The rest of the day passed by in a flash and soon it was time for bed. Tomorrow will be Christmas eve.

Again I got up early and went to Hogsmade. I went to the same shop as before and looked at the gifts, I told him they were perfect. I paid for them then left and soon I was back in the Slytherin common room. I brought the gifts up to my dorm and saw that my brothers were still sleeping. I put the gifts in my drawer and covered them so they wouldn't find them even though they were wrapped. 

I headed up to the astronomy tower. Theodore was already there, smoking. I walked up behind him. He turned around to face me “What are you doing up this early? For the second day in a row” 

“I had to pick up something” I replied 

“Vague but I will take it” 

“Why do you smoke so often?” I asked 

“It helps calms me” He replied 

“You know smoking actually increases anxiety and people who smoke are more likely to have or develop depression?” I say without thinking 

“You just sounded like an ad”

I rolled my eyes “I know, I’m just saying” I shrugged 

“You know how to ruin someone's fun” 

“If that is fun for you, you need to find other hobbies” 

“I thought I would find you two up here” I didn’t need to turn to know it was Mattheo

“Mattheo” I greeted 

“Y/n” He replied, coming and standing in between me and Theodore. 

We talked for a bit then headed down to the Great Hall for breakfast, Thomas met us there and we continued talking about many different things. 

  Suddenly an owl flew in and dropped a letter in front of Thomas, he opened it and read it  “Mattheo and I need to go, we will be back by tonight” Thomas gave the letter to Mattheo and they both got up and left the Great Hall. It had something to do with our father, I know it.

“Do you know what they have to do?” Theodore asks 

“Probably something for father” I told him “I’m going on a walk” I got up and left, I was surprised he didn’t follow me. 

I was walking down the hallways when two boys came in front of me and blocked me “Move” I said plainly

“What are you going to do if we don’t, huh? Your brothers and boyfriend are not here to save you now” 

I rolled my eyes, I was done with today “1, I can handle myself, 2, I don’t have a boyfriend” 

They just smiled, I was angry. One of them stayed in front while the other went behind me. I punched the one in front of me in the face, elbowed the other in the ribs then I sent them flying into the wall. I faced the wall I had thrown at them then curtseyed “Don’t underestimate me again” I left and went to the Slytherin common room. 

(Theodore’s pov) 

I was in the Slytherin common room, sitting on the couch, drinking my troubles away. Yes, I have many bad habits that formed over the years from not having a mother and having a father who I barely ever saw and I don’t think he ever really liked me. Y/n came into the common room and saw me on the couch. She came over and took the bottle from my hand and finished it. I could see that there was blood on her hand but she wasn’t bleeding. I knew she hated blood so I don’t know why she had it on her and she still seemed ok. She was starting to remind me of Mattheo. She sat down on the couch next to me. “What happened?” I asked 

“Two boys made me angry so I punched one, elbowed the other then made them both fly into the wall” She said like it happened every day

“Are you good? There’s blood on your hand” She looked at her hand then back at me.

“Yeah, I’m fine, I’m going up to my dorm” She stood up, took a few steps then fell to the floor. I rushed to her and half carried, half dragged her back to the couch. “I’m not fine” She groaned “I did it again didn’t I?”

“Did what?”

“Did something I wouldn't do normally then fainted” She explained

“Oh, yeah, I guess you did” 

“What did I do this time?” 

“Uh you got in a fight that seems like it didn’t last that long then came here and took my firewhisky and drank the rest of it” 

“Oh, that would explain a lot, but how did you even get firewhisky?”

“I have my ways, oh by the way, don’t look at your hand, there's blood on it” She looked at her hand anyway and it looked like she was almost going to throw up “I said don’t look at it” 

“Sorry, can you clean off the blood?” She asked 

“Uh… sure” I left for my room and grabbed one of my clean black t-shirts that I never wore and got it wet. I knew there were easier ways but this was the easiest for me. I took her hands and cleaned them until there was no blood left “There you go” I finished

She looked down at them “Thanks” Then she blinked a couple of times “Is this what it feels like to be drunk, dizzy, headache, tired” She shook her head

“Pretty much” I chuckled

“Are you drunk?” She asked 

“Maybe, probably not, you had most of it and I’m used to it” I replied. 

We sat there for a while then I went to the Great Hall to grab lunch and brought her some back too. An hour before dinner Thomas and Mattheo walked into the common room. They saw Y/n asleep on the couch. “Is she ok?” Mattheo asked 

“She had another one of those blanking out moments, got into a short fight then came here. I had firewhisky and she took it from me and drank the rest” I explained 

Thomas was shaking his head and Mattheo was trying not to smile and laugh and failing. Thomas glared at him then went up to their dorm. Mattheo sat on the wood table still smiling and laughing “I swear she reminds me of you whenever this happens, you should have seen her” 

“You said she got in a fight, did she bleed?” 

“She had blood on her hands but it wasn’t her’s, I cleaned it off for her” 

Mattheo nodded his head and stared at Y/n “When did this happen?”

“After breakfast, she said she was going on a walk, I got her lunch and brought it back here for her”     

An hour later Y/n was up and Thomas helped her to dinner. During dinner she barely ate and rested her head on Thomas’s shoulder “How was your day?” She asked him 

“Fine was all he said, glancing at Mattheo. 

(Y/n’s pov) 

I was too tired and drunk to read his mind, I almost fell asleep in the Great Hall.

We finished up dinner and made our way back to the Slytherin common room. Halfway there I felt too tired to walk so I asked Thomas to carry me and he did all the way back to the common room and up to the dorm. I couldn’t wait for tomorrow, tomorrow was Christmas.