Author's Note
Lily: Thanks for your review :D And *giggles*
This is a bit in the future... just a few months. Please leave a review. Thanks to PomPom (pottermommy1118) for letting me use Prince Julian Moreau. :) May I just say... I hate Arcturus Nott. I hate him. I hate him. I hate him. I loathe him. I despise him. I hate him! (*continues mumbling it on forever*) Okay, we may continue!
"He's a guy that you should feel sorry for
He had the world but he thought that he wanted more
I owe it all to the mistake he made back then
I owe it all to my girl's ex-boyfriend."
-My Girl's Ex-Boyfriend; Relient K
Skye ran in and sat down. "You're late Miss Hudson. Five points from Gryffindor." Professor Corner scowled. "Sorry, professor." Skye unpacked her stuff and got her cauldron out. Arc had arrived a few seconds before her. "We're partners, mudblood," he sneered as he took his seat next to her. He had forgotten to hand in his homework last time and Professor Corner had partnered them together as a punishment for him. "I know, Nott. You're sitting next to me. And I hope you can read because you're not cutting the roots again!" She dumped the heavy textbook in front of him. "You should be thankful that I'm your partner mudblood; I have the highest Potions grades in the whole year!" he sneered at her. Skye smirked. "No, you don't." Professor Corner had just put up a list on the board of class places and current working grades and averages. Skye was working at an O second highest with first going to one of the twins and Arcturus, the stupid Nott Pureblood was eighth only scraping an A. "Whatever," He rolled his eyes and started reading the instructions in their textbook. Wouldn't it be so much easier to ignore her for the rest of his life? He had the textbook, which was supposed to be shared one between two, all to his side. They were making a special potions today which wasn't in their normal textbook. Skye read over his shoulder. "The ... What!? We're expected to create a cure for dragon pox from scratch! There's already one but I guess we'll have to work it out."
"We don't have to work it out," He answered in a bored tone. "Here are the instructions to the one that already exists." He shoved the textbook towards her. "Go get the ingredients; I'll set up the cauldron." He took his cauldron out. She shoved the textbook back to him. "I already have them and my cauldron set up. You're reading because I don't trust you!"
"I know the instructions already," Arc said, still bored. He started crushing the beetroots. Skye started to crush the horn of the snorckle. "Stop," he said holding her arm. The young girl glared at him. "I'm crushing them perfectly Arcturus Nott!" She was indeed. "No you're not," Arcturus said. "Crush like this." He guided Skye's hand that crushed the ingredients with his own hand on top. "Doing it like this crushes the ingredients more evenly," he whispered in Skye's ear; he was standing behind her quite close. Skye was confused. He was helping her now? "Um... Okay?" "So now," he continued, lacing his fingers through hers, "we take two pinches of the mortar mixture and add it to the cauldron." He took a pinch with his own hand, his fingers still interlaced with hers, and added it to the cauldron. He repeated that action. "And now we stir ..." He moved her hand, his hand still on top, to the mixer. Her fingers wrapped around the mixer's top; Arc's fingers wrapped around Skye's. They mixed the potion together. "Seven clockwise, two anti-clockwise." Skye recited from memory as they stirred. "Mmmhmm ..." Arc almost smiled as he half hugged her. They continued to stir the potion together. Skye smiled. He wouldn't know, she wouldn't know. They hated each other but maybe she never hated him really, well she wasn't sure. Her brain was all muddled but she knew that she liked where she was standing right now. "Slice the rat tails is next." She moved her hands over to the knife an the tails still keeping Arcturus' hands on hers. Arc stepped closer to Skye and sliced the rat tails with her. Skye shivered. Arc was creeping her out a bit, the way he had jumped emotions just like that. "And now we leave the potion to brew," Arc whispered softly in her ear. Then he removed her hand from his, stepped aside, and started clearing up their mess. Skye folded her arms. "You better hope that's perfect Arcturus or I am not going to be happy." Arc didn't answer; he continued to tidy up. He felt disgusted that he stood so close to a mudblood. He felt disgusted about the feelings that coursed through his body when they were standing together. He felt disgusted that they seemed perfect together. He cringed at the thought: him and the mudblood ... Together ... Skye peered into the cauldron. Their potion was bubbling violently. "We need to turn down the heat." Arc turned the heat down without looking at her. "Put the dried Billiwig Stigs in now." He added, still avoiding her look. She sprinkled them into the pot. "You do know our grade is combined for this?"
