No! Don't hit me!! I know I haven't updated in so long!!! And I am SOOOOO
sorry! I really am! But I had a huge writer's block and then school and
then more stuff. But I have overcome that for now! And here is chapter 6 of
Muggle Studies.
For the sake of my story I have put all students in Muggle Studies. That means that everyone is required to take the class in my world. So there!!!
I don't own Harry Potter. But I do own the Woodsons! They live in my head and they like it there so don't make them leave by trying to sue me! They would cry!!
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Jenny glanced over at Jake, who was sitting beside her again at the professor's table for breakfast the next morning. His eyes were half closed and his head was resting in his hand.
"Wake up," she whispered in his ear.
He opened his eyes all the way and looked over at her. "How are you so awake?" he asked with a smile on his face.
She just grinned before she answered. "Remember in high school when I would stay up practically all night to make a paper perfect?" At his nod she continued. "I have had plenty of practice staying up late and getting almost no sleep."
He grinned and sat up. "I sure hope they have coffee here. I really need it."
Right as he said that a steaming mug of hot coffee appeared in front of him. "Ah, wonderful," he said before taking a sip. "And just the way I like it."
"What, with nothing in it?" Jenny asked, putting her hand on his knee.
"It's better than your coffee that full of so much cream and sugar it's not even coffee anymore!"
"Why you," she started but he interrupted her with a small, light kiss on the lips. She just smiled and shook her head.
Students were entering the dining hall slowly but surely. They all looked tired but actually excited about the new school year.
"What houses are you teaching first?" Jake asked, breaking Jenny's gaze away from the door where the students were entering.
"Gryffindor and Slytherin 6th years."
"Ah, what fun!" Jake whispered.
Jenny giggled. "What about you?"
"Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff 2nd years."
"The young'uns," Jenny said. "I think you'll have more fun then me!"
He laughed. "Maybe so." He picked up a piece of toast that appeared in front of him. "All I can say is I can't wait for lunch!"
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"Ugh! We have Muggle Studies with Slytherin!!!" Rom exclaimed as he sat at the breakfast table next to Harry and across from Hermione. "Like it isn't enough that we have to have Potions with them tomorrow but we have to have a class with them today!"
"But at least it's with Professor Guinevere," Harry said around his mouthful of biscuit and jelly.
"Yeah," Ron said, his voice still upset. "But why'd it have to be with Slytherin?!"
Hermione shook her head and sighed. "I think we're cursed with having to deal with Malfoy every year."
Harry and Ron laughed at that then continued eating. Hermione glanced at the professor table and smiled when she saw Professor Guinevere laughing with her husband. Even if Muggle Studies was with dementors Hermione wouldn't have been able to wait.
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"So what are you planning on doing today?" Jake asked Jenny as they left the dining hall.
"Professor Dumbledore suggested that I not tell them about me being a muggle just yet. Don't want to scare them off."
Jake laughed. "True."
"I asked for my classroom to be set up just like a classroom at a muggle school. They've put electrical plugs, electric lights, a TV, VCR, and DVD player and a dry erase board."
"Wonderful," Jake said. "Sounds like you have some plans."
"Well, McGonagall told me to just be myself and tell them about the muggle world. So, that's what I plan to do."
"Good, I wish you the best of luck."
"And I you, honey. I'll come visit you at some point today. I know there's a time when I don't have a class."
"I look forward to it," Jake said after he kissed her. "I'll see you then."
Jenny watched her husband go down a long corridor that led to a small cabin the grounds keeper, Hagrid, had built just for him before their arrival. Jenny had helped Jake put up posters of his favorite college teams in football, professional teams in hockey, baseball, and basketball and his most prized possession, a jersey given to him from his father from his favorite baseball player as a boy, Babe Ruth. Sure, Jake had never seen the man play but he heard wonderful stories about the player growing up and when Jake's dad had died he gave him the jersey he got from Babe Ruth.
Jenny smiled as she turned to her left and walked to her classroom. She loved her husband more than anything and couldn't imagine a life without him. They had practically grown up together. He was her best friend and the love of her life. She couldn't have done better.
As she entered her classroom she took in the sight. She had movie posters up on the wall, ranging from old 50s musicals to classics from the 30s to modern wonders. Her favorite was the poster of "The Wizard of Oz" she had up beside her desk. She used to watch that movie almost everyday when she was a child. And then on the other side of her desk was a poster of the Disney classic "The Little Mermaid." Jenny smiled. Her room looked nice. And surprisingly enough, she wasn't that nervous.
But that's when the students started coming in. She felt her heart skip a beat and her palms started sweating. 'Calm down, Jenny,' she thought. 'It's just like teaching a regular class.'
