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Chapter six- Suspension.
"Are they coming yet?" James asks excitedly.
"James, sorry to be the one to tell you this mate but um, we happen to be 15 minutes early to breakfast." I say with an amused grin.
"Well! Excuse me for being excited! I just hope they come soon!" He sounds like a whiny child. But you just can't help but love him. How did we ever argue before, and why in the hell did I wait until my seventh year to be friends with him. Seventh year. What if I can't get away? What if I have to give this world up? What if I have to give up the boys, Lily, Alice, and the magic? I think I'd die.
"Um Lu?" I look up to Remus to see him pointing towards the door. I stifle a giggle, so I can appear normal. In walks a large group of slytherin third years, they're robes are a shocking pink that matches their hair and eyes. Every day this week, they'll have to look like that. Each and every person is charmed so that no matter what they put it on will become the shocking pink. And their hair? Well that lasts for a good week also. The rest of the hall fills up and at last the one person that I had to the most fun with comes in. Narcissa is standing wearily next to Snape and his friends, Her hair is pink as is everyone else's, though I gave her pink rosy cheeks, and freckles, and lipstick. Let's just say she looks exactly like a plastic doll.
"Lu." I hear Remus reprimand me. "I thought we agreed not to overdo it." He says pointing to Narcissa.
"You did this?!" Lily asks outraged. "No, you wouldn't- you wouldn't." Alice places a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Calm down Lily. Even if she did do it, well I say congratulations. It's bloody hilarious." And it was funny, everyone but Lily seemed to find it amusing. Every time someone so much as glanced at the Slytherin table they were in hysterics.
"Look at me Luella Alexa." I stiffen at my full name, she sounds just like my mother. I turn to glance at her, not after I saw Remus' pitying gaze. "Did you do this?"
"Do you really want know?" She looks at me for a moment and then shakes her head.
"No, I don't." But then I watch as she looks to the slytherins and smile tugs on her lips.
"Is that a smile I see Miss Lily Evans?" She looks at me and her smile drops, but with one more look she can't hold it back and she bursts out laughing.
"Alright fine! Fine! I give in its bloody hilarious! But very stupid, if you get caught there you no one to blame but yourself." The boys turn to smile at her.
"So you like it then?" Black asks.
"Yeah, but it better not have been you that did it Sirius Black!" He looks affronted.
"Me? Never." She smiles at him.
"Horace! Horace! I will not have you accusing my students!" I turn to see McGonagall and Slughorn walking up to us.
"I don't need to accuse Minerva! I know it was her!" He stops directly in front of me.
"Luella! I think a months detention is in order! I don't know if you did it yourself or if you had help, to be honest I don't care because either way you will be punished!"
"Horace! You have no proof!" McGonagall protests.
"No Proof? Who else could have come up with this plan? The whole house was sabotaged and all the books! Every single book in their book shelf was missing."
"You call them books!" I say standing up. "They were hardly books. The curse of the mudbloods! How to get rid of mudbloods! Why purity is so important! Those are not books to me Professor." He suddenly grins widely.
"I knew it! You were there! How else would you know about those books?!" Shit. I can't believe I just gave myself away. Either way I will not apologize nor will I look sorry. I stand straight and to my full height and raise my head to him.
"And if I was." I hear Lily gasp behind me, the whole hall suddenly got quiet.
"Miss Brooks! This is beyond something you would normally do! I have never been so disgusted to call you my student! A Gryffindor! My own house! Oh the shame!" McGonagall yells, her facing turn purple. "You will receive more than a month's detention. I'm suspending you for a week! You are lucky not be expelled! I will be writing to your parents! I suspect that they will not be pleased to see you so soon." That is when my façade drops. Was she really sending me home? I was going to be in a lot of trouble when I got home. Sure my parents hated the fact that I was a witch but if I embarrassed them in anyway well they sure as hell won't like that.
"Professor I-" James starts, I raise my head again and cut him off before he can admit to helping me.
"Tried to stop me, but I didn't listen." She looked from me to James and sighed. James looked pissed.
"Very well Mr. Potter. Next time something like this happens report it me right away. After you finish breakfast I would like you to return to your room and pack your things. Then return to my office, so I can escort you to the train." I nod, and sit back down.
"Yes Professor." She strides away, with slughorn on her heels, while he tells her that he was right and brags about it.
"Lu." Lily says sternly and puts a hand on my shoulder. "You shouldn't have done that." I look up to her, is she really going to yell at me now? After I just got suspended. Shouldn't she be on my side?
