Rivilis Amiculus

Backfire

~Theo~

I went home for winter break. Mum came alone to pick me up at King's Cross. She didn't say anything more than a hello. When we got home, Flicky wasn't immediately at the door to pick up my trunk. Phineas was at the table playing chess.

"Why aren't you with the kids?" Mum asked. She sounded frustrated.

He looked up, "Flicky is watching them."

She groaned and ran up the stairs. As soon as she entered the bedroom, Flicky apparated to me and took my trunk. I went into my room and I fell back on my bed.

"Does Master wants Flicky to brings him something?" Flicky asked.

"No, thanks," I replied.

I hoped I'd at least get an hour of me time before Mum made me babysit the twins again. I didn't. Two minutes after laying down, she opened my door.

"Can you take Sam and Will into the nursery?"

I groaned, "Mum, I just got home..."

"It'll only be 10 minutes. Phineas and I need to talk. Please?"

I rubbed my eyes and followed her into her room. She opened the door and William immediately came running to me. Well, crawling rather. He dragged himself across the floor as fast as he could to get to me. I didn't expect him to be so happy to see me.

He and Samantha looked like completely different babies. They had nearly doubled in size since I last saw them.

I picked up William. He had gotten a lot heavier during my time at school. I got Samantha (who was also much heavier) and I walked quickly over to the nursery.

I set them down next to the toys and sat down on the rocking chair.

Samantha had started playing with the toys, while William was again crawling to me. He managed to pull himself to his feet with the support of the rocking chair, which surprised me.

I picked him up and sat him down next to Samantha, "Play with your sister."

I turned to sit back down, but William pulled on my robe.

"Tee!" he said.

I turned to look at him. He kept pulling on my robe and said, "Tee! Tee!" Over and over again. Samantha looked at me and her eyes lit up. They were both looking at me with big smiles. Or as much of a smile they could muster with the two teeth that they had.

She crawled over to me and grabbed my leg, "Tee!"

I looked at them, "Are... Are you trying to say my name?"

They just looked at me and continued to pull at the hem of my robe.

I got them to let go of my robe and I sat down, "I suppose I could sit here."

They both got really excited and started picking up any toy they could see. Samantha handed many of them to me and I played with her. William crawled on top of me and sat himself down on my lap.

I played with them for a little bit, then I heard my mum's voice through the wall.

"I can't believe you!"

"What! They were fine!"

"You left them alone in the nursery! What if something knocked over? Would you have known? Would you be able to help them?"

"They're pure-blood. They're more resilient than others."

"They're babies!" Mum hissed.