#19 Unconventional Picnic

Stairs.

Of course there would be stairs. Ryan grumbled as he made his way to the top of the Astronomy Tower, where Joe said they would be having a picnic soon. That confused him, because weren't picnics normally outside? And it was such a lovely day, too. He'd have to ask about that.

Ryan sighed, having lowered his textbook along the way. He'd walked into a wall, twice, then a scary older Gryffindor who got angry about it, and then the worst moment of his entire Hogwarts career so far -- wandering head-first into a suit of armour, that made the loudest possible noise known to armour-kind. Thankfully, it hadn't toppled over or anything, but Ryan was convinced he'd died on the spot from sheer humiliation.

He'd ran the rest of the way, not daring to read from his textbook until he was somewhere safe. A lucky thing too, as he wasn't convinced he wouldn't have just accidentally walked right off the tower at this rate. It really was such a bad place for a picnic. For one, he got nauseous just being near the edge, and two -- well, everything else he'd already thought.

Who had the idea? He bet it was Toby, as Joe seemed a bit more... what was the word? Ryan just figured it seemed more like a Toby idea. But whoever's idea it was, neither of them were here yet. For a moment, he panicked he'd gotten the wrong tower or they were tricking him, but Ryan calmed himself down by sitting on the middle of the floor. He lowered his gaze back to his textbook, glad he at least had something to pass the time with while he waited.