Harriet Roswell and the School of Witchcraft

Chapter 13

Lessons began at 9. Breakfast began at 8 for first years. Lessons for second years began at 10 and breakfast was at 9. Third years could get their breakfast from 9:30/10:00. Harriet had set her alarm to gently go off at 8:00. Originally she had been planning to get up at 8:30, and to quickly get dress but there was only 5 showers in the bathroom. Which would be perfectly fine if there was an orderly way to use the shower, however Harriet suspected what might happen with the showers would be the same thing to happen the first time she went camping. Everyone awakes at the same time, and a queue for the shower heads out the door.

Harriet woke up at 6:30am when Diana's alarm beeped. Then she woke up at 6:40 when it beeped for a second time, Diana did however collect her items and leave the dorm at that time. She woke up again at 7:30 when Lemony's alarm went off, and then, when sleep wouldn't come, she turned off her alarm and got up at 7:45. She picked up her bag she had planned for the night before and went to the bathroom, walking past the rest of her sleeping dorm.

There was a queue, it was a queue of 1 other person, so not too much trouble. She was a mess. Her dark brown hair knotted into a bobble, glasses on wonky, and dried crispy drool covered the side of her face. Disgusting! She thought it was kind of cute.

"Morning." Harriet tried, the friendliest she'd ever been this early in the morning.

"It sure is." She said and Olivia came out the shower, and she went in.

"Hello Harriet" she said grinning.

"Morning" Harriet said, turns out she wasn't ready to be that friendly.

"The water pressure in this place is to die for" Olivia said pulling a towel off her hair and turning on one of the hair dryers so Harriets reply was drowned out.

Breakfast was almost too wholesome, yogurt with fruit and oats with toast and jam. Harriet was pleasantly surprised to find they did serve tea, coffee and juice in the morning. She picked up a mini-tea pot and a tinier milk jug, with her cup and glass of orange juice. Someone behind her was complaining.

"Why can't I get a pot of coffee?"

"You're not having that much caffeine, if you want a second cup of coffee you have to line up again, or go to your form room."

"Can I take a cup of coffee, and a pot of tea."

"Yes."

"I'm taking juice too."

"I physically can't stop you." A tired caterer said.

Harriet took her seat at the same table she sat at the day before, opposite Lemony. Diana was there slowly drinking her juice and reading something on her phone.

"Hiya."

"Hey." Lemony said, as Romero joined the table, his coffee, teapot and juice rattling, their hair a mess and clothes crinkled.

"God, what time where you getting up Diana? What was that 2am?"

"It was quarter to seven. I got dressed properly. Did you get up 5 seconds ago?" Diana asked sharply.

"Mmm, mmm" Romero said shaking their head in a circle both to mean yes, and to mean no "breakfast is the most important meal of the day, if there's time I can have a shower later. If not I can just go to class."

"Thats mean!" Lemony said thoroughly disappointed.

"Mean?" Romero said confused "how?"

"People won't be able to unsmell you later!" Lemony said.

"Are you saying I smell?" Romero challenged.

"Bitch I would smell if I didn't have a shower." Lemony said.

"Bitch is a gendered word don't use it."

"The other swears are too mean for this early in the morning" Lemony said and tucked into her yogurt.

"Listen" Romero said taking a sip of his coffee "I just forgot to set me alarm" he sips his tea "I'm sorry, I'll remember to set it for the rest of the year" Romero gulps back their juice.

"Okay. It's early, sorry, I'm just in a mood. Can I tell y'all something really gross? I've got to get it out my system." Lemony said.

"How gross?" Harriet asked.

"Super."

"I don't want to know then" Harriet said "I mean, I am eating my breakfast."

"There was a queue at the girls bathrooms, it was only small but the boy's bathrooms had two empty showers. So I thought, you know what, I'd use that one since I can, to help my fellow gals." Lemony said gesturing with her hands.

"Thank you" Harriet nodded.

"Right?" Lemony said "but when I was in the shower and... and the boys, or other... I - they were wanking in there." Harriets face turned to horror, Diana turned with disgust, even Romero's mouth hung open.

"And they were being real noisy about it."

"Lemony! Thats too gross!" Diana yelped.

"How do y'think I feel, I was in the shower next to them!"

"Mmm. I'm usually stick to the guys, but I'm going to use the girls showers today." Romero shrugged.

"Don't wank in them" Diana said sternly. Romero grinned.

"I wasn't going to."

"Hopefully we'll learn to curse them in spellcasting." Harriet said.

"Aww, bit tough don't you think?" Romero asked. Harriet thought for a second.

"No."

"You know what, I can get behind a bit of wrath" Diana said with a smile, that seemed to make her glow.

"I'm not cursing people, I'm here to be friendly and peaceful." Lemony said.

"Hmm okay." Harriet said rolling her eyes.

"Are you not here to be peaceful?" Lemony asked.

"Not particularly" and as Lemony gave a shocked gasp, and disappointed gaze Harriet added "but maybe I should give folks second chances."