oh the joys of teaching!

[Professor Paigi]

Isabella finally dismissed her third year class as the bell rang for break, much to their delight and her relief after a rather loud lesson. Nursing a headache that morning, children squealing with delight as they performed cheering charms of varying levels of accuracy had not helped matters and two hours later she'd been, for the first time ever in her teaching career, glad to see the back of a class. Sighing with relief she sunk into the chair behind her desk, unbelievably glad of the morning break then which would hopefully give her time to try and appear her usual cheery self once more. Looking forlornly at her cup which usually contained very strong black coffee and today contained some kind of herbal flavoured tea Isabella muttered some choice phrases about her mother since it was she who had insisted she should cut down on her strong caffeine intake and drink 'healthier' options. Herbal teas didn't really help when you were cranky and in need of waking up though.

Wincing slightly Isabella took another sip of the mug of the evil beverage (or so she mentally deemed it) as she pulled a stack of essays towards her to mark. Picking up the first she sat back in her seat, shuffling to get comfortable as she took another sip of the evil and began reading a first year's attempt at an essay.

((ooc: I know this post is a little crap but, just wanted to play her so anyone, anyone at all?))

[Professor Pattinson]

((ooc: Hope you don’t mind Will, I couldn’t resist!))

Having just dismissed his class before the morning break, and then apparated down to the kitchens and back, William found himself at the door of one Isabella Paigi. Knocking before he flicked his wand to open the door he entered the classroom with a plate of chocolate covered strawberries and a small steaming cup of decafe coffee, since he’d heard Isabella talking to her mother over the phone about cutting down on caffeine he thought he’d help.

“Hello lovely,” he greeted her kissing Izzy on the top of her head as he set the items before her. “I thought you might need a little cheering up, you seemed a bit… grumpy this morning,” he finished hesitantly, as he pulled up a student desk and sat himself down on the table top in front of her. “How were classes this morning?” he asked thinking this a safe topic of conversation as she’d seemed a bit edgy as of late.

((ooc: I wasn’t sure if Izzy would have told him yet, so I left it rather vague in that department.))

[Professor Paigi]

((ooc: Of course not! Yeah I was thinking that she hasn't told him but she knows for sure that she is and is planning on telling him soon. I figure her mother would know, Izzy didn't tell her but she found out... haha just like mums, eh?))

Hearing a knock on her door she looked up sharply, thinking if it was an overeager first year she might have to give them a slightly evil look, and was delighted to see a familiar and most welcome figure slipping into the room. "Will!" she exclaimed, a smile growing as he crossed the room and kissed the top of her head. Seeing the plate of chocolate-covered strawberries and cup he set before her she looked up to meet his gaze fondly, "You brought me chocolate and a beverage that isn't evil? You are... yes I do believe you are an angel, William Pattinson," she remarked lightly in a decided manner as she set the essay and evil beverage to one side in favour of what he'd brought her. "Wait umm... this isn't coffee... is it?" she asked, pointing to the cup, unsure whether he knew about her mother's request for her to cut down her caffeine intake. Of course she maintained this was the only reason she was doing so but there was another which she really did not want to reveal to him ahead of time.

"Grumpy?! Whatever do you mean by that, hmmm?" she asked him, looking to him expectantly, as though annoyed that he should think of her as 'grumpy' but then she smiled, knowing she had indeed been rather short with him at breakfast that morning. "I'm sorry I have been a little... testy today, no? I have a headache and... well... the noise of the Great Hall wasn't helping this morning. Classes were... tiring. I should have known better than to do Cheering Charms with my third years today, they got a little too giddy to say the least and that wasn't even because of the charm either, they're just excitable and I should have known better to teach them how to make themselves even more hyper," she explained, looking over at him with a sad look before picking up one of the strawberries and popping it in her mouth.

Letting out a little groan of satisfaction she added, "Did I say already that you're an angel for this?" she asked jokingly and then she looked over at Will, "I'm going to be terribly demanding of you, Will, because I have a request... come back closer so I can kiss you hello properly," she suggested with a jokingly pouty smile at him.

[Professor Pattinson]

((ooc: Ooo, I can't wait until she tells him! Hehe, yes, just like mums.))

