Chapter 9: Reports, Football and Chats

"Sean...Sean..SEAN...Wake up...Time for School..." It was 6:30am and Severus was trying to get Sean to wake up in time for school.

"I'm up dad..." Sean groaned and rolled out of bed.

"Take a shower, get dressed and meet me downstairs for breakfast" Severus said walking out of the room. He headed over to Emrys room not planning to wake him up. He opened the door and Emrys was already up, lying on his bed reading The Lord of the Rings.

"Bookworm already Emrys?" Severus asked, laughing to himself.

"Hi daddy!" Emrys said as he tore his eyes from the pages."This book is really good so far!"

"That's great, do you want to come downstairs and help me with breakfast?" Severus asked.

"Okay"

And with that the two headed downstairs. Severus was planning on making waffles, and he put together the batter letting Emrys stir. Soon breakfast was ready just as Sean walked in, dressed in a new pair of dark blue jeans and a dark green t-shirt. Severus served the waffles and they began to eat, Emrys didn't even finish a quarter of his and when Severus got up to get more juice, Sean took the rest of it. Soon breakfast was done and as the dishes were magically cleaned Severus told Sean,

"Go brush your teeth and get your stuff together the bus will be here in 10minutes."

"Got it dad."

Emrys was sitting quietly at the table, unsure of what he was allowed to do. Severus noticed and said, "Emrys you can go do what you'd like before we head out, were going to stop by your old school to pick up some copies of your old reports, and stop by Sir Knight to register you."

Emrys gave his dad a smile and ran up to his room. Sean came back down the stairs and out the door with a yell of goodbye to his dad as he hopped on the bus. Severus hopped into the shower, and got dressed in a pair of khakis and black shirt. He stopped into Emrys room to help him get washed up, he helped his son brush his teeth, wash his face and got him dressed in a pair of tiny white briefs as the boxers were too big, socks, navy blue corduroys with a black belt, and a white t-shirt that said Nike: Just do it on the front. The two hopped into the Jeep and headed over to Alexander Primary. Emrys was very quiet during the drive, Severus took his hand as the went to the front desk, Severus got a meeting with the Headmaster and looked over Emrys report card from the previous year.

Alexander Primary

Pupil: Harry Potter

Age: 6 years

Grade: 2

Grade Scale:

80-100% : Child has exceeded expectations

70-79%: Child has met expectations

60-69%:Child has approached expectations

50-59%:Child has struggled in approaching expectations

Below 50% :Child has not met expectations

English:

Communication: 67%

Reading: 98%

Writing: 98%

Comment: Harry is a bright child that has great reading and writing skills, he lacks communication skills, yet this is likely to a lack of confidence when speaking orally.

Second Language: chosen: Latin

Communication: 80%

Reading: 100%

Writing: 97%

Comment: Harry had good work habits yet needs to focus on confidence when speaking orally.

Mathematics:

Grade- 100%

Comment: Harry is an extremely intelligent child who has had great success in mathematics; he understands the concepts to an exceptionally high degree and applies these concepts splendidly. His grade further points to his success.

Sciences:

Grade-100%

Comment: Harry is a gifted thinker, he can understand concepts and apply them effectively as well as adapt to new ideas.

History:

Grade- 98%

Comment: Harry seems keen and interested in history he has good study habits and has met with great success.

Geography:

Grade-94%

Comment: Harry has done well in geography this year.

The Arts:

Visual Art: 96%

Dramatic Arts: 54%

Music: 74%

Comment: Harry did very well in the visual arts yet he continues to struggle in the dramatic arts as he is extremely quiet and nervous and lacks confidence in both the dramatic arts and music.

Physical Education:

Grade- 98%

Comment: Harry is an exceptional athlete and has met with success in track and field, he needs to work on his confidence and social skills to help with his team skills.

Overall Report comment: Harry is an exceptional student, he excels in written work and Alexander Primary would like to recommend that he be placed ahead into the third year, as he is in need of a challenge. While his confidence and social skills need some work Alexander Primary is confident that Harry can continue to meet with success in the third year.