"Yes," He replied in an emotionless tone. She smirked at him. "Just so you know." She added powdered mandrake root to the potion. "Was that a smirk I saw?" Arc must have smiled for a second before his face became expressionless again. 'I don't smile,' he thought to himself. 'Especially for a mudblood ...' Skye raised her eyebrows. "Was that a smile I saw Arcturus?" She turned away as she herself smiled a little. "No," Arc frowned. "I don't smile." She raised her eyebrows. "Of course you don't. You're the oh-so-high-and-mighty-Arcturus Nott. Why would you smile?"
"Yes, why would I?" Arc sneered. "Especially in the presence of a mudblood ..." Skye turned her back to him. One minute he hated her, then he was almost flirting with her and then he hated her again. Way to get a girl's hopes up... She poured the finished potion into a vial. "I'm going to take this to professor Corner now."
"Don't care," The Slytherin boy huffed. He went to put the empty apparatus away. "Fine then." She went up to the desk and handed it in. Arc came back and sat in silence, not listening to a word Professor Corner was saying. He thoughts flickered back to when he was standing close to Skye ... Did she realise when she smiled, her eyes sparkled like emeralds and when she got angry, her green eyes looked brighter? 'Where has that thought come from? I need to knock it off ... ' Arc shook the thought away. "Arcturus? Did you hear professor Corner? Or were you too busy daydreaming about that Turner girl?" Skye rolled her eyes and pointed at Summer Turner, one of the slytherin girls that was popular with the slytherin, and ravenclaw if you counted her current boyfriend, boys. "I already know what the homework is; I don't need your-mudblood-self telling me," he snarled. "And I'm not daydreaming about Turner; I don't date." His lips formed a smirk. "But why do you ask? Are you jealous?"
"Don't call me a mud blood." Skye said quietly. Arc just looked at the girl he'd upset ... wait when did he start caring about if he upset someone or not? This girl had him under her spell ... wait what spell? He was sure he hated her; yes, he absolutely hated her. "Don't tell me what to or what to not do," He snapped. "I will call you a mudblood if I want to because that is what you are!"
"I'm just as good as a witch as you are a wizard Arcturus Nott!" She threw her book at him and it hit him in the face. Arc caught the book before it actually hit him. He was about to draw his wand and hex her but he just couldn't. "You know I've been taught not to hit or hex girls," he tried to keep his voice down. "Next time, mudblood, I might forget what I've been taught so you better keep that stupid temper of yours in check."
"That was supposed to scare me right?" Skye folded her arms. "Yes," He hissed before grabbing his bag and getting up. "See you around mudblood."
Skye sat hunched over a pile of books waiting for Arcturus. He swaggered over to Skye. "Hello, Arcturus." She said, her voice cold. "I've been waiting here for two hours."
"I got held up," Arc shrugged as he sat down."Of course you did." She replied. Skye handed him a pile of books. "Look for a potion called impalatia corrigo invented by the Winchester brothers. "Do you expect me to do all the work?" Arc snarled. "Nope." The young Gryffindor replied calmly. "I have to look up another potion and I already did most of the essay."
"You did?" He asked, his tone softening a bit. "Yep." Skye grinned at him. "I figured I could do the first half and you could help with the second." Arc just stared at her; her smile was gorgeous ... But again, he shook the thought off. "Whatever ..." he rolled his eyes as he opened one of the library books. Skye leafed through a modern book that contained information on the winchesters childhood into adulthood 1983-2005. He looked up at her again and stopped denying it: she was beautiful. She turned to him, looking up from her book. "You okay Nott?"
"Huh? Er ... nothing ..." Arcturus lied and looked back down at his book. 'So what if she's beautiful?' he thought hopelessly. 'She's a mudblood - mother and father would never accept her. Plus she hates me and I have made her life living hell for years ... she would never believe me ...' at this, he felt rather hollow. Skye rolled her eyes. "Well clearly something is on your mind Arcturus."
