Need a chat.

[Severus Snape]

Severus stepped gingerly to his head of houses office. His feet hurt, but he was damned if he went to the hospital wing first before discussing an alternative to that joke of a classroom. he knocked on Professor Rothschild's door and just prayed to anything that she would be there and open the door.

"Professor Rothschild?" He called through the door "I really need to speak with you." he had a note of pleading in his voice.

[Isabella Rothschild]

Isabella had just put Conor down for a nap when she heard the knock on the door. Checking to see that the baby was still asleep, she quickly moved over to the door to see who was there. She was relieved to see Severus Snape, who she knew would not be loud or dramatic enough to wake the baby.

"Come in, Severus," she said, keeping her voice low. "I just put the baby down to sleep, but I'd be more than happy to help you. What's the problem?"

[Severus Snape]

He suddenly felt very foolish for leaving class as he did. He dropped his shoes on the floor and his bag and sat down in a chair that was sitting empty on the other side of his Head of House's desk. "I need to discuss an alternative for the Transfiguration lesson I have with Professor long." he felt very much hopeless and looked up at his Professor and said "She's asking impossible things from first and second years!" He pushed the hair away from his face, it was red and blistered just slightly from the sun in the class. "Look! she had a sun shining in class! If I had stayed I'm sure I would of been worse off! She expected me and everyone else to fix all our worries with Transfiguration! Most of the class was nearly naked anyway." it was a bit of an over dramatic statement, but even the professor herself was in a bathing suit before more five students showed up.

[Isabella Rothschild]

Isabella was a little shocked. Severus not one to be overdramatic about anything, so if he was upset, it must have been bad. "Naked?" she said, confused. "Explain what happened? There are alternatives you can take, but if you're just having trouble with the work, we could see that you get some extra help. I'm sure Professor McGonagall wouldn't mind helping out with Transfiguration, but if there is misconduct in class, I need to know about it."

[Severus Snape]

Severus sighed "She turned the whole classroom into a beach. she just sat on a beach chair for the first ten minutes of class, and people started taking off their shirts and transfiguring their clothing to the kind of swimsuit she was wearing. The girls mostly, but everyone else was taking off shirts and such." he gulped "I'm not a transfigurist. I couldn't make a glass into a teacup, but she expected shelters and shades and things! I got this" pointing to his red face "Trying to make an umbrella out of leaves! My feet are burned too, stupid sand got into my shoes and my bag and everywhere." he took a breath and said "She intends to make the class into a game! we are supposed to transfigure things out of our way to get a prize out of the jungle in class." he thought it was a revolting idea, he'd throw up if another professor thought it was a novel approach to teaching!

[Isabella Rothschild]

Isabella listened carefully to his complaints. It was an unorthodox teaching style, to be sure. And she could understand how an orderly mind like Severus's would be offended by it, especially if he had no talent for the subject. But unless there were complaints from other students, there really wasn't anything wrong with any of it.

"Well, Severus, there is an option for first and second year students to swap out one required class with Care of Magical Creatures, if you would prefer that. Or perhaps I could see if Professor McGonagall would be interested in tutoring you on the subject. I will also check in with other students to see how they feel about the professor's teaching style. If there are other complaints, then of course, we will need to take action."

[Severus Snape]

Severus nodded "I don't care to see that professor again. I'll take Care of Magical Creatures over that swill any day!" he really meant it. He felt defeated no one else was going to complain, he'd be alone in his desertion. "No one else is going to complain, I'm sure anyone else wouldn't of cared." he sat back in the seat and felt lucky he didn't burn the rest of his body by taking off more than his shoes, which he regretted anyway as they were burned and blistered from the heat too, then being shoved back in his shoes, even for that short walk from the umbrella to the door.
"Could I have a pass to see the nurse about the burns?" the problem about the sun burns is that they looked like nothing to painful, but very brush of hair on his face hurt.

[Isabella Rothschild]

Isabella gave him a little smile. She felt for the boy, he often seemed out of place and uncomfortable with most situations. But he was a good student when he put his mind to it. Clearly, transfiguration was not his subject. She could sympathize.

"Very well. I'll put in the paperwork to have your schedule changed, Severus." She quickly took out a pass and wrote it up for him. "Here you go. Take that to Madam Pomfrey. She'll take good care of you."

[Severus Snape]

Severus grabbed the note and mumbled a thank you. He wasn't used to looking up when receiving things. He slid off the chair was winced as his feet touched the floor. The first step on the cold floor always hurt before it felt better. He couldn't see how Natalie would do in that class. For a moment his heart lifted at the thought of maybe she would transfer with him to another class, but that was quickly squashed by the realization that he himself had pushed her away. He opened the door to the office and made his way to the Hospital wing.
What kind of git was he? What was he so afraid of? He couldn't go back now he just had to keep moving forward.