Chapter 2

"Albus!"

"Delphi!" I mocked in the same tone, grinning as she game my shoulder a gently shove before burying her head in my chest. She was so kind, sweet, caring. I don't know how I got a girl like her to love me.

"You couldn't give me a lift Gem's house could you? We are meant to be doing college applications together."

"Yeah sure" She smiled up at me and pecked my lips. I waved goodbye to Scorpius, who nodded back with a frown on his face. James was already outside in the car park waiting for us.


"It started with little things. Asking me to drive her places and getting moody if I wasn't able to. At that point, when we first started dating I didn't have a driver's license, so my brother James had to drive, or I guess sometimes he just threw us the keys."

I swallowed hard, my hands clasped tightly in my lap, glancing at the rather imposing camera. We were in a simple room, the walls were bare and grey, and most possessions had gone except for the double bed in which I sat on, the bedside table and the closet out of range of the camera. It was my old bedroom, our old bedroom. Or I suppose her old bedroom.

The Interviewer was sat behind the camera, her questions would not appear, they told me so before hand. It would just be my answers.

"You say you me in school?"

"We met after I had finished my GCSE's, quite literally, I walked out of my last exam and into the Car Park, her friend almost hit me with her car, she jumped out to see if I was okay. We started talking, found common interests and grew close. Like normal I suppose. I never really noticed anything was wrong at first."

I took a deep breath, my eyes landing on the corner of the room, the space between the closet and the back wall.

"The first time, it was my brother James who said something. We had gone out, Delphi and I, to the cinema. I was texting my cousin, Rose. She blew up as soon as she saw I was texting another girl, like she got really suspicious, took my phone off me and actually rang her, to see if I was telling the truth. To be honest I forgot James was even in the car. He was sat in the back, planning to meet up with his own girlfriend at the Cinema. I was driving, I recently passed my test. He said nothing until afterwards, after the movie and after I had dropped both girls back home. He turned to me and said straight out 'I don't like her, there's something off about her. I don't think you should be together.'


This was the second time he'd met her. I should've listened."

"Dude what the hell was that earlier?! She freaked. I don't like her, there's something off about her, I don't think you should be together. I mean if my girlfriend acted like that I would-"

"Yeah well I'm not you James. I'm my own person" I snapped back, cutting him off, irritation bubbling in the pit of my stomach.

He stared at me for a moment before shaking his head.

We didn't say another word.


James was the first person to get to the hospital, when IT happened. From what I heard, he dropped everything, literally, and ran. But then he was the only one who understood the gravity of the situation. He was figuring it all out.

"You will never hear this again, but my brother was right."

I released a light chuckle, but that didn't stop the nerves bubbling in my stomach.