As Severus finished reading Emrys report card, it was as he expected, Emrys would most likely be placed ahead with children a year older then him, yet Severus believed it would be good, a child of Emrys obvious intelligence would need a challenge. He thanked the headmaster, and informed him that Emrys would be transferring to Sir Knight. The two left and enrolled Emrys in the third grade at Sir Knight he would begin the next day.

Severus decided that since it was now lunchtime he would take Emrys home for lunch and register him in the Surrey Sharks Minor Hockey Association and both Emrys and Sean in the Surrey United Football Club.

They enjoyed hot dogs for lunch, Emrys actually eating most of his, and Emrys decided to go outside and play with his new football. Severus after promising to join Emrys in a few minutes got on the telephone and registered the two boys for the activities. He learnt that Emrys would begin hockey that weekend, in 3 days and that he would be in the Novice C House category, for beginners. Sean would be in the Under 11 age category and Emrys in the Under 8. They would both start on Friday and today was Wednesday.

Severus and Emrys both had a fun afternoon playing football in the yard, Emrys was a speedy little guy with the ball and could actually perform some good moves and footwork.

Sean, came into the backyard, yelling out to Severus "I'm home, and hi Emrys!" before disappearing inside.

About half and hour later Severus came inside to find Sean on the couch with his eyes glued to the TV with a half a package of cookies eaten and an empty can of coke. Shutting of the TV, he said to Sean

"Sean, you can have a snack after school, but not this much, and as soon as you get home each day I want you to do your homework. Got that?"

"Ya dad whatever" he answered.

"Don't take that tone with me! Upstairs with you and no more television tonight, now get to that homework. STAT!"

Sean marched up the stairs and into his room. Severus then stuck his head through the fireplace to speak to Albus.

"Albus?"

"Yes my boy, how goes it with Emrys?"

"Good, he's recovered easily from the injuries, and mentally he's healing as well. He starts at Sir Knight tomorrow."

"Excellent beamed Dumbledore, eyes twinkling"

"Yes, I just wanted to inform you that I'll be back for my late morning and afternoon classes tomorrow, I think Sean and Emrys will be fine on their own after school tomorrow and I'll be home by 5:30 at the latest anyways."

"Once more excellent news"

"Goodbye Albus"

"Yes my dear boy"

Severus pulled his head out of the fireplace. Glancing out the window he saw that Emrys was still running around with that ball, occasionally shooting it though the net he'd set up for Sean awhile ago. He began to start dinner, cooking spaghetti with Arabiatta sauce and some garlic bread. With a wave of his wand it was cooked and milk poured into glasses. He called Emrys and Sean to the table. They ate and Emrys still did not eat much at all, Sean eating as much as possible without Severus noticing. Severus asked the boys a few questions.

"Sean have you finished all your homework?" Severus asked.

"Ya dad...." He answered quickly.

"What do you plan on doing tonight?"

"dunno...stuff..."

"Well I'm going to take Emrys up for a bath, enteratain yourself for a bit then I'd like to have a little one on one chat with you okay?"

"sure dad"

Sean headed over to the video games while Severus took Emrys upstairs for a bath, unsure if Emrys knew how to bathe himself. Nevertheless the bath went by easily Severus just helping Emrys reach his back and soon Emrys was soon much cleaner.

Meanwhile while the two were in the bathroom Sean had gotten hungry and had finished off the box of cookies without Severus noticing, what was with his dad lately anyways, who needed to be really thin?

Emrys took off after his bath, wanting to play with his new toys, more specifically the cool cars.

Severus came downstairs to talk to Sean.

"Sean shut that off for now, were going to have a little talk."

"Sure"

"Now tomorrow I'll be heading back to work, and like usual you'll be on your own for about an hour after school."

"Okay...."

"I want you to make sure Emrys get's home alright, keep and eye out for him, and when you both get home, you can each have a piece of fruit and a drink, then I want you to start your homework. Emrys will be in year three instead of two so he'll be with kids a year older then him, just look out for him got all that?"

"Ya, we'll be fine dad!"

"Okay, well why don't you go back to whatever you were playing, I've got some marking to get done before tomorrow."