Freaks: Year Two

Eat Your Vegetables

Jasper was not sure what to expect when he got home.

With Harry's panicked state upon the realisation that he would be tutoring a Slytherin after the winter break, Jasper didn't have to worry about any questions about where his parents were or who was picking him up. Jasper reassured Harry that everything would be fine, and to write to him over the break, and once Jasper saw that Harry was with his mother, he went on his way to the muggle side of King's Cross, hopping a train home.

Now, being 13 and taller than most kids his age, he didn't get any odd looks for being alone, like last year when travelling alone on the train. Jasper felt relaxed at this prospect, because the questions would certainly lessen for him. For his brothers, he was not sure, but all they did alone to the public eye was walk to school which was only about a ten minute walk.

After a train and a bus ride, he started the walking portion of his journey home. It was starting to get dark, but Jasper knew it was only approaching six o clock. He entered his neighbourhood, Jasper quietly walking along the sidewalk. He started to think about all his different plans and how he was going to introduce the one where he was going to sneak his brothers into Hogwarts (that really needed a proper name) to his siblings.

There were so many things to think about and he felt like he was running out of time.

Jasper walked up to his house, dragging his trunk behind him and what he saw on the porch puzzled him, but regardless, he was happy to see them.

Ethan, Francis and Edgar were all sitting along the porch. It reminded Jasper of ducks sitting along in a little row, and he had a brief thought of why exactly they were out there and where Toby was.

His thoughts were paused when he heard a voice yell out, "Jasper! Jasper's home!"

Jasper smiled at the sound of Francis' voice and soon he was enveloped into a hug by the two younger ones. Jasper let go of his trunk and wrapped his arms around Francis and Edgar. "Hey! How are you guys? I missed you!"

"I missed you more," Edgar said.

"I don't think that's possible Ed."

'It so is possible!" Edgar exclaimed. "Because I missed you this much," and he spread out his arms as far as he could.

Francis was still hugging Jasper. "I missed you so much."

Jasper rubbed his back. "I missed you too," and he looked up to Ethan who was standing watching them from the porch. "I missed all of you!"

"Did you?"

"Course I did," Jasper said, and he kissed Francis' forehead before dragging his trunk behind him, Edgar and Francis leading him up to the porch. "What are you three doing out here? Where's Toby?"

"He's inside," Ethan said and he was about to say something else but before he could, Edgar interrupted him.

"We're on timeout."

Jasper looked over to Edgar in surprise and his eyes scanned the older two, his eyes asking the exact question before he voiced it. "Why? What happened? All three of you too?"

Ethan said, "We were being too loud and rowdy, Toby's words, not mine. I don't think we were being that loud. We were just playing a game, but apparently he needs complete silence if he is cooking. I don't think we were being that loud," Ethan said again and he looked over to Edgar. "I don't think so."

Edgar shrugged. "I guess we were...he warned us a few times."

"And then he sent us out here," Ethan said.

Jasper slowly nodded. "Well, you can't be running around the house when someone is using the stove, were you running around?"

"Maybe..."