When Sebastian woke up in the morning, one of his first thoughts was that he was going to have to tell Blaine what had happened last night. After laying in his bed for another minute, he got up and went to the bathroom for a quick shower. Once he was done, he got dressed quickly and gathered his textbooks for the day's classes, and started to walk down to the Great Hall.

When he was about finished with his breakfast, he heard Kurt's voice and looked up to see Kurt entering the hall with his friends Mercedes Jones and Rachel Berry. The trio paused at the entrance of the hall, talking a bit more, then Mercedes walked off to the Gryffindor table while Kurt and Rachel walked to the Slytherin table.

Sebastian finished his breakfast while managing to keep his eyes almost entirely on Kurt. Despite the fact that Kurt had probably gone to sleep at a fairly late time, he looked quite awake and chipper. Again, Sebastian was struck with the urge to go over and say hello, but still decided that he would only look like an idiot if he tried.

Ten minutes before his first class started, Sebastian left the Great Hall and hurried off to his class, which was Transfiguration. Unfortunately, this was not a class that Sebastian shared with Blaine, nor was his next class, Ancient Runes. However, after that, when he went to lunch, he entered the Great Hall to see Blaine sitting at the Hufflepuff table, and hurried over.

"You will never believe what happened last night," Sebastian said as he sat down next to Blaine.

"Let me guess," replied Blaine. "You saw Kurt."

"Yes, but- we- we also talked!" exclaimed Sebastian. "Like, we had an actual conversation!" Leaning towards Blaine, he whispered, "I actually almost told him I like him."

"You- how?" replied Blaine in an astonished voice.

"I don't know- I just- I covered it up," said Sebastian. "But I did almost tell him, oh my God."

"Wow," said Blaine.

"Yeah," replied Sebastian, nodding. "Anyway, how was your Quidditch practice this morning?"

Blaine groaned, and Sebastian asked, "That bad?"

"Yeah," replied Blaine. "See, it was really dark and cold and wet this morning, so I think we were all frozen to the bone by the time we got to class. I know I was." Blaine paused, then started speaking again. "Oh, and Sam thinks that unless we prepare a lot, we're going to get crushed by Slytherin, so now there's going to be three early-morning practices a week."

"Ouch," said Sebastian sympathetically. "Well, have 'fun' with those."

After lunch, Sebastian went off to Herbology. Today, they were continuing from their previous few lessons, which were to observe the life cycle of the Mimbulus Mimbletonia. Professor Longbottom had advised the students to either wear protective covering or to wear clothing that they wouldn't mind getting messy, as the defense method of the Mimbulus Mimbletonia was to squirt Stinksap at the "attacker".

At this point, the only thing that had changed about the Mimbulus Mimbletonia was that it had grown bigger. Sebastian knew that at some point, the plant would start making sounds, but obviously that would have to wait for a little bit before he could observe it.

After Herbology was over, Sebastian went to his final class, History of Magic. After listening to Professor Binns drone on about Giant Wars for an interminable length of time, Sebastian was relieved when class was over, and started to walk to the Great Hall for dinner. Professor Binns's droning somehow always made him hungry.

Just as he was turning a corner, someone shoved him, almost knocking him onto his back. He looked up to see some Slytherins standing in front of him- Karofsky, Azimio, and a bunch of their cronies.

Sebastian sighed internally. These idiots never seemed to learn- they'd push him and start saying homophobic slurs, he'd eviscerate them with his wit, and walk off.

Just on schedule, Karofsky said, "Watch where you're going, homo."

"Um, yes, I am a human, although..." he paused, looking the group up and down. "I'm not sure I can say the same for you."

"What did you say?" said Karofsky, taking a step towards Sebastian, an angry look on his face.

"I'm thinking more Neanderthal," continued Sebastian. "It would make sense, given how dumb you are."

Karofsky's fist came out of nowhere, slamming Sebastian on the right side of his face, and he stumbled back, stunned. A script deviation...that was never a good thing.

Sebastian closed his eyes, assessing what to do. He could just try to run away, but that would be equivalent to admitting defeat to the bullies, and that would just be an invitation to even more harassment. Okay, so not an option. Another option would be to whip out his wand and jinx the living daylights out of them, but that would be breaking school rules, which would get him in trouble. That meant that the only other option was to fight back.