Chapter 7

Chapter 7

November rain

It was about the middle of November when I got the feeling that there was something wrong with Jacob he was avoiding me, he wouldn't talk to me for long just 'hello' and 'goodbye' it was infuriating he didn't give me a chance to ask what was wrong it seemed like I did something wrong, which was impossible since I haven't had a conversation longer than two words with him since the Halloween costume party, I was really becoming depressed and of course Lily noticed, figures its like she's empathic or something!

"What's wrong Elli, you know you can tell me"

"No Lily I cant" I barked getting more agitated by the minute "I can't tell you because I don't even know!"

"Come on is it all the homework?" Lily asked looking concerned figures Lily thought it had to do with school work, not like she would even know what it felt like to be ignored by your boyfriend, James waited on her hand and foot!

"Its Jacob, he's avoiding me!" I burst out, well that got everyone's attention lily and I were sitting in front of the dieing fire James and Remus were playing wizard chess, Black was falling asleep on the couch next to mine and Pettigrew was trying to do some homework, and as soon as I yelled something that I was trying to keep a secret they were all paying complete attention.

"Trouble in paradise?" Black asked giving me a look for waking him up.

"I don't want to talk about it," I said with what I thought was a tone that clearly said 'drop it' obviously it didn't work.

"What's wrong?" Remus asked it seemed like he was the only one who actually wanted to know what was wrong with me.

"It's nothing really" I said getting up "I'm exhausted, I'll see you guys tomorrow" I then walked up the stairs to the girls dormitory getting into bed and sleeping.

"So really what's wrong with her?" Sirius asked with a look of genuine concern "You're a girl Lily you should know"

"Ok one, Sirius just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I know everything about Elli and two, she wont tell me" Lily said whining a bit at the end.

"I swear if that Ravenclaw jerk hurts her I'll kill him!" Sirius snarled, surprising everyone except Remus, who had known about Sirius's crush on Elli for quite some time.

"Uh padfoot mate, what are you talking about you and Elli pretty much hate each other?" James asked looking confused and shocked at the same time, Lily put the clues together first

"You do like her!" Lily practically squealed, "I knew it, I knew it!" now Lily was jumping up and down.

"Wait so you like Elli?" James asked still confused.

"Sort of, I mean she's alright" Sirius grumbled, Peter who hadn't said a word this entire time finally spoke up

"But she has a boyfriend" that was the one thing Peter shouldn't have said

"You think I don't know that!" Sirius snapped "And even if she was single she still hates me!"

"Oh she can't hate you padfoot," James said trying to calm his friend down

"Yes she can and she does, doesn't she Lily?" Sirius said turning to face the redhead.

"She just doesn't use her head sometimes, and with Jacob and homework she's just really stressed right now"

"Yes and that really explains why she's hated me ever since I met her" Sirius said getting up off the couch and walking up the stairs to the boy's dormitory, Remus and Peter followed leaving Lily and James alone.

"You know I've never seen Sirius so torn up about a girl"

"Yeah he's practically dated the entire Hogwarts, female population!" Lily said

"This is so strange and I am way to tired to think about it anymore" James said giving Lily a small peck on the cheek.

"Yeah I'm going to bed" Lily said "Goodnight"

"Goodnight Lily"

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"Lily I'm not talking about it!" Elli said still getting ready for class

"Come on you should just corner him and ask him what his problem is"

"I'm not doing anything, its probably nothing, my imagination" I called over my shoulder as I started down the stairs, no one was in the common room and Lily was taking her good sweet time getting ready so instead of waiting for her and having to put up with her suggestions and questions I went to breakfast walking alone though the corridors they were eerily empty, then I felt a hand on my shoulder, it didn't scare though because I knew who it was, I turned around and saw Jake standing there his face emotionless.

"Ellebri we need to talk" this was it he was crack into a grin and ask me to come live with him in Romania that was why he'd been ignoring me to make me think something was wrong then spring the good news on me!

"Ok what is it?" I asked trying to keep the happiness out of my voice, his face still remained impassive; wow he was really good at this.

"Ellebri" He said, why was he using my full name he never used my full name? "I think it would be for the best" this was it he was going to ask me and I was going to live with him! "If we broke up" What! Did he just say what I think he did, no he couldn't have I must've heard wrong

"What?" I asked dumbly.

"I don't think this is working" He said staring me straight in the face I saw that he was being completely serious, this wasn't a joke he was breaking up with me, How could he I loved him?

"W..Why?" I asked my voice breaking

" It's just no working out" He said walking away.

"But I love you, you were supposed to asked me to come to Romania with you!" I screamed at his retreating back, and then I heard something that hurt me even more, laughing, not happy laughter like this was some sort of joke but a nasty sort of laugh like I was the butt of some joke.

