Chapter 5: Two hours, how bad can it be?


-"Just have him do his homework while I'm at practice, he usually doesn't get it done by the time I'm back, so he'll be distracted the whole time."- Kat said to Severus knowing that Alex would give him a harder time while watching him.

Severus sighed -" Yeah, thanks, that's what I'll do, this time I'll have to watch him well, I don't think dad is in the mood for another conversation about Alex getting into trouble"- He rolls his eyes before putting his school bag on his shoulder. -"Any advice?"-

-"For watching Alex or for dealing with dad's temper?"- Kat asked with a laugh as she looked over at him, they were pretty close in age, and he was already slightly taller than her. Her question was pretty reasonable, they were both very relevant things in their lives, and she had been around the longest, although she didn't get in this much trouble when it was just her at Hogwarts.

Severus rolls his eyes -"Both, but I think more in keeping an eye on Alex, I can be very persuasive when it comes to avoiding dad's temper"- He smirks. He usually gets into more trouble than Alex; the only difference is that he was seldom caught, and when they do, he managed to get his father just scold him or give him a warning, so he knew certain tricks very well, so it was easier to know what Alex was up to.

-"Well, I try to take the front of dad's temper before he gets to you guys, but it doesn't work so well sometimes"- Kat said as she thought. -"I won't be gone for practice long, maybe 2 hours, so just have him do his homework and then if you want you can bring him out to the pitch. I think he likes to watch people fly around so fast and high because he can't do it himself yet."- She said with a shrug as she tried to think of other things to do with him -"Last resort is you just take him somewhere and teach him basic spells that won't hurt anyone, and he can't really get hurt if he messes them up."-

Severus nods -"I guess I'll do that if he finishes his homework, thanks Kat, That's very useful."- He stretches. -"Well, I'm going to class see you later and let me know if Alex tries to sneak into the kitchens, I won't find out about anything until tomorrow"- He says before he starts walking towards the greenhouses. He sighed to himself even though Kat had told him all that, he would know he would have a difficult afternoon watching over Alex

-"No problem, I'll see you at dinner."- Kat waved as she turned and walked towards her DADA classroom. She felt bad that she had to leave Alex with Severus, but she had no other choice, she's lucky she even got a shot to try out for the team as a girl and if she had to watch Alex during the practices too, there was no way she'd still be on the team.


{Alex and Sev's POV}

Alex walked with his friends after class

-"Don't worry Alex, nothing will happen and if you don't want to cut yourself, we can cut the things for you, and you add the ingredients"- Luz said, putting her arm around Alex's shoulders.

-"Yeah, we do that in potions classes all the time."- Aries said with a snort.

Alex smiles slightly -"Okay, then let's prepare everything so that tonight is unforgettable"-. Alex walked back to the common room without knowing that this night would really be very unforgettable, for him.

Severus yawned as he came back to the common room, he sat down and read a book while he waited for Alex to come back, he was hoping Alex would be here soon, or he would have to drag him here.

Alex walks into the common room, says goodbye to Aries and walks over to Severus - "Where's Kat?"-

Severus looked up -"She has practice today, so I'm the one taking care of you today."-

Alex pouts.

Severus gets up -"Let's go to your dorm, you have homework to do"-.

Alex walks behind Severus.

They walk into the dorm and Alex lay face down on his bed and starts doing his homework. Severus sits in a chair as he continues reading.

After a few minutes, Alex began to feel restless.

-"Sev! Sev! I want to do other things"- Alex says while rolling on the bed

-"No, finish your homework and stop rolling"- Severus says without taking his eyes off his book.

Alex pouts -"I don't want to, I don't want to"- Alex repeated over and over and over again without stopping rolling

Severus puts the book on the desk and scratches his temples - "Oh, Merlin" - He growls.

After a long discussion and negotiation, Severus had gotten Alex to continue with his homework by giving him a bag of candy. Severus, while enjoying the silence, began to do his own homework. The silence lasted half an hour.

-"Sev! Sev!"-

Severus sighed before looking at Alex -"what?"- Severus's eyes widened when he saw his brother bounce up and down on the bed.

-"I'm bored, I'm bored!"-

Severus looked at the bag of candy and realized it was empty.

Alex got out of bed and started running around the room.

Severus sighed, seeing the kid get a sugar rush. -"Oh, by Merlin, how Kat manages to handle this kid"-. Severus got up, took Alex's hand and led him on a walk to calm him down because he couldn't finish his homework that way.