She smiled at Hermione when the bushy haired girl entered the classroom with Harry and Ron. They got settled at the tables up front. Hermione sitting next to another girl Jenny hadn't met and Ron and Harry behind them.
After a few minutes of letting the students get settled, Jenny finally spoke up. "Alright, why don't we begin?" The shuffling of chairs and robes stopped and Jenny smiled. "As you all know, I am Professor Guinevere Woodson. I'll be teaching you Muggle Studies this year and I hope you are all very excited about it."
Snickers were heard on the side of the room opposite of the side the trio was sitting on. Jenny sighed. Great, hostility so early on.
"First off, I want to tell you what I want this class to be for the year. Basically, when you enter this classroom, you will become a muggle."
Groans went up from around the room and Jenny saw a pale boy with very light hair roll his eyes.
Jenny smiled. "Why the groans? You don't like muggles?"
"They're stupid!" the pale boy exclaimed.
"Really?" Jenny asked with her eyebrows raised. "What's your name?"
"Malfoy. Draco Malfoy."
Jenny nodded. "It's nice to make your acquaintance Mr. Malfoy" Jenny said politely. "But why do you think that about muggles?"
Draco shrugged and crossed his arms over his chest. "They just are."
"I don't agree," Jenny stated. "Can you tell me the uses of Electricity or how to play a CD in a stereo?"
Draco only looked at her blankly.
"I didn't think so," she answered. "But hopefully all of you will learn by the end of this year. I plan on teaching you how muggles view the magic world, the great writers and inventors of the muggle world, and much more. But first, the ground rules. Number 1: There will be no wands used in this class. No magic is to be done while you are in this classroom. Number 2: Pencils and pens are to be used instead of quills. If you need a pencil or pen, come see me after class. Also, no parchment, only paper, is to be used to write on. Number 3: This one is optional but I will state it as a rule anyway. You can wear muggle clothes to this class." She stepped out from behind her desk to show what she was wearing. Her simple blue jeans, tennis shoes, and turtleneck sweater made the class stare. She smiled. "Like this, for example. I usually dress like this and so do muggles. So, while you are studying the muggle world, you can dress like them. If you want to, you don't have to wear your robes. But I do suggest you bring them with you for the class you have after this one."
She stopped and looked over the class. They all looked at her in shock; except Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Jenny grinned and sat at the edge of her desk, her legs swinging off the floor. "Now, if you haven't already figured it out, I'm from the United States. I know my accent may be hard to understand at times but I think we will all get past that soon." She winked and a few people smiled.
To be continued....
Please review! And maybe I'll update sooner.*big smile* Please!?!
For the sake of my story I have put all students in Muggle Studies. That means that everyone is required to take the class in my world. So there!!!
I don't own Harry Potter. But I do own the Woodsons! They live in my head and they like it there so don't make them leave by trying to sue me! They would cry!!
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Jenny glanced over at Jake, who was sitting beside her again at the professor's table for breakfast the next morning. His eyes were half closed and his head was resting in his hand.
"Wake up," she whispered in his ear.
He opened his eyes all the way and looked over at her. "How are you so awake?" he asked with a smile on his face.
She just grinned before she answered. "Remember in high school when I would stay up practically all night to make a paper perfect?" At his nod she continued. "I have had plenty of practice staying up late and getting almost no sleep."
He grinned and sat up. "I sure hope they have coffee here. I really need it."
Right as he said that a steaming mug of hot coffee appeared in front of him. "Ah, wonderful," he said before taking a sip. "And just the way I like it."
"What, with nothing in it?" Jenny asked, putting her hand on his knee.
"It's better than your coffee that full of so much cream and sugar it's not even coffee anymore!"
"Why you," she started but he interrupted her with a small, light kiss on the lips. She just smiled and shook her head.
Students were entering the dining hall slowly but surely. They all looked tired but actually excited about the new school year.
"What houses are you teaching first?" Jake asked, breaking Jenny's gaze away from the door where the students were entering.
"Gryffindor and Slytherin 6th years."
"Ah, what fun!" Jake whispered.
Jenny giggled. "What about you?"
"Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff 2nd years."
"The young'uns," Jenny said. "I think you'll have more fun then me!"
He laughed. "Maybe so." He picked up a piece of toast that appeared in front of him. "All I can say is I can't wait for lunch!"
***************
"Ugh! We have Muggle Studies with Slytherin!!!" Rom exclaimed as he sat at the breakfast table next to Harry and across from Hermione. "Like it isn't enough that we have to have Potions with them tomorrow but we have to have a class with them today!"
"But at least it's with Professor Guinevere," Harry said around his mouthful of biscuit and jelly.
"Yeah," Ron said, his voice still upset. "But why'd it have to be with Slytherin?!"
Hermione shook her head and sighed. "I think we're cursed with having to deal with Malfoy every year."