"Your eyes are pretty," Arc blurted out quietly. She blushed violently. "Um... Thanks. Yours are nice too. They match your hair." 'Did I say that?' She thought, half-panicking. 'Oh Merlin no!
'"I - that - er - is true," Arc said honestly. 'What has gotten into me? I cannot - she - I need to tell her ... ' Arc stood up and walked over to a bookshelf to keep himself from saying anything he would put her head in her hands. 'And now?' she thought, biting her lip. "Try this book," he said as he recognised a book in front of him and passed it to Skye, using it as his excuse. She took it. "T...thanks." He came and sat in the chair next to her and faced her. "I need to talk to you ... Skye ..." Arc said softly. "Um okay." Skye smiled, a bit shyly. "I'm sorry for the person I have been to you for the past six years," Arc said softly looking into her eyes. "Do you have it in your heart to accept my apology?" Skye was confused, in a whirl, puzzled, happy, thoughtful everything rushed through her head. "I guess." She almost blushed thinking about how cute he... What no nononono! "And there's something I really need to tell you but I don't know how to ..." Arc said, fiddling with her hands, feeling rather sick. She smiled softly. "Just say it then."
"I really like you," Arc said softly, holding her hands in his. "The only reason I was so mean to you was that I really like you. And I don't know what to do ..." Skye smiled. Her face lit up completely. "I like you too Arc. Ever since the first day. When you got sorted into slytherin I still liked you. And then I was upset because you were, well a muggleborn hater."
"I'm sorry I've upset you all these year ... I'm sorry ..." Arc said to her softly. "But I'm a terrible person, Skye. I'm only going to hurt you; I will never be able to keep you happy ... why didn't you just give up on me?"
"I don't give up." Skye said quietly. "Skye, look at me," Arc cupped her face in his hands. "My family will never accept this, not that I care ... but what if they try to hurt you? I don't want that to happen, okay? ... Like I said, you will only find pain and sorrow with me, nothing else ... you deserve someone better than the person who made your life chaotic for the past 6 years, someone who will treat you right ..." Skye smiled and held his hand. "But I don't want some random Gryffindor non-pureblood. I want you."
"Skye, you have no idea what you're getting yourself into ..." Arc said softly, stroking her cheek with his thumb. "I do Arc. I know your family might hate me and we might get in trouble but I have liked you for six years. I don't want to have to pretend to hate you anymore." She put her hand to the one stroking her cheek. He leaned closer and put his forehead to hers. "Skye ... is this really what you want?" he asked softly. Skye nodded. "Yes. It is." Arc leans in and kisses Skye softly in one swift movement. She couldn't think. She had liked him for six years and now... She leaned in and kissed him back. Arc wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her into his lap and continued to kiss her. She leaned against him. She deepened the kiss. He kissed back as deeply, never wanting to pull away because he thought this was a dream and didn't want to wake up. Skye closed her eyes. Arc smiled against her lips.
Arcturus Nott was standing in the Owlery looking out of the window. Skye walked up the stairs to send a letter, she didn't notice Arc. He smiled as he saw her. "Hey beautiful," he smiled. Skye jumped. "Hey Arc." Arc walked up to her and put his arms around her waist. "Can I just say I am disappointed in seeing you out so late, miss Prefect?" he looked down. "If I wasn't here, I wouldn't be doing rounds, and then I'd get detention." She smirked. Arc laughed and kissed her lips softly. "So how is my girl today?" Skye smiled. "Very happy. Except... The potions essay. We never... Well it wasn't finished. So we have detention." She looked a bit annoyed and then grinned widely. "Together."
"That should be fun," Arc grinned before kissing her deeply. Skye wrapped her arms around his neck. "I... Think... So.."
"You do not know how beautiful you are ..." Arc grinned as he looked at her. "Okay Mr NTB, this is the owlery." Skye glanced around. "At any minute someone could come in."
