Despite their best attempts to avoid it, eventually Hadrian and Theo had to leave the safety of their rooms and go to class. Before they went their separate ways they kissed each other goodbye.

Theo called "see you at lunch, Hadrian," over his shoulder as he skipped off to herbology. Despite the newspaper article that morning he was looking forward to the class. He wanted to test how well his new forest nymph powers would work on the plants in class.

Hadrian waved goodbye as Theo skipped off. "See you later, love. Have fun in herbology," he called after his husband.

At the end of the hall Theo spun around and waved and shouted, "I will. have a good time in transfiguration," before turning and hurrying off to class.

When Theo was out of sight Hadiran gave a soft smile. "Merlin, I fall more and more in love with that boy every day," he whispered to himself before heading off to transfiguration.

In transfiguration Hadrian made sure to sit between Neville and Dean Thomas.

Before class began, Dean whispered to Hadrian, "I saw the paper this morning mate. Is it true?"

Hadrian nodded, "she got everything right, except for my name." At Dean's raised eyebrow Hadrian explained, "my name is Hadrian, not Harry."

"And do you prefer going by Hadrian?"

At Hadrian nod Dean grinned and offered his hand. "Nice to meet you Hadrian. My name's Dean," he said.

Hadrian laughed as he shook Dean's hand. A few minutes later Professor McGonagall walked in and began the lesson. Today they were working on vanishing spells. After an explanation and a demonstration the students began to attempt to vanish snails.

Hadrian was surprised at how quickly he got his snail to vanish. 'Maybe my inheritances make me better at transfiguration, or just magic in general,' he thought to himself.

As Mcgonagall made her way around the classroom she stopped in front of his desk and inspected his work. "Very good, Mr. Potter, quite a strong vanishing spell you've got there. 5 points to Gryffindor. Why don't you spend the rest of class assisting Mr. Longbottom and Mr. Thomas?" she suggested.

For the rest of class Hadrian tried to help Neville and Dean accomplish the vanishing spell. By the time class ended Neville had managed to make the snail's shell vanish but not the snail and Dean was able to vanish the snail but not the shell.

"Hey Neville," Dean said as they left the classroom, "maybe we should both just try to vanish the same snail next time, eh."

Just as Hadrian was about to exit the classroom Professor Mcgonagall stopped him, "Mr. Potter, a word if you may."

Turning to the Professor, Hadrian asked, "Yes Professor?"

"I've read the article in the paper this morning and I just wanted to let you know that if there's anything at all that you need help with, please don't hesitate to ask."

Hadrian stopped and stared, "actually Professor, there is one thing." Here he took a deep breath before telling her, "my name is Hadrian and I would prefer to be called that if it's ok."

Mcgonagll gave him a sharp nod, "very well, I'll see to it that your name is corrected in the school records."

Hadrian let out a relieved breath, "thank you, Professor."

"It's not a problem Mr. Potter," assured Mcgonagall, "now I believe you have another class to get to."

Hadrian smiled and waved goodbye to Mcgonagall as he headed off to his next class.

In herbology they were learning how to safely collect bubotuber pus from bubotubers. Theo could only stare at the somewhat gross plant in dismay. It was shaped like a large black slug and covered a multitude of shiny bumps. Not only did it look like a slug but it moved like one as well.

It was only when Theo paid closer attention that the plant was moving like that because it was uncomfortable. It seemed that the pus sacks that it was covered in had become overfilled, making it move in discomfort.

Professor Sprout instructed everyone to put on their dragon-hide gloves before handing out bottles that they could collect the pus in. Once she was sure that everyone was wearing their gloves and had their bottles the Professor demonstrated how to squeeze the pus out of the bubotubers.

When Theo first tried to squeeze the pus from the bubotuber it wriggled away from his hands. Theo frowned before he had an idea. This time he pushed some of his magic toward the plant while thinking about helping it. His idea seemed to work as the plant stilled and then wiggled in his direction. By the time he was finishing up the plant was now wriggling happily and even moving its fuller protrusions closer to his hands.

Draco who was working next to him looked over at what he was doing, "merlin, Theo, how did you get it to work with you like that?"

Theo grinned, "I think my creature inheritance has something to do with it."

At Draco's look of disappointment at being unable to replicate Theo's work he leaned over and pushed some magic into the plant; this time thinking of Draco helping it.

When the plant wriggled towards him Draco let out a relieved sigh, "thanks mate, that was a big help."

Blaize leaned around from Draco's other side, "mind helping me out too, Theo."

Theo grinned and did the same for Blaize.

As they continued to work Theo asked "so, did you see the article this morning?"

"Yeah mate," said Draco, "everyone saw it."

"Don't worry though," assured Blaize, "we already answered the other Slytherin's questions, so no one from our house should bother you too much."

Theo sighed, "thanks guys, at least I won't be bothered by people from my own house. Now I just have to worry about the other houses."

"Well, it's not like that's unusual for slytherin," joked Draco just as Professor Sprout came to check on their progress.

"Oh, well done boys, 5 points each for a job well done."

"We couldn't have done it without Theo," mentioned Blaize.

"Oh, then in that case Mr… I'm sorry dear, do you prefer Nott or Potter?" Asked the Professor.

"Potter, please Professor," Theo requested.

Professor Sprout smiled at him "then 5 points to Mr. Potter for helping his classmates."

By the time class ended Theo and his friends all had a large jar of bubotuber pus and a happily wiggling bubotuber in front of them. As they left the greenhouse they dropped off their jars of pus onto Professor Sprout's desk. Leaving the greenhouses the three boys headed back up to the castle for their next class.

