***Disclaimer*** I don't own anything jk Rowling does. Please R&R i hope you like.
Chapter 9: Slytherin attacks.
"What the hell do you mean by that?" Jesse asked showing a side of him that I've never seen before.
"Jess Relax" I said putting a hand on his shoulder. He was extremely tense. I looked at Chris.
"Come on guys didn't you ever wonder why everyone my age or above hates me." Chris said with a bored expression, "I mean if I may say so myself I am a pretty cool guy to hang around with." He added.
"This is no time to joke" Mel said standing next to me. She banished the cloth and was staring intently at him. Chris now looked better without all the blood on his face.
"Look, my first year I was friends with Pierce." We raised eyebrows at him, "Pierce Chuter" he emphasized, "He was a pretty decent bloke so I figured it couldn't hurt to be friends with him." Chris said. "Well now I realize he was only my friend because he thought I would make a good spy. I guess he wasn't expecting me to say no" Chris said unable to make eye contact. "I know I should have said something, but I was embarrassed for letting myself become friends with people like that. Pierce may be many things, but he is a man of his word. He doesn't believe in empty threats. I would know." He said harshly.
"Chris-" I started but he only shrugged me off. He walked away without saying another word.
"Lily don't" Jesse said pulling on my arm. "He needs to be alone, just give him some time" I nodded and turned to Mel who was just staring at the area where Chris disappeared.
The day went by slowly. I tried to keep my mind off of what Chris said but it was to no avail. The way his voice changed and his eyes showed no sense of humor. It was very unlike Chris.
"Why didn't he tell me?" Jesse asked. We were sitting in the common room. The room was blazing with noise yet our area for the first time in a while was extremely quiet. We all sat in a corner in a circle. For what felt like hours we just sat there in silence. It was no news that many would want to kidnap us; as a matter of fact there have been a few tries before. It was just the fact that Hogwarts has always been a place that had a warm safe feeling to it. The idea that someone, specifically a classmate would jeopardize that feeling was extremely unnerving.
"He didn't tell any of us," Steph said. Jesse was staring at the floor, his shoulders hunched. Steph and Michi were watching him both wore a worried look. Mel was just staring at the wall. I never seen her so distant. Danny was busy trying to get through to her along with the help of Julie.
"He's by best friend. Didn't he trust me? I mean for years he's been getting beat up." Jesse said angrily. He looked to me and in an instant I felt the need to take his hand. I walked to his chair and pushed his thighs. He moved over, giving me some room to sit. I took his hand with one hand and rubbed his back with the other. For some reason my body heated up and with every touch it felt like a jolt of electricity would soar through my body. It was enough to make me jump. Jesse seemed to jump a bit too, but quickly regained his composure.
"Jess you know Chris trusts you" I reassured him "You know just as well as I do that he didn't want us to feel bad or guilty. I mean it doesn't make it any better but still don't be too mad at him."
"You're defending him?" Jesse said angrily. He stood up quickly almost knocking me down in the process. Angrily I stood up with him.
"Yes I am. Did you forget he held the information from Mel and Me?" I protested back. "Don't forget he got beat up for protecting Mel and Me! So if anything it should be Mel and I upset." I yelled poking him with each word.
"Umm guys" Danny said jerking his head. I looked around and noticed many of heads staring at us. Jesse sunk back onto his chair, deflated.
"It's just, if he would have said something…anything I-we could have helped. He didn't have to take this burden." Jesse said in a strangled voice. "Chris is like my brother, he didn't deserve this" He said angrily.
"Jess-" I started only to be interrupted.
"Lily, let him be" Mel said warily. Julie looked at her shocked. Mel stood up. "Look the fact is that we're obviously not safe here"
"Well who would've thought, spawns of the death eaters would seek revenge" Danny said. We all glared at him. He sunk into his chair, his cheeks blushing.
"We need to tell your dad" Jesse said.
"No!" Mel and I yelled in unison. People were staring again.
"Look dad doesn't need this right now" I told him quickly.
"Yeah he has enough on his mind. If we tell him this he'll probably try to tie us to the chair at home. Dad knows that death eaters children go to Hogwarts." Mel said. "I'm off to bed" she rushed off.
For days Chris would barely talk to us. Even in class he wouldn't sit with us. Every time I looked over to him I noticed Chuter giving me weird stares, as if he knew something that I didn't. Sometimes he would lick his lips and smirk at me. It was utterly repulsive, yet it gave me chills. Mel noticed these too and took to sitting with me. I guess she felt safer next to me or was it me who felt safer? Jesse was too busy with making sure that I was always with more than one person and trying to get Chris to talk to him. It was a bit annoying not having any privacy. I'm pretty sure Mel felt the same after she nearly hexed Danny for trying to follow her into the girl's bathroom.
"This is getting ridiculous!" Mel complained as she entered my dormitory.
"What Danny being your bodyguard?" I asked idly flipping a page from my magazine.
"Yes- I mean that's not only it. I mean Danny? Why not someone else, that I actually enjoy being around?" she complained.
"Like who?" I asked still staring at the magazine. "Chris?" I asked with a smirk. I looked up to see her with a dazed look on her face. "Umm- Mel?"
"Chris is being totally unreasonable!" She yelled startling me. Mel seemed to be the most collected since he stopped talking to us. "He's being such a… a prat! I mean he's acting as if it's our fault that this is happening!"
"Mel…it is our fault. Well technically our bloodlines fault." I said looking back to the magazine.
"That's not the point Lily! Why won't he talk to us…to me?" