Safe House

Thirty Eight

"You've broken him, congrats Weasley, you broke Nott." Draco said at breakfast, gesturing to Theo who had his head rested on top of his folded arms on the table, I'm pretty sure he was asleep.

"No I have not!" I said "He's tired because he is doing so many classes and work, how has any of that got to do with me" I told him as I played with Theo's hair.

"You're the one who made him sleep all summer and I bet you didn't do anything to stim your brains, your laziness rubbed off on him, now look, all he does is study and sleep, occasionally he'll eat something if he's awake. This is all your fault" Draco snapped at me.

"Yep, I just tied him to my bed and refused to let him up." I said.

Blaise choked as he took a sip of his tea, I shot a glare at him before turning to Theo who was still asleep in his arms.

"Theo, darling, come on, we're going somewhere" I rubbed Theo's back as he started gaining consciousness.

"Oh, yes, walk away because you know I'm right" Draco said.

"one, you're wrong, and two, I'm going to go and talk to Snape if you really must know." I snapped at Draco.

"Where are we going" Theo said sleepily.

"You'll see, come on" I said, softly, tugging at his arm as I stood up, downed the rest of my coffee then led Theo out of the hall.

"Keira, seriously, what are you doing?" He asked me, rubbing at his eyes.

"You're going to go ask Snape to drop Care of Magical Creatures" I said, fixing his hair as we walked.

"What? Why? I'm enjoying that class" He said, swiping my hand away.

"Liar. You are not, you're only taking that class to make me feel better, and that's not okay, it's selfish on my half. You're burning yourself out, you need to be selfish for your studies and as well as your own health. Stop wasting your time on a useless lesson and spend it on your serious classes so you can pass, and maybe actually have breaks to do fun stuff." I told him.

"By fun stuff, do you mean-" He smirked.

"Oh, look, we're here" I cut him off, pointing at Snape's door before knocking on it loudly.

"Miss Weasley, I presume there was something urgent that you required me for, to explain the banging on my door." Professor Snape snarled.

"Good, you got what I meant, then. Sir it's about Theo" I said.

"Keira, honestly, it's fine, let's just leave sir alone." Theo tried.

"No, Professor, I'm worried about Theo, I fear that he is taking too many classes, and it's damaging him, not only will it affect his education but it is affecting his well-being." I said.

"And how come Mr Nott is not capable of telling me this, himself?"

"Because he is too stubborn and thinks he knows better, I think it would benefit him if he dropped Care of Magical Creatures class."

"No, he doesn't" Theo said.

"Enough, Mr Nott, For once, I find myself agreeing with Miss Weasley, I warned you on the first day about taking up another class, especially this one, and you chose to ignore me to try and impress a young lady. I will see that it is removed from your timetable by the end of the day, off you go." Snape dismissed us, closing his office door in our faces.

"There. Problem solved" I said, turning away from the door and starting down the hallway.

"Why would you do that?" Theo asked.