They walked for a few minutes; Alex was bouncing and trying to run away. Severus growled as he held his grip on Alex's hand. A few seconds later, Alex said that he felt bad and Severus had to pick him up, since it did not seem that Alex could walk anymore. Severus walked back to the common room with Alex in his arms as Alex rested his head on his shoulder.

-"Sev, I'm tired, my tummy hurts"-. Alex said whimpering.

Severus sighs heavily. -'I have to do something, or I'll be in a lot of trouble'-. He thought.

They walk into Severus' dorm. Severus put Alex on the bed and then searching through his stuff for something to help.

Alex kept whimpering and then threw up on the floor -"Sorry."- He said crying softly.

Severus found what he was looking for -"It's okay"- He took out his wand and cleared the floor. -"Here, drink this, you'll feel better"-

Alex frowned and shook his head as he sobbed and sniffed.

Severus sighed, remembering how difficult it was to give Alex any potions. - "Come on, drink it, and you can take a nap" -

Alex felt too tired to fight Severus, so he drank it -"Grosss"- He said, crying harder. - "Waaahhh"-

Severus sighed before picking him up and putting him on his hips and heading back to Alex's dorm. He put Alex faces down on his bed and patted him on the back until Alex stopped crying and fell asleep.

Severus breathed a sigh of relief and saw the time. -"I can't believe it, all this, and it hasn't been two hours yet"- He grunted. 1 hour and 45 minutes had passed.

Severus sat back in the chair and continued doing his homework, about 20 minutes, until he heard someone knock on the door. He looked at Alex who was sleeping peacefully in his bed. He sighed heavily. -"Come in"- He said softly, not wanting to wake Alex up yet.


{Kat's POV}

After class Kat came back to the common room, shortly before Alex and Severus, so she could go to her dorm to change, the rest of her gear was at the pitch, but they all had to come in their base Quidditch uniform. She left her dorm after changing quickly, as she walked back out through the common room and walked out to the field; she threw her hair into a ponytail and headed into the Slytherin tent.

Kat went to practice and about a quarter of the way in she had a break, the only thought that kept running through her mind was wondering what Alex was asking Sev to do. Alex was closer with Kat when it came to watching him, so he listened better to her, but he was still very hyper and never wanted to listen to what she said. Sev never watched him, so she knew Alex would try and use Sev's patience to do other things then do homework.

As practice ended all of the players went into the tent to put away their gear, after locking it all up them met in the middle of the pitch. They had a meeting about the upcoming season and what to expect, they did fairly well last year, so they are expected to do just as well this year. They were aiming for the Quidditch cup, but that would all depend on how seriously the whole team too training.

After the meeting, Kat left the pitch quickly and headed back to her dorm; she showered and changed into casual clothes, then made her way over to Alex's dorm to see what they were up to. She knocked softly before entering the room.

Kat opened the door slowly once she heard Sev's permission to enter.


Kat closing the door behind her as she looked at Alex who was passed out on the bed. -"What happened?"- She asked confused as she looked back over at Severus.

Severus turned to look at Kat before running his hand over his face -" We had an interesting afternoon"- He pointed to Alex -"He didn't want to do his homework, so I gave him a bag of candy to shut up and finish his homework, he did his homework for a while until he started bouncing and running around the room"- He said with a growl -"He had a sugar rush because he ate all the candy. I took him for a walk to calm him down until he grabbed his stomach saying it hurt. I took him to my dorm, he threw up, gave him a potion for the stomach, brought him here, and he passed out almost immediately in his bed"-. When Severus finished explaining, he sighed heavily.

Kat just looked at him shocked about what had happened -"I left you with him for 2 hours, how did all that go wrong in that short period of time?"- She asked, just baffled that Alex gave him that hard of a time while watching him.

Severus leaned back in the chair. -"I don't know, I admit it was my mistake to give him those candies and not pay attention to him while he ate them, but he was too stubborn no matter what I said, he didn't want to do his homework."- He breathed deeply. -"I got him to do half his homework before he gave the sugar rush, but one thing I don't understand, if he gets like that from eating so much sugar, why does he have so many sweets here? He has a drawer completely full of candies and treats"-

-"I don't know, his friends keep giving them to him and if I go to Hogsmeade I buy him some things sometimes."- Kat shrugged -"He'll be fine, thank you for watching him. I can take it from here if you'd like."- She said as she sat in one of the chairs and put her school bag filled with homework down.

