Chapter 3

After two long weeks of boredom Harry is happy to go back to school so he comes running down the stairs and into the kitchen with a smile on his face. When he is finished he goes back upstairs to get his school bag. He hears his dad shout up the stairs to get a move on because he has to go to work today, so Harry quickly runs back downstairs and says he is ready to go.

Tom and Harry get in the car and drive to Waterloo Road when they arrive Harry gets out of the car, says goodbye to his dad and goes into the school as he has a meeting with his Head of Year before he can go to registration. When he gets to his Head of Year's office he knocks on the door before going in when he hears "Enter."

"I am here for the meeting before I go to registration sir"

"Have a seat then Mr riddle, now I expect you to behave yourself or there will be consequences I am just going to let you know now that every time corporal punishment is used we have to send a letter home to notify your parents on why corporal punishment was used ok."

"Yes sir may I go to registration? I'm going to be late."

After being dismissed Harry goes to registration and sits next to Jess Fisher when Jess turns to him he smiles. "How you doing Harry? Hmm I am going to have to come up with a nickname for you can't get you confused with my brother now can we? His name is Harry to."

Harry laughs at that then tells her his actual name is Harrison and he shortened it to Harry so from then on Jess calls him Harrison.

Later on that day Harry and Jess are in Chemistry chatting when Mr Snape sees they are not doing the worksheet he gave out he goes over to them and asks,

"Do you two have a problem with your assignment?"

"No Sir" Harry and Jess reply in unison.

"Then stop talking and get on with the work now please." Severus says sternly.

Jess and Harry get back to work on the worksheet but when they are finished they go back to taking but Unfortunately for them Severus is behind them so when he leans forward and tells them to stay behind after class, they both jump.

When class is finished, Jess and Harry stay behind. When Severus comes over to them they look at him. "You two seem to think you are above the rules when I said to get on with the work I meant it. As you both have a permission form signed, you will each get six of the best and a letter home to your parents. Who wants to go first?" Harry says he will go first so he bends over and waits for the six swats to fall before it is Jess's turn.

When it is time to go home Harry is nervous because he knows that letter home will arrive home tomorrow and it is Saturday so his weekend is going to be rubbish. Seeing his dad's car he says bye to his friend then goes over to the car and gets in.

Halfway home his dad looks at him and asks "what is wrong?" Lucky for him the sting faded hours ago so he replies to his dad "Nothing" which he is sure to regret later.

The next day the post comes and Tom collects it. Seeing one envelop with the school logo on it he opens it intrigued. When he reads it he is very angry and disappointed with his son.

"HARRISON TOMAS RIDDLE GET YOUR BACKSIDE DOWN HERE NOW!" shouts tom.

Harry, hearing his dad shout for him runs down the stairs nervously and goes into the living room. "Yes Dad?" he asks then sees the letter on the table and gulps before trying to explain.

"Dad I can explain. Jess and I were talking in class and our teacher told us to get on with the work so we did. When we were finished we continued talking and got caught so Mr Snape paddled us. We got six of the best with the paddle."

"While I am not happy with this why did you not tell me yesterday? You do know I class this as lying by omission and it is the same as lying.

"Yes Dad, what are you going to do?" ask Harry worriedly

"You are grounded for three days and you will get your mouth washed out for the lying"

So Tom gets up and tells Harry to follow him to the bathroom where he washes his son's mouth out before telling him to go do his homework.