You're Still Standing By This Sinner's Side.

"Yeah," he agreed. "I don't want to fight with you. I never do. It just... It happens sometimes, because we do see things differently." He was quiet for a moment, looking down at his feet still. "I'm just really stressed this year already. With OWLs and the war and our parents..."

"If you ever need help with your classes, I can help," she offered. Because she should know it all, considering she'd passed her OWLs the year before. Though, she'd likely forgotten bits over the summer. "The other two..." she frowned and sighed. "We just... have to wait out and see how it goes really. There isn't anything we can do about them."

"Yeah..." he agreed softly. "Although, we both know that I won't need your help with coursework. It's easy enough stuff for me."

She smiled at him. "Yeah, you'll go fine, but I thought I should offer just in case. Even knowing it, it's a bit... much, sometimes. Lot of work. But, that's expected really."

"It's OWLs, of course it's a lot of work. It can't be a walk in the park if they expect good results from us in the end. That would be absolutely ridiculous. But I'm sure it won't be too overwhelming."

She nodded again. "I'm sure you'll be fine. You've always gone well with your classes. I'm really not looking forward to next year, but, sixth year should be okay."

"But just think, you're almost done and then you get to go off and do what you'd like to do instead of what people tell you to do."

Vanna smiled slightly. "That's going to be nice, once I completely figure out what I want to do at any rate," she made a slightly worried face and shrugged. "Still got time, kind of."