Yay! Yet another chapter. In two hours I have single-handedly written and rewritten three chapters! That's a new all-time record for me! But I'll bet you guys just wanna read the chapter so here it is...the seventh chapter in my master-piece (aka: piece 'o crap)
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your servant, forever, Isabell the Looser! --
Best Friends Forever
"Sirius, did you ever have a feeling something was going to happen? Like…something bad?"
"Hmmm…" Sirius mumbled from behind her. Bella could feel his hand stroking her bare legs, and his head resting against her side. "I guess so…what do you mean, exactly? Like an epiphany, or seeing the future?"
She shook her head, "No…Like I don't know…a vibe, I guess." She pulled a hunk of grass from the earth and slowly pulled each blade away from the others. "I mean…like everything is going so smoothly. School, homework, our friends, us. It all just seems to be flowing to easily." She turned her head to see Sirius smirking.
"You mean, you think something bad is going to happen, just because everything else is fine?" he raised his eyebrows, "Wow, Bella. I didn't know you could be so…so depressed!"
She laughed along with him, "Yah, I guess it is a bit silly…" she pulled another mound of dirt out, "But I've been having these strange dreams…and vibes…and--" she shuddered, "and these feelings that you're gonna leave."
Tears swelled into her eyes, and bubbled down her cheeks at the prospect of him leaving her. She felt Sirius stiffen, then his arm around her. She turned, and he was right there, laying beside her. His eyes were break and sad, his arms cradling her to his chest.
He kissed the top of her head. "Bella. Bella, Sshhh. Stop crying. It's okay! I'm not gonna leave you." he placed a finger on her chin and forced her head up. He looked into her eyes and frowned. "Bella, dear. I'm right here! I'll always be right here! As long as you want me, I'll stay."
She sniffled, "Really?"
"Really-really."
She wrapped Sirius in a giant glomp-hug. "Thank, Sirius. Promise you'll never, ever leave me! Ever!"
He wiped a tear from her face, and smiled. She managed to smile back. "I promise, Bella. I promise." He looked up suddenly, at the approaching rain clouds. "Now, come on, Bells. We better get inside before it starts pouring!"
She took his hand and let him guide her into the great hall, where his friends sat at Gryffindor table.
Sirius dragged her over to where they were playing Wizards Chess. "Come on, Bells. We can play a game, and get this matter off our minds!"
Bella sighed and sat down opposite Remus, a grubby friend of Sirius'. "Hi." she said meekly, and waved unenthusiastically at him. He smiled and repeated the gesture with even less enthusiasm, if possible.
"Okay," Bella said turning to Sirius, "Bring it, Smarty! I'll kick your butt, again."
"Yeah, right!" he snorted, "You suck at this, remember?"
She waved the insult off, "Whatev. Let's get this game started!"
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Twenty minutes later, Bella, Sirius, Remus, James, Lily (James' girlfriend), and Peter all strolled upstairs to their afternoon classes.
"What you got?" Bella asked Remus as they headed up to the second floor.
He frowned and hunched his shoulders, "I have History of Magic next. You?"
She smiled, "Charms."
"You suck." he growled, heading off to his classroom.
Bella giggled and waved, heading up the next flight of stairs after Sirius and James. She nearly had a heart attack when someone patted her arm and talked to her.
"Hi, Bella, is it? I'm Lily. I don't think we've really been introduced."
Bella looked the girl up and down; she looked nice enough. She had pretty red hair and the brightest green eyes Bella had ever seen. "Hi, Lily." Bella smiled, "I'm Bella, yes."
"Pleasure," Lily smiled and shook Bella's hand. "Forgive me, but did I just hear you tell Remus you had Charms next?"
"Yes. Why?"
"Oh, no reason, really." Lily blushed slightly, making her hair look redder, "Its just…I don't really have any friends…except for the boys, of course. And I was wondering if, maybe…you might want to join me during Charms class today."
Bella blinked, was this girl actually asking to sit by her and be friends with her? Bella could hardly believe it.
"Anyways…you don't have to if you don't want to…it was just an idea…"
"Oh, no. Yeah!" Bella stuttered happily. Lily's face brightened. "Yeah! I would love to sit by you! You see, I don't have many girlfriends either."
"Thanks!" Lily crowed, "Wow…that was easier than I thought!….Yay!"
They grabbed each other's hands and bounced around in circles, squealing.
"Umm…hello?"
They both spun, and upon seeing James and Sirius' faces, cracked up.
"Forgive me, but did I just hear the word girlfriend said between you two?" James asked.
Bella looked over at Lily and had to grab her for support she was laughing so hard. Finally she choked out a sentence or two between giggles. "Yes, but we were just talking about being friends. And how we don't have many girls as friends."
"Oh…!" the boys muttered, looking extremely stupid. "Okay!"