"It's night... even though... yes, people do sneak out." He smirked. "I thought you were a Gryffindor," He grinned as he leaned her against the wall. "Where's your sense of adventure?"
"It's courage and daring Mr NTB, not adventure. And I thought you were supposed to be cunning Slytherin boy." Skye grinned at him and rolled her eyes."Love you too," Arc grinned before kissing her passionately as he leaned against her as she leaned against the wall. Skye smiled into the kiss. She was so lucky. Arc was... indescribable. She couldn't believe she had hated him for so many years. Arc grinned against her lips then he tightened his grip on her. Skye smirked and leaned against him as the owls flapped their wings behind them. He ignored the owl and continued to kiss her deeply.
Arc was waiting for Skye outside the Room of Requirement. He glanced at his watch, she should've been there any minute now. Skye walked up behind him and put her hand on his shoulder. "Hey." she grinned. "Hello beautiful," He smiled as he wrapped his arms around her waist. Skye smiled back. "Hello, Arc. Is there a reason you wanted me to come to the third corridor specifically?" she asked, not knowing anything about the Room of Requirement. "Okay, think of a place where you really want to go to," Arc whispered in her ear, perfectly aware of where they were. Skye smiled. "Okay then." She closed her eyes, now where did she want to go? She could think of a million places but one thing was standing out to her, but why would he want to know that? She thought of the place she used to live. The garden in particular, the massive tree with the tyre swing and the two seated short swings for infants and the treehouse, the big treehouse with all the muggle things and muggle books and her box of things that was still up there. A door appeared and Arc led Skye to the place she was imagining. He closed the door behind them. "Wow, what place were you thinking of? Is this what your home looks like?" Arc smiled, looking around. Skye bit her lip. "My... Old home. The garden. It was where I lived when I was younger, before I moved in with my great uncle."
"It's lovely," Arc smiled before sighing. "I wanted to take you out to Hogsmeade today but we can't; we have to keep our relationship a secret. I'm sorry ..."
"I understand." Skye sighed, too. "At some point people are going to notice that we keep sneaking off though." she pointed out. "I will do my best for us to not get caught," Arc grinned wrapping his arm around her again. Skye grinned back at him. "I know you will Arc." She leaned into him and kissed him softly. Arc kissed her back deepening the kiss. Skye wrapped her arms around his neck.
Julian sat at his desk and was flipping through his homework, checking it over. Arc passed a note to Julian.
Have you done your homework? I haven't. I need to copy it. AN
Julian rolled his eyes but passed his homework over with a return note.
I always do my homework. And if you get caught copying that I will have you beheaded. Why didn't you do it? J
Arc quickly copied it, and passed Julian's homework back with a note.
I don't know. AN ps. thanks.
Julian pulled the parchment back and continued to review it.
You know why you didn't do your homework. What were you doing that you ignored it? I haven't seen you much the last few days. J
Fine. I was with someone ... a lot of the time ... AN
He passed the parchment to Julian. Julian's eyes widened slightly, he had never really known his friend to admit to such a thing.
Would this someone by chance be a girl? J
Arc thought ... Julian wasn't the type of person that would give secrets away but still, he wanted to keep it as much of a secret as possible.
No comments. AN
Julian glanced over at him and frowned.
You sound like me with the reporters back home. J
Arc sighed. Julian was his best friend. He should know.
Fine. It is a girl. AN
Julian grinned slightly.
Really. Do tell. Is she pretty? J
Arc grinned at his friend.
She is really hot. She has the most amazing emerald eyes I have ever seen. AN
So I just need to look for green eyes. Well I know that Paul's girl has green eyes but I am going to assume it isn't her. Paul might kill you. J
Arc sniggered.
No it's not her. This girl nags me about homework more than half the time. AN
Julian thought about it for several minutes.
That could be everyone of our female professors. J
He laughed as he passed it over.
Arc cringed.
Ew, gross! Man, I'd never think you'd suggest that it was a 'Professor'! The girl who I am now dating is a Gryffindor. Keep guessing. AN
Arc grinned as he passed it back to Julian.
Julian thought of the Gryffindors he knew that were green eyed and purebloods.
Mate, that only leaves Lucinda Erlington J
Arc thought about how to phrase his next note.
