Chase wasn't about to complain about being paired with Ivy considering he'd missed being the Ginger's partner.  Ash or Tessa would have been better, but Ivy wasn't so bad.  She was pretty and quiet and he didn't have to be her best fucking friend to do a project about... what?  He looked at the board again and was pleased to see that at least it was something interesting however it was both amusing and worrisome that Tessa and Ash would be working together.  Ashby could be expected to make an effort in front of his Uncle but nobody knew what Tessa was thinking anymore.

He grabbed a pair of books and set one on the desk in front of Ivy as he slid into the seat beside her and sighed a little impatiently at the situation in general.  "Quotes from the Prophet would probably be useful, though I don't know if we can get a hold of one.  I'll go to the library after class and find out."  She was a Ravenclaw, he hoped she'd at least pull her weight on the project because his grades had been slipping and it was only now beginning to bother him.