Severus shook his head. -"No, I'm going to take a shower to relax, and I'll come back to help you, I don't think he'll get up in a good mood, because of everything that happened, and I bet he'll have a headache."- He gets up leaving his homework on the desk. -"I'll be back soon, okay?"- He says as he walks towards the door.

-"Yeah, take your time; I can handle him alone if he wakes up."- Kat said with a nod as he began to walk out of the room. She pulled her homework out of her bag and began to go through it to pass the time as she waited for Alex to wake up.

A few minutes later, Alex whimpered as he woke up, his head hurt, and he felt like his stomach was churning. He sat up while he rubbed his eyes. He slowly opened his eyes to see Kat -"Uh, when did you come back?"- He says sleepily and looked around -"And where's Sev?"- He said in a low voice.

-"I got back just shortly before you woke up."- Kat said as she looked up from her homework. -"He's in his dorm showering, and then he'll be back, how do you feel?"- She asked as she put her homework down and walked over to him.

Alex turns his head to look at her. -"I feel bad"- He said in a squeaky tone.-"My head hurts"- He grabs his head. -"And my tummy hurts."- He says holding his stomach -"And I feel nauseous"- He says whining. -"Kat, make that all go away"- He says whining louder

- "It's ok, just relax."- Kat said as she walked over to grab a garbage can just in case he needed to throw up. -"Once Sev gets back, he'll give you something for the nausea, I'll try and get you something for your head."- She said as she put a cold wet rag on his forehead.

Alex sighs slightly -"that feels good"- He smiles slightly, and he lies on his back while he closes his eyes.

A few minutes later, Severus walked in, dressed in casual clothes and with wet hair. He puts several potions on the nightstand -"Okay, what does this shortie have?"- He asks Kat.

-"He says his head hurts, and he's nauseous."- Kat said as she turned to look at Severus -"I did what I could while you were gone, but he's going to need potions to recover before dinner."-

Severus nods -"Yeah, I don't feel like getting in trouble for this."- He takes a couple of potions and gets close to Alex. -"Sit up and drink this"-

Alex lifts his head slightly to look at Severus. -"Nooo, that's gross"-

Severus sighs and turns his head to look at his sister -"Help me, or I'll force him to drink it"-

Kat rolled her eyes with a sigh as she walked over to help him get Alex to drink the potion -"If you don't drink these then you won't feel better by dinner."- She said as she took the potion from Sev's hand and looked at it then shrugged -"If you don't feel better at dinner, then it will go 1 of 2 ways. 1. Dad somehow finds out that you aren't feeling well which causes him to ask us what happened, and we will have to tell him why you don't feel well resulting in all of us getting in trouble, 2. If you don't feel better even if dad doesn't find out, I'm not going to let you go to the sleepover because I don't want you getting sick there."- She held the potion out to Alex.

Alex looked at his sister pouting -"Okay, I'll drink the potion"- He sits up and takes the potion from his sister's hand and drinks it. -"Gross"-

Severus holds up another potion. -"This one too"-.

-"Ehhhh!"- Alex takes it from Severus' hand and drinks it -"Gross, gross"- He says, sticking out his tongue.

Severus rolls his eyes -"Dramatic"-

-"Anything else? Or will those fix him?"-Kat asked because she wanted to get hit all over with at once, she knew Alex wouldn't drink another one after a while.

Severus searches through the potions, seeing that another one could help, he takes one and walks towards Alex. -"Here, this is the last one"-. He held it in front of Alex.

Alex took it with a pout and drank it. -"I don't want more, it's gross"-

Severus rolls his eyes. -"How do you feel?"-

Alex said nothing for a few moments while touching his stomach and head -"It doesn't hurt anymore."- He said while smiling.

Severus sighed in relief that they didn't have to take Alex to the infirmary.

-"Easy on the candy tonight at the sleepover please."- Kat said with a sigh of relief as he said he felt better.

Alex nods -"Okay"-.

-"Thank you" - Kat said to Sev.

Severus looks at his sister -"Don't thank me, after all, this is my fault, but how do you keep him from doing things like that all the time"- He says while he puts away the rest of the potions.

Alex frowns at Severus' question.

-"You give him something to do and give him reasons why not to do things that will cause problems."- Kat said with a laugh.

