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Bethany O'Keefe sighed as she sat down at one of the tables in the library. She straightened her green and silver tie as she took out her transfiguration book and tried to study her notes, but it was useless. She attention was elsewhere. She kept looking at the table that was 10 or so feet in front of her, but she was looking at one boy in particular. Sirius Black. She knew that every girl in the school wanted to be with him. Or at least hang out with him. Seeing as how she was in Slytherin it would be impossible; her friend Georgia who was in Ravenclaw sat down next to her but she didn't seem to notice. This of course led to Georgia waving her hand in front of her face.
"Of course you pick a Marauder to be infatuated with..." She said her statement louder than necessary making all of their ears perk up. This of course led to their little group walking over to them and Beth banging her head against the table several times.
"I didn't know you would sink this low Georgia. Hanging out with scum like her," Sirius said.
"Bugger off Black," Bethany glared at him.
"Really? Since when do you think some stupid git from Slytherin has any control over me?" Sirius raised an eyebrow. Peter and James were laughing, but Remus was trying to best to be nice. He was a friend of Georgia's after all.
"Look," Bethany shut her book rather harshly. "I didn't bloody ask to be in Slytherin." With that she ripped the Slytherin patch off her robes and threw off her tie. This made Georgia and everyone else including the Marauders gasp. She thrust both the tie and patch into Black's hands and stormed off.
"Smooth move Sirius," Georgia rolled her eyes and went after her friend.
Georgia ran down the hallway and finally caught up with Bethany who by the looks of it was heading back to the Slytherin common room. Georgia caught her shoulder and turned her around. "Why didn't you tell me?"
Bethany practically snorted, "Ha, tell you that I fancy him?" She rolled her eyes.
"Wait...you fancy him? I thought you were just fawning over him or something," Georgia said.
"Look, Georgia," she brought her hands to her friend's shoulders. "He's in Gryffindor. I'm in Slytherin. It doesn't matter how I feel about him. It'll never work. Plus there's the fact that he hates my guts and we only refer to each other by our last names."
"Well," Georgia paused. "Make an effort to be nice to him then."
"I don't think your seeing my point," Bethany sighed. "He. Is. In. Gryffindor. I. Am. In. Slytherin. That's it. Nothing more to it."
"I take it you don't like being in the house you are after the little stunt you pulled tonight," Georgia raised an eyebrow. Bethany just sighed.
"I'm going back to the common room. I guess I'll see you tomorrow before breakfast," with that she trudged up the stairs and out of her friend's sight. Georgia sighed and headed towards her own dorm.
***
The next morning Bethany woke up bright and early. She walked down the stairs to see Georgia sitting in the common room. "You forgot your books at the library," Georgia said giving them to Bethany.
"Oh, thanks," she shoved them into her school bag. "Shall we go down to breakfast then?" Georgia smiled and nodded and they both walked out of the porthole.
"You do know your wearing the same robe as yesterday?" Georgia said pointing to the missing patch. Bethany just shrugged. "Are we making a statement today?"
Bethany sighed, "Georgia. You know as well as I do that I never wanted to be in Slytherin. I personally don't understand why I'm there to begin with." She pushed the big oak doors open.
Bethany and Georgia always went to breakfast early. There was something about having the great hall deserted that made them both smile. They both loved the school of course but sometimes it was all too much. It made them feel claustrophobic at times to have so many people around them. Dumbledore smiled at them knowingly as students filled the great hall.
Everybody was chatting with his or her neighbor and Dumbledore stood up to make the daily announcements. He held his right hand up to silence everyone, "I have an important announcement to make." The hall suddenly became quiet. "It seems that I have made a mistake." People all starred at Dumbledore in awe. How could he have made a mistake? "There has been a mis-sorting. Will Bethany O'Keefe please come up here?"
Beth made a quick glance at Georgia whose eyes were wide in surprise. 'How did he know?' She stood up from the Slytherin table and walked towards the front of the hall. There was a stool placed there with the sorting hat on top of it. Dumbledore lifted the hat and motioned her to sit on the stool. It seemed like it was only yesterday when she was a first year who was going through the sorting process.
She gave him a questioning glance and he just smiled. He knew. She sat down on the small stool that was once much larger to her. He placed the hat on her head and the sorting hat began looking through her personality. 'Ah, a very good mind. Bravery. Honestly. Loyalty. No, no, Slytherin was not right at all...must be...' "GRYFFINDOR!" It yelled. Bethany's eyes widened. Georgia dropped her toast and her mouth was agape.
