of Gryffindor are you? Where's your..." She felt the need to use air quotation marks "Marauder spirit"
He blushed and turned away "Fine...but if you land me in a detention I won't be happy"
She looked him up and down for the first time since their first year "O.k"
Ben groaned exasperatedly at his partner "If you don't know how to use it why won't you let me?"
Perenelle scowled at him "I can use it!"
"Evidently" he muttered "Oh please just let me, you don't even know who to search for"
"Yes I do, Davey Peckham" she said proudly typing it in.
Her partner banged his head on the desk "David Beckham! The world famous footballer!"
She scowled at him "Oh shove off, you don't know anything about Quidditch"
As a Gryffindor boy he took this as a personal insult to his masculinity "Typical blood prejudice for the pure blood"
"You started it" she snapped "My parents don't do muggle stuff, which has nothing to do with my blood status!"
"Name one rich pure blood that can hold their own in the muggle world" he challenged "Go on"
Perenelle tapped on the keys with more force than was strictly nesscerry "Evie lives in a more neutral environment that the sodding Potters for your information"
He snorted and turned away "Oh sure, I believe that"
"I still think the bubbles dress is the most intriguing" Amy said, switching tabs easily.
Sandra indicated Joseph on her right "The tape plays to our audience more"
Amy gasped "You're so crude at times Sandy!"
Sandra flicked her dark blonde hair over her shoulders "Your point?"
Amy rolled her dark eyes "Well if we do a PowerPoint we can have lots of pictures"
"How come you're so great with Muggle stuff" Sandra said with a slightly green eyed look
Amy shrugged "My Dad took over from Arthur Weasley, there's always a ton of muggle stuff at my house"
Sandra nodded "I wish my Dad had an interesting job; he just works in the Department for the Regulation and Control of magical creatures"
Next to her Joseph edged the laptop nearer to him "Oh come on, we're supposed to be sharing"
Lauren yanked it back "I'm the one who can use it though"
Joseph grinned and moved his chair closer to Laurens until they were squashed together "Fine, but I want to see"
She tried to push him away; his straw coloured hair was touching her plait...
"Fine" she snapped, moving the laptop into a more reasonable position "Better?"
He smirked "Much, thank you"
She scowled at him "You're a smarmy git Warrington"
He grinned "And you're a stubborn mare Waite, who do you think will win?"
She grinned back innocently "How long is it since Slytherin won any cup?"
"Harsh" he muttered as he turned back to the screen, his grin fading to a childish pout.
"So we're doing a PowerPoint?" Tilly asked her partner nervously, glancing at the results of his furious clicking.
He nodded for the umpteenth time "Yes we are. So how are we going to do this? I can do a visual hyperlink activity with a separate typed up speech if you want, that would mean there wouldn't be too much text on each slide, what do you think?"
Tilly blinked at him "Yeah...that sounds good"
"Did you actually understand any of that?" He rolled his eyes and turned the laptop to her "Look I'll show you what I mean o.k"
He clicked on a picture "I can connect this to another slide with more relevant information which means we can have a sort-of contents slide which we keep going back to." He glanced up to see Tilly staring at him not the laptop.
"That's really cool" she said with a smile.
He blushed and looked back at the computer screen quickly "Err...thanks"
Tilly swallowed as her own face went red and glanced at her watch awkwardly.
Professor Jenkinson stooped suddenly behind Sam "What is that Mr Mordent?"
Sam jumped and looked at the games website guiltily "Research..."
Professor Jenkinson raised his eyebrows "Oh yes, how does popping a certain number of balloons in a certain time help your research into...Who exactly are you researching anyway?"
Sam searched around for a scrap of information or inspiration "We're researching...Barbie Sir! You know the muggle doll?"
His teacher laughed "Well I've never heard that one before. I'll be interested to see how that turns out, what have you got so far?"
Sam was saved by the insistent bell and his classmates hurry to leave "I've got to go"
Professor Jenkinson smiled at turned to the class "Ah yes, go on then class"
"Keep me posted won't you" Professor Jenkinson called after Sam as he fled the room with his friends.
What on earth had possessed him to choose a doll?