another one bites the dust [LILY]

[Nathalie Barber]

Nathalie liked to check up with her students- well, she didn't particularly like it, but she felt it was necessary- to make sure that they were feeling alright. After her run-in with Hugo Weasley in the owlery the other day, she'd remembered Lily Potter and decided to schedule an appointment. It wasn't that the girl was doing badly- on the contrary, she was doing rather well- she just liked to know how her students were doing so she could grade them accordingly.

For instance, if a student had a lot of other work, or if they were a member of the Frog choir (she understood from Terrence that the rehearsals were vigorous), she could understand if their work was a bit sloppy.

At the knock on the door- it was firm enough to be confident, but not brash and overbearing (although, if she thought about it, a truly brash person probably wouldn't even knock), Lily Luna Potter seemed rather okay socially- she put on a smile. "Come in, Miss Potter," she called, and stood up to greet her more politely.

[Lily Potter]

Lily smiled as she entered the room. "Hi Professor, how are you?" she said with a smile standing awkwardly at the door. The young redhead was small for her age with the knobby skinned knees of a boy. She loved to get down in the dirt and caring for magical creatures was her favorite. Besides Herbology and Quidditch of course. "You said you wanted to talk to me?" she said sitting down on the chair across from the woman, giving her a grin. Tucking a flyaway strand of her fire engine hair she played with her hands nervously in her lap.

[Nathalie Barber]

Nathalie smiled despite herself- Lily was really a very sweet-looking girl, and she sort of reminded her of Kate. "I'm fine, thank you," she replied, not saying anything more simply due to the necessary propriety between a student and a teacher.

"Actually, that's why you're here," she continued, offering a small smile to the girl- she hoped she didn't think she was in trouble. "I want to know how you're doing." It occurred to Nathalie that this might make it seem like she was worried about Lily, which she wasn't. "How are you finding the class so far?" She suspected that this was a rather ridiculous question, as the girl could hardly she say hated it, but it was protocol.

"And your other classes? I hope you're not too stressed."

[Lily Potter]

"Oh, I'm fine Ms. Barber. Don't worry about me.." Lily said nervously before taking a seat across from her teacher. "Oh, I absolutely love Care of Magical Creatures! It's so much fun, I loved learning about the hippogriffs the other day." she murmured happily.
"Quidditch is the main stressor I guess.." she whispered with a shrug. "Being pushed to be the best isn't always fun but I'll manage."