As he sat across from her with a grin Will answered, “Nah, not an angel, just doing my job, and only a fairly good one at that,” he smirked at her. As he watched her gleefully set aside the essay she was marking and the cup of what he noticed peculiarly to be herbal tea of some sort his amused smile grew as she asked if it was coffee he’d brought her, “Yes, what else did you think I would bring you?” he asked trying not to laugh, “It’s decaf coffee however, I… uh… I overheard you talking to your mum the other day, something about wanting to cut back on caffeine, so I thought I’d help. You can still have the luscious taste of coffee, just without the caffeine,” he added trying to be helpful.

“Exactly what I mean,” he sighed leaning over the table and kissing her quickly on the mouth, “A little grumpy,” he said as he parted and moved away just out of reach so she couldn’t hit him. Shaking his head at her, “Silly Izzy, you can’t go cold turkey on cutting off caffeine. It will give you headaches, and make you short with everyone, however,” he rose to fish through her classroom cupboards. Finding a jar of smelly leaves he pulled one out, tightened the lid on the jar again and replaced it on the shelf where it belonged. Seating himself across from her again he let the leaf float in the air at the mercy of his wand. After a few quick swishing movements of his wrist a warm gold light sent the leaf straight into her teacup and swirled around it for a few moments before it vanished. The liquid in her teacup was once again steaming and a warm amber colour. It might not taste very good, but it will make your headache instantly disappear,” he told her kindly. “And don’t worry there’s no caffeine or any such thing in that,” he joked.

“Anything for you my darling,” Will moved his desk around so that he could now sit beside her. Resting a hand on her cheek he caressed the length of her cheekbone lovingly with a warm smile before he leaned in and kissed her again, properly this time.

[Professor Paigi]

Isabella laughed suddenly then as he smirked, "Are you now? You have a high opinion of yourself, no?" she suggested jokingly but gladly classified him as 'an absolute angel' in her own head. As he said it was coffee her mind panicked, wondering whether she could limit the coffee intake as she needed to without wanting more and more cups. Almost sighing in relief as he said it was decaf she looked pleasantly surprised, "Oh! Oh I see, yes well... my mother insists that I cut back on caffeine because... because... well she's just worried for my health I think, and I'm humouring her just this once," she explained vaguely, gesturing with her hand as though this somehow added to the explanation.

Gladly responding to his quick kiss on the lips she frowned slightly as he moved away so she couldn't retaliate with a soft punch to the shoulder. "I take it back, you're not an angel anymore," she retorted in a jokingly grumpy voice though the smile she wore really did ruin it completely. "Well... I..." she started to protest but then fell silent again as he rose and went to the classroom cupboards and instead she watched him curiously as he mixed a leaf in with her teacup. "Wow... a herbologist at heart, no?" she pointed out with a grateful smile, "Thank you very much," she said sincerely as she took a sip of the cup with a gleeful grin.

Grinning as Will moved so he could sit beside her she nodded in satisfaction, "There you see, you will go far in life Will since you've mastered the phrase 'anything for you, my darling'," she remarked jokingly but placed the cup down for the moment as she moved closer to him and responded to his kisses eagerly. "Mmm," she murmured softly as they broke apart after many moments (damn need for air!) before saying, "Now this is perhaps the perfect way to cheer my cranky self up."

[Professor Pattinson]

“Aye, most of the time,” William smiled cheekily at her, “But not when it comes to being your personal slave, I definitely don’t do a good enough job of that,” he added jokingly. Will smiled amusedly at her, completely oblivious to the ‘real’ reason as to why Izzy was limiting her intake of caffeine, “Yes, I suppose that’s why they say everything in moderation,” he remarked casually.

“Ah, how one little comment can make you change your opinion of me so quickly,” sighed Will, pretending that this cut him deeply, but the smirky grin slowly curving his lips at the end of his sentence ruined it slightly. Will shrugged, “I had to learn a lot of ‘other’ methods of pain relief and whatnot to become an illusionist for a while. It was my way of miraculously helping people, when it wasn’t really miraculous at all, just a few herbs here and there,” he shrugged, “It meant incorporating a lot of Herbology and Transfiguration,” he remarked thoughtfully as if more to himself than to her as he handed Izzy the teacup. “You’re welcome.”