"Ask you to come to Romania with me?" He asked not even turning around he shook his head then disappeared from my sight, I looked around and saw a door that lead out onto the grounds I ran out as fast as I could not looking back

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"Where's Elli I haven't seen her all day?" Lily asked sitting down beside James, it was Dinnertime and Lily hadn't seen Elli all day, at first she thought she must've gotten sick and gone to the hospital wing but right before coming to the great hall Lily went there to go see if she wanted anything to eat for dinner, but when she got there she wasn't there, Lily didn't panic of course Lily Evans never panicked.

"I don't know haven't seen her all day" James said mouth full of food.

"I saw her this morning, we were supposed to go to breakfast together but she went down without me and I haven't seen her the rest of the day," Lily said some of the worry coming into her voice.

"Maybe she got sick" Sirius said casually.

"I just checked the hospital wing" Lily replied

"Listen Lily don't worry Elli probably just didn't feel well so she went to the hospital wing but left right before you went to go check" Remus said "she's probably in the common room right now waiting for us"

"You could ask her boyfriend he might know" James offered. And then Lily without a word got up and walked over to Ravenclaw table and right up to Jacob Suffolk.

"Hey Jake where's Elli?" Lily asked.

"Why would I know where she is" Jacob responded

"Maybe because you're her boyfriend" Lily said still keeping her cool

"Well sorry to disappoint you but Ellebri Thorn is not my girlfriend anymore" Jacob said giving a short laugh "I broke up with her this morning" then turning to his friends he added "and do you know what she said when told her it was over? She said she loved me" they all burst out laughing, Lily was turning as red as her hair and James who with the rest of the student body had seen what was happening came over to stand beside her.

"Lily calm down" He whispered.

"I will not calm down!" Lily screamed then yanking her hand fee from James's punched Jacob right in the face and without a second look she stormed out of the great hall to look for Elli, the marauders not far behind her.

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"We've looked everywhere!" Lily cried

They were all sitting in the common room after looking everywhere in Hogwarts castle for Elli who they still hadn't found.

"There is one place we haven't looked Sirius said while staring out a window it was cold and raining outside which was why they hadn't even thought of going out there.

"She wouldn't be out in that weather, sure she's probably really sad and mad and everything but going out in that would be just plain stupid!" Lily said

"Yeah I agree with Lily" James said, "She wouldn't go out in that weather"

"Whatever I'm going to go see if I can sneak down to the kitchens and get something to eat," Sirius said walking out the portrait hole.

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Ellebri was sitting on the grass right beside the black lake letting the cold November rain fall on her, the rain mingled with her tears she'd been sitting here all day thinking about what she'd done wrong, and about what happened this morning her world fell apart, it was terrible and what was worse is how much of a shock it was sure she'd felt like something was wrong but she never even considered this she thought it was something they could talk about, and even until he said the words she still thought that he was going to take her to Romania, she'd been so stupid, he broke up with her and she screamed that she loved him, she hoped that no one found her out here she just wanted to sit here and never see him ever again, she didn't want to see anyone ever again! That's when I felt it there was some one standing behind me, I didn't want to turn around but if I talked to who ever it was with my back to them in the rain they wouldn't hear me, maybe I could just scream at them to get away.

"Elli" the person said putting a hand on my shoulder I shrugged the hand off and turned around, it was Black great! One of the last people I would want to see me crying, he would probably take one look at me and run away or laugh at me.

But to my surprise he sat down beside me in the wet grass the rain was still pouring but it had slowed down a bit, I looked over at him and saw that he wasn't staring at me like I was crazy he wasn't staring at me at all he was looking out over the black lake.

"You know that Jacob is a total jerk right" He said without warning, I flinched hearing his name hurt.

"I deserved it I guess, thinking he actually cared about me, he should have laughed at me" I said not looking Sirius in the face.

"He broke up with you then laughed at you?" He snarled "Now I'm really gonna kill him!" well that was not what I expected to hear.

"Why did he laugh at you?" He pressed. This was the one thing I did not want to have to tell Sirius Black who had probably laughed at tons of girls who had told him that they loved him.

"Itoldhimilovedhim" I mumbled

"Pardon" He asked looking at me.

"He told me it was over and I told him that I loved him" I elaborated hanging my head and waiting for the laughter, but the laughter never came instead I heard a terrible growling noise beside me, I looked over to see Black with his fists and Jaw clenched tight.

"I'm gonna kill him that jerk!" He roared, wow that reaction was not expected.

"Black really no need to act like you're made to spare my feelings" I whispered

"What?" He asked the anger still evident in his voice

"You've probably had tons of girls say that they love you and laughed at them" I said his face fell.

"Is that what you think?" he asked looking sad now "Elli I've gone out with a lot of girls but not one of them has ever told me they loved me"

"Oh" I said embarrassed

"And honestly" he continued, "I haven't found the one yet but when I do I'm not going to laugh at her" then he hugged me, we stayed like that for a while and I got that feeling I did the last time I hugged him, only this time I didn't run away, the rain had finally stopped and we got up and made our way back to the castle, our hands intertwined.

A/N yeah Jacob is a jerk!

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