The whole hall was silent. The Marauders watched her, surprised and unbelieving. Dumbledore smiled at her and pointed to the Gryffindor table. She stood up and silently walked over to the table plopping down close to the end. All alone. Everyone looked at her for a moment but then the food appeared and they all went back to their own conversations. Lily Evans was the first one to go sit by her.
"Hello. Welcome to Gryffindor. I'm Lily Evans," Lily said warmly.
"Um...thanks. I'm just a little, surprised at the drastic change," Bethany said.
"I would be too. To think from Slytherin to Gryffindor," Lily said.
"Oh, I'm Bethany O'Keefe by the way," she put out her hand and Lily shook it.
"Oh...OH!" she said suddenly. "Your O'Keefe..."
Bethany turned a slight pink, "Yeah. That's me."
"Oh I'm sorry. Didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. It's just every time you talked to the guys they refer to you by O'Keefe. Boys are so stupid," Lily rolled her eyes and Bethany nodded in agreement. "Speaking of the boys...you should probably meet them."
Bethany's eyes widened, "I don't really think that's necessary. They already know me."
"Non-sense. I'm sure you can all be friends. All you need is a proper introduction. They're really nice once you get to know them. Plus, your not in Slytherin anymore so I have a feeling they'll be nicer," Lily smiled and practically dragged her over to the boys. "Boys, this is Bethany. Bethany this is Remus, Peter, James, and Sirius." Lily sat down and patted the spot next to her. Bethany sighed and sat down.
"Hello," Remus said. "Welcome to Gryffindor."
"Thanks," Bethany whispered.
"Well, it's good to see that you're on the right side now," James said. Lily gave him a look and he shrugged innocently.
"Like I said before. I didn't choose to be in that house," she wrinkled her nose.
"I take it you didn't like being in Slytherin?" Remus asked.
Bethany shook her head, "I hated it. Bunch of rich prats. It was awful." They all nodded in agreement.
"Well, Sirius," Lily began. "Are you going to be civil to her now?"
"Yea, yea," Sirius muttered poking his food with his fork.
"Good. After breakfast I can show you the common room if you like," Lily said. "There's room in my dorm if you'd like to stay with me." Bethany just nodded.
Bethany looked at the Ravenclaw table trying to find Georgia. She spotted her and Georgia started making suggestive hand motions to imitate her and Sirius. She gave her threatening glances and whenever Lily or the boys would turn around to see what she was looking at Georgia would wave or whistle innocently. Bethany would just roll her eyes and they would continue their conversation like nothing happened. Other than that breakfast was very uneventful.
Like Lily promised after breakfast she showed Bethany around the Gryffindor common room and the girls' dormitory where all of Bethany's stuff had been moved. Bethany quickly changed her robe to her new Gryffindor one and put on her gold and red tie. Bethany looked over her new schedule and was happy to find that she and Lily shared the same classes. After the tour was over and everything was in place Lily and Bethany headed down to transfiguration where the boys were waiting for them.
"Now class take your seats and I will hand out the test. No cheating and keep your eyes on your own paper," the young McGonagall said as she handed out the tests. Everybody took out his or her quills and ink. "Begin, now." There was a scribbling of quill against parchment and everybody filled out the test the best they could.
When time was up she collected the tests while everyone gathered their belongings and left. Lily along with the guys had waited for Bethany. She was surprised to say the least. The boys were talking about Quidditch and which brooms were the best when it hit Bethany.
"Quidditch!" Bethany suddenly said as she hit her forehead.
"Yes...I feel that way about it too," Lily said as they walked through the hallway.
"No, you see, I was on the Slytherin team but seeing as I'm no in that room anymore..." Bethany sighed.
"Well..." James began. "John Robinson did get injured at the last game and I've seen you play so...you can play for him at the game tomorrow if you like."
"Really? You'd do that for me?" Bethany hugged him suddenly making him drop his books. "Thank you so much!" The boys snickered as James picked up his books. Lily just rolled her eyes at them.
Their classes passed back quickly and before they knew it dinner had arrived. Bethany hadn't really seen Georgia all day except for glances at breakfast and lunch. Before dinner they finally got to talk. Lily and the boys headed to the Gryffindor table while Bethany said she'd catch up and headed to Ravenclaw.
"So, Beth, how's lover boy?" Georgia asked.
"Oh shut up. He hasn't even really talked to me yet," Bethany rolled her eyes.