"Evans! You have got to be bloody kidding me! Are you really going to agree with the teachers? She is your friend! Surely you should be taking her side!" James said angrily.
"Yes, well Potter she shouldn't have done it! It was irresponsible, stupid, and wrong. I should go tell the teachers who else was in on it." She stands up and I grab her arm.
"Evans, if you dare tell her who else had a part in this I swear you will regret it." My hair flares red, and my eyes turn black. She looks shocked as she sits down. James was right she should be on my side.
"I can't believe you would choose what's right over your friend. Hell Evans, I don't even like her and I'm pissed she got suspended!" Black says, drawing my attention to him, and I could tell he was speaking the truth. Anger radiated off of every inch of him. Even though in a way he was standing up for me I still glared at him.
"Oh so now you are all going to get mad at me because I think she deserves to be punished for what she did?!" Everyone got quiet that was sitting around her as she said this.
"No one deserves what she's going to get." Remus said heatedly. No one picked up on what he said but I understood. He was talking about with my parents.
"Fine, you know what I'm leaving!" She stands up and glances to Alice. "Coming Alice?" Alice looks torn not sure what she wants to do, but in the end she stands, and my anger flares again.
"Sorry." She mouths to me, as her and Lily walk away.
"I can't believe her! I have half mind to hex her right now. When your friends get in trouble you don't desert them!" James rambles on. I don't answer, I'm still stuck on the fact that I have to go home. I have to go back to hell. To my parents. I couldn't believe she actually suspended me, even though she knew about my parents. Couldn't she just suspend me from classes and lock me in a room or something. It would be better than going home.
I look down as I feel a comforting hand on my knee. "You'll be okay." I look at him with humor written on my face.
"Will I Remus?" I laugh bitterly and turn my face away.
"I don't know." He tells me honestly. "I don't know."
XX
I look out the window of the empty train and sigh. After I ate breakfast the boys walked me up to the dorm and helped me pack a few of my things, then I left with hugs and promises to write, (and another argument with Black), though I knew I probably wouldn't be allowed. McGonagall had been unusually cold towards me, as she walked to me to the train never saying more than a few words. I'm not really an easily scared person, but the thought of going home on these circumstances, well I was most definitely scared out of my mind.
I press the button on the outside of my gate waiting to be buzzed in, after the lock clicks and the gate swings open I walk slowly up to my house dragging along my small trunk. I enter the familiar house with a sigh, hoping to merlin I wouldn't be seen until later.
"Luella Alexa!" I turn to the sound of my mother's shrill voice. "Get in here!" I walk to the parlour room leaving my trunk in the hall. I'm barely in the room before she reaches up to smack me. The loud smack echoes in the room, and I cringe back. "How dare you act up at that school! How dare you embarrass your father and I?"
"I'm sorry mother." I say quietly.
"You're sorry?! You're sorry?! Sorry just isn't going to cut it Luella. We allow you to go to that school and this is how you repay us. You ungrateful little brat! You just wait, your father will be home-"
"Arabella." I turn to the sound of my father's deep voice. He is standing in the door way with a stern expression on his face. "What is she doing home?"
"Hmm, ungrateful brat has been suspended. She apparently entered another common room which is forbidden and turned the whole house pink and vanished their books. Do you see how she repays us dear?" He crosses the room, and punches me in the face. I fall under the blow as he stands over top of me.
"How dare you! Who do you think you are girl! After all we've done for you! We allowed the bloody wizard to talk us into keeping you and you repay us like this. You take our kindness and throw it back in our face! If it was up to me, you'd be rotting in some orphanage! Actually if it was up to me you'd be dead! You make me sick you are an utter disappoint me."
"I'm sorry!" I blurt out. He lifts his legs and kicks me in the stomach, his expression murderous. "Father please!" I say after another blow to the ribs. I cringe, and hear a loud crack. And I knew my ribs were broken.
"Don't cry to me, you insolent little girl." He says, reaching down and lifting me up by my hair.
"I wish you were never born. I wish you had died. Do you see all this problems you caused us! We had to raise such a freak! How would you feel in our position! What would you have done!" When I don't answer him, he shakes me back and forth. "Answer me you dammed brat."
"I-I d-don't know." I stutter. He glares at me, and throws me back into the table. The side of my body lands on the corner and it breaks under my weight. All the glass and metal pushing into my side, my head hits the steel with a loud crack. The last sound I hear is a booming laugh, and then everything goes black.