Harry and Ron laughed at that then continued eating. Hermione glanced at the professor table and smiled when she saw Professor Guinevere laughing with her husband. Even if Muggle Studies was with dementors Hermione wouldn't have been able to wait.
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"So what are you planning on doing today?" Jake asked Jenny as they left the dining hall.
"Professor Dumbledore suggested that I not tell them about me being a muggle just yet. Don't want to scare them off."
Jake laughed. "True."
"I asked for my classroom to be set up just like a classroom at a muggle school. They've put electrical plugs, electric lights, a TV, VCR, and DVD player and a dry erase board."
"Wonderful," Jake said. "Sounds like you have some plans."
"Well, McGonagall told me to just be myself and tell them about the muggle world. So, that's what I plan to do."
"Good, I wish you the best of luck."
"And I you, honey. I'll come visit you at some point today. I know there's a time when I don't have a class."
"I look forward to it," Jake said after he kissed her. "I'll see you then."
Jenny watched her husband go down a long corridor that led to a small cabin the grounds keeper, Hagrid, had built just for him before their arrival. Jenny had helped Jake put up posters of his favorite college teams in football, professional teams in hockey, baseball, and basketball and his most prized possession, a jersey given to him from his father from his favorite baseball player as a boy, Babe Ruth. Sure, Jake had never seen the man play but he heard wonderful stories about the player growing up and when Jake's dad had died he gave him the jersey he got from Babe Ruth.
Jenny smiled as she turned to her left and walked to her classroom. She loved her husband more than anything and couldn't imagine a life without him. They had practically grown up together. He was her best friend and the love of her life. She couldn't have done better.
As she entered her classroom she took in the sight. She had movie posters up on the wall, ranging from old 50s musicals to classics from the 30s to modern wonders. Her favorite was the poster of "The Wizard of Oz" she had up beside her desk. She used to watch that movie almost everyday when she was a child. And then on the other side of her desk was a poster of the Disney classic "The Little Mermaid." Jenny smiled. Her room looked nice. And surprisingly enough, she wasn't that nervous.
But that's when the students started coming in. She felt her heart skip a beat and her palms started sweating. 'Calm down, Jenny,' she thought. 'It's just like teaching a regular class.'
She smiled at Hermione when the bushy haired girl entered the classroom with Harry and Ron. They got settled at the tables up front. Hermione sitting next to another girl Jenny hadn't met and Ron and Harry behind them.
After a few minutes of letting the students get settled, Jenny finally spoke up. "Alright, why don't we begin?" The shuffling of chairs and robes stopped and Jenny smiled. "As you all know, I am Professor Guinevere Woodson. I'll be teaching you Muggle Studies this year and I hope you are all very excited about it."
Snickers were heard on the side of the room opposite of the side the trio was sitting on. Jenny sighed. Great, hostility so early on.
"First off, I want to tell you what I want this class to be for the year. Basically, when you enter this classroom, you will become a muggle."
Groans went up from around the room and Jenny saw a pale boy with very light hair roll his eyes.
Jenny smiled. "Why the groans? You don't like muggles?"
"They're stupid!" the pale boy exclaimed.
"Really?" Jenny asked with her eyebrows raised. "What's your name?"
"Malfoy. Draco Malfoy."
Jenny nodded. "It's nice to make your acquaintance Mr. Malfoy" Jenny said politely. "But why do you think that about muggles?"
Draco shrugged and crossed his arms over his chest. "They just are."
"I don't agree," Jenny stated. "Can you tell me the uses of Electricity or how to play a CD in a stereo?"
Draco only looked at her blankly.
"I didn't think so," she answered. "But hopefully all of you will learn by the end of this year. I plan on teaching you how muggles view the magic world, the great writers and inventors of the muggle world, and much more. But first, the ground rules. Number 1: There will be no wands used in this class. No magic is to be done while you are in this classroom. Number 2: Pencils and pens are to be used instead of quills. If you need a pencil or pen, come see me after class. Also, no parchment, only paper, is to be used to write on. Number 3: This one is optional but I will state it as a rule anyway. You can wear muggle clothes to this class." She stepped out from behind her desk to show what she was wearing. Her simple blue jeans, tennis shoes, and turtleneck sweater made the class stare. She smiled. "Like this, for example. I usually dress like this and so do muggles. So, while you are studying the muggle world, you can dress like them. If you want to, you don't have to wear your robes. But I do suggest you bring them with you for the class you have after this one."
She stopped and looked over the class. They all looked at her in shock; except Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Jenny grinned and sat at the edge of her desk, her legs swinging off the floor. "Now, if you haven't already figured it out, I'm from the United States. I know my accent may be hard to understand at times but I think we will all get past that soon." She winked and a few people smiled.
To be continued....
Please review! And maybe I'll update sooner.*big smile* Please!?!