“Yes, I figured as much,” he smirked at her as he moved to sit beside her, “Just remember in years to come that it’s the thought that counts,” he joked, implying that perhaps he wouldn’t always do whatever she wanted. “Mmm,” he broke away from her taking in a deep breath of air, “I thought so,” he breathed. “How are your classes going today, apart from the headache?” he asked tucking a strand of stray hair behind her ear with a warm smile. Then he picked up a strawberry, and zoomed it towards her mouth, like an airplane, “Sorry, too many airplanes with my son,” he chuckled ceasing his noise and dangling it in front of her, “Would Izzy like another burst of happiness to get rid of Miss Cranky?” he teased, “And I say that in a very loving way.”

[Professor Paigi]

Isabella snorted softly in amusement, "Well at least you can admit you have a rather high opinion of yourself most of the time," she replied jokingly and then grinned at his next statement, "Precisely... you really should be by slave better you know Will? Wait on me... what is the expression... uh... wait on me hand and foot? Yes, until you do that I don't think you'll be quite good enough as my slave," she joked in a mock-sincere tone. Internally relieved as he stomached her excuse immediately she nodded with a smile, "If everything in moderation is good then does that mean I should follow my mother's advice but only in moderation? That means I could have coffee," she argued.

"Of course," she replied with a smile as he smirked, "I am a woman, Will, it's what we do all the time." Quieting she listened curiously as he talked of herbs and nodded along as he spoke. "What was it like... being an illusionist I mean? I believe I have never asked you about it," she remarked thoughtfully as she took the cup he offered her once more.

Shaking her head quickly Isabella laughed, "You just remember that in years to come that warning will be invalid, I'll claim to forget you ever said that and so demand you do what I want. Would it really be so taxing, to do as your dear Izzy asks?" she questioned, putting on a cute almost puppy-dog like expression as she looked up at him, a smile curving her lips upwards once more. "Great minds think alike, no?" she suggested jokingly as they both inched away from each other after the kiss. "My lessons have been good actually, I think they're master it given another lesson of practice and my first years all handed their essays in so that's promising," she explained, "What about your classes, Professor Pattinson?" she asked in an innocent, teacherly conversational way before smiling in a most unprofessional way at him.

This smile soon gave way to laughter as he made aeroplane noises and 'flew' the strawberry towards her mouth, "Maybe it is too many aeroplanes," she agreed as though serious before smiling. Her heart twinged a little, lifting her hopes as she thought of what a wonderful father Will made to his little boy, and what an amazing dad he would make in the future. If only she had that much confidence in herself, Isabella was a bit unsure as to how she would handle motherhood. "I think I would like anohter burst of happiness, yes... along with that strawberry first," the brunette smiled, inching closer to him again.

[Professor Pattinson]

Will smiled, “Mmm… yes I believe that’s it,” he joking with a playfully mocking edge to his tone. At her comment he chuckled amused by the loop hole she’d found to allow herself her precious coffee, “Yes, a cup or two is fine, your mum is simply saying that drinking coffee as if it were water isn’t exactly what the word moderation entails,” he smiled then, “Would you like your slave to make this decaf cup a regular?” he asked rolling his eyes at the word slave.

“It was fun,” he shrugged. “Mostly I performed in front of people in these old-fashioned theatres. It was quite exhilarating. Sometimes I pretended I could rid anyone of their headaches, small illnesses ext. It was all a lie basically, but at least I helped people or gave them entertainment while I was at it,” he finished jokingly with a smirky smile.

“Hmm… that will be trying then won’t it?” he teased, as if being truly thoughtful about the situation. “Well, when you put it like that…” he paused for effect, “I know it will be taxing,” he continued to tease her playfully, when in reality he would probably do anything for her. “I’m not so sure mine is great, I simply know what I want,” he added, mocking himself. He knew for a fact that Izzy was smarter than him, intellectually at least, but he wasn’t intimidated by her brains, he found it very appealing. “You do know that when you give me that kind of smile while asking me such questions makes me wonder what you’re in fact asking me?” he teased.