XX
I wake up to the throbbing my head and the ribs. When I open my eyes, I see that it's dark and that I'm still in the same position that I passed out in. The table and glass are broken around me. I struggle to try and get in a sitting position. When I finally manage I look around hoping to god that they weren't home. I walk slowly biting my lips from the pain make it up to my bedroom. They had taken my trunk away I noticed which means I did have my wand. I walk into the bathroom where I kept a regular first aid kit. Blood was soaked through my tee shirt and jeans. I took of my shirt and turned to the side to examine the damage. I cringe with pain, as I notice all the large shards of glass going up my right side, and down passed my hip bone to my upper thigh. I begin to slowly remove each shard, biting down hard on my lip causing it bleed. It takes over ten minutes to remove every shard. I move to check out my ribs which are indeed broken, but only on my right side. My whole side is black and blue, the worst type of bruise. I wash the blood off slowly, and cover the gashes with gauze and tape. Then I move to examine my head. I have smaller glass shards there, which I pick out, and the right whole side of my face is also bruised, and my forehead has a large bump.
Not being able to hold my body up any longer I land on the floor in a heap and crawl to my bed. Once I reach it I lay on my back hoping to block out the pain. The feeling of something nicking my finger makes me open my eyes. A large tawny owl which I recognized as Remus' was holding a letter. I take the letter in my hand and send the owl on its way. I'd be dammed if I was going to right him back and tell him what happened. He'd come bursting in here with the whole damn ministry. No I wouldn't tell him. I curl in a ball as tears of pain stream down my cheeks. The whole time I cried I couldn't help thinking to myself why me?
XX
-Remus' POV-
"Remus, have you been writing to Lu?" I look to stare at James who is glancing at me nervously.
"Twice a day." I admit.
"Has she answered you?" My mouth forms into a tight line.
"No."
"I'm sure she's okay guys. Her parents probably just gave her a little punishment. If what Lily says is true about the being the over bearing type I doubt she'd get in real trouble." Sirius says uninterested. A little punishment wasn't what Lu was going to get. I hated not knowing what was happening. It always drove me mad during the summer, but now. Now that's she's done something wrong well I'm afraid her parents might take it a little too far.
"Yeah." James says, and I can tell he looks slightly happier at the thought. Though I can tell he seems to be on to her lies. "I'm glad she comes home tomorrow, I really miss her." He says. I smile at the thought. James has never really had anyone he's cared for outside of us. Well besides being in love with Lily. He'd be a really good friend for her, if she'd just let me know,
"I'm sure she'll be happy to know that we started the potion." Peter piped up.
"Yeah, she'll be happy no doubt." I murmur.
I wake up the next morning, wondering what I was going to find when Lu came back.
"Lu comes back today!" Peter says happily. I guess they're all really taken with her.
"Do you think Lily will apologize?" James asks.
"I don't know James, you spend the most time with her. What do you think?" He shrugs.
"I haven't talked to her all week." My eyes widen.
"What?!" Sirius blurts out.
"She was being a bitch. How could she do that to her, I know that even if you did something stupid I would never side with anyone else." James tells us.
"You have a point there." Sirius agrees.
"So are we going to pick her up from the train or not?" James says all but bouncing up and down.
"I guess." He grins at me.
I'm leaning against the pillar as the train gets closer. Prongs sits up straighter, as does Sirius and Peter. We all watch as she descends the train, me nervously.
"Merlin, what happened to her?" I hear Padfoot's question but focus solely on Lu. The whole right side of her face is bruised and cut up, she's holding her right side tightly, her face contorted in pain and she's limping. Dear Merlin, what did they do to her?
"Lu." I say sadly. She looks up at me and forces a smile on her face.
"What happened?!" James asks.
"Fell down my bloody stairs! I landed right on the coffee table. Glass and blood everywhere!" I try forcing a smile back but it comes off as a grimace.
"You need to be more careful." James says with a smile.
"Idiot." Sirius mutters but she ignores him.
"Let's see it." I say, I'm dying to see what they did to her. She looks up at me nervously before lifting the hem of her shirt and turning side ways. All along her side is bruised and there are large gashes. Her ribs are notably broken and her hip bone is stick out.
"My right set of ribs are broken, and I bruised my hip badly. I also had a minor concussion and shards of glass all up my side, and on the side of my face. I was basically a bloody mess." I look at her fake smile and it makes me want to cry. How can you do this to your kid? Your bloody effing child! It makes me sick. It makes me want to- it makes me want to do nothing more than kill them.
