The boys arrived at the Potions Classroom and went to take their seats, Teddy and Lukas almost sitting next to each other before remembering they were angry at each other.

"Connor, can you trade spots with me? I don't want to sit next to Blabbermouth McGee." Teddy said with a disdainful glance at Lukas, who grimaced.

"Err…" Connor looked over at Reagan, who furrowed his brows at Teddy's attitude. "Sure, mate. Sure."

Connor got up from his seat and sat by Lukas, and Teddy circled the table to sit by Reagan.

"Thank you, Connor, you're such a good friend, you know that?" Teddy said pointedly.

Connor furrowed his brows in confusion, while Reagan just looked exasperated already. "Err… thanks, I appreciate it."

"Good day, class!" Professor Slughorn trilled as all the students got situated in their seats.

"Good day, Professor Slughorn," the students chanted in unison to varying degrees of sincerity. Teddy's was among the least.

As the class finished, Reagan walked out with the other Hufflepuff boys, none of whom were talking to each other.

Teddy and Lukas as they were still angry at each other, Connor as he was confused by Teddy's tone when he was talked to, Matty as he couldn't be bothered to start talking with the four other boy, and Reagan as he was now particularly sore that Teddy had gotten him into trouble with Professor Slughorn.

The professor's lesson wasn't a practical lesson, but a theoretical lesson on the Cure for Boils. While Reagan found the topic interesting enough and wanted to focus on it, Teddy seemed bound and determined to distract him from the lesson by whispering to him and trying to get his attention because he was so bored. Normally Teddy would have spent the class chattering with Lukas, but that wasn't an option at present.

"So, do you know Professor Longbottom outside of classes, Ted? I heard someone say that he and Harry Potter were close friends when they went to school here," Connor asked after five minutes of silently walking toward the greenhouses for Herbology.

Teddy glared at Connor. "Shut up, Connor. I know who my godfather is friends with."

"Oh… okay. Sorry," Connor said, then went back to being quiet.

"… Hey Lukas, can I borrow your Quidditch Across the Ages book? I'm still kinda confused about what it is," Connor piped up again after a couple more minutes of continued silence.

"Connor, would you just do everyone a favor and keep your big mouth shut? You're confused about everything," Lukas snapped.

"You don't have to be so rude about it, you arseholes!" he shouted, running ahead to the greenhouse.

Neither Lukas nor Teddy looked even a bit concerned that the boy ran off.

"Look what you did! Would you both stop being such prats?" Reagan exclaimed, then ran off after Connor.

Lukas was thoroughly affronted. "A prat? I'm not being a prat!"

"Yes you are. A humungous one," Teddy stated, eyes still looking ahead, unbothered by Reagan's insult.

"You both are," Matty finally spoke up, glaring at the two of them. Both Lukas and Teddy looked surprised. "Let us know when you're done fighting like a couple of grannies and make up, I can't stand this ridiculous behavior," he said, then speed-walking to catch up with the other boys.

The two boys continued walking in silence, Lukas now looking ashamed of himself.

"Maybe we are being ridiculous," Lukas spoke up as the two boys neared the greenhouses.

"I'm not being ridiculous, I'm reasonably upset," Teddy said dryly as he opened the door for the greenhouse, not bothering to leave it open for Lukas, who was just behind him.

"I said I was sorry! How is it reasonable?" Lukas shouted, pushing the door open.

"And I didn't forgive you. Everyone's going to treat me differently because of what you said, so it's reasonable."

"That doesn't give you the right to snap at our friends!" Lukas said, walking to one of the tables.

"You snapped at them too, and you have no right to be upset," Teddy replied.

"Yes I do, because you won't forgive me!"

"Boys-"

"Show me that they won't treat me different, then maybe I'll forgive you!" Teddy interrupted.

"Boys-"

"I don't know for sure that they won't! I'm sorry!"

"Boys!"

"Stop apologizing! I know you don't mean it!"

"Lupin! Gallagher!" Professor Longbottom shouted once again, finally getting the two boys' attention. "Do I need to tell the headmistress that you're acting out?"

