chapter2: Tea time.
Walking up the cold steps in hogwarts, was like a security blanket for Jerry.
While walking up the stairs, she felt herself sinking into the wall. Invisible. As the students walked by her, and talked. her stomach turned, as she forced herself to look forwards. Maybe this ment that she had to do something differnet in her last two years of school. Not being the outcast she was, or still is. Jerry nodded, the experience brighten her eyes to what she had to do.
Get out of the shell.
Jerry was scared, she could feel her leather buckle boots shake. And she didnt like the uncomfertable feeling that came with it. Jerry sighed, as she sinked back into her shell.
"Did you hear, the Hufflepuff seeker, Garnet Powell, got ingured for good over summer! Those bloody slytherians are completly laughing about it at breakfast this morning!" a guy utter to his friend as they walked pass Jerry. Stopping in her trackes, a idea came to her mind. 'maybe i could fill in that person spot!' she thought, with a small smile. Jerry wasnt the best flyer, and never would be. Yet she knew that she could, if she pratice alot, become good enough. Quidittch wasnt in for another month, and maybe within that month she could come to be that seeker.
Rushing to her dorm room, jerry decided that it was her fate. With the chain of reactions, it seem like fate to her. Severus ditching her, standing up (even if it wasnt much) to potter and black, and now the seeker try-outs for Hufflepuff. Such timing wasnt like this, for her.
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During that dinner of that same fateful day, Jerry found herself, alone.
She sat at the end of her houses table, shunned. No girl would ask her for an answer, no boy would give her a look of confusion. Jerry, seem to be silently isolated towards her fellow housemates. Maybe it was because the marauders. making rumors or something like that. Jerry ate silently, bread and cheese, and cup of pumpkin juice. looking up for the food, and book she was reading, she notice something oddly suscpious.
Sirius Black, was staring right at her.
Not once did he blink, as she stared back at him in slight flustured and fustration expression. The edge of his mouth twitched, and a smirk gleamed. The same smirk he gave when he was torturing a poor student. Jerry huffed, silently, and went back to her reading, tearing at a piece of bread with her sharp teeth. ' great, better watch out tonight.' she thought, thinking of hte possible ways that the prankster could manage to do to her.
Getting up after about, ten minutes, jerry started to walk to her dorm room. planning out her training for quidditch, 'maybe starting with running, and then work on arm streching...' her thoughts deepen as a voice called to her "COLE!"
Turning around Jerry looked at the person that called out to her. Remus Lupin, in his pale sickly flesh. Remus jogged up to stand beside the girl, "Im sorry about James and Sirius." he apoligized. Jerry eyebrow lowered a bit, "Its ok."
'Coward,really tell him what you feel about it.' her concious uttered into her ear.
Remus had a slight smile, "There jerks, but they have good qualities! thank you." he said, rubbing his neck in embarresment. Jerry nodded, her mouth didnt move another word. "Ill see you in Ancient runes tommarow then..." Lupin nodded, with a small wave. As he started to walk to the other 'marauders'. Jerry couldnt feel empty even more. If she wanted to change, she had to do it with steps.
She had missed step 1.
'you can yell it at him' the voice in her head whispher to her again. Jerry clench her book, frighten. If she did , she could imagine the mocking smile from James, and the barking laughter of Sirius. not to mention, Remus suprised look. All the courage in her seem to simmer, she couldnt do that.
That night was so uncomfertable for her, Jerry thought she never get to sleep.
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The next morning, Friday, Jerry found herself down by the lake, jogging. her lungs expanded much, showing the she didnt run much. the morning fog still covered the ground, and it created a mask for her. her own mask to hide from hogwarts while she secretly trained. Wipping a bead of sweat for her forehead, she streched as much as she could. the scent of grass dew, and dirt filled her nose, as she hit the ground from push ups.
The hours seem to pass, the fog withered away.
Jerry complete forgot about her classes, as a hairy man intrupted her as she was trying to pull up by her legs she looked at him. "You should be in class!!! miss. Cole!" looking up for what she was doing, Jerry fell down from mear shock and embarresment. Hagrid, hogwarts groundkeeper, and gamekeeper. Jerry should of suspected the large and rather tall man, to be him. hold her elbow, she shook her head out of hte embarressment that she was in. "I..Im sorry." her lips quiver, scared.
Hagrid, huffed, a little bit of a smile formed on his beared face. "Come on, lets get you a cup of tea."