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| "Excuse me, could I-" "Miss Evans, I have neither the time nor the patience to deal with you at the moment. If you'd like extra help, please visit me at the designated place at the designated time." Professor McGonagall's wand extended and pointed to a piece of parchment on the wall, on which was scrawled a few hours and, as she said, the place. Could she be even a little more lenient? "Please, I just need it explained one more time." "At the appropriate time, Miss Evans." Once again, the wand to parchment routine. "I don't understand, Professor. And, if I'm not correct, it's your duty as a professor to both teach and encourage students in the learning process! You're pushing me away from learning of any sort!" "Miss Evans," she replied calmly, keeping her composure calm and unaffected, "One more outburst like that, and you can expect your Head Girl privileges taken away." So, she shut up. It wasn't that hard, considering. But, as for McGonagall, Lily was right. My God, she didn't get it. She didn't get it at all. Why was the professor being so ignorant as to leave her sitting there without a hope of getting it? She didn't understand any of it. Not how to make a mouse into a cockroach, or vice versa. She hadn't the slightest inclination on how to do whatever it was you were supposed to do with the goddamn button. What was the point of changing a stupid, little button into some sort of small animal or insect? She could make more use out of the talent to sneeze with her eyes open. She narrowed her eyes at the professor and she turned and walked out of the classroom promptly, as if she were the best thing that happened to this stupid, idiotic facility. Well, she wasn't. At all. If she was the best thing that happened to this stupid, idiotic facility, she would actually have the compassion to help her. Goddamnit. Son of a- ahggh. Lily gave an aggravated groan before thunking herself down at a desk and slamming open her textbook. Well, then. If the professor refused to explain it to her for the seventh time, she'd teach it to herself. Couldn't be that hard. Even the Slytherins understood it. She flipped to chapter 16, ripping a few pages along the way. Oh well. She would sit here in the empty classroom and learn it. And learn it well. As she took out a few pieces of parchment and her quills, however, a thought came to her. She could get help. A tutor even. But, that would probably ruin her reputation of being the smart one. So, what was the point of that? Besides actually learning something in this cursed class. All she ever did in here was doodle. She had hundreds of pages filled with drawings-- hundreds of them-- tucked away inside her bag. She could just as easily take them out right now and continue. But, no. She wasn't missing dinner for doodling. She was missing dinner for Transfiguration. Resisting temptation, she set out to work. Yet, unsurprisingly, within a few minutes, she had already made a few little faces in the margin of her paper, one of them nearing on the limit, such as herself. She glanced around the room nervously, almost expecting someone to be there witnessing her psychotic fit. But, no one was there to see the once beautiful hue of emerald plagued by scorn and anger. Her eyes did convey more emotion than she liked. Now would be one of those rare times when she didn't mind. She just didn't get it. Those explanations seemed absolutely foreign to her. Converting and changing, what was the difference? Reversing? What the hell? Did she need to care? No. Did she need to learn it? Yes. Could she? Another negatory. God-bloody-damnit. Damnit, damn, damn. She was getting angry again. Aggravated. And, if this didn't stop, she'd probably go all rogue on someone. Which wasn't what she planned. So, silently keeping her anger inside, she got up and lay down on the floor. As odd as this may seem, she honestly cared more about staying sane than people seeing her lying on the floor in the middle of the Transfiguration classroom. Plus, the ceiling was far more interesting than her textbook. |