The two boys looked ashamed again. "No, sir…"

"Please behave, then. Go find a table and be quiet," Longbottom said, pointing the tables lined up in the greenhouse.

"Yes, sir," the boys said in unison, going to sit at opposite sides of the table.

"Good. Today is your first assignment. It requires team work, so you all are going to be working in pairs, which I will let you decide."

Holly raised her hand.

"Miss Ackerman."

"What exactly are we doing that requires team work?"

"Excellent question. You and your partner are going to be tending to a small garden plot throughout the semester. You will have the option to plant more seeds as we go through the year and we learn about said plants."

"Ooh!" Exclaimed dark, fluffy haired Agnes Baker, clapping her hands. "Are we going to be able to use the plants for ingredients for potions?"

"Indeed you will. If you have a surplus, then Professor Slughorn would be more than happy to take it off your hands for further use in your Potions studies. If I've answered enough questions, I'll let you all find your partners and we'll begin preparing in about… ten minutes, does that sound good?" Longbottom asked.

The class fervently nodded.

"Good. Now, have at it! If you have any more questions, I'll be at the front."

The class immediately split up to find partners, and Teddy and Lukas immediately went after Reagan, who tried to get as far away from the two of them as possible.

Unfortunately for Reagan, over the span of the first five minutes, everyone was partnering up fast while Reagan continued to buzz to and fro in the greenhouse. He first tried to ask the excitable Agnes Baker, but she declined immediately as she was waiting on her 'dreamy' housemate Louis Dressler to ask her.

He then moved on to one of his own housemates, Amelia Calhoun. He hadn't exactly talked to her until the weekend, when Macmillan decided to organize a small party to celebrate the first-years completing their first week of term. She was the only one of the first-years who wasn't already engaged in conversation, so he decided to branch out and talk to her. When he asked Amelia, she told him that she already promised her friend Laney that they would work together. Reagan was noticeably disappointed, and the rosey-cheeked Laney had been so flustered that she had started crying. Reagan ran away, apologizing profusely.

While running away he had noticed Connor had paired off with Holly, and Matty with Mary Savage, so the two of them were also out. So Reagan continued buzzing to and fro to find someone. "Hopefully I can find a partner before either of them try to ask me…" Reagan thought. "Maybe if I'm lucky the two of them will have to work together to get over this stupid fight…"

However, Reagan hadn't noticed where he was going, and ran into the Gryffindor boy who defended him when he was getting laughed at during the first Flying class, knocking the two of them over and finally letting the two boys gain on him. "I-I'm so sorry!" Reagan said frantically, while scrambling to his feet to help the brunette up.

"Ah, its fine, no worries," he said, standing up and dusting himself off.

"Ray, there you are!" Both of the boys chorused.

Reagan tensed up as he heard the two boys, and turned around to face them.

"Why were you running away? Were you trying to avoid me? Do you not want to be partners?" Lukas shot off several questions.

"Avoiding you, yeah. Back off, he's partners with me," Teddy said with a sneer.

"What? Excuse you, you didn't even ask him. And anyway, he likes me better," Lukas retorted.

Reagan shut his eyes tightly. This was exactly what he was worried about. Now they were fighting over him.

"Guys, excuse me," the other boy piped up.

Reagan, Teddy and Lukas looked at him.

"He came over to ask me. Yeah?" The boy asked Reagan, picking up the hint that he didn't want to partner with either of the two.

Reagan looked puzzled for a moment. It clicked in to place what the boy's plan was when he raised his brows.

"Oh. Yeah, I did. Real sorry, guys. I was going to work with—"

"Nathan."

"Yeah, Nathan," Reagan said with a nervous grin. "Again, super sorry, guys, but he needed a partner as well."

"Times up, everyone! If you would please return to your desks, I'll tell you the first part of your assignment," Longbottom said, surveying the students as they scrambled to their desks. Just then, he had noticed Teddy and Lukas still standing around dumbly. "Oh… Lukas, Teddy, I suppose you two will have to work together."

"What?!" The two boys chorused.

"I'm sorry, boys, but everyone else has already paired up. I hope you two can put whatever issues you have aside, and work together."

A/N: Edited as of 7/30/15.