Archmage Jeremiah
You can't outrun your own reflection
"The h-headmistress doesn't like Muggles. F-forget I said anything...I don't know anything just rambling on and on. Oh! You are Nikki T. Hilton-Lynn are you not?" Professor Fantasma asked turning his attention towards Nikki. "Y-You're the reason why I'm here, actually. I-I've understood that you leaped to the end of the studies yes? D-Do you believe it will be enough or do you need a tutor to h-help gain the f-final knowledge you seek?"
Nikki squirmed in her uniform and glanced uneasily towards Lloyd, then Juno, before the professor again addressed her by name. "Oh, yes, that's me," she at last confirmed, hiding her previous anxiety underneath a businesslike smile. At the mention of a tutor, however, is when Nikki's face truly lit up through a sigh of relief. "I would be thrilled to have a tutor, Professor Fantasma,"
Lloyd innocently chuckled at the snide celebrity reference. He was born to Muggle parents, after all - can't help but remember listening to Space Oddity before he had gotten accepted into Hogwarts. He already knew the situation about her being supposed a Squib, however. "Well, yes, I knew all about. . .that. I just don't know how you've--"
Lloyd, much like Juno, incidentally tuned out the sheepish professor's spiel as he was taking in Nikki's explanation. Though, when the professor regarded Nikki and mentioned the words 'leap', 'studies' and 'end', Lloyd had a very clear knowing look on his face. As anyone who knew Lloyd could guess, he usually kept a calm, friendly, and cool exterior even in the face of surprise. This was the one instance where it collapsed, but now that the professor was gracious enough to indirectly explain, Lloyd returned to his aloof self.
Turning back to Nikki, he'd smile. "So you managed to get re-accepted? That's amazing! I never believed those Squib rumors, you know. If I could reach this point, where I'm standing in Ravenclaw robes at the beginning of my seventh year, I knew you could too."
"And, regarding the topic of tutors. . ." Lloyd turned his attention back to the professor. He spoke like a suave businessman masquerading as a wizard, speaking at a public event. "I know Nikki from my first year at Hogwarts, Professor Fantasma. If she's ever in need of tutoring or assistance in her studies, I, personally, would be honored to help her achieve the knowledge she seeks here, among Ravenclaw house."
"We're all here to help one another, right? Who else but Ravenclaw?"
Who else but Lloyd Whitaker?
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Dimples formed in Nikki's cheeks as they turned pink in the face of all the flattery coming her way, and she turned her head away in a futile attempt to hide it and the smile that followed close behind. As the conversation circled back to the topic of tutors, Nikki again beamed the same way she had when Fantasma first brought up the topic. "You'd really do that for me?" she asked in the same tone she had used when she first muttered Lloyd's name, and was likely seeking the same confirmation.
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