Let's say, what if she's not a pureblood? AN
Julian looked up at his friend, slightly stunned and wrote quickly.
You would get murdered by your parents that's what. J
Arc sighed.
I am in love with her. Even she doesn't know that ... and we're dating by the way. AN
Julian sighed and looked over at his best friend.
Who is it? Just tell me, you know I don't pay attention to people who aren't myself. J
Arc sighed.
Skye Hudson. AN
Julian dropped his quill and had to pick it back up.
YOU HATE THAT GIRL! J
I only hated her because I couldn't deny the fact that I was totally smitten with her. AN
She is a muggleborn, you will be disowned...or worse. J
Julian passed the note over.
I don't care. I love her. You cannot tell ANYONE. AN
Arc passed it back.
Julian glared at him
Why would I tell that? That is insulting. J
Thanks mate. This is really difficult. I love her but I don't want to go against my parents either or against what I've been taught the whole of my life. But I really love her. AN
Arc sighed as he passed that note.
Julian read it through twice before replying
I think you just have to know what is most important to you. You need to decide what would hurt the most to lose. J
I can't lose her. She is my future. AN
Arc sighed.
Then she is your choice. J
Yes but I am still not ready for marriage yet. I want her to move in with me first when we finish school and we will marry a few years later, when we are both sure we are right for each other. AN
Who said anything about marriage! I just now told my parents about Dominique and we have been dating for more than a year. Definitely wait on the marriage front. J
Julian waited a second for the professor to walk by and then passed the note. Arc frowned.
Tell that to my mother. She's stuck on me choosing on of the stupid pureblood girls she's chosen or she says I need to hurry up and choose a girl myself. AN
What are you going to do if she sets you up in an arranged marriage and you are dating S? J
Julian frowned as he passed the note.
I will say a straight no to the marriage. I don't really care about getting disowned or the family fortune anymore. I found out that my great-grandfather left me quite a lot of money which got transferred into my Gringotts account. It should be enough to set up my own business when I finish school. AN
Just be careful, and don't do anything rash. I don't want to see you get hurt, and I would hate to see her hurt too. J
Arc smiled.
Thanks for being supportive, mate. AN
Just return the favor when I am panicking about introducing Dominique to my parents and you know...a whole country... J
Julian passed the note with a nervous smirk.
Arc grinned.
I will help. AN
I asked her to let me announce that we are officially courting. It is the first time my name will have been linked with a girl, ever. Of course they don't know we have been together for a year. She said yes. J
Julian had a brilliant smile.
Arc had a thoughtful look on his face.
You are very lucky; don't ruin that. Dominique will have the love of a mother-in-law and father-in-law. Skye, on the other hand, will never get that kind of love because my parents will never accept her. Whatever happens, don't ruin that for Dominique. So don't quote 'take any rash steps'. AN
Julian laughed softly
If I take any "rash steps" a whole country will know. Why do you think I don't even so much as kiss her in public. Well excluding last night. Your parents wouldn't try to understand at all? Even after time? J
No. They're the type of people that stick to their words. When they said I'm supposed to hate mud,..ignore that... muggleborns, they mean it. AN
Julian grinned.
You can just come to the palace with me and I will create a title for you or something. J
Hmmm sounds good. AN
Arc grinned as he passed the note back. Julian chuckled.
Did you want to be a knight or a lord? I'll let you choose. J
Arc grinned.
Lord sounds better. AN
Julian laughed and quickly quieted as the professor walked by. Arc grinned at his friend and sent him another note:
When I come over to yours, would you mind if I bring Skye with me too? AN
Julian smiled.
Course you can bring her. Just make sure to warn her about the publicity, and she would need to have her parents permission, she's muggleborn, they would know who my parents are and if her picture ended up in the papers we would need their permission.
Okay. AN ps. I can't tell my parents about her at the moment. I need to wait till I inherit everything that is rightfully mine. So I will tell the press that she is a friend of yours.
Julian shrugged.
Make sure she knows that. But if you are bringing her over. I will have to tell Dominique by then, I can't let her think I am bringing a random girl to my house when she hasn't even been there yet. J
Arc smiled.
