Freaks: Year Two

We Have Found The Problem

Homophobia, mentions of suicide, use of the f slur.

"You're going to give yourself a bloody concussion if you keep doing that," said Christopher.

"Well, I have to do something to figure it out!"

"Yes, because doing the same thing over and over will totally help things," Christopher said, rolling his eyes and giving Jasper a hand up from where he had just knocked himself over for the tenth time on the stone floor in the Ravenclaw secret room.

"Well, what do you suggest I do?"

"Anything else but blasting yourself into the wall!"

"I have to do something–"

"Where's Warbeck?" Christopher cut him off. "He's got some brains. I think you knocked all yours out, Odair."

Jasper scowled.

Christopher just gave him a hard look. "Where?"

"He's tutoring and it isn't like he can know about what I am doing," Jasper said, standing up, glowering at him. "Ever think of that? Where are your brains more like..."

"I am getting my brother," Christopher said.

"Why? Isn't he busy?"

"I don't know and all I know is one, he is the smart one and two, if he is here you'll be nice," Christopher said and he started towards the door. He tapped the wall with his wand and that's when Jasper noticed that Christopher's wand was pure black. It sort of reminded him of a magician's wand. He went down the corridor to get his brother and Jasper was about to pick up his own wand again to try again when he heard shouting.

Jasper exited the room quickly and stopped at the end of the short corridor to see the second year's boys dorm room open and as Jasper went closer he heard Christopher's voice.

Oh, please don't tell me he is fighting with his brother again.

"If I hear you say that shit again, I won't be nice about it, get out!"

Soon, Jasper saw two second year Ravenclaws exit the dorm, looking quite annoyed and they walked up the stairs to the main part of the common room. Jasper couldn't place their first names but he remembered their last names being Turpin and Turkin. He thought it was comical that Turpin, Turkin and Turin were all in the same year and house. It made it hard for the professors.

Although, he wondered why Christopher had snapped at them.

As long as the Goldsparks brothers weren't fighting again, Jasper was fine. He went back to the Ravenclaw secret room and he took a seat on the sofa. He opened the book back up, looking over shrinking spells that only talked about shrinking objects.

Jasper groaned and stared up at the starry ceiling.

Meanwhile, in the second year Ravenclaw boys' dorms, the brothers were, in fact, arguing.

"You can't just yell at them like that!" Anthony exclaimed.

"Oh, yes the hell I can," Christopher snapped. "If they think it's okay to treat you like rubbish, then I have every right to tell them off!"

"They weren't treating me like rubbish–"

"They were! Stop lying!"

"You're overreacting!" Anthony yelled. "You always...do this! You always make everything a big deal! It's not!"

"Oh yeah, because them saying how disgusting you are is me overreacting," Christopher snapped. "They have no right to say that! I am not just going to let them bully you and say how they don't want to room with you! You can't let them say things like that!"