"Seeing as it was Nott’s brilliant plan," Theo closed his book —which he'd still been reading, despite the interruption— to look up at them. Weasley took a step back. If he hated Malfoy, then he was scared of Theo in equal measure. Harry found this really quite amusing. Theo did strike an imposing figure. Harry just knew he was soft. So it didn't work on him; or Malfoy for that matter. Weasley stumbled to change his words. "Well —the thing’s nearly as long as Hagrid’s bloody house now. We can’t do it by ourselves!" 