Bottom desk drawer, on the left. That’s six times now he noticed how Professor Lissington would go down there while the kids were meant to do quiet reading or practice on their own. And take out a tiny tasty treat, usually chocolate or something, and swing around on his chair so his back was to the kids and he didn’t think anyone noticed.
But Max noticed. Especially that tell-tale red, white, and green wrapper, because that was his most favorite candy of them all. A crunchy chewy soft cylindrical bomb of the most delicious chocolately goodness that ever existed. Max never found it during all their school shopping trips in August, let alonesteal buy any. At first he thought it was because that was a treat he only found back home in Rome. But it turns out, here was Professor Lissington hogging the entire stash in Britain all to himself!
So the boy devised a scheme. He knew that every week, Professor left after his Monday afternoon class with the fourth years to take a long walk (as long as it was sunny). He also knew the Professor left that drawer locked (because he tried to get in there two weeks ago, but the drawer was locked). Good news is that Tao is one of the smartest kids he knew, so it didn’t take long for him to help Max learn the unlocking charm.
The sun was shining and Max felt very well-equipped now. The Gryffindor hovered around furtively behind a suit of armor as all the fourth years filtered out, Professor bringing up the rear to head out on his well-documented walk. The door only barely clicked closed behind, and Max waited a full minute after the last sound to dart from his hiding spot into the classroom, taking care to quietly close the door behind him.
Knowing his window of opportunity was limited, the kid beelined to the desk. Sure enough, the drawer was locked. “Alohomora,” Max whispered, entire face scrunched up in anticipation of the whole thing blowing up. (He was the Defense Professor after all.) But after a click, the drawer simply slipped open. The boy let out a soft whoop of excitement, eyes as wide as saucers. There were so many candies he’d never seen before, some in different languages… But where were the Roman ones he saw?
Just then, he heard the door click open.
But Max noticed. Especially that tell-tale red, white, and green wrapper, because that was his most favorite candy of them all. A crunchy chewy soft cylindrical bomb of the most delicious chocolately goodness that ever existed. Max never found it during all their school shopping trips in August, let alone
So the boy devised a scheme. He knew that every week, Professor left after his Monday afternoon class with the fourth years to take a long walk (as long as it was sunny). He also knew the Professor left that drawer locked (because he tried to get in there two weeks ago, but the drawer was locked). Good news is that Tao is one of the smartest kids he knew, so it didn’t take long for him to help Max learn the unlocking charm.
The sun was shining and Max felt very well-equipped now. The Gryffindor hovered around furtively behind a suit of armor as all the fourth years filtered out, Professor bringing up the rear to head out on his well-documented walk. The door only barely clicked closed behind, and Max waited a full minute after the last sound to dart from his hiding spot into the classroom, taking care to quietly close the door behind him.
Knowing his window of opportunity was limited, the kid beelined to the desk. Sure enough, the drawer was locked. “Alohomora,” Max whispered, entire face scrunched up in anticipation of the whole thing blowing up. (He was the Defense Professor after all.) But after a click, the drawer simply slipped open. The boy let out a soft whoop of excitement, eyes as wide as saucers. There were so many candies he’d never seen before, some in different languages… But where were the Roman ones he saw?
Just then, he heard the door click open.
Millie Potts & FYI Gus Lissington!
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magical set by mj <3
~ Max was raised in Italy and talks with a bit of an Italian accent / misses some English vocab/slang.