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Still James's POV.
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Everything in my mind went blank. She just said what?
"Could you just repeat that?" I asked quietly, my ears not believing what I had just heard.
"William Davies asked me out and I said yes!" Alice said, her face simply shining with happiness.
"That's what we thought and we afraid you said." Fred said glumly.
"But...Davies?....you?.... out?....what?" I spluttered.
"Alice," Fred said very slowly as he pointed at Alice, "and Davies," he pointed over to where Davies was standing with the other Ravenclaws, "are going out." he made kissy noises.
"I understood that dimwit!" I slapped Fred on the arm. Suddenly I got over the initial shock of my best friend going out with a complete git like William Davies. Suddenly a monster roared within me. MY BEST FRIEND WAS GOING OUT WITH A COMPLETE GIT LIKE WILLIAM DAVIES! "Why the heck are you going out with William Davies?" I said harshly.
Alice seemed to be taken aback by my tone. "Because he asked me and he's head boy, Ravenclaw Quidditch captain, smart, a gentleman, sweet, caring and because I could!" she snapped. "What's it to you anyway?"
"I don't want my best friend getting hurt by some jerk!" I snapped back.
"Who says he's going to hurt me? Gosh James we are just going out. It's not like I've agreed to marry him or anything."
"Alice!" I exclaimed. "He's a jerk. He is probably only going out with you to get you distracted from Quidditch so they can win."
I watched suddenly as Alice's usually pale face go a bright pink colour. She looked absolutely livid as she breathed in the most deadly tone: "Who says he's only going out with me just because of Quidditch?" she then continued to yell. "He's not a jerk like you James; he doesn't go out with girls just to distract them from Quidditch!"
"That was one time and Grace Peters was a cow anyway." I yelled back. Not caring that Grace Peters was standing a few metres away and could hear me.
"Well anyway James, did you ever just think that he asked me out because he likes me?" she spat. She then turned on her heel and stalked off to where William Davies was standing in line with his mates.
"Um James." Roxanne said from beside me. "I don't know how to put this nicely but-"
"Not your best move mate." Fred finished for her. Twin telepathy much.
"I know." I grumbled as this massive wave of guilt washed over me. "I don't know what came over me."
While Fred said "Don't worry mate. I was thinking the same things you were saying." I saw out of the corner of my eyes Roxanne look at me suspiciously. Why would she do that? I'm not hiding anything. All I was doing was trying to stop my BEST FRIEND going out with some jerk that will break her heart. Who would want to go out with a prat like Davies anyway? His stupid brown hair that is styled with so much hair potion it looks fake; his fringe looks likes it's plastered over his bloody eyes for Merlin's sake! Then there is his disgusting light blue eyes which look like they have had some serious spells put on them. And he's really tall too. Alice is over a head shorter than him. Ergh. I don't know what most of the female population see in the guy. I don't want to sound all up-myself here but the only guy who is more popular with the ladies than me is Davies. And the jerk never lets me forget it either. Alice (who is usually very smart) is so stupid for going out with a jerk like him.
My look of disgust must have shown on my face as Professor Longbottom ushered us into Greenhouse 2 because Roxanne whispered just loud enough for me to hear; "Is it just me or are you angrier about Alice going out with Davies than you should be?"
"It's just you." I muttered back.
"Sure it is Jamie." She smirked as we got into a group of four around a small table where there were a few dangerous looking plants. Alice went over to do her work with Davies and we were left with Bridget Kettle, a very talkative, bubbly (to the verge of annoying) Hufflepuff girl.
Although I really didn't want to, I kept looking over at Davies and Alice all lesson. My face getting redder and redder with each glance. I don't know what it is with them that makes my blood boil and my heart beat faster. I just don't know. Well obviously I just don't want to see Alice hurt. Yeah that's it.
The only reasonable explanation would be that I don't want my best friend to end up getting hurt. Yeah, that's it.
Author's note: So sorry about the long wait and the seriously short chapter. I would tell you that I've been really busy (I have been busy but not THAT busy) but mostly I just couldn't think of how to do this scene. I am pretty happy about how it turned out but it took me a long time to come up with this short amount.
Argh I hate Davies. I hope I have made him a very dislikeable character because I hate his guts. Well anyway I hope you really enjoyed this chapter. I'm not really happy with my portrayal of Roxanne in any of these chapters but I hope it will get better.
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