(A/N: Wow, thanks for the reviews! Well, here's the 3rd chapter, and like always, R&R! By the way, Happy Valentine's Day!)
Chapter 3: Don't Leave Me
'BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP…,"
"Turn the damn thing off!" I bellowed angrily, rubbing my eyes wearily the next morning. There was a shuffling of feet and the incessant beeping stopped. I opened my eyes slowly and saw Lily smiling at me mockingly.
"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed," she said, sitting down on my bed.
"And someone is unnaturally bright-eyed and bushy-tailed," I shot back, looking the unusually happy Lily over.
She was already dressed, wearing a pretty lavender sweater, jeans, and tennis shoes, and her copper hair was pulled back into a half-ponytail. This was unusual for Lily; usually I was the early bird and her, the late sleeper. I was still suffering from the trauma of the night before, though.
I had stayed up late last night reading up on Animagi forms, thinking that my unknown hero had been one by the way he had acted. Now, I got to pay the consequences.
"Yes, I am. Considering that today we go back to Hogwarts," she announced nonchalantly, causing me to bolt up instantly. "Now, she's awake." I glared at her and scrambled out of bed.
"Oh, shit!" I exclaimed, catching sight of the time on the cursed alarm clock. The green numbers on the clock flashed: 9:35. That gave me only twenty-five minutes until we left for King's Cross.
I bolted into Lily's bathroom and pulled my toiletry bag towards me, unzipping it hastily and pulling my toothbrush, make-up bag, and hairbrush out.
"Hey, Lil, can you bring me my wand?" I yelled out into her room, quickly squeezing toothpaste onto my toothbrush and popped it into my mouth. She sauntered happily into the bathroom and put my wand on the counter next to me. I nodded at her and continued to brush my teeth.
After brushing my teeth, I applied a little make-up and put my contacts in. Looking in the mirror, I saw a frizzy mess of hair on my head. I groaned and reached for my wand, doing a hair straightening spell. My wavy blond locks quickly straightened, and I pulled it back into a messy bun.
Smiling contentedly in the mirror, I hurried into Lily's bedroom and roamed through my trunk for something suitable to wear, ignoring the amused smirk on Lily's face. I decided on a plain, sapphire blue, long-sleeved top, blue jeans, and black ballet flats.
"Are you going to need help packing?" Lily asked, sitting on her bed, smirking at me as I haphazardly threw things into my trunk.
"If you wouldn't mind," I answered, throwing my school books and some of my other books into the trunk. She got off her bed and picked up some of my things as she made her way to the trunk.
"Here you go," she said, dropping the things into the trunk unceremoniously.
"Well, then that's it," I announced, looking around the bedroom to make sure I hadn't forgotten anything. Lily sighed with relief.
"Then, come on, I'm starving," she said, pulling me from the room and dragging me down the stairs into the kitchen.
Lily's mum was cooking at the stove, her dad was sitting at the kitchen table, reading the morning paper, and Petunia was eating her breakfast daintily when we entered the kitchen. There were three set sits left at the kitchen table.
"Good morning, Lily, dear, and good morning, to you, too, Kelsey, dear," Rosalyn Evans said, looking up from the eggs she was scrambling. Rosalyn was the image of her younger daughter, complete with the copper red hair and the sparkling emerald eyes.
"Good morning, Mum," Lily said, kissing her mother on the cheek.
"Good morning, Mrs. Evans," I greeted, taking a sit next to Petunia who sniffed at me disdainfully. I rolled my eyes and piled two of the leftover pancakes onto my plate and filled my glass to the brim with orange juice.
Lily took a sit next to me, after kissing her father on the cheek, and started filling her plate with pancakes, bacon, and sausage.
"Another family murder, what a shame," David Evans muttered under his breath, shaking his head sadly. Lily and I exchanged uncomfortable glances and shifted in our seats, knowing exactly who the perpetrators were.
"Oh, Kelsey, dear, your mother rang ten minutes ago. She said that she and your father will be at the train station to say good-bye," Rosalyn said, placing the scrambled eggs, which were now on a plate, onto the table. I nodded my head and continued to eat my pancakes slowly.
After breakfast, Lily and I hurried up the stairs to retrieve our trunks. Petunia had followed us up unannounced.
"At least, you two freaks will be gone and everything will return to normal again," Petunia said snidely, leaning casually against the doorframe as we tidied up Lily's room so that it wouldn't be a mess when she came home again.
I glanced at Lily when Petunia said this and saw hurt pass over her face. Lily had never understood why her older sister treated her so hatefully, but it was clear why, Lily was just oblivious. Petunia was jealous of her younger sister.
"Sod off, Petunia," Lily muttered, refusing to look at her older sister.
"Whatever," Petunia mumbled, rolling her eyes and walking down the hall towards her bedroom and slammed her door loudly.
"I guess that means Petunia isn't coming again." I side-glanced worriedly towards Lily, but her face showed no emotion.