"Remus?" I blink out of the thoughts that have been running through my mind all day, and turn to Sirius. "Did you hear me?" I shake my head no, "You've been out of it all day. You alright mate?"
"I'm fine." I answer shortly.
"Are you sure Remus? If you're sick I'll take you to the hospital wing." I realize what Lu is trying to do. We haven't been alone yet today and she's knows I'm dying to talk to her about it.
"Yeah, I'm feeling a bit peaky." She smiles, and then grimaces. "You okay?"
"Yeah it's just, my face hurts when I smile."
"I'm not surprised." James comments dryly. "Meet us in the dorms when you're done." I nod, and follow Lu out of the portrait. On an unspoken agreement we end up in the room of requirement. Without looking at her, I strode over to the sofa and sank down in it.
A few minutes later she breaks the silence. "Rem." I look up at her nervously and quickly look away. I can look at her while she's bruised and beat up like that. Just knowing that they did this to-
"I know your upset but-" I stop her there.
"Upset? You think I'm just bloody upset!" I yell, she flinches back. "I am more than just upset! I'm so angry! You have no idea what it's like to watch someone you love come back bruised and beaten and not being able to help them! Do you think I like to watch you in pain? I can't even look at you right now!" I admit.
"Rem, just look at me." I shake my head not wanting to look up. "Please." When her voice cracks I finally look up to see her with tears rolling down her face. She's never not once cried in front of me before. I stare at her with the tears rolling down her cheeks and my anger melts away. "I was punched in the face, kicked twice in my ribs and was thrown sideways by my hair into a table. You think I'm not angry?"
I flinch as she says that and then sigh out "Oh Lucie." I grab her hand and pull her down next to me, while she sobs into my shoulder.
"I'm sorry Remus, I'm so sorry." I shake my head and rub her back soothingly.
"S'not your fault. Don't apologize." She pulls back, still crying and looks at me.
"Do you have any idea what it's like for me? I'm helpless too Remus. But if we stick together we can help each other. You, Lily, Alice, and hell now even the rest of the boys are the only family I have."
"I just wish I could help you." She wipes her tears away and forces a smile.
"One day Remus, I will need your help. So just promise me you'll be there." I smile back and pull her into hug, carefully so I don't hurt her.
"I promise." I murmur into her hair. "I promise."
XX
-Luella's POV-
"Okay, so we started making the Potion. It should be done in about a month. So I'm saying end of October, or beginning of November." James tells me. I smile at them gratefully.
"This means a lot to me. Thank you." Remus smiles at me.
"It's no big deal really." I look at James, but say pointedly at Remus.
"Yeah well it sucks, knowing someone you love is in pain and you can't do anything for them." I hear Remus laugh loudly and everyone turned to stare at him.
"What's so funny over there Moony?" Peter asks. I bark out a laugh as well. They look between us again.
"What in the hell is so funny?" Black questions us.
"Nothing. Nothing." We both say in unison between breaths. James just shakes his head and smiles.
"It's getting late. Have you talked to Evans?" I stop laughing abruptly and turn to him.
"I've been with you all day, so no I haven't."
"Are you going to?" I turn to stare at Remus and give him a half smile.
"No?"
"Well you're going to see her when you go back into your dorm so what are you going to do ignore her?" I smile at Peter.
"I'm not going to my dorm."
"What?" Black asks, I stare pointedly at them.
"You want to stay here?" James asks, with raised eyebrows.
"Can I? Please?" James smiles.
"Of course you can."
"YES!" I jump up to hug him, and cringe in pain, and fall right back down on the floor. "OW!"
"She can't stay here!" Black yells but we all ignore him.
"Yes, I thought you'd say that." James says, extending a hand to help me up. I take it gratefully and he pulls me into a hug. "I except this was what you were getting up to do."
"Damn straight."
"Good."
"Well James, since I'm already over here it looks like I'm sleeping with you tonight." I say crawling in next to him.
"Whatever, fine by me." I flick my wand and extinguish the lights, I smile to myself thinking about how great they are. The boys that I used to hate are slowly becoming my bestfriends and the people that I care most about. Me and James had really only started being friends and I feel like we've been this way forever. I snuggle up next to him and close my eyes. Now all I have to do is stop hating Black. I snort at the thought. It's not like he doesn't hate me as well. But really he hasn't been so bad. Maybe we could be friends. One day. I force back a laugh.
"Night boys."