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32.
Determined
You're in the NEWT exams room, and you're having trouble concentrating. It's because he's in front of you. A couple seats a head and one aisle across.
You can't help but watch as he writes non-stop. You wish you could do that, but you know you never could. So you settle for watching him. But then your exams makes itself known and you bumble around and read a question and answer it slowly, before going onto the next one.
It's a slow process and you're eventually focused on him again.
He surprises you when he shifts and turns slightly, as if he's stretching, but his eyes are locked on you.
You realize he's berating you for not concentrating and when he turns back around you take a moment to settle yourself before looking at the paper.
Your eye brows furrow together and eventually you begin to chew on your quill. It is another bad habit of yours. You answer a few more questions, and you're surprised again when you realize you only have two pages left.
You frown and set your sights on the end of the paper, as you hear Professor McGonagall call out: "Twenty minutes remaining".
You're determined to at least finish the exam, not at all worried about passing. That will come later.
You glance up at him, and again he is writing and flipping pages. You sigh.
You're determined to not disappoint him.
