Children of Sin

Chapter 20

 Third year was a strange one for the Greengrass triplets. With Monsieur Leopold openly dating their mother, potions class brewed turmoil between student and teacher. Additionally, they had begun electives, and each child of Larissa Greengrass was spreading their wings. 

Layla was taking magical art and ancient runes for electives. She had always been fascinated by the magical portraits that her grandfather had, and he had once promised to teach her the art of the paintbrush. He would never get to do that now, but that didn't stop her from wanting to learn. Her teacher, Madam Amelie Ecan, was a tad eccentric, although it was no detriment to her classes. The woman was a goddess when it came to art, and Layla adored her teacher.

Ancient runes, which all three children took, was taught by Monsieur Derick Bazaine. He was the first teacher that the triplets were torn over. Layla though he was a vulgar and ignorant man, who knew next to nothing about how to teach a class. He would make nasty jokes, and always got off topic. By the time Yule was coming around, they'd only covered less than a quarter of the curriculum. Victor and Damian thought that Monsieur Bazaine was an okay teacher, certainly not the best, but they didn't loath him the way their sister did.

Victor was taking care of magical creatures, ancient runes, and advanced dueling. Monsieur Sallo, the instructor for dueling, was as awesome as ever, and Victor loved every minute of it. Care of magical creatures was nice as well. Madame Elena Berrau instructed the class, and while she was a little scatterbrained, the classes were informative and fun.

Damian, much like his younger siblings, took electives that he was interested in. Magical Culture was his absolute favorite. Mr. George Cleavman, the teacher, had been a wandering nomad, who had wandered the magical world, documenting different parts of each culture. The first culture they were learning about was English culture which was rather amusing to Damian, as he himself was of English blood. When he told the teacher that, Mr. Cleavman's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. Ever since, Mr. Cleavman always called on Damian, trying to see of he truly was in touch with his English blood. 

Everything was going smoothly, until a fateful meeting.

"Alright Greengrasses," Leopold Arquette slid into his seat, "thank you for coming."

"What do you think is going on?" Clarene whispered to her younger brother, "I hope everything is alright."

I'm sure it's all well," Daniel reassured her, "let's wait and see."

"What did you call us for?" Victor asked bluntly, "we do have essays to write. You yourself assigned a two page one due in two days."

"I wanted to talk to you three about something," Leopold sighed, "it's going to shake up your world, so I felt it was only fair that I discuss it with you first."

"You can't possibly mean what I think you mean," Layla gasped, having guessed what her professor's intention was.

"I intend to ask your mother to marry me," Leopold continued, ignoring the gaping mouths of his students, "and I intend to do it some time after Yule. I want to get on her cousins' good sides first. I really should have proposed first, but I wanted to have a conversation with you three first. I don't want you to feel as if I'm flipping everything around, and that you aren't considered in the decision making process. If any of you have a problem or concern, I want to discuss it now, so we don't have to throw hands later. I want to be clear, I'm not asking for permission, I'm just getting you three adjusted to the idea."

"That was very good of him," Antiope smiled softly, "making sure that the kids are comfortable with the new addition is very important."

"I approve," Clarene proclaimed, "Leopold has won my approval to marry our Larissa. I'm sure future me will approve as well. Honestly, I never would have thought that one of my classmates would marry one of my English cousins. The world works in mysterious ways."