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Professor Smith wasn't in a good mood, he could have been somewhere else like telling Blinky off, but instead he had to make sure that Penny didn't decided to hit another student again, he was really annoyed that she thought that he wouldn't see it, well anyway she'd wish she hadn't done what she had when he had finished with her.
Penny walked into the room and looked around. The Professor was already here and she was a little apprehensive as to what this detention would entail. She still wasn't quite sure why she had gotten detention. The entire class had been laughing so why had she been singled out? He couldn't be punishing her for something a house elf had done. That would be totally unfair. Oh well. This was something she was going to face with her head held high and the sooner it started the sooner she could put it behind her.
Professor Smith used his wand to make Penny's wand disappear, she would find it safe at her bedside later but for now she wouldn't know where it was. "Now can you tell me why you are here?"
Penny stepped fully into the room and deposited her bag on a chair. While peeling off her jacket she noticed her wand had disappeared. Pausing for a moment she thought about it and came to only one conclusion: the Professor had taken it. Merlin help her. At his question she straightened up and looked him in the eye.
"Actually sir I don't. I suppose it could be cause I was laughin' but so was evry'one else. So to be honest I'm quite baffled."
Okay so this girl wanted to do it the hard way. "10 points from Ravenclaw." Professor Smith snapped. "If you don't want me to make it 100 you can tell me why, you think it is okay to go around hitting other students." Okay so she had just poked JD in the ribs, but still it was attacking another student and he wasn't going to allow people to do that.
What?! Penny reined in her temper and bit back the reply that had sprung to her lips. She could always make up the points later. She couldn't understand why he was getting so angry with her, she was usually really good with teachers. Then as he spoke it hit her and she had to count to 10 all over again. She ran an agitated hand through her hair.
"Profehssor JD is my boyfriend and more often then not he gets in trouble for things like this. Evin in a room full of laughing kids he's tha one that gits singled out. I was tryin' to get 'im to settle so that he wouldn't git another detention. I promise you I didn' hurt 'im." Well that was her explanation and he could take it or leave it. Although she did feel compelled to add a bit more.
"I'm not makin' excuses mind you. I'm here to serve my detention and will do so without complaint I just wanted you to know what my reasoning behind this was." Again she stood tall and waited for his next comment. She didn't think she belonged here but she was perfectly ready to do what needed to be done. She wanted to make sure that message came across loud and clear.
Ryan looked at Penny, this wasn't an interesting story. "Maybe I should send a message to your head of house and see if they can get the true story out of you." Professor Smith wasn't happy with Penny and she wasn't going to like the detention once it got going, he was going to make her clean the wall with a toothbrush.
"BLINKY!" Ryan called out. "I want you to take a message to the Ravenclaw Head of House."
Blinky appeared and listened to his master and then bowed, well so far he hadn't said anything about the face incident which was a good thing because he didn't seem happy about something. "Is master having trouble with girl, I could draw on her face and then she'd behave." Blinky bowed, "But first i'll go find the Ravenclaw Head of House."
Ryan Smith looked at Blinky and listened to what he said, that wasn't a bad idea but he wasn't sure if the Headmistress would let him allow something to happen like that but before he could say anything to Blinky he had gone to find the Ravenclaw Head of House which was good because it meant that he would soon be able to tell them what Penny had been doing and all her excuses as to why she misbehaved in class and then he could get down to making her clean the walls with a toothbrush and a bucket of water.
Penny couldn't believe it! The Professor actually thought she was telling a story! Involuntarily her arms crossed over her chest and her hip popped out. No one liked being called a liar least of all a girl with southern values. For the third time since walking in this room she had to rein in her temper.
"Professor I assure," She spoke quite clearly trying hard not to sound too angry, "I am telling you the truth. My Daddy taught me better then that nor would I disrespect you or myself by doin' so. And I resent bein' called one, sir." After all she hadn't ever given him a reason to believe that she would tell anything other then the truth.
Ryan looked at Penny and listened to her, good she wasn't changing her story so maybe it was the truth but if JD was like Penny said then she should leave him to learn his lesson on his own, a few detentions would stop him laughing in class or didn't the idiotic girl standing in front of him realise that.
He was really annoyed when Penny spoke next, he had to reign in his temper otherwise Ravenclaw might have lost 10000 points, instead he looked at Penny and took out his wand and made a bucket or water and toothbrush appear. "I want this room spotless."
