Late [any student]

[Shelby Crescent]

"No, I got it." Shell frowns a little at a house elf as they both battled to open the freezer. It was early in the morning, Shell guessing about one or two; who honestly knew right now. She was stuck here grading last minute turn in star charts from her students. If they turned their work in on time, then I could be at home in my warm bed, but no they all assume I have no life. she thought as she finally won and took a cart of rocky road ice cream out of the freezer.

The house elf faintly glares at her as she then walked over to grab a spoon, some chocolate syrup and nuts to sprinkle over the top. Rolling her eyes a bit at him, Shell sat on the counter indian-style on the surface before taking a huge bite from her spoon. "Mmmm. I needed that after all that tonight." she says as she continued taking smaller bites now.

[Melissa Ortiz]

Tick Tock. Tick. She laid in her bed staring up at the dark ceiling. Hearing the clock strike one. She had been studying all afternoon. Writing essay after essay. You would think that after finishing all that work. You think that she would of been dead tired. But here she was laying in her bed wide awake. She had missed dinner just to finish up all those assignments. She sighed softly as she continued staring at the ceiling and hearing the soft breathing of her roommates. She sat up looking around as if she could see. Reaching over to her side table she turned on a lamp. She grabbed her slippers and a sweater. Turning off the light as she crept out of her room.

She slipped on her sweater over her pajamas and walked down the stairs as quietly as she could. She bit her lip as she noticed a prefect strolling around. She took a deep breath as she reached the portrait hole and slipped out into the hallway. She began walking slowly, cautiously. She didn't know who was around at this time of night. She grabbed her stomach as it growled with hunger. She shook her head. Knowing that she should of went to dinner. She would be creeping in the dark castle if it weren't for her not setting aside her work for a bite to eat. It seemed like forever after she finally arrived at the kitchens. She stared at the portrait of the fruit bowl and tickled the pear. She watched as the entrance swung open and she stepped inside.

She saw the scurrying kitchen elves as they darted back and forth. She looked at the person sitting on the counter. She couldn't tell who it was since they were facing the opposite direction. She took a couple of steps as she headed toward the mysterious blonde. She smiled at the elves as one of them approached her."Oh, can you please get me a cheeseburger and fries, glass of water and a chocolate sundae."She smiled as the elves nodded while she went to take a seat at the counter.