"Ah!" Jackson cried as he fell out of bed, landing on his lower back. "Owwwww…" He groaned, climbing back under the covers and rubbing his sore back.
"Jackson, you alright?" Nick asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's happened before, it'll happen again. How long until we have to wake up?"
"Er, five minutes."
"I don't want to get up." Jackson whined. He snuggled into the bed.
"You're going to be a terror to wake in the winter." Nick laughed. Jackson sighed and changed into clothes.
"Er, Jackson? You've missed a button on your shirt, mate." Nick said warily.
"Nothing is going right for me so far." Jackson groaned and rebuttoned his shirt, pulling his vest on overtop before slipping his robes on and hanging his tie round his neck. He grabbed his cane and clambered into the Common Room. He was slowly memorizing where everything was in relation to each other. He fiddled with the Velcro straps on his trainers while waiting for Robert to finish getting ready and help him tie his tie. He had to remember to just loosen his tie at night, instead of untying it.
"Morning, Jackson, Nick." Robert yawned. "I'm going to teach a tie tying lesson this weekend." He muttered, helping them.
"Really? You will?" Jackson asked.
"Well, I was joshing, but it might be a good idea. C'mon, breakfast." They made their way to the Great Hall, all yawning intermittently.
"Stop making me yawn." Nick complained. "It's contagious."
"I can't help it." Jackson mumbled. He nibbled some buttered toast, thinking. "I have a question." He announced suddenly.
"What is it?" Robert asked.
"Who does laundry here?"
"House elves, I 'spect." Nick told him offhandedly.
"So the house elves fold my pants?" He giggled.
"Yes, the house elves fold your pants." Robert sighed. "Along with my pants, Nick's pants, Professor Dumbledore's pants… It's not that big of a deal to them, I'd imagine. They fold everyone's clothes." Jackson thought about this for a moment. He finished eating breakfast and didn't pay attention in herbology. A vine began to curl around his arm and he screamed and jumped away, the other kids chuckling. He felt his face heat up in embarrassment.
"Alright, lad?"
"Yes, Professor." He mumbled.
Author's Note: A few days late because I was stressing out about not being able to post the last chapter, and pretty much forgot to write this week's chapter ^^; If any of you guys have a deviantART, it's easier for you to follow this story there. I'm able to upload on time, I usually update dA first, and I occasionally forget to upload here for a day or two. I'd figure it's pretty worth it so last week doesn't happen again.
