Creeveys in Counselling

Chapter 9

"You want to be with Eleanor?" Colin asked Theodore.

"Yes; I love her," Theodore replied softly so that Eleanor wouldn't hear him.

"What do your parents think of that?"

"They hate it, they actually almost forbid me from going on this quest. But they said that I had to find some things out about Dumbledore. Of course I will tell him that we haven't seen him, which is true in a way." Theodore still said everything in nothing more than a whisper.

"Ok, lets be friends. I really don't think you wanted to hurt Eleanor, or that you knew what these friends are planning," said Colin.

"Sure, and you can call me Theo. Only my mum and dad call me Theodore. I hate it when they say it in its entirety. It's just that it reminds me too much of their friends. Like the son of my dad's friend Nott is also called Theodore. I don't like him very much. He helped organise the Mating Ball too. He was just snogging his girlfriend Morag the whole Ball."

"How come you were sorted in Slytherin anyway?"

"Well... I guess because of my family, but also because I'm ambitious. I just want to get the most out of my study of magic. Not only the learning, but also all the parties which Slytherins can attend. I don't want to be high up in the Slytherin crowd, but sometimes it can come in handy to know people with money!" Theodore said.

"I don't know why I was sorted into Gryffindor. I wasn't brave at all; I just let it happen..."

"You are brave," Theodore comforted Colin. "Both Crabbe and Goyle were thrice as big as you and Dennis. There wasn't much you could do. It is brave to take it like a man, like you and Dennis do and have done. Ok there are times when it will be bad and full of unpleasant memories, but you need a friend to talk to. Maybe I am not the best person, but I am better than Dennis I think. If you talk only to Dennis, you'll be miserable together!"

"How did you become so wise?" Colin asked.

"Well, mum read some Muggle psychology magazines for their meeting with the Masons. And since dad wasn't at home, she read them aloud to me!" answered Theodore.

"Ok, but I still don't see how I was brave..."

"You were brave, because you went and got some help." Theodore said. "Dumbledore said it was from some Muggle called Dr. Spock. I saw a picture of him. He has nasty pointy ears. He should get them treated. He was in one of those magazines too. You were brave because you told someone about what had happened to you at the Mating Ball. Being brave is in both the little things and in the big ones, but mostly it is the little things that do it. It is just the way that you deal with things. Like when we heard Louise sing earlier on the beach, about her being a Bone Eater..."

"That was scary but I stood my ground, didn't I? Eleanor was scared though. She must be really scared if she jumps right into someone's arms." Colin smiled at the thought that he truly was brave. He'd have to sent Dennis to Theodore too. Theo had helped him, he could do the same for Dennis. And for the first time Colin understood why Dumbledore had put the four of them together on this island with Louise.