Teddy was worried for the first five minutes after he arrived to class. Tamra was supposed to be in the same class and he was eager to see how she was doing so far. Teddy had seen Scorpius standing in front of her in line when they were told it was time for bed. He wondered what Scorpius could have told her while he wasn't around. Teddy finally saw Tamra walk in the room and he made sure she noticed him. He had a seat reserved for her. When she sat down, Teddy felt like embracing her.
"How did you sleep?" Teddy asked.
"Fine," Tamra mumbled. She was still trying to wake up. The class started filing in and to her relief, Scorpius wasn't there. Tamra looked up at the assignment written on some type of magical board and started getting stuff out of her bag. "I can't find my quills. I think I left them in my trunk," she said as she searched through her bad. Teddy put one of his on her desk.
"You can use it for today," he told her.
"Thanks," Tamra said as she picked the quill up. The class started soon afterwards and ended just as quickly. While students were filing out of the classroom, Teddy pulled Tamra aside in an empty hallway.
"I saw you and Scorpius talking last night," Teddy said with an annoyed tone in his voice.
"What about it?" Tamra asked him.
"I was just wondering what he was saying," Teddy answered her while looking around for any professors. He would have to leave soon for his next class and they wouldn't see each other again until their break after lunch and in class later that evening.
"He was telling me since you weren't around maybe he could decide if I'm worth talking to or not," Tamra told him. She wasn't going to lie. "That wasn't all though. He was talking at the dinner table like usual and someone said that I didn't look like a Potter. And that I looked like I belonged to a more respectable family." Teddy opened his mouth to speak but allowed her to finish. "Then Scorpius went off and said that the Potters are a very respectable family and that it shouldn't matter where my parents came from."
Anger faded from Teddy's face and he had a look that was in between shock and surprise. "He really said that?" Teddy asked feeling dumbfounded.
"Yes," Tamra told him. "Also I think-."
"We need to get to class," Teddy interrupted her. "I don't think mum would be very happy if she heard from Neville that we were late." Tamra nodded and watched him rush off to class. She still had twenty minutes to spare before she had to go to Transfiguration. Tamra sighed. She walked to her next class with no sign of Scorpius. She hadn't seen him since breakfast even though he hadn't said much to her this time.
Tamra took a seat at the back of the class and then felt someone's presence behind her.
"I see we have the same class together, Potter," Scorpius' voice said. He sounded annoyed. When she turned around he had a smirk on his face showing her that he was just joking.
"Oh, hi," Tamra said with no emotion. It felt strange to actually enjoy his company since Scorpius was the first person to speak to her since Teddy.
"I have Defense Against the Dark Arts after this," Scorpius said as he sat down.
"So do I," Tamra told him. She moved her chair over to make room for him at the table.
The day was seemed to go by quickly. She met Teddy after lunch before her break was over and she had her next class.
"Are you doing ok?" Teddy asked as they walked in the court yard.
"Yea I'm fine," Tamra said. The wind blew through their hair and it seemed to help calm her mind.
"Dad was saying we should see Hagrid when we have the chance," Teddy told her. "But what were you trying to tell me in the hallway?"
"I think Scorpius knows something about my birth parents," Tamra began looking at the ground as they walked.
"Why would he know something like that?" Teddy asked defensively. "If anyone has the right to know, it's you."
"You know how his grandfather is kind of not all there? Scorpius was saying that his grandfather has an interest in me and I think it's because he knows something. But it doesn't make any sense. I asked what he meant but Scorpius just went on to say that his grandfather was old and crazy. It was almost like he was told to say that," Tamra explained. "I don't understand it."
"You should ask dad about it," Teddy stopped walking and so did she. "If you are curious, you should ask. I bet mum and dad have well prepared to tell you where you came from."
"What if it's bad though?" Tamra asked and looked up at him. Today his hair was a nice dark brown color and his eyes matched the green shade of his godfather's.
"Don't think like that," Teddy said. "Even if they were bad, it wouldn't make people judge you any more or less." Tamra didn't say it out loud, but she hoped he was right.
After talking to Teddy, she walked to her Defense Against the Dark Arts class. She didn't expect to be the first person in class so she set her things down and went to leave the room to take a bathroom break.
"Where are you going Ms. Potter?" a familiar voice called from behind her. Tamra turned around thinking she was in trouble but it turned out to be Harry. She ended up doing a double take to make sure it was really her adoptive father.
"You didn't tell me," Tamra said in shock.
"I wanted it to be a surprise," Harry grinned. Tamra felt her eyes water and then ran to give him a hug.