I will and yes, you should tell Dom too. AN
Do you want me to wait to tell her? J
No, you should tell her asap to avoid problems and misunderstandings. AN
Julian smiled, he had not liked the idea of lying to his girlfriend
Good, thanks. J
Arc smiled and finally tried to focus on the last ten minutes of the lesson. But he couldn't ... his eyes kept on flickering towards Skye sitting on the other side of the classroom ... her smile as she whispered something to her friends...she was gorgeous ... Julian followed his friend's gaze and smiled. His friend had it bad. Arc smiled, lost in his thoughts ... the way her eyes sparkled everytime she smiled ... her eyes ...
You are drooling on your homework. J
Arc snapped out of his thought when he saw Julian's note and frowned.
No I'm not. AN
Julian simply pointed to a spot on the paper.
'Ew ...' Arc thought whilst wiping it clean. Julian sniggered and looked back to the front whilst Arc threw a paper ball at him. Julian batted it away.
Don't throw your drooly paper at me. J
I did not drool over that paper. AN
Julian smiled.
Just to be safe, keep your papers to yourself until you learn to daydream with your mouth closed . J
Arc sniggered.
Shut up. AN
I didn't SAY anything. J
Julian slipped it back stealthily.
Arc just laughed and quietened as their Professor glared at him.
Julian looked innocently at the professor.
Julian sat at a table in the library writing out a formal apology letter to send off to Dominique's parents. Skye came in and sat opposite Julian, she didn't even notice him, she was totally stuck on her potions work, which was making her go mad. Julian looked up and smiled lightly. "Hello Skye. How are you today?" he asked her, polite as always. She nearly jumped out of her skin. "Oh... Uh hey Julian." Skye tried a smile. "I'm fine. You? Has um... Arc spoke to you yet?" Julian smiled softly at her. "We live in the same room, we have talked a lot. But if you are asking about...erm...certain...secrets...then yes, he has. In detail." She nodded. "Okay. Got it. You probably have to talk to Dominque as well because if we just show up then she's not going to be pleased because she might think that... Well I don't know." She trailed off. Julian smiled. "I talked to her about it already. She is fine with it, I believe she is going to be there as well. She was only supposed to come for a few weeks but with the photos hitting the papers from Hogsmeade weekend...well my parents think it would be safer for her to spend the entire summer with me. I am writing her parents right now. She doesn't know that yet though..." Skye nodded and looked at the desk. "Yeah, I heard about that..."
"It is...everywhere, they made it look like we were doing so much more than we were. I feel terrible. My father is working on making them print a retraction on the muggle papers, my mum is pulling her strings with the Selwyn name to get a retraction put in the wizarding papers." Julian sighed and sat back in his seat. Skye shifted in her seat. "They can probably fix it." She smiled. "Maybe." Julian nodded but didn't comment on it. "So, I know Arc's side of the two of you. Tell me Skye, how do you feel about all of this?" She bit her lip. "You're not going to tell him right? Because I mean I really do like him, in fact I might maybe even love him. But..." Julian looked at her seriously. "What kind of prince would I be if I wasn't honorable? Of course I wouldn't break your confidence if you asked me not to." Skye smiled at him. "Thanks. It's just all the sneaking around kind of gets to me. One minute I'm with my friends then as soon as I get a note or something I dash off to see him. I understand why, I just wish we could be a normal couple." She sighed. "I probably sound stupid don't I?" He shook his head. "Not at all. It sounds perfectly reasonable and to an extent I understand it. Dominique and I do our fair share of hiding as well. And you are right, it is difficult. I do think that this is something that you should tell him though. He should know how you feel."
"But there's no point. He can't do anything, I can't either, nobody can. It's just..." She put her head in her hands. "But he still should know. It doesn't matter if anything can be done to fix it. How you feel is important. And just so you know, you never have to hide around me and Dominique. And this summer, you are free to do what you will, no one will recognize you at all. No hiding." Julian said softly. Skye smiled widely. "That will be nice. Anyway I have to go. I'm going to talk to Arc." He nodded. "Good, be sure to tell him. I will see you later Skye. And for what it's worth...I am happy for you both."