"Really? Well that sucks royally. He's probably trying to get used to calling you by your first name," Georgia laughed. After a few minutes of catching up Remus walked up to them.
"Hi, sorry to intrude, I saved a seat for you Beth," Remus said shyly.
"Thanks Remus," Bethany smiled. "I guess that's my cue to leave. See you after dinner." She waved goodbye and headed to the Gryffindor table as Georgia raised her eyebrows in surprise.
Once Bethany got to the table she sat in the seat Remus saved for her which was in-between himself and Sirius. Bethany looked at Remus curiously and he just shrugged. The other guys nodded to acknowledge her presence but they were too busy shoveling food in their mouths to have a conversation.
Lily rolled her eyes at them, "How's Georgia?"
"Pretty good. We have herbology with her on Tuesday apparently." Bethany said.
"Oh, Beth," James began. "We have Quidditch practice tomorrow morning bright and early."
"How early?" Bethany asked.
"4AM..the game starts at 9," he shrugged and continued eating. Bethany groaned.
"Not a morning person?" Remus asked.
She shook her head, "Not at all."
"Neither is he," Remus pointed to Sirius who just shrugged and continued eating.
Bethany finished eating a few minutes later and left the table to meet up with Georgia. "So, has he talked to you yet?" Georgia asked.
"Nope. He's only shrugged and stuff," Bethany sighed. "I guess it's better not to bother him while he's eating." Georgia laughed. "Well, I guess I should go to bed. Have to wake up early for Quidditch practice at 4."
"PM I hope," Georgia said.
Bethany shook her head, "Nope, AM."
"Jesus," they stopped in front of the Gryffindor porthole. "See you in herbology then and good luck."
She nodded and said the password, "Night."
She walked into the girl's dormitory and changed into her pjs. She then sat on her new bed. Everything was so different. Everything had changed and the scary part was she liked it. She didn't have any friends from her old house. She only had Georgia, and Severus but now...now she had friends. Real friends and she was happy for once. She smiled. She was going to have to thank Dumbledore.
***
Bethany groaned and glanced at the clock. The red neon lights said 12:15AM. She closed her eyes trying to fall back asleep with no luck. She pulled back the covers and swung her feet over the side. She glanced to her right. Lily was still sleeping. She sighed and grabbed her robe off the chair by her desk and headed towards the common room. She went to sit on the couch by the fireplace and was surprised to see Remus sitting there gazing into the fire. She sat down next to him.
"Couldn't sleep either?" He asked.
"Nope," she sighed. "It's weird to wake up and not know where you are."
"Yea...I've had that happen to me before," he said sadly. She gave him a questioning glance but he waved her off. "So, how do you like Gryffindor so far?"
"It's good. Better than before. It's kind of awkward though. I mean last night you all were making cracks at me and then today we're friends...that's pretty fucked up," Bethany explained.
He nodded in agreement, "So, tell me about yourself. I know nothing about you."
She smiled, "My name is Bethany Marie O'Keefe. Born December 11th in a small town in England. My dad is a wizard and my mum a muggle. My dad's a real great funny guy. Kind of corny though. I could always talk to him about my problems and we're so much alike."
"What about your mother?" He asked.
She frowned, "My mother is a different story...complete opposite. I never liked her much."
She felt his hand on her shoulder, "If you don't want to talk about it it's ok."
She shook her head, "No, it's ok. Really. Well, to make a long story short my mom's a bitch. She used to hit my dad and me...she's emotionally abusive and doesn't care about anybody but herself." She paused for a minute neither of them speaking. "Everybody always tells me how they get along with their mothers and I feel left out. Like I'm missing out on something. I always thought that I did something wrong you know? Like I wasn't good enough for her..." Tears streamed down her cheeks and she sniffled and pushed them away angrily. "I'm sorry, I usually don't cry."
He hugged her, "It's ok. Everybody is allowed to cry every once in a while."
She hugged him back closing her eyes and sniffling, "But it makes me feel weak and vulnerable."
"Your not weak," he said. "Far from it." They both pulled away from each other and he wiped her tears away. "See, doesn't it feel better to talk to someone?" She nodded and leaned her head on his shoulder. "Things like this can only make you stronger. Whenever you see this kind of darkness there is an extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter." He stroked her hair. Bethany fell asleep on Remus's shoulder. She felt like a weight had been lifted off her chest but most of all she had a new friend.
A/N: "Whenever you see this kind of darkness there is an extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter."-Bono from U2. Sorry but I love that quote and I love U2. Anyways click the little button and review.
