Siobhan crossed her arms and stared as coldly as she could at Kyle before dipping her head ever so slightly into an imperceptible nod of recognition. It took everything she had to suppress her grin, knowing that Kyle was in the same boat. The Gryffindor's essay was already out on the desk which, had it been in normal handwriting would have covered three quarters of the required length at most; however, her massive cursive writing (neat, but monstrous at the same time) could have been read from the other side of the classroom.

The essays piled up down on their desk, and while Snape had his back turned to the class, she nudged Kyle's foot and raised an eyebrow all without looking at him. She continued by tapping the desk and drawing a question mark on the edge of her notebook -- instinctive girl code. She hoped the Slytherin understood. Why did Snape make him sit there?

The professor's lesson was to be another practical one, this time on the wand-lighting charm, [i]lumos[/i]. This time, Siobhan had no doubt she could perform the spell; her mother had taught her it during the summer.