"Thanks. See you later." Skye took her bag and left.
"You wanted to meet me?" Skye asked, smiling. She sat on her tire-swing in the RoR. Arc seemed hesitant and determined at the same time. He nodded. "Yes." he said, finally. "I wanted to meet you here."
"What's the matter?" Skye frowned. "I am not going to continue this."
"This what?"
"This lying. I am a pureblood, I am superior to you. I cannot go on pretending I am not."
"Sorry?" Skye asked, thinking he was joking. "I found a more suitable companion for me. I do not need you, Hudson." He said, clearly. "Go away, I don't ever want to see you again."
"You... you're breaking up with me."
"I am. She is suitable for me. She is a pureblood, she is beautiful and she is the girl for me. You were just... something disposable. Like all other mudbloods."
"What happened, Nott? Am I suddenly back to just being a mudblood?"
"Well, Hudson. In all truth... you were NEVER nothing more than a mudblood..." Arc lied, huffing. "Now I must go find her, and not spend time with little girls with dirty blood like you." Skye stood up, feeling tears in her eyes. She slapped him as hard as she could and walked out, succumbing to tears.
Skye was sitting by the lake, staring into the water. She wasn't particularly thinking about anything, it was more... Remembering. Remembering how stupid she had been, and how obvious it was that it wouldn't work. "Hey." Molly said, softly, sitting next to looked up. "Oh, hi Molly." She said, looking back out at the lake. "How are you?" Molly asked, quietly. Skye shrugged. "I don't know. One minute I'm fine, the next I'm just... I don't know." She sighed. Molly sighed too. "I... kind of understand that."
"In what way?" Skye asked. "I mean, if you don't mind."
"No, really... it's nothing..." Molly smiled a little at her. "If you're sure." Skye said. "Thanks." Molly thanked her, grateful. "It's fine." Skye smiled. "Things are still okay with you and Jack right?"
"Yeah." Molly said, smiling back. "That's good." Skye nodded. "You, you said I could talk to you about Arc and things right?" Molly nodded back. "Of course you can." "Thanks." Skye said. "It's just, sometimes it makes no sense. We hated each other, then suddenly he was kissing me and then we were secretly dating and all that. Well, we weren't, we never even went on a date. He took me to the RoR and then we... Well technically we didn't do anything other than kiss but that was only because I didn't want to. He was so nice to me for that short time and now he's just... I don't know. He's just, it's as if there was never an us, as if it never happened and now he's back to hating me and I'm not sure if I hate him or not. Because I liked him for a while before we were together but there was no way he knew, I know how to hide things and it was just so sudden. And now it's over." Molly hugged her. "I don't know." she admitted. "But I swear, you can do better than that... You'll be alright, I swear. He isn't even worth it." Skye hugged her back. "I'm not sure how." she admitted, quietly. Molly let go and smiled sadly at her. "Everything will work out... somehow. It always does, in the end."
"I hope so." Skye smiled back weakly. Molly hugged her again, more tightly. Skye hugged her back again. "I might try something new. Like, attempt quidditch or something. I can avoid bludgers." She joked. Molly didn't let go, but laughed quietly. "I wouldn't try that, not even for all the galleons in the world." Skye shrugged. "I don't know... I don't like it, but maybe if I have to spend my whole time avoiding bludgers, I would forget him or at least get him out of my mind."
"There's a reason I play piano, y'know." Molly rolled her eyes, pulling away. "So... you're going to try out for Quidditch? You sure?"
"They could take me as a reserve maybe? A beater? I could attempt to destroy all bludgers?" Skye laughed. Molly chuckled and shrugged. "I could rid the world of bludgers." Skye joked. "What a noble cause!" Molly teased her. "Well, it helps." Skye smiled. "What helps?" Molly asked. "I won't have any anger left after taking it out on the bludgers." She giggled. Molly laughed. Skye smiled again. "So then everyone's happy."
Author's Note
Okay, I hate Arc. I hate him. I hate him! Okay. Well. Here it is! Please leave a review! :)