Bethany O'Keefe sighed as she sat down at one of the tables in the library. She straightened her green and silver tie as she took out her transfiguration book and tried to study her notes, but it was useless. She attention was elsewhere. She kept looking at the table that was 10 or so feet in front of her, but she was looking at one boy in particular. Sirius Black. She knew that every girl in the school wanted to be with him. Or at least hang out with him. Seeing as how she was in Slytherin it would be impossible; her friend Georgia who was in Ravenclaw sat down next to her but she didn't seem to notice. This of course led to Georgia waving her hand in front of her face.
"Of course you pick a Marauder to be infatuated with..." She said her statement louder than necessary making all of their ears perk up. This of course led to their little group walking over to them and Beth banging her head against the table several times.
"I didn't know you would sink this low Georgia. Hanging out with scum like her," Sirius said.
"Bugger off Black," Bethany glared at him.
"Really? Since when do you think some stupid git from Slytherin has any control over me?" Sirius raised an eyebrow. Peter and James were laughing, but Remus was trying to best to be nice. He was a friend of Georgia's after all.
"Look," Bethany shut her book rather harshly. "I didn't bloody ask to be in Slytherin." With that she ripped the Slytherin patch off her robes and threw off her tie. This made Georgia and everyone else including the Marauders gasp. She thrust both the tie and patch into Black's hands and stormed off.
"Smooth move Sirius," Georgia rolled her eyes and went after her friend.
Georgia ran down the hallway and finally caught up with Bethany who by the looks of it was heading back to the Slytherin common room. Georgia caught her shoulder and turned her around. "Why didn't you tell me?"
Bethany practically snorted, "Ha, tell you that I fancy him?" She rolled her eyes.
"Wait...you fancy him? I thought you were just fawning over him or something," Georgia said.
"Look, Georgia," she brought her hands to her friend's shoulders. "He's in Gryffindor. I'm in Slytherin. It doesn't matter how I feel about him. It'll never work. Plus there's the fact that he hates my guts and we only refer to each other by our last names."
"Well," Georgia paused. "Make an effort to be nice to him then."
"I don't think your seeing my point," Bethany sighed. "He. Is. In. Gryffindor. I. Am. In. Slytherin. That's it. Nothing more to it."
"I take it you don't like being in the house you are after the little stunt you pulled tonight," Georgia raised an eyebrow. Bethany just sighed.
"I'm going back to the common room. I guess I'll see you tomorrow before breakfast," with that she trudged up the stairs and out of her friend's sight. Georgia sighed and headed towards her own dorm.
***
The next morning Bethany woke up bright and early. She walked down the stairs to see Georgia sitting in the common room. "You forgot your books at the library," Georgia said giving them to Bethany.
"Oh, thanks," she shoved them into her school bag. "Shall we go down to breakfast then?" Georgia smiled and nodded and they both walked out of the porthole.
"You do know your wearing the same robe as yesterday?" Georgia said pointing to the missing patch. Bethany just shrugged. "Are we making a statement today?"
Bethany sighed, "Georgia. You know as well as I do that I never wanted to be in Slytherin. I personally don't understand why I'm there to begin with." She pushed the big oak doors open.
Bethany and Georgia always went to breakfast early. There was something about having the great hall deserted that made them both smile. They both loved the school of course but sometimes it was all too much. It made them feel claustrophobic at times to have so many people around them. Dumbledore smiled at them knowingly as students filled the great hall.
Everybody was chatting with his or her neighbor and Dumbledore stood up to make the daily announcements. He held his right hand up to silence everyone, "I have an important announcement to make." The hall suddenly became quiet. "It seems that I have made a mistake." People all starred at Dumbledore in awe. How could he have made a mistake? "There has been a mis-sorting. Will Bethany O'Keefe please come up here?"
Beth made a quick glance at Georgia whose eyes were wide in surprise. 'How did he know?' She stood up from the Slytherin table and walked towards the front of the hall. There was a stool placed there with the sorting hat on top of it. Dumbledore lifted the hat and motioned her to sit on the stool. It seemed like it was only yesterday when she was a first year who was going through the sorting process.
She gave him a questioning glance and he just smiled. He knew. She sat down on the small stool that was once much larger to her. He placed the hat on her head and the sorting hat began looking through her personality. 'Ah, a very good mind. Bravery. Honestly. Loyalty. No, no, Slytherin was not right at all...must be...' "GRYFFINDOR!" It yelled. Bethany's eyes widened. Georgia dropped her toast and her mouth was agape.
