After multiple more tries, Athena had finally managed to get a few flowers on her desk. Cheering silently, she tried making a small vine. [i]'Careful... careful...'[/i] she lectured herself, putting all of her concentration into it. She was still frustrated about her previous failure, but pushed it to the back of her mind as she kept trying. She got the vine to grow. Not too long, so it didn't wrap around her desk, but it was long enough for her to feel proud of it. 

The girl jumped at the sound of someone slamming their hands on the table, her concentration waning and fear kicking in. A few of her flowers scattered, but two remained upstanding. She realised it was one of the students in front of her that got frustrated, and his seatmate seemed to be starting a conversation. [i]'I guess neither of them are Earthies.'[/i] Athena giggled to herself at the nickname she'd come up with, folding her arms on her desk, then proceeding to rest her head on them. 

She'd done enough earth magic for the day, she could just hope that her scattered flowers didn't land on anyone's desk and cause an annoyance. Letting herself relax, she listened to the conversations going on in the room whilst daydreaming about what the next class would be like. It was usual for her to do this in classes that weren't Air or Combat, so the majority of professors didn't mind it so long as she tried to do the work and had something to show for it. Thankfully, her vine was still standing sturdy after her scare. Perhaps it was a good thing that it wasn't too long.