A/N: Yeah, I'm not dead! Here comes Chap 6! It's shorter than usual, but who to blame? I didn't want to carry on and become tiring…

Chapter 6 – Guilt

"And my cousin brought his girlfriend over for dinner one day, without warning." Romi goes on with his story as we go down the hallway to the dungeons. "She's not that much of an interest, if you'd like my abject opinion."

"You have indeed a hard appeasing taste." I reply seriously, and he chuckles at my mockery.

"what? Can't I have an opinion about her? What if they go formal"

"Romi, he's only 17!"

"But he brought her over for dinner!"

"That doesn't get them married." I laugh and he follows. It's great how easily we can go on with him. Maybe Slytherin has it's bright sides after all.

We have almost reached the passage, when I spot a form sat down next to it. I catch some red, but it's dim-lit down here and I can't really tell. Although, getting closer makes me able to recognize the bushy hair and delicate figure.

She's sat on the floor, knees brought up to her chest and forehead against thm. What is she doing here?

"Rosie?" I lean over her. She looks up and I come face to face with an alluring expression. Dark eyes, a frown on her forehead, no color in her cheeks. Before I can utter out a word, she reaches her hands and hugs me tightly. I pull her up, worried. Romi waves and steps into the common room distinctively, leaving us alone. She clutches onto me, not just hugging. It's different. It's like she depends on me, like she needs me. I feel strange.

Without further indication that we need privacy, I drag her till the next corner, where I believe no one will disturb.

"What's wrong?" I whisper into her hair, but she seems not to have heard me. "Rose." I cup her cheeks and gently force her face up. "Are you ok?"

"No." she opens her eyes and I have those gleaming blue orbs starring into mine. 'No, she's not ok.'

"Want to tell me what happened?"

"I… I am not…" she chockes out, unable to form a line. "I don't know what to do…"

"About what?" I really start to get scared now.

"Al. And Mandy. They… They just argued, and I was in the middle." now that she found her track, she doesn't stop. "I felt horrible, because if I took a side, the other one probably wouldn't talk to me, so I took no one's, but they are offended by that, and I really don't know what I should have done. I mean, I can't choose, even if one of them is greatly right. And why do I have to chose, anyway? Friends aren't supposed to get you in such a difficult position. They should have found a solution on their own. It's their problem after all. Why do I have to solve it all, can you tell me? And -"

"Woa, woa, would you take a breath? Calm down a bit." I stop her, cause she's redden a lot, her words swirl like water, making me having difficulties catching up.

"So, they fought." I state, waiting for a confirm and she nods.

"And you haven't picked a side." she nods again. "but youbelieve one of them was right."

"Well, kind of." I give her a stern look, resisting her puppy-eyes. "Ok, ok. Al was right. She had no right to offend him, and she was the one that started it all. But I'm sure she didn't mean it, and after all, she's my friend. I can't turn against her!"

"Al is your cousin, did you forget that, Rose?" I start to get really angry now. Al wasn't jealous-psychotic after all. He was right. She's been indeed brainwashed.

She cowers up at my high voice, and that gives me the chance to continue. "Do you really believe they must solve it themselves? Are you serious? Rose, if it hadn't been you, they wouldn't even say a 'hi'! Al had closed up his mouth a lot of times, just to avoid causing a problem. And you come here, suggesting they solve it themselves! The only problem to solve here is that you're trying to do something just because it's convenient for you. They don't fit together, they never will. If they tried, at least Al, it was for your shake and only." I feel the blood in my head, but I don't stop. She must hear it all now, before I lose me bravaro, or give in to her expression. "And instead of realizing this and try to fix things up a bit, you just insist more, as there is a chance."

She's sat there, speechless, hearing me saying all this. For a moment, I believe she'll cry. But she doesn't.

She opens her mouth to speak, but then close it again. I breath heavily, waiting for her to do something.

A few moments pass, and nothing is moving. Then, slowly and carefully, she stands up, and without a single word, she heads off. I must have called her name, but she didn't turn around. I just stand there, watching her walking away.

I can't remember saying the password, gong through the common room and heading to the dorms. Seems like I was trying to wrap myself around what happened.

This isn't Rose. Real Rose would have jumped up and shout at me for contrasting her. She would have offered me a thousand arguments. Real Rose wouldn't act so silly and selfish to start with.

I feel terrible for speaking to her like that. So cruel and cynically. She seemed lost. She was lost and came to me.

And all that I did was disappoint her. I didn't offer the support she came seeking for. I failed. I could have been more caring, gentler, offering my help, my solutions and ideas smoothly.

But no; I had to be explicit like that. Act without thinking. I have a tendency in this lately. I could have paid it a second thought. I must have done it. My best friend wanted my help and all I gave her was a stupid lecture and some yelling.

I', such an idiot. Such a loser. A loser I bet she doesn't wnt to face again.

I've reached my bed, Merlin know how, and throwing my shoes and robes off, I fall onto it.

But I won't be able to sleep one bit tonight. I have more than enough guilt to keep me awake and haunt me.

A/N: Some Scorp we haven't seen yet… But yeah, he's able to get angry and get carried away by it… XD

I have just stop asking for reviews, a long time ago… pfffff

Snitches,

El Amor Comienza