Chapter 7 – Jealousy

Over a month had passed and I still wasn't speaking to Seamus despite his best efforts to make up. He and Lavender were officially together now and he was always with her and Parvati. I felt sick every time I saw them.

Ginny was always busy with Neville and Luna most of the time since they had taken charge of the DA. I really wasn't much of a leader. I hardly saw her now and when I did she was always in a hurry to be someplace else.

I was sitting alone eating my dinner at the Gryffindor table when Seamus took a seat next to me for once he was alone.

"Please talk to me"

I ignored him and continued eating.

"You know I didn't mean it like that. I was just saying you couldn't trust him. I wasn't implying that you or your mam were like them."

I'd heard this countless times over the past month. It didn't matter. I wasn't still mad at him for the things he said that day I just couldn't be around him with Lavender any longer than necessary. He knew how I felt about her. He had the cheek to tell me I shouldn't talk to someone he didn't like yet I was supposed to accept his relationship with her? What a hypocrite.

"You still with queen bitch?" I asked him

He looked surprised that I had acknowledged him.

"If you mean Lavender than yes"

"Then go find her because I'm not interested. Now if you don't mind I have somewhere to be" At that I stood up leaving my dinner half eaten and made my way down to the Dungeons. I wasn't due to meet Theodore to work on our potion for another half hour but I didn't want to listen to Seamus apologize any longer.

"I knew you liked Potions but you do know Slughorn won't be there to let us in until seven right?"

I turned around to see Theodore had followed me out of the great hall and into the Dungeons.

"Then why are you here?" I asked with a small smile.

"My common room is down here and you looked upset when you left thought you might want some company"

I blushed a little knowing he had been watching me.

"You going to tell me what you and Finnigan are fighting about?" he asked

"It's nothing. Just a stupid disagreement"

"Really cause he told me to back off. Said it was all my fault last time I seen him" he told me

"He did? I'm going to kill him."

"So why exactly does he think it's my fault you won't speak to him"

"Because he's a prejudiced git thinks I shouldn't speak to you since all Slytherins are evil and he says you can't trust a death eaters kid" I explained "So it's not really you its more me my father's one to and my mother was in Slytherin she's not evil"

He laughed at me. I frowned at him.

"It's not funny" I crossed my arms.

"It is. You can't even see it can you?"

"What are you talking about?" I was still frowning.

"He likes and he's jealous"

"Well obviously we were friends for six years would be a bit weird if he hadn't liked me"

"No I mean he really likes you"

"Well yea we were best friends"

"You still don't get it do you?"

"What?" I was really confused now. What was he talking about.

"He has a crush on you Bailey."

This time I laughed. There was no way Seamus liked me as more than a friend. I would know.

"Oh so that's why he's all over Brown every chance he gets. That makes so much sense" I replied sarcastically.

"Well he probably thinks you like someone else so he's using her"

"I don't like anyone and he knows that"

"Really? You're so obvious any idiot can see you like Finnigan"

"I do not. Were just friends"

"Whatever you say"

"It's true"

Just then Slughorn came into view and opened the door to the potions classroom. He always sat in the class when students were working on the potion so he could spot any mistakes and get rid of the wrongly made potion. So far we were doing the best having only had one mistake. Two of the groups had to start over at least once a week.

We worked carefully triple checking all instructions before doing anything. We also took careful and detailed notes or at least Theodore did. I was better at the actual potion making. I didn't want to have to start over. It was a hard potion to make.

When we were done working for the night we cleared up and moved our cauldron to the spell protected area so no one could try to mess with it.

We left together and he tried to resume the conversation we had been having before Slughorn turned up.

"Why are you still following me?" I asked ignoring his questions "I thought your common room was in the dungeons"

"It is. I'm walking you to yours" He answered "Maybe Finnigan will see me walking you home and get jealous"

"Not this again"

"Next time you're with me and you see him, watch him, you'll see what I mean"

We came to the portrait of the fat lady.

"Well this is me" I waved my hand at the portrait indicating that was the entrance beside me.

He looked at something over my shoulder and smirked. I was about to turn around to see what he was looking at when he pulled me in close to him and kissed me. I was caught off guard and froze for a second before kissing back. There were no fireworks or anything like that but it was nice. He pulled away and smiled at me.

"Goodnight babe. I'll see you at breakfast" He said and walked off heading to his own common room.

Now I was really confused. What was all that about?

"I can't believe this."an angry voice behind me said "I can't believe you'd actually go there with Nott of all people!"

So that's what it was about. He was trying to make Seamus jealous. I would be having words with him in the morning about this.

"It's none of your business what I do" I turned around and snapped at him.

Theodore was right he looked really jealous but that didn't make any sense. There was no way he liked me like that. It wasn't possible.

"So Dean's been gone for what a month and your already jumping into bed with that" He looked furious "You're not who I thought you were"

"What's any of this got to do with Dean?"

"So you're just going to pretend there was nothing going on between you?"

"There never has been anything with me and Dean!" I half shouted. "We're friends nothing else"

Did he actually think I was with Dean? That's not something we would keep from him.

"I saw you with him Bailey I'm not stupid"

"What?"

"I saw you kissing him after you left the ball in fourth year. Don't deny it"

"One kiss and that means we were together? Are you forgetting he was with one of my best friends almost all of last year? Do you really think that little of him and Ginny?"

He looked like he was thinking about it.

"Or do you think I was going behind her back with him? I thought you knew me better than that"

I gave the Fat Lady the password and stormed off up to my dorm.

I couldn't believe he actually thought Ginny or I would do that to each other. We're not like Lexi.

I lay awake for hours before finally drifting off.