The whole hall was silent. The Marauders watched her, surprised and unbelieving. Dumbledore smiled at her and pointed to the Gryffindor table. She stood up and silently walked over to the table plopping down close to the end. All alone. Everyone looked at her for a moment but then the food appeared and they all went back to their own conversations. Lily Evans was the first one to go sit by her.
"Hello. Welcome to Gryffindor. I'm Lily Evans," Lily said warmly.
"Um...thanks. I'm just a little, surprised at the drastic change," Bethany said.
"I would be too. To think from Slytherin to Gryffindor," Lily said.
"Oh, I'm Bethany O'Keefe by the way," she put out her hand and Lily shook it.
"Oh...OH!" she said suddenly. "Your O'Keefe..."
Bethany turned a slight pink, "Yeah. That's me."
"Oh I'm sorry. Didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. It's just every time you talked to the guys they refer to you by O'Keefe. Boys are so stupid," Lily rolled her eyes and Bethany nodded in agreement. "Speaking of the boys...you should probably meet them."
Bethany's eyes widened, "I don't really think that's necessary. They already know me."
"Non-sense. I'm sure you can all be friends. All you need is a proper introduction. They're really nice once you get to know them. Plus, your not in Slytherin anymore so I have a feeling they'll be nicer," Lily smiled and practically dragged her over to the boys. "Boys, this is Bethany. Bethany this is Remus, Peter, James, and Sirius." Lily sat down and patted the spot next to her. Bethany sighed and sat down.
"Hello," Remus said. "Welcome to Gryffindor."
"Thanks," Bethany whispered.
"Well, it's good to see that you're on the right side now," James said. Lily gave him a look and he shrugged innocently.
"Like I said before. I didn't choose to be in that house," she wrinkled her nose.
"I take it you didn't like being in Slytherin?" Remus asked.
Bethany shook her head, "I hated it. Bunch of rich prats. It was awful." They all nodded in agreement.
"Well, Sirius," Lily began. "Are you going to be civil to her now?"
"Yea, yea," Sirius muttered poking his food with his fork.
"Good. After breakfast I can show you the common room if you like," Lily said. "There's room in my dorm if you'd like to stay with me." Bethany just nodded.
Bethany looked at the Ravenclaw table trying to find Georgia. She spotted her and Georgia started making suggestive hand motions to imitate her and Sirius. She gave her threatening glances and whenever Lily or the boys would turn around to see what she was looking at Georgia would wave or whistle innocently. Bethany would just roll her eyes and they would continue their conversation like nothing happened. Other than that breakfast was very uneventful.
Like Lily promised after breakfast she showed Bethany around the Gryffindor common room and the girls' dormitory where all of Bethany's stuff had been moved. Bethany quickly changed her robe to her new Gryffindor one and put on her gold and red tie. Bethany looked over her new schedule and was happy to find that she and Lily shared the same classes. After the tour was over and everything was in place Lily and Bethany headed down to transfiguration where the boys were waiting for them.
"Now class take your seats and I will hand out the test. No cheating and keep your eyes on your own paper," the young McGonagall said as she handed out the tests. Everybody took out his or her quills and ink. "Begin, now." There was a scribbling of quill against parchment and everybody filled out the test the best they could.
When time was up she collected the tests while everyone gathered their belongings and left. Lily along with the guys had waited for Bethany. She was surprised to say the least. The boys were talking about Quidditch and which brooms were the best when it hit Bethany.
"Quidditch!" Bethany suddenly said as she hit her forehead.
"Yes...I feel that way about it too," Lily said as they walked through the hallway.
"No, you see, I was on the Slytherin team but seeing as I'm no in that room anymore..." Bethany sighed.
"Well..." James began. "John Robinson did get injured at the last game and I've seen you play so...you can play for him at the game tomorrow if you like."
"Really? You'd do that for me?" Bethany hugged him suddenly making him drop his books. "Thank you so much!" The boys snickered as James picked up his books. Lily just rolled her eyes at them.
Their classes passed back quickly and before they knew it dinner had arrived. Bethany hadn't really seen Georgia all day except for glances at breakfast and lunch. Before dinner they finally got to talk. Lily and the boys headed to the Gryffindor table while Bethany said she'd catch up and headed to Ravenclaw.
"So, Beth, how's lover boy?" Georgia asked.
"Oh shut up. He hasn't even really talked to me yet," Bethany rolled her eyes.
