So he'd told Alice, and she didn't laugh at him. She seemed to have confidence in him, but who knew how much of that was her trying not to dissuade him from his efforts? She, more than maybe Sloane or Ned or anyone, knew how stubborn he could be when it came to studying. (But if she thought he could do it, maybe he really could.)

"Potions homework. Right. I think Sloane and I got to number... seven?" He had it on him somewhere, buried in a pile of parchment. Merlin, he really did need Alice's organization system.

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