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[Muireann Sheenan]

Muireann quickly wrote it down, she didn't care if the end result of the essay looked very neat. as long as the words she wrote was the right one, then her writing skills didn't matter, at least not if you asked her. "How come it make more sense when you tell me how, then when Prof. Beckett tells me?" she asked and looked at Nora with a wonder in her eyes. "You should be the proffessor, not him, you make it so much easier"

[Nóirín Sheenan]

Nora blushed sligthly because of Muireann's compliment. She could sort of understand her sister, Transfiguration was not exactly an easy class, and a lot of students were confused by the things they had to learn. Nora herself had the same feelings for some classes.

" Perhaps you do not pay enough attention?" Nora asked playfully her sister and gave her a smile.

[Muireann Sheenan]

Muireann sighed. she knew she probably wasn't paying enough attention if you asked her professor, but she was bored during classes, it was more fun to talk with the other girls. "But it is boring." she said, hoping Nora would tell her a way to get out of school.

[Nóirín Sheenan]

Nora sighed. Muireann could still not understand that her education would benefit her in the future. " It may be boring, but it will be extremly useful to know that stuff in the future, Muireann." Nora said to her sister with a serious voice. She wanted her sisters have a better future and that wouldn't happen if Muireann was not trying hard enough.

[Muireann Sheenan]

Muireann nodded, she knew it was right, but she couldn't exactly see a bright future after school. "I know, but how many do you see get a happier life after school?" she said and looked a little annoyed at all the still need to be written essays she had

[Nóirín Sheenan]

Nora looked at her sister for a minute, trying to find an answer to her quiestion. Muireann was somehow right. Even those with a proper education sometimes just could not find a good job. Both of her parents were smart, but neither of them had an especially prestigious occupation.

" Well, if I ended up living on the streets I would at least want to know some basic spells. Like how to make a fire or something like that." Nora finally replied. "Or, well, you could always use the amortentia on someone." Someone rich, preferably.

[Muireann Sheenan]

Muireann laughed a little. she had heard about the amortentia potion, even though she didn't knew how to make it. "Who knows if I ever get that far in Potion? besides, I would still prefer to marry out of love." she said softly, a little bit dreamy.

[Nóirín Sheenan]

Nora was not sure if she really wanted to marry out of love. Sometimes, poverty killed even love. She did not want to marry someone who could not bring up children. She did not want her children to suffer because she didn't have enough money to feed them and buy them clothes. Sib was one of the few lucky ones who got to marry out of love someone rich.

" I think I wouldn't mind marrying a Middle Class man who respects me." Nora said. She was not sure if she valued love more than her comfort. Truth to be told, she didn't really want to be an upper class lady. Only the clothes seemed nice when it came to that life style. Middle Class people seemed to have it better, they were conciderable free, they could actually marry out of love and they didn't have to starve to death because of the lack of money.

[Muireann Sheenan]

Muireann thought a little about it, once again Nora seemed to be right. "At least I still have some years." she said. Muireann hoped they could close the subject and get back to the essays. she found the next parchment and started reading, hoping she could figure out what to write, and with Nora's help make it sound just a little bit clever.

[Nóirín Sheenan]

In Nora's opinion, lower class girls had a longer childhood. Upper Class girls were usually betrothed in a young age, usually to someone ten or twenty years older than them. They could not really enjoy their childhood, because their mothers wanted them to be the perfect little ladies from a young age. The Sheenan girls never had much, but at least they grew up like normal children.

Muireann put another piece of parchment. Well, that was going to be a really long afternoon, seeing that Muireann wanted Nora's help for all of her essays. " What's this one about?"

[Muireann Sheenan]

"Potions, it's not the worst." she said softly. Muirean preferred potions, because she just had to do what stood in her books, instead of imagine the things she had to do. She was safely in the middle of most of her classes, but she really hated transfiguration.

[Nóirín Sheenan]

Nora's best class was certainly not potions. She was good at it, or at least she tried to be good, but she was certainly better at classes which required more wandwork. " Well, that won't be thaat hard." Nora commented with a shrug.

[Muireann Sheenan]

"I still think it's easier." she said with a smile. she looked at Nora, she had a feeling that Nora would prefer to go out and be herself. "Nora, you really don't have to help me.. I figure it out," she said and looked waitingly at Nora

[Nóirín Sheenan]

" No, no, we can do this." Nora replied to her sister with a reassuring nod. She didn't really have to do something today, so it was not that she wasted time helping her sister. Besides, it was rather fun spending time with Muireann. Nora was not especially close to her younger sisters and she was glad when she got to spend some time with them.

[Muireann Sheenan]

Muireann looked at Nora with smiling eyes. she pushed more of the parchment towards Nora, so she could choose which they should do next. meanwhile she wrote finishing notes about her potions essay, so she could finish it up, without missing any of the things she had thought about she wanted to write in the essay