Paul has like no time to freak out about Sylvia right now. OWLs negate that. Also, Naoko is probably the only reason he passed Potions (...barely. Oh so barely. Practical, at least). He was also muttering Quidditch teams to himself during the entire exam, because that's what he named his cards. He didn't do spectacularly, but he dragged through. And amazingly enough was able to slice things without making them oblongish. He isn't under the effect of the song thing, as he has no clue why Sylvia is being weird since he was JUST TRYING TO HELP. Paul also has been studying. And going "MAC THERE IS NO TIME TO BLANK OUT MAN". I'm pretty certain he will send Naoko all the biscuits she could ever want, and his family will probably be "what, really?" in a totally surprised fashion when he says he passed. Making him go "D: D: D: YES OF COURSE I TOLD YOU I WOULD GET BETTER". 'better' for Paul apparently means 'less deadly' rather than actually being reasonably competent. Don't rain on his parade, though. :[
Since his problem is mostly over-enthusiasm or panic or totally forgetting what he's doing from sheer OH YAY POTIONS ♥ (weirdly he likes it, although he knows he fails) Naoko's Ninja Orders to stay calm actually helped. Explaining things in a Ninja manner = Paul is more likely to listen.
He is such a dork. I don't even have an explanation for his dorkiness.
Rhiannon is still irritated by the song. I don't think it would bug her so much if she hadn't noticed she was doing it, tried the usual methods to get it out of her head, and found it impossible. It's just mocking her. I am fairly certain she is in some sort of karmic circle of mocking with James, who is laughing at her unhelpfully, much like she did at the Gryffindor/Slytherin match. Otherwise she's making use of the lack of classes to read/study, although her own exams are lolworthy, since they aren't NEWTs or OWLs.
Nora was also effected by the song thing, but doesn't mind. She's humming happily, and assumes it is stuck in her head because the concert was
that awesome. She's sort of being quiet because she's a bit D: about Rory + Ewan leaving and doesn't want to bother them during NEWTs.
Molly is writing her epicly long Concerned Letter, which I have to take breaks from occasionally. She also apparently is helping Victoire with care packages, or something.
AND THAT'S AN UPDATE. Not that anyone needs to know BUT I FELT LIKE IT.
And now I'm taking Annie to see Up. ♥ WE'RE NOT TOO OLD OKAY OMG.