There were entirely too many cranky people in the world, or so Adela had decided that afternoon while walking, no more like briskly jogging, from her Potions class after her and her partner had accidentally caused their pot to start dancing and shooting things out of it. How they'd done that, she'd never know but Slughorn probably did and he seemed quite annoyed with her and the other Hufflpuff so instead of arguing that they needed to stay and help, they heeded his strongly worded 'Get out!' and scurried from the dungeons. Though why he was so cranky was beyond her since other students had done far worse things but maybe this wasn't a good day for him. They had been some of the last students in the room so it wasn't like anyone was bound to get hurt except for them…she'd just have to kill him with kindness later to make up for it. Maybe she'd bake him some cookies or a cake! She'd probably be accused later by the rest of the cranky-pants population that she had some brown on her nose but she didn't care. She wanted to make Slughorn feel better especially because that vein in his forehead made it look like he'd have high blood pressure all week if someone didn't try to calm him down. Or maybe just a hug. Hugs were powerful things.

But thankfully that was her last class for the day so Del made her way down to her common room, tempted to grab something from the kitchens but she decided she'd wait and just eat a large dinner instead of snacking now. She meandered on up to her dormitory, greeting a few people along the way but not anyone she simply HAD to stay and chat with. Her nails had to be painted at some point that afternoon and right now was as good a time as any.

She opened the door to find Miriam sitting on her bed, not doing anything…just sitting there sort of bouncing on the mattress looking rather giddy.

"Well hello there Mim," she greeted with a smile. "You look cute. I've always liked that cap." She set her bag down by her trunk and flopped down on her bed, rolling onto her back so she was staring at the top of her canopy before she turned to look at Mim. "I think Slughorn might try to turn me into some sort of frothy tea next class…Ooo or maybe he'll slip a potion into my drink at dinner that will turn my skin all polka dotted or something. I think I'd look good with polka dot print but it depends on the color really. If it was, say, purple I'd probably look like a grape because let's face it, my skin is a bit pasty as it is and adding to it would just not be attractive…" She would continue to ramble unless stopped.