Penny looked at the bucket of water and toothbrush and had to work very hard to keep her incredulity from showing on her face. As punishments went it wasn't the most inventive that she had heard of but it was down right cruel. But she wouldn't show him any of that, instead her face remained impassive as she took off her sweat shirt and rolled up her sleeves. She couldn't count the number of times she had had to do this to the stables back home. Except then it had been a scrub brush but the concept was the same.
Penny picked up the toothbrush and went to scrubbing, she even started to hum while she worked. She wasn't sure what Professor Smith's aim was here but he would not cow her. She still firmly believe that she hadn't done anything wrong but was willing to meet the consequences head on. He had made this personal though by even suggesting that she was lying. Penny was not taking that sitting down.
So the red headed Ravenclaw attacked the wall with her little toothbrush determined to defend her dignity and values with single minded ferocity. Humming while she worked.
Professor Smith quickly casted a silence spell on Penny. "No humming whilst you are working, or I'll make you scrub the entire castle." Was that actually allowed because if it was then serious that would save the house elves some work and well they would be happy with the extra help, maybe if Penny didn't behave he could have a work with the Headmistress about making Penny act like an House Elf for a month or if that wasn't allowed a week and if that still wasn't allowed then a day would just as much do the trick but he would rather it be a week.
Penny never paused in her work and didn't stop humming. He may have silenced her but she could still sing and hum in her head. Slowly but surely she was making her way along the wall. It was amazing how her temper was still smoldering. When had Professor Smith decided he didn't like her and why? That didn't matter at this point, Penny was just determined to get through this punishment with her dignity in tact. He could do whatever he wanted but he wasn't going to beat her.
Before she knew it she was at the corner and working on her second wall. She had started to slow down and get tired. Her mind went back to her conversation with the Professor and her internal fire burned bright again. Her sore muscles forgotten she went back to attack the wall with single minded relish.
Professor Smith took of the Silence charm and then with a wave of his wand he made the cleaning equipment disappear. "Now will you tell me why you thought J.D needed to be attacked?" Okay so they were boyfriend and girlfriend but still a student shouldn't attack another and Professor Smith was going to make sure that Penny knew that.
Almost done with wall number two, she thought. Penny was fixing to start on her third wall when her cleaning supplies disappeared. The Ravenclaw looked at her hands and was mildly surprised to find that her knuckles were cracked and bleeding. Ghe Processor's question pulled her from her inspection of her hands. She crossed her arms over her chest effectively hiding hef injured hands. No way was she showing any weakness at this point. Penny sighed.
"Professor I wasn't attackin JD. It was a slight poke in the ribs. I was trying to get him to stop his laughin cause more.often thsn not he gets targeted and blamed in situations like this. I would never attack JD or do anythin that would hurt him." Her tone was calm and level. Maybe she would believe her the second time around.
Professor Smith looked at Penny and smiled. "Well If that's what you say then I guess I will have to believe you but don't let me see you doing it again." Professor Smith was feeling a bit sorry for Penny now, "Let me see your hands please." He was sure he had seen them bleeding and if they were he'd best heal them or send her to the Healer.
With some effort Penny managed to hold in the sigh of relief that she felt at Professor Ryan's words. Instead she maintained as cool a look as she could manage. It was difficult at this.point because her hands were throbbing. Her eyes jumped to his face as he mentioned her hands. Had he been reading her thoughts?
Slowly she extracted her hands which were shaking amd definitely bleeding. She held them out for his inspection. Penny seriously hoped he was going to say something smug about her hands, if he did she doubted she could stop herself from strangling him.
Professor Smith looked at Penny and smiled, maybe he had been a bit too hard on her with the punishment but she had to learn her lesson and it seemed like she had, with a flick of his wand, her hands where healed, they weren't that bad and he knew that he could heal them himself so why bother the Healer.
Professor Smith smiled at Penny. "I'm sorry if you think I pushed you too hard, but you shouldn't attack another student, let a Professor deal with them next time okay?"
Sighing in relief Penny inspected her newly healed hands. The pain had vanished immediately and she flexed her hands appreciatively. She was certainly glad that she hadn't had to do the entire room. Penny glanced at the Professor and nodded. At this point she was just ready to be back in Ravenclaw tower. The thought of curling up with JD made her antzy to be on her way.
Professor Smith looked at Penny and sighed, why was she making this difficult. "Penny, is there something you want to say before I let you go?" Seriously he was going to get to her problem before they both left this room.