Michael looked slightly abashed but kept his gaze on Professor Snape. "My apologies, Sir. I will be more House appropriate from now on. He had a slightly cunning look on his face as he said this as if he had many evil ideas running through his head at that moment. "I will have no problems with them I promise." He looked proud and slightly haughty finally. "I don't put up with nonsense as I proved last year." He looked down suddenly looking at Snape's feet. "I felt like hexing them in front of a Ministry Official might be a bad idea. Especially one that is here for the reason that Umbridge is.., to be honest I don't like it, sir. Things at Hogwarts were fine so why does the Ministry feel they need to stick there nose in?" He was hoping he could hit the friendly side of Professor Snape that he frequently saw his last 5 years. He hated disappointing Snape because the man was his hero alongside Professor Dumbledore.