"Lil, are you okay?"
"Never better," she replied, putting a sickly sweet smile on her face. "Come on, Mum and Dad is probably waiting for us." And with that being said, she grabbed the handle of her trunk and hastily walked out of the room. I stared after her, shocked, but quickly hurried down the stairs after her.
I groaned with disgust when I looked outside to check if needed a cloak or not. The sky was overcast and drizzling.
"So much for the sun shining," I muttered angrily to myself, grabbing my cloak that was hanging in the closet. I should've learned to stop trusting weathermen long ago. 'Cause when they said it would be sunny, they meant it would be rainy. "Stupid weathermen."
The drive into London was quiet, with Lily being with withdrawn and silent, staring out the window sadly. I itched to tell her not to be bothered by her bitch of a sister but decided against it and just stuck with staring out the window too. Lily seemed to brighten up, however, when we got closer to King's Cross.
I, on the other hand, shuddered at the thought of getting on the train. I was not in a mood to face Sirius Black right at the moment. I blamed him for what had happened to me last night. He was the bloody reason I had almost gotten raped last night!
"Hey, Kels, are you okay?" I pushed last night's events from my mind and turned my attention to Lily who was peering at me inquisitively.
"Yeah, um, I'm okay," I replied, putting a weak smile on my face and gulping the lump that had formed in my throat gone. Lily gave me an incredulous glance but left me alone for the rest of the ride.
Lily did not know what had happened to me last night, because I had Apparated back to her house immediately so that the people in the restaurant wouldn't see the shape I was in. Lily had come home later and had found me on her spare bed crying my eyes out. Every time she asked me what was wrong, I refused to answer and pushed her away when she tried to get close. She gave up and finally decided to go to bed.
Now, all I wanted to do was wring Sirius Black's neck.
"We're here!" Lily squealed in delight, scrambling out of the car excitedly when we pulled outside the train station.
"Lil, wait up!" I exclaimed, beaming happily as well. I wasn't going to let the prat ruin my last first day at Hogwarts.
"Oh, c'mon, you slowpokes," she called back to me and her parents teasingly. We shook our heads playfully and hurried up to where she stood.
"Well, your father and I aren't as fast as we used to be."
"That's for sure," Lily mumbled under her breath, causing me to have to stifle a giggle.
"What was that, Lily?" her father inquired, looking at her disapprovingly.
"Nothing, Daddy," she said, smiling innocently. A giggle escaped my lips but was cut off by Lily squeezing my arm hard. "C'mon, Kels, let's go find your mum and dad," she said, taking her trunk from her father and pulled me into the station, ignoring the glare she was receiving from me as I rubbed my sore arm.
Lily and I walked onto Platforms 9 & 10, with Lily's parents close behind. I searched around for my father and mother but found them nowhere.
The minutes ticked by, and they still weren't anywhere in sight.
"Kels, do you see them?"
"No," I whispered, angry tears welling up in my eyes. This was the first time in my life that my mother and father had broken a promise to me, and I hated them for it. That was the first time I had ever hated them.
"Kels, I'm sorry, but we have to go if we want a decent seat on the train," Lily said, patting my arm comfortingly.
"I know, but they're usually here," I muttered, refusing to believe my parents would forget me this easily.
She led me along until we were standing outside the barrier to Platform 9 and ¾. She gave her mother and father long good-byes and told them she would send an owl a week like she usually did. I stared on, envious.
"Let's go, Kels," Lily said, turning to me.
"Yeah, let's go," I echoed hesitantly, giving the platforms another hopeful glance before following Lily through the barrier.
The magnificent red train stood in front of us, but I was not in a state to admire it like I usually did. Lily noticed my depressed face and made a poor attempt to cheer me up.
"Cheer up, Kels; we're going back to Hogwarts! Can you believe that's it our last year there?" Lily asked enthusiastically.
"No, I can't believe it," I answered, staring blankly ahead of me. Lily sighed in defeat and pulled me along with her onto the train.
I followed Lily in a trance-like state, pushing people over unconsciously with my trunk and receiving quite a few "Hey!"s in return. Lily, finally, stopped outside of a compartment and hurried inside into someone's, James' to be exact, arms.
I entered the compartment, still in my daze, and was greeted by curious stares from James, Sirius, and Remus. I refused to look at any of them as I made my way past them and to an empty seat by the window, across from Sirius, who was staring sullenly at the window until I came in.
"Kelsey's in a shocked state right now," Lily explained, coming to my defense. "Her parents didn't show up to say good-bye." They nodded their heads in understanding and decided to drop the subject. I sent her thankful glance and tried to get my trunk up on the shelf above me.
"Need help with that?" Remus asked, standing up from his seat and came near me.
"If you wouldn't mind," I replied, handing my heavy trunk over to him.
