The next morning was full of surprises, first class of the day was interesting to say the least, Harrys new classmate may have been in the G wing but was certainly not a girl. Harry had not taken well to the new boy and had been anxious all through his art class culminating in Harry asking to be excused from class to use the bathroom for over fifteen minutes before arriving back in class and laying his head on his desk.

Maths was even worse, Harry was awful at it and when asked a simple question which he got wrong the new boy had laughed at him and called him stupid. Harry gave him a warning glance and he took some deep breathes to calm himself. The teacher did not notice and asked Harry to read out an easy question.

"Harry h-a-d had 5 s-w-ee-t-s sweets, J-e-n-n-y Jenna h-a-s…" Harry was interrupted by laughter from the new boy.

"HAHA this is brilliant, as if we have a three year old here, baby can't ever read, what a loser!" the boy taunted him from his corner of the room where he had all the answers on his sheet ticked.

Harry lost it. Tables went over and Harry started screaming as he trashed the room.

"Is baby having a tantrum?" the new boy teased.

Harry stopped his destruction of the room and punched the new kid square in the nose, Severus jumped into action but Harry managed to land two more punches before he was able to pull Harry away. The restraint team came through the door and each boy was escort physically back to their own room.

Harry was still unusually angry when Severus went to retrieve him half an hour later once his report had been filled in.

"He called me a loser and a baby" Harry grumbled while Severus stood at the door.

"You punched him enough for him to need stitches" Severus levelled.

"He'll heal to be as annoying as he was before" Harry snapped.

"True" Severus said not willing to give any more fuel to Harrys fire. "He will not be in anymore classes today I suggest you get changed and join me for science." Severus suggested noting the wet and ripped shirt no doubt a result of the trauma of the scuffle and the anger he felt afterwards.

The rest of the lessons went without a hitch and Severus was proud of the way Harry conducted himself although he point blank refused to read aloud in any of his classes and seemed more anxious and cautious than usual not even attempting any work he was unsure of. Instead he would cross his arms on top of the table and place his head on them withdrawing himself from the situation, this worried not only the teachers but Severus too.

By the time the day was through and Severus sat in his team meeting to discuss Harry he had a long list of points that he was bringing forward as did his teachers.

The meeting was quiet and concerned, not the angry or jokey meetings they were used to when discussing Harry. The day's events had cast a dark shadow over Harry's progress and Severus was hoping to talk to the newest youngster tomorrow.

"We need to move the new kid, his rooming and his class group." Severus spoke with determination.

"We are unable to move him from the G Wing as he is currently considered as harmful to himself but we could try and rearrange his class group I suppose but he will settle in, anyone else we could put in there could be even more dangerous to Harry and his progress but we could try and switch some groups around to fit someone else into that class." Bill said as he reviewed the class lists infront of him.

"You say the new boy is harmful to himself? Is he not dangerous to others?" Severus asked thinking the centre was for young offenders not self-harmers.

"He is here on a protection order, he has been removed from his father's care as he was being abused, part of his abuse was his father making him harm himself, he has seemingly continued this when he and his mother were moved to a women's shelter. His mother has been worried about their safety and his self-harming so he has been sent here and his mother is trying to make arrangements elsewhere for a fresh start. He should not be here long and is not dangerous to others physically although even his mother has said he is verbally and emotionally vicious. He and Harry it seems are not as good a match as we first thought they might be.

"Can I meet with him when he comes back from being stitched up?" Severus asked. "I would like a word with him regarding the earlier incident…I assure you I will not have a go at him, I am merely curious as to where his verbal spikes came from and if he is remorseful now." Severus said with a shrug hoping they would go for it.

Bill and Andi looked at each other before Andi nodded.

"I trust you Severus" Bill said before dismissing the meeting.

Severus walked down to the meeting room where the new boy had just arrived back.

"What on earth is going on! Did Dumbledore send you?" Severus started in a deadly whisper.

"Hey, good to see you too Sev! Was shocked to see you here actually no one had seen you recently, father thought you had topped yourself at least that's what he told me before he beat mother up. Mother is probably trying to off herself now anyway, now that the whole world knows what father was doing to her anyway. So Harry eh? Is he like a retard or brain damaged or summat… Whatever he is he's a head case anyway should be sedated if you ask me." The boy lifted his chin defiantly daring Severus to argue back.

"If you knew anything about that poor boy you humiliated you would not have said anything in there, he has lived through so much that you have no right to say anything, I thought I had taught you not to judge a book by its cover. You listen and you listen good. I understand you are going through a tough time right now, I understand that you feel angry with the world but I cannot understand why you would set out to make anymore enemies right now." Severus whispered harshly trying not to be heard after he had told the other staff he would be gentle with the delicate boy.

"Wow! Sev you know what I did not have you down as someone who could be easily taken in but here we are… you believing anything Harry bloody Potter has told you, that spoiled brat has taken you in good and proper, I thought you had a better head on your shoulders." The boy added a smirk onto his lips.

"I will not get angry with you but I think you know I could not be 'taken in' after all my experience in life so I ask you this, do you truly think that Harry Potter is spoiled after all that you have witnessed today, look deeper at the child, spend twenty four hours with your tongue bitten and truly watch him, I think you will then discover just how untrue your statements and if you feel they are untrue tomorrow I want you to then think about how you can make it up to him and really think, you are no longer under your parents noble protection. Your father has had a breakdown and you and your mother have taken the brunt since I have been gone but some in this life have suffered even worse things than you and are trying to rebuild their live rather than wallow in self pity. I have rarely been this disappointed in you Draco Malfoy" Severus said before leaving the room to say goodnight to Harry and see if the boy would read for him.