My Love // Theo Nott

twelve

It was now the day of our birthday and word had somehow gotten out about it. On my way to the great hall for breakfast I had gotten many happy birthday wishes. I kept a smile on my face and thanked them, but I honestly felt like sleeping all day.

I had decided to walk to breakfast alone so I wouldn't have to listen to everyone talking to Theo. When I got to the great hall the twins set off small fireworks. I thanked them and walked to Harry, Hermione, and Ron.

"Why didn't you tell us it was your birthday?" asked Hermione.

"How did you guys find out?" I asked.

"Fred and George. They asked if we were gonna do anything. We figured you'd want to celebrate with your brother and your guys' friends." said Ron.

"Well I ask of you guys to pretend it's like any ordinary day." I said as I grabbed some fruit onto my plate.

"Why?" asked Harry.

"I don't like celebrating my birthday. I hope you respect that, but if you don't i'll just find other people to hang out with today." I said as I started getting up from my seat.

"Wait- we'll do what you want." said Harry as he grabbed my arm to not let me leave.

"You guys promise?" I asked, looking at all three of them. They all agreed and breakfast went pretty smoothly.

For the whole day I tried sticking with Harry, since I had the most classes with him, but of course I couldn't do that for every second of the day.

The whole day felt exhausting, but I was relieved when I finally got back to my dorm. I was in there for about an hour when I heard music blasting from the common room. When I went down there there were streamers and balloons everywhere. People were dancing and some were playing games. It absolutely reeked of alcohol, marijuana, and sweat.

I found Elio dancing with a whole bunch of people, including Pansy, and he looked extremely drunk. I saw Draco also dancing, but with a different group of people. Blaise and Theo were talking at the table that was filled with dozens of bottles of alcohol and the weed.

I walked up to them and Blaise saw me first, "Hey." he said. Theo saw me and turned around.

"I thought you said you didn't want to celebrate." said Theo.

"I don't, but it was kinda hard to ignore the noise." I said.

"Do you want something to drink?" asked Blaise.

"Yes please." I responded.

"What exactly?" he asked as he grabbed a cup.

"What's the strongest thing there is?" I asked.

"You drink?" asked Theo.

"I tried it once, but wouldn't it be fun to get drunk?" I asked as I nudged him on the shoulder.

"Here." said Blaise. When I drinked it I felt the burning in my throat. I felt like spitting it back out, but I didn't want to make a scene. I scrunched up my face in disgust and gave him back the cup.

Blaise laughed and drank the remaining contents of my cup and refilled it with something else. "This should burn a lot less." he said as he handed me the cup. "Better?" he asked, referring to the new drink.

"100 times better! It's good." I said with a smile as I gulped the rest of it down.

"Really?" asked Theo with surprise on his face. I handed Blaise my cup and asked for more and when he gave it back to me I offered some to Theo.