Well, of course he was studying. NEWTs were a mere four months away and Elphias had loads of Defense material to read up on for the Order. And it was Saturday! Saturday--like Sunday--was an 'S' day and was therefore meant to be a study day. Honestly, like Gilbert had once said after an exceptionally long weekend before the Potion OWL, why else would the days start with an 'S' if not for studying?
Furthermore, Elphias Doge was the absolute last person at Hogwarts who would actually care about the outcome of a Quidditch match. He hadn't even known there was a match against Slytherin that day so when the Ravenclaw common room had erupted in celebration not twenty minutes ago he reasoned that someone had learned that they aced the brutal Runes oral from earlier in the week or the entire lot had simply gone completely mad. Then he promptly had removed himself and his Astronomy charts back to the 7th year dorm room to read them in peace--well, near-peace anyway.
Elphias was focused on arcing his compass between two stars of Leo Minor when a sudden attack of three loud knocks on the room's door made him jerk around. Eyes wide from the shock of the noise, it took him a moment to realize he recognized the voice as Phoebe. It was a very, very enthusiastic Phoebe. He supposed she had seemed rather excited on the journal about Quidditch, but he hadn't quite expected her to be...so loud.
"Uh--" Elphias started to invite Phoebe in but hesitated.
Could he have a girl...in here? Of course he knew she could walk into the room (unlike boys who tried to venture to the girl dorm rooms) but for one reason or another, he had a feeling it would be awkward. Well, it wasn't as if they could just go to the common room instead. Bugger.
"Yeah--uh--come in!" he finally managed to call to her. Elphias felt his nerves start to brace for her entrance and he quickly turned his attention back to Leo Minor, frowning when he saw that the compass had stabbed straight through Praecipua.
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