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"Hey, Bella? How do you say this word again?" Lily asked, pointing at a word in her book, "Is it…Teargayo?"
Bella leaned over and studied her new friend's book. "No," she frowned, "It's Tur-jee-oh. Like Turd, jean, and Oh!"
"Yes, yes. Thanks, Bella." Lily frowned at her book and hunched into her chair. Bella watched her read for a minute. She noticed that Lily's eyes only stayed focused on one line for a second, then they flickered around, and back to the same spot again.
Very weird, Bella thought; but she turned back to her own pile of books and once more delved into her thirty inch essay on the proper use of Veritaserum on an humans, and the ways it effected males and females differently. Before long she had read three chapters on the uses, written twenty five inches of parchment, and reminded Lily how to pronounce Tergeo, again. But she still couldn't find the difference between female and male effects, and what it might cause if concocted wrong.
"Ugh!" she finally screamed, "Where's that stupid thingy!" She flipped angrily through her books, succeeding in ripping several pages out and alerting the rest of the library to her whereabouts.
"Here," Lily said soothingly, reaching for the book and flipping to the index. Her finger ran down the coloumb of chapters. She flicked the book open again. "Okay, here it is. Veritasium is deadly, if made wrong with either too many lacewing flies, or too few bezoars; either is deadly if drank. "There you go, and then the next page has the affects on different sex's."
Bella sat in awestruck silence. This girl is smart! was all she could think. "Wow." she sighed, goggling up at Lily, "You're way smart!"
Lily frowned again, "No, I'm not." her eyes wavered to her textbook.
"But, then how did you do that? It was so…intelligent."
Again Lily frowned and shook her head, "I wasn't being smart…all I did was use the index!"
"Yeah," Bella agreed, "But using the index was smart! I mean, look at me. Flipping through every single page looking for the answer." She smiled. "Very smart."
"Yeah…whatever. I gotta go. I'm meeting James in our dormitory." Lily hurried from her seat and began shoving books deep into her bag.
"Wait!" Bella cried, launching herself at her fleeing friend. "Lily, what's wrong? Did I upset you? I didn't mean to, if I did."
"No," Lily whispered, "No, it's…it's not you…it's me…" Suddenly the girl began to cry, sob.
Bella stood and wrapped her arms around her friend, feeling pain for Lily well up inside her gut. "Lily? What's wrong? What's you?" She dried Lily's tears with her sleeve and led her to a chair. "Lily, you can tell me…please tell me. I want to understand."
Lily shook her head and buried her face in her hands. Bella felt helpless, stupid; feeling like a bad friend because she couldn't think of anything to say to comfort her.
"Lily," she whispered, "You can tell me. I promise not to tell if you don't want me to."
Her friend hiccupped and looked up and Bella with pleading eyes so filled with sorrow, that Bella knew she needed to be heard-out by someone, even if it was her.
"It's okay," Bella cooed, rubbing Lily's back, "Tell me when you're ready."
"Bella…you have to understand. I haven't told a single soul about this, ever. Not even my own mother!" Bella raised her eyebrows, but listened. Lily gazed up at her with round puffy eyes and a sad expression. "You see…when I was seven years old, my parents took me to see a doctor. A Muggle doctor; cause I was having problems learning new things, and remembering where things were. Well…it turned out I have a Learning Disability."
Lily rang and rang her hands together, glaring at the floor. "This, LD thing, it stops me from remembering anything. I can't remember my classes sometimes, even the date! That's why I study so hard! It's so my brain can work the things into itself so I can remember."
Bella could only nod, this explained everything! The tapping Lily did in class, her twitchy eyes, the distant look in her eyes in the middle of a long discussion.
"You can't tell anyone! Bella, please, don't! Not even Sirius." she bit her lip, "If James found out he might not want me anymore, and I…" Lily's voice broke at that point and she started to sob again, "Bella, he's the only thing I have left in this world! You can't tell him!"
"I won't Lily." Bella shook her head, "I swear he won't hear of this from my lips! I swear."
"Thank you Bella." Lily whispered across the chair space, "Thank you for letting me spill my guts."
Bella smiled and squeezed Lily's hand, "No problem, bud! Anytime you need to, just let me! I'm here for ya."
Lily smiled back, wiping away a few stray tears. She giggled a little, "Look at me. I'm an emotional mess!"
"Hey," Bella laughed, "You look better than me. And that's saying something!"
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Bella lay in bed, brooding over the day's happenings. So far this week she had written five major essays and gotten goodish grades on them. She had become friends with Lily, and found out one of her darkest secrets. And she had also helped Lily through an emotional explosion, and lived to tell the tale.
That's a hefty list. Bella thought, I can't imagine what will happen tomorrow!
Hope you enjoyed! Review! I'll try to write more...though it is 1:36 am here...so maybe in the morning (afternoon)...
-Let them eat cake!- Isabell the Looser...(can you say...random?)
