When Professor McGonagall announced to her students that they will be working in pairs today, she should have anticipated the loud "TEAM TIME!" from Black and Lupin, followed by an awkward high-five—in which Black had to bring up Lupin's hand in order to perform the ritual—or the stony silence between Potter and Evans, which the former had tried to break by cracking a rather weak joke, if she may say so herself ("Divorced partners," Potter had winked. Evans responded by apparently jabbing his leg with her wand, if the watering eyes and the painful-sounding noises were of any evidence). She also didn't think that even an absolutely non-flame-related subject like this would cause fierce red sparks to erupt out of Emma Finnegan's wand and set her sleeves on fire. But, she reflected fondly, without those things, her students wouldn't be her students. Now, on with the detention slips.
AN: Eh, not exactly the best chapter, but I always thought McGonagall possessed a soft spot for her students, no matter how strict she acts, as we clearly saw in DH part 2. Now that's one part I approve of the movie. And just about the only part too, mind.
~Gella