“Classes are going well. As usually the first day I surprised everyone with fun lessons and animals. Now I think they are actually getting the hang of it. Today the third years learned about Blast-Ended Skrewts which most didn’t enjoy too much, but no one ever does really. Except for this boy named Nevill,” he shrugged. “The forth years had a lesson on Unicorns, something I particularly love, so it was pleasant and my favourite of the day. After much debating with the Headmaster I got him to allow me to find a Unicorn in the forbidden forest, and we had our lesson at the edge of the forest,” he beamed triumphantly. Somehow Will, had come into good graces with the Headmaster, at least for the time being. Probably because he took every safety precaution know to the wizarding world and was very strict about the students doing their reading and knowing the information beforehand while keeping the lessons fun and interesting.

“Admittedly it could have be a bit risky considering the students did have to enter the forest, however I took them in small groups, and they only went a few feet and no one got terribly frightened since everyone could still see the light and the castle behind them,” he explained, his eyes lit up as he talked about his classes, he really did love teaching Care of Magical Creatures. “In fifth year today we are going to cover Crups and Knarls, basically I’m trying to cover everything they’ll need to know for their OWL’s,” he continued, and then stopped himself, “Sorry, I’m rambling aren’t I? First year and sixth year will be just as exciting but I don’t need to bore you with the details,” he smiled.

He ceased his aeroplane noises as she laughed at him. Will then smirked at her remark, “Oh really?” he asked through his laughter, “I meant the strawberry as a burst of happiness, but I like your thinking Miss Paigi,” he said feeding her the strawberry, and letting her finish before he leaned in and kissed her warmly.

((ooc: Sorry that was a bit long, blame it on the lateness of the hour!))

[Professor Paigi]

((ooc: Sorry that I took foreeeeever to reply to this, well it seems like forever anyway, hehe!))

Isabella grinned, "Well now I know the expression I say that you don't wait on me hand and foot, so there's room for improvement yet Mr Pattinson," she joked with a wink. "I don't drink coffee like it's water!" she protested immediately but then, seeing his disbelieving look, she slumped and nodded guiltily, "Okay, fine, I do. And yes, slave, I would very much like my decaf cup to be regular, on my desk every break time," she ordered him as though he really was a slave before her serious look failed and she laughed, planting a kiss on his lips quickly. Breaking away as he spoke of being an illusionist, she listened curiously, "It sounds intriguing," she agreed thoughtfully and then shook her head, "Who would have thought at school that you, Will, would go on to deceive people, tsk tsk," she pretend to judge him, shaking her head in despair though she enjoyed learning more about what his life had been like in the time since they'd been at school together.

"Not trying, no, good heavens no! You'll love to do it for your dear Izzy," she suggested in a jokingly hopeful manner before rolling her eyes good naturedly as he teased her. "You have no idea, Will, it would be wonderfully fulfilling for you, trust me," she tried again jokingly with a grin, "Plus think of how much I'll be in your debt, I'll have to reward you, hmmm?" she pointed out in, yes, a rather suggestive manner as her perfectly innocent smile turned into a slightly smirky one. Her smirk faltered as he mocked himself and she shook her head with a light sigh, "You shouldn't doubt yourself, jokingly or not, because your mind is great, Will," she said sincerely before assuming the innocent look again as he claimed she was giving him 'that kind of smile'. "What smile? I am doing nothing of the sort," she retorted in a scandalised tone but the way she bit her lip ever so slightly and winked said otherwise. Unable to do the 'quietly suggestive and seductive act' seriously she found herself laughing at how silly it must have looked, or so she thought anyway.

Taking another long sip of the drink as he spoke of his classes she leaned forward, intent on what he had to say, and nodding along as he spoke. "And that, my dear Will, is why your mind is so great, you have such a... such a passion for your subject and your love and dedicated to it shows when you talk about Care of Magical Creatures. You aren't rambling at all... and if you are, then I'm clearly blind to it because I quite enjoy your 'rambling'," Isabella remarked with a soft smile.

"Yes, really," she confirmed, laughing as he said he meant the strawberry was the burst of happiness. Nodding she explained, "Oh I know... my way of thinking is rather more appealing, is it not?" she noted with a grin as she bit into the offered strawberry and then leaned into his kiss afterwards. Her lips moving over his then she moved closer to him, well as close as how they were sitting would allow anyway, and sighed happily as they inched apart moments later. "Will, I... I have something to tell you," she said suddenly, almost inaudibly as her heart leapt into her mouth and she wasn't sure quite how to, or even if she should, tell him.

((ooc: Should she tell him now? hehe I can't decide, just as she can't!))