Which is one reason I like him so much. I was always the slowest member of the softball team, no matter how well I wanted to play, and was more at home with a book or a chemistry set than on a diamond. Didn't make me any less jealous of the athletic types who got all the attention and were told how bright their futures were while I kept to my corner of the library.

Then, in high school, I ran into those athletic types again and couldn't believe how boring and straight-laced they were. *eg* Poor Severus. He really needed a few years away from the Marauders to see how much more interesting he really was.