When it was time for lunch Hadrian and Theo returned to their rooms, where they found three owls waiting for them in the kitchen. Hadrian took the letters from the owls while Theo gave them each a few treats.

When the owls left Hadrian handed one of the letters to Theo, "this ones for you, Theo."

The two boys sat down at their kitchen table to eat their lunch and read their letters. Hadrian opened his letters first. The first was from Elizabeth. "This one's from Miss. Elizabeth," he told Theo, "she saw the article and is offering to speak to the newspaper for us or act as a witness in the trial against the Weaslesy's and Granger."

"Oh, good," said Theo. "That is very nice of her, and I'm sure as your social worker she has paperwork that will confirm your emancipation," he continued, "if you need it, of course."

Hadrian let out an aggravated thought, "that's a good point, knowing them they'll try to prove that I'm not actually emancipated."

Theo reached over and patted Hadrian's knee, "lets not worry about that now. What does the second letter say?"

Hadrian opened the second letter and grinned, "it's from Sirius. He wants to know if we're alright after the article and that he'll call us tonight after dinner."

Theo returned Hadrian's grin, "oh, it'll be so nice to see Sirius again. But I'm afraid that I might have to leave before the call is over, I have astronomy tonight."

"That's alright, love," Hadrian assured, "I don't mind if you have to duck out early, and I'm sure Siri won't either. Now what does your letter say?"

Theo opened his letter and frowned, "it's from ST. Mungo's." Reading further his frown deepened, "it's my father," he whispered.

Hadrian reached out and squeezed Theo's hand in comfort, "what happened dear, is he alright?"

"No," Theo murmured, "he's dead, they said it was an untreated heart condition." When he finished speaking he burst out in uncontrolled sobbing. "Why am I so upset? I hated my father, he was a terrible person," he sobbed.

Hadrian pulled his husband into a hug and gently rubbed his back. "Oh, love, it's alright to be upset. He may have been a terrible person but he was still your father."

Theo continued sobbing into Hadrian's shoulder for what felt like hours but was really only minutes. Hadrian did his best to comfort his husband, holding him and rocking gently from side to side while rubbing his back.

When Theo let out a last hiccup of a sob he sat back and gave Hadrian a sad smile. "Your right he was my father," taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly, "and that means he's my responsibility." Glancing back at the letter he read, "St. Mungos will be holding his body until Monday. I think I'll go Saturday to make funeral arrangements. Then on Sunday we can go to Gringotts to get our lord rings."

Hadrian patted him on the shoulder, "do you want me to come to the hospital with you?"

Theo gave him a wobbly smile, "I'd really like that, thank you. At least now we can change our marriage contract, at least the part about having children."

"You're right, at least there is that," said Hadiran, "we can do that when we go to Gringotts as well."

Theo leaned up and kissed Hadrian's cheek, while shoving the letter from St. Mungos away, "let's not talk about this anymore."

"Alright, in that case how did herbology go, were you able to use your powers on the plants at all?" Hadrian asked.

"Yes," Theo replied enthusiastically, "we collected pus from bubotubers. I found that they were uncomfortable with how much pus buildup was in their protrusion and that they were much more cooperative when I pushed some magic toward them while thinking about helping them. I was even able to help Draco and Blaize." Hadrian laughed, "that's great, honey. Do you think I could do that as well?" Theo pursed his lips in thought, "maybe, I don't see why you couldn't try."

The rest of their lunch was spent in pleasant conversation talking about their classes.

After lunch they went back to class. Hadrian made sure that he sat with Neville and Dean in every class, staying well away from Hermione and Ron. Theo of course sat with Draco and Blaize in all of his classes. Eventually it was time for dinner and the young couple returned to their rooms to eat. As they ate their dinner they conversed about what they had done since lunch. When they finished eating they retired to the sitting room to wait for Sirius's floo call. At eight o'clock sharp their floo went off and Sirius's face appeared in the fireplace.

"Hadrian, Theo, it's so nice to see the two of you. How have you been?"

Hadrian grinned, "It's nice to see you too, Siri. We've been alright. We have had a few problems, but we're getting through them."

"Ah, That article I presume?" questioned Srius.

Hadrian and Theo looked at eachother, "well not just the article," answered Theo, "the DADA professor used a blood quill on me. Theo held up his hand to show Sirius his scar.

Sirius's eyes widened, "what, who could do something like that? I hope she's not teaching anymore."

"Don't worry," assured Hadrian, "she was arrested. I'm not sure who will replace her though it's only been a few days."

"Anyway how have you been, Sirius?" asked Theo.

"I've been alright, my mind healer suggested that I clean up Grimmauld place. She said it would be good for my mind to get rid of all the dark objects."

Hadrian gave a pleased smile, "that sounds like a good idea. How's it been going?"

Sirius grimaced, "there is much more crap in this house than I originally thought. So far I haven't even gotten around to getting rid of the dark objects. It seems like my mother was just hoarding everything she ever got. I don't think that woman ever threw anything away. I swear every closet in the place has an extension charm on it and they're all packed full."

Hadrian and Theo were a little stunned at Sirius's outburst.

Theo cleared his throat, "well thank you, Sirius, for cleaning the house. We both really appreciate it." Glancing at the clock, "but I'm afraid that I need to duck out, I have astronomy tonight."

Sirius nodded, "that's alright, have a good time in class, Theo."

Theo said goodbye to Sirius and kissed Hadrian goodbye before heading out to the last class of the day. When Theo left Hadrian continued to talk to Sirius for several hours. It was late at night when Sirius and Hadrian ended the call. After the floo call ended Hadrian got a book and headed to bed to read.

Hadrian was reading in bed when Theo bounded into the room, "HADRIAN, I FOUND GRYFFINDOR'S DEN!"