Severus rolls his eyes -"I think for the next time he gets this stubborn, I'll just immobilize him and cast a silencing charm on him"- He teases.

- "Hey!"- Alex pouts.

-"He won't do that."- Kat laughed with a laugh as she looked at Alex. -"If that's what it takes to not let this happen again, then be my guest."- She whispered to Sev.

Severus whispers to his sister -"Oh, believe me I'll do everything necessary so that this doesn't happen again, never"- He says seriously

-"Hey, don't whisper, I'm still here"- Alex crosses his arms.

Severus looks at him with a raised eyebrow -"Yes, now that you're in the land of the living, finish your homework and this time without complaining"-

-"Get it done before dinner, so you can go to the sleepover."- Kat said laughing softly at his defensiveness -"I'm going to walk you to the Hufflepuff dorms, so I can talk to their prefect."-

Alex sighs -"Okay "- He says as he puts the books and scrolls in front of him and lies on his stomach, but then he looks at Kat -"Why do you want to talk to the Hufflepuff's prefect? I thought we already had permission to do the sleepover"- Alex said, confused.

-"Yeah, we did, but I want to talk to her, I'm also friends with her, so I just want to catch up with her."- Kat said as she sat down in her spot and continued her homework

Alex shrugs as he starts to do his homework again; he hums as he does so. Severus sat down and continued to do his homework, rolling his eyes as he heard Alex hum. Kat had gotten used to the noises Alex made, her ears just naturally filter it out, so she doesn't even notice it.

Kat got through her subjects pretty fast, not taking too long to complete each individual assignment for the different classes. Severus finished all his homework and then continued reading his book. Alex kept humming until he finished the rest of his homework. By the time Alex finished, it was getting dark outside, and it was almost time for dinner.

Kat yawned as she closed her books and put away all of her books. -"Are you done?"- She said to Alex as she looked up.

Alex sat up on the bed and nodded -"Yes, I've done everything"-. He gets off the bed, and then puts his scrolls and books in his backpack.

-"Ok, good, I'm going to bring my stuff back to my dorm, and then we'll head down to dinner."- Kat said with a yawn as she got up and headed to the door.

Alex nods -"Okay"- He said when she left the room.

-"See ya, shortie"- Severus picked up his stuff and left too.

Alex grabbed a small bag where he put inside, his pajamas, bags of candy and treats, and various band-aids. He was humming happily. When he finished, he left his dorm and went to the common room to wait for Kat and Sev.

Kat came out of her dorm and into the common room while pulling a jacket over her arms, she was always cold, so it wasn't uncommon for her to have layers on. -"Did you pack your things?"- She asked as they waited for Sev to join them.

Alex nods as he puts the bag on his shoulders -"Yes, I packed everything I need"- He smiles.

A few minutes later, Severus joined them.

As soon as Alex saw Severus walk towards them, he started to bounce. -" Come on, I want to have a quick dinner, so I can go to the Hufflepuff common room"- He says excitedly.

-"You guys go ahead, I'll be right behind you."- Kat said as she waved them on, she started to follow them slowly as her body was exhausted from practice.

Alex hums as he walks.

Severus turns his head and walks slower to walk alongside Kat -"Here, I thought you'd be tired of the practice"- He says, pulling a potion out of his pocket.

-"No, it's ok I'm fine."- Kat said softly as she waved away the potion. -"Thank you, but we're really not supposed to take potions to feel better unless Madam Pomfrey gives it to us."- She said as they walked together to the Great Hall.

Alex walks into the Great Hall and sits next to Aries and talks to her, excitedly.

Severus keeps the potions in his pocket. -"Do you distrust my potions?"- He teases.

-"No, I trust them more than my own, but it's kinda an unspoken Quidditch rule."- Kat shrugged -"They try to limit the amount of possible cheating."-

Severus shrugs -"Cheating potions aren't my thing, but it's okay, if your body hurts a lot or if you feel very tired, tell me, I'll help you feel better"- He smiles at her and walks over to where his friends are.

-"I will, thank you."- Kat said with a smile as she sat not too far away from him with her own friends, smiling softly at their father before returning to her conversation.

Alex talked to Aries when his other friends sat next to him as they walked into the Great Hall.

-"Did you bring everything we need?"- Aries said, and everyone nodded. -"Good, let's sneak out at midnight so no one will see us."- They all nodded again.

They continued talking about what they were going to do until dinner was over.