Flitwick did his best to hide his laughter. [i "I would say Peeves is...harmlessly mischievous?"]

[i "Harmless?"] Umbridge shrieked. [i "He tried to dunk me in a toilet!"]

Bennett burst out laughing and then clapped a hand over his mouth. [i "To be fair, I'm sure the students were not aware of what Peeves might do. Who better to give you a tour than one of our resident ghosts?"] Flitwick tried to diffuse the situation.

keeva looked away and studied her textbook listening to the pink nightmare's high pitched growling about she and bennett tricking her earlier. "to be fair, we did try to help you, peeves is just a little... well...." she interjected and looked up at her shrugging slightly. "professor flitwick, what's a good word for peeves?"

[b "Well that's not good,'] he followed her eyeline.

[i "Professor Umbridge, how can I be of assistance?"] Flitwick immediately looks wary.

She smiled at him proudly and said. "Good job." She paused seeing a very angry umbridge standing outside the classroom window.

Bennett shook his head clear of distractions and took a breath. [b "Alright. Here we go."]

With as much confidence as he could muster, he uttered the curse and watched as her entire leg disappeared. [b "Yes!"] he threw a fist in the air.

She giggled and smiled up at him. "You are such a flirt." She teased. "You can do it."

He puts a hand dramatically on his heart. [b "How can I clear my mind when I'm looking at such a masterpiece?"] he said theatrically.

she smiled and said. "you gotta remember to clear your mind when you're doing spells."

He took a breath and tried again. He managed to make at least up to her knee disappear. [b "Better than nothing,"] he looks proud.

she smiled gently and kissed his cheek. "relax, ben. try to clear your mind first and then do the spell."

Bennett muttered the curse again, but made her leg flash with polka dots. [b "Goddamnit!"] he dropped his wand to the desk. [b "The spell doesn't roll off the tongue with this accent. It's like Ron with the whole Leviosa issue!"]

[i "Don't bring me into your failure,"] countered the redhead, successfully completing the spell on Harry.

she gave it to him and looked up at him curiously.

[b "Love you too,"] he grinned. [b "Now hold your foot out, I'm gonna make it disappear."]

she winked at him and kissed him happily. "i love you."

[b "That can be taken two very different ways, and I promise you that I've taken it both,"] he grinned.