"No not all," he said cheerfully, flashing his teeth at me. I returned the grin and watched with amusement as he tried to heave my trunk up on the shelf. "What do you have in here? Rocks?" he asked jokingly, finally managing to get it up there.
"Mostly books," I answered, not helping but to smile again and forget completely about my parents.
"Just like Lil, no wonder you two are such close friends," James said, shaking his head. I laughed lightly at the mock glare he was receiving from Lily.
"Is that a compliment or an insult, Mr. Potter?" Lily asked, sending him a warning glare, but her emerald eyes were lit up with amusement at his obvious discomfort.
"A, uh, compliment?" James hesitantly said, nervously glancing at his girlfriend, hoping he'd said the right thing.
"It'd better be." James sighed in relief, which caused me, Lily, Remus, and Sirius to snicker to ourselves. He stared at us bewildered and we burst out laughing, him still not getting that Lil had been toying with him.
We were still laughing when the train lurched forward unexpectedly, causing Remus and I to fall over because we were still standing. I, of course, had to fall into Sirius, who put his arms around my waist to catch me.
Electricity traveled through my body from his touch, and something about being in his arms just felt so right. I stared into his grey eyes fearfully and saw the same confused look in them that was probably in my sapphire ones. For a moment, I forgot that I was mad at him.
"Steady there, Blaine," he finally said; continuing to stare into my eyes, but the confused look was gone, replaced by an amused twinkle. I regained my composure when I saw the mocking twinkle in his grey eyes and pulled back from his comforting embrace.
"I can steady myself, Black," I said curtly, brushing myself off and sitting down across from him. I grabbed the book I had brought on the train with me and buried myself within its pages, desperately trying to forget the way his arms felt around me.
Remus and James hadn't taken notice of the moment between myself and Sirius, but Lily sure had and was staring at us suspiciously. I looked up at her and mouthed "What?", but she just shook her head and went back to talking with James and Remus.
An hour passed by slowly. There was nothing more I wanted to do, than just throw myself from the train and put myself out of the confusion and misery I was going through at the moment. I was put through even more misery when Lily, James, and Remus had to go, leaving me alone with Sirius.
"Oh, shit! Is that the time? James, Remus, prefects' meeting, now," Lily said hastily, practically pulling them by their ears from the compartment. "Bye Kels, bye Sirius!"
I stared at the closed compartment door, shocked. Please, don't tell me I'm alone with himKept running through my mind. I confirmed my thoughts by turning my head slowly and saw him smirking at my obvious discomfort. I glared at him and quickly went back to reading my book.
"Uncomfortable, Blaine?" he asked, still smirking at me.
"No, I'm perfectly fine, Black," I snapped sharply.
"Well, it's seems otherwise." I looked up sharply and threw my book to the side, my eyes gleaming dangerously. And for once in my life, I couldn't think of a comeback.
"You're… Y-You're such an annoying, conceited prat, Sirius Black!" His smirk seemed to grow bigger and I grew more irritated.
"And would like to give me an example of when I have been an 'annoying, conceited prat'?" he challenged, his grey eyes twinkling devilishly. I racked my brain endlessly, I knew there were plenty of examples, I just wasn't thinking of them. Then last night's events and his little scene at Diagon Alley came into mind. I just wish now that I would've kept my mouth quiet, but, no, I had to go and hurt even more than he probably already was.
"Fine… What about that little show at Diagon Alley last Wednesday? You stormed away, just because I started to talk about a fling I had with a boy this summer." I jumped up angrily "Or what about last night, hmm? You didn't have to act like a jealous prat and storm out of the restaurant just because I was flirting with some waiter, now did you? Or what ab--,"
"FINE! I GET it ALREADY! I can act like a jealous prat sometimes, but that's only because I CARE ABOUT YOU!" he bellowed angrily, jumping up and stood directly in front of me, staring at me intensely with cold grey eyes that caused me to shiver unconsciously. I stared at him for a minute, trying to process this information, and didn't notice that he was moving too close for my comfort.
He cares about me? I scoffed at this thought and looked up into his grey eyes with disbelief.
"YOU CARE ABOUT ME, MY FOOT!" I yelled, furious. My sapphire blue eyes gleamed with hate, but they softened when I saw the hurt in his grey eyes. I moved unconsciously towards him, and he leaned his head towards mine as if he was going to kiss me.
"Fine, don't believe me," he hissed into my ear, and with that he left me standing there, feeling like a heartless bitch. The compartment door was unceremoniously thrown open and with one BANG! it was slammed closed and he was gone.
I finally realized the mistake I had made and rushed towards the compartment door, tears welling up in my eyes as I did.
"SIRIUS, WAIT! Come back!" I screamed down the corridor, but it was too late. He was gone. I slid to the ground against the compartment door, letting the tears fall from eyes now. "DAMMIT!" I cried, punching the door hard, causing me to sprain or break my wrist. I slid even farther down the ground and huddled into the fetal position, whispering, "Don't leave me… don't leave me…" over and over again.