Oh Fiddlesticks! (ISO: Professor Banner)

[Alloy Alloy]

Professor Olivia Johnson was having a good day, until she accidentaly ran into some students passing her office, making her drop her things: five different books, her wand, a massive stack of papers, some quills, and a ink bottle of red marking ink. "O-o-oh fiddlesticks!" she exclaimed, getting to her knees to pick up her things while the student ignored the fact they had made their professor drop everything and not going over to help.

[ring_junkie]

John saw the students give a small laugh at what they had done, and that was what made him annoyed. "Hey!" he called them back, shoving his hands into his jacket pockets and taking a strong, authorititave pose at the end of the corridor, his eyebrows levelled in a frown. "Ye could at least apologise te Professor Johnson, even if ye won't help her pick up her things!" he said sternly. Though a Hufflepuff, Professor John Banner was a force to be reckoned with, and the students knew that - despite the fact that he had only been teaching at the school for two days. Grumbling in assent, they walked over and piled up Professor Johnson's things for her, but did nothing more, marching resolutely off, muttering under their breath.

"What was that?" John demanded, his head following one of them as he passed him. "I asked you what ye said," he said, voice lower in tone, more threatening. The student repeated the offensive language he had used, and one of John's eyebrows rose. "Detention, Friday night. Up in the Astronomy Tower - you'll be cleanin' all of the telescopes, by hand. Hopfully you'll wash out yer mouth at the same time. Now move," he ordered, pointing the way the student had previously been headed until he had been called back.

"You okay, Olivia?" he asked, stooping and helping her pick up the things the students had left so helpfully on the floor. "...I swear - their behaviour gets worse every day," he remarked, then grinned, "but I've only been here all of, what... two days? so I probably don't know the half of it. John Banner, by the way... I dunnae think we've met." He held out his hand, tucking the books and parchment he had picked up under one arm. "And if ye were wonderin' how I know yer name - I read it on the list of staff."

[Alloy Alloy]

Olivia had managed to pick up some of the things that had dropped as well. Getting back to her feet she looked at John. She tucked some of her blonde hair behind her ear, and shook his hand. "Nice to m-meet you Professor Banner." she said, and cursed menatlly at her little stammering problem. She looked at her things underneath his arm, and then looked back up at him. "Thank you," she said, going to take her things. "Y-you're right, y-you don't know the half o-of it." Olivia stopped, and looked back up at him,"Sorry. T-that was a bit harsh."

[ring_junkie]

"You too," he replied.

John gave her one of his trademark grins, handing her back her stuff carefully so that it wouldn't all come tumbling to the floor again as she apologised for what she had said. "Nah..." he said, shrugging and wrinkling his nose momentarily to tell her that she didn't need to say sorry. "It wasnae particularly harsh. I'm a complete novice compared to you... know nothin' about teachin' in this place, and it's been a while since I was a student here, but I daresay I'm catchin' on pretty quick," he said with another grin, referring to his handling of the students a few moments ago. At times, John made statements that - to some people - might sound a little arrogant, but he didn't mean them to be. It was just the truth. Two days ago, he wouldn't have known how to deal with that student, but after a couple of days in the school, he was feeling very much at home. Teaching had definitely been a good decision for him. "Oh... and call me John, would ye? Professor still sounds too formal to me - I've reserved it for students only."

On the subject of being formal, his appearance could have been very formal, if it hadn't been for his black converse trainers, messed up hair, and the way his tie was a little loose - not to mention the fact that his shirt was sometimes hanging out, reminiscent of his schoolboy days.

[Alloy Alloy]

"Uh.. Right... J-John." she said with a smile, taking hold of her things. "Well... Umm..." she said, backing up a little. She didn't know what to say, and he was new to the school, so he was new to her. That made him someone to add to her list of whom to get to know. She didn't want to have to say right then "okay. well see ya later."

((hope that made sense))

[ring_junkie]

John gave her a smile. She was shy - he could tell that from a mile off - whereas he was quite outgoing, and found it a little awkward to talk to shy people, though sometimes he enjoyed their company, especially when he was in a rather talkative mood. But shy people, he found, were very good listeners. "Erm... yeah," he replied with a small shrug. "Listen - ye need anythin', don't hesitate te ask, righ'? I know I'm new and everythin' but I can still make a good cuppa, and I'm always free to talk - it's what I do," he said with another grin. "I'll always be up in the Astronomy Tower if I'm not anywhere else. Oh... and I may just randomly turn up and ask for help if I get stuck with anythin'. That okay?" He gave a sheepish laugh.

[Alloy Alloy]

Olivia nodded,"Yes, of course. S-Sorry, I'm not much of a p-person to meet. I'm s-shy until I know ya."

[ring_junkie]

"Nah... you're great," he grinned. "And anyway, until that time, I can talk for both of us," he shrugged. "Honestly, once I get goin' I hardly ever stop - ye shouldnae let me keep talkin' like this 'cause I'll only build up momentum and carry on until you're so tired of me natterin' on about nothin' in particular that you'll have walked off." He gave another small laugh. "Trust me - normally people have to fight their way into a conversation with me," he said, still grinning. This was a bit of an exaggeration, but it didn't matter.

John liked the people around him to be happy, and if they weren't, he would cheer them up by any means possible. It was just how he was. And if that included making a fool out of himself, then that didn't matter one jot to him - many people already thought he was weird; what difference did a few more make?

[Alloy Alloy]

Olivia smiled and laughed one of those school girl laughs, which was a habit from school. "S-Same here. I sometimes can't s-stop talking either. Just ask my brother, P-Profesor T. Johnson."

[ring_junkie]

"Oh... he's your brother?" he repeated, blinking, and then giving a laugh and a sheepish grin. "I'm sorry, I read his name up on the wall there in the staff room and I thought he was your husband...!" That was just like him. "Sorry... I didnae know that."

[Alloy Alloy]

Olivia gave a look of shock,"O-oh.. N-no. He's my brother. That's a first." She laughed. "It's all right, just a common m-mistake that anyone would m-make."

[ring_junkie]

"I'll remember that one," he laughed, then gave a small sigh. "Anyway... I'd better be off - gotta unpack all my stuff in my office, make myself more at home, et cetera... the boxes have been sittin' there since I arrived - I never got round to it."

[Alloy Alloy]

Olivia nodded,"All right. I-I'll see you a-around." She smiled and walked a few more feet before entering her own office.

[ring_junkie]

"See ya," he said, giving her a friendly smile and a small wave before he turned on his heel and headed for his office, struggling to remember where exactly it was.

((End, i think.))

[Alloy Alloy]

((yeah cause my brain hurts to much to think what they could do together... in this thread. LOL!.. .wow.. it was a short one but that's all right..))