Mean-
And all you're ever gonna be is mean, why you gotta be so mean?


Rose-

I made my way out of the headmistress's office to the Great Hall, it was lunch time.
I slid into a seat at the Gryffindor table next to my best friends Mariamne* and Amelia. Though as I sat, I couldn't help but think about what Malfoy had said, maybe I shouldn't have been in Gryffindor, it's not like I was brave. I was actually a coward to be honest.
"So, what happened Rosie? What did McGonagall say?" Mimi asked
"I have detention. Every Friday evening. For three months. With Malfoy. Doing pair work. And she called my dad."
"Ooh ouch" Millie winced. "What did your dad say?"
"Not much to be honest, him and Mr Malfoy were only there because McGonagall wanted to check that our dads hadn't turned us against each other on purpose."
We spent most of lunch chatting about mostly pointless things, until Jamie came over.
Jamie is the hottest guy in our school, and it just so happens that I'm going out with him. Sigh.
"Hello Rosie" he said as he sat down next to me and kissed me on the cheek, I must have turned an awful shade of pink, which probably clashed horribly with my hair.
"Hello" I murmured into his chest as he pulled me in for a hug.
I really liked Jamie, and I mean really liked, we'd been going out for just over a year; he'd even met my family. Thank God my dad approved, otherwise that could've ended badly.
I wanted to tell him how I felt.
"Um, can we talk, please?" I asked him.
"Sure, I wanted to talk to you anyway" he replied.
We walked outside towards the lake, where there was no one around, it was chilly, but not too cold, it was only October.
We sat down on the damp grass by the lake.
We both went to speak at the same time.
"No, you first" I said, my confession could wait.
"Well, Rose, you see, the thing is... I'm just not that into you anymore, I haven't been for a while, I just didn't know how to tell you. I've moved on, I've been seeing Jess, for a few weeks now, and things just clicked between us; I feel a connection I never had with you."
Wow. That hurt.
I was so glad I hadn't told him how I felt about him first, I would've looked like such an idiot if I'd told him I loved him then he broke up with me.
The worst part was that he was seeing someone else behind my back. What's even worse was that it was Jessica.
Me and Jess don't really see eye to eye to be honest. We used to be great friends, but then in 5th year she changed, she didn't feel Mimi, Millie and I were popular enough for her.
Jamie was still waiting to hear my reaction to being dumped. So I looked him straight in the eyes and my hand made contact with his face with a satisfying slap.
I turned around and ran back to the castle, and hid myself in my room for the rest of the afternoon.
At around 7ish Mimi and Millie came up with a plate of food for me, which I thanked them for. I didn't realize how hungry I was.
"What happened Rosie?" Millie asked when she saw my tearstained face.
I told them what Jamie had said. Mimi was furious.
"The bastard! How dare he! If I wasn't so lazy I would get off my arse right now and slap him silly!"
It's a good thing Mimi was really lazy. That's her one flaw. Laziness. She was gorgeous, clever, outgoing, funny, but she was just so lazy!
Millie on the other hand was the complete opposite, she was the get up and go person, she was always energetic, as well as optimistic, and for the most part that was a good combination. Until she woke you up at 6am on a Sunday to go swimming in the lake. You could just imagine Mimi's face.
Mimi, Millie and I talked for what seemed like ages, until Jess walked in.
We all turned to stare at her, she stared back.
She was the first to break eye contact, as well as the silence.
"Oh come on. You can't honestly believe that he liked you back, I mean look at you, you're not exactly the prettiest girl. He only went out with you because of who your parents are. It was obvious he liked me all along."
Mimi lunged to grab her wand off of my bedside table, Millie and I managed to pull her back in time before she did anything stupid.
"Bitch!" Mimi shouted. "Bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch!"
"Mariamne! Calm down! Yes, she is a bitch, anyone in their right mind can see that! I think Jamie must have something wrong with his brain, I really do. I mean who would choose that, over Rose?"
I smiled at my friends' loyalty; they always helped to cheer me up again whenever I felt down.
A few minutes later Jess decided she obviously couldn't stand our presence any longer and vacated the room.
And to think I used to be as close to her as I was to Mimi and Millie.
I didn't sleep well that night, but after the events of today, who would in my position?


*Mariamne- pronounced marry-am-knee
Just to make it clear Mimi is Mariamne's nickname and Millie is Amelia's nickname.


Chapter title and lyrics - Mean by Taylor Swift.


Thank you for reading, especially to those of you who favourited, reviewed etc. I'm quite proud of myself, managed to update a day early, woo! go Karris ;)
Anyway school is closed tomorrow because of the strikes, so hopefully I will be able to get cracking on the next chapter, which will hopefully be on here by 2/12/11.
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Sorry this one is quite short.
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