"Really? Well that sucks royally. He's probably trying to get used to calling you by your first name," Georgia laughed. After a few minutes of catching up Remus walked up to them.
"Hi, sorry to intrude, I saved a seat for you Beth," Remus said shyly.
"Thanks Remus," Bethany smiled. "I guess that's my cue to leave. See you after dinner." She waved goodbye and headed to the Gryffindor table as Georgia raised her eyebrows in surprise.
Once Bethany got to the table she sat in the seat Remus saved for her which was in-between himself and Sirius. Bethany looked at Remus curiously and he just shrugged. The other guys nodded to acknowledge her presence but they were too busy shoveling food in their mouths to have a conversation.
Lily rolled her eyes at them, "How's Georgia?"
"Pretty good. We have herbology with her on Tuesday apparently." Bethany said.
"Oh, Beth," James began. "We have Quidditch practice tomorrow morning bright and early."
"How early?" Bethany asked.
"4AM..the game starts at 9," he shrugged and continued eating. Bethany groaned.
"Not a morning person?" Remus asked.
She shook her head, "Not at all."
"Neither is he," Remus pointed to Sirius who just shrugged and continued eating.
Bethany finished eating a few minutes later and left the table to meet up with Georgia. "So, has he talked to you yet?" Georgia asked.
"Nope. He's only shrugged and stuff," Bethany sighed. "I guess it's better not to bother him while he's eating." Georgia laughed. "Well, I guess I should go to bed. Have to wake up early for Quidditch practice at 4."
"PM I hope," Georgia said.
Bethany shook her head, "Nope, AM."
"Jesus," they stopped in front of the Gryffindor porthole. "See you in herbology then and good luck."
She nodded and said the password, "Night."
She walked into the girl's dormitory and changed into her pjs. She then sat on her new bed. Everything was so different. Everything had changed and the scary part was she liked it. She didn't have any friends from her old house. She only had Georgia, and Severus but now...now she had friends. Real friends and she was happy for once. She smiled. She was going to have to thank Dumbledore.
***
Bethany groaned and glanced at the clock. The red neon lights said 12:15AM. She closed her eyes trying to fall back asleep with no luck. She pulled back the covers and swung her feet over the side. She glanced to her right. Lily was still sleeping. She sighed and grabbed her robe off the chair by her desk and headed towards the common room. She went to sit on the couch by the fireplace and was surprised to see Remus sitting there gazing into the fire. She sat down next to him.
"Couldn't sleep either?" He asked.
"Nope," she sighed. "It's weird to wake up and not know where you are."
"Yea...I've had that happen to me before," he said sadly. She gave him a questioning glance but he waved her off. "So, how do you like Gryffindor so far?"
"It's good. Better than before. It's kind of awkward though. I mean last night you all were making cracks at me and then today we're friends...that's pretty fucked up," Bethany explained.
He nodded in agreement, "So, tell me about yourself. I know nothing about you."
She smiled, "My name is Bethany Marie O'Keefe. Born December 11th in a small town in England. My dad is a wizard and my mum a muggle. My dad's a real great funny guy. Kind of corny though. I could always talk to him about my problems and we're so much alike."
"What about your mother?" He asked.
She frowned, "My mother is a different story...complete opposite. I never liked her much."
She felt his hand on her shoulder, "If you don't want to talk about it it's ok."
She shook her head, "No, it's ok. Really. Well, to make a long story short my mom's a bitch. She used to hit my dad and me...she's emotionally abusive and doesn't care about anybody but herself." She paused for a minute neither of them speaking. "Everybody always tells me how they get along with their mothers and I feel left out. Like I'm missing out on something. I always thought that I did something wrong you know? Like I wasn't good enough for her..." Tears streamed down her cheeks and she sniffled and pushed them away angrily. "I'm sorry, I usually don't cry."
He hugged her, "It's ok. Everybody is allowed to cry every once in a while."
She hugged him back closing her eyes and sniffling, "But it makes me feel weak and vulnerable."
"Your not weak," he said. "Far from it." They both pulled away from each other and he wiped her tears away. "See, doesn't it feel better to talk to someone?" She nodded and leaned her head on his shoulder. "Things like this can only make you stronger. Whenever you see this kind of darkness there is an extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter." He stroked her hair. Bethany fell asleep on Remus's shoulder. She felt like a weight had been lifted off her chest but most of all she had a new friend.
A/N: "Whenever you see this kind of darkness there is an extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter."-Bono from U2. Sorry but I love that quote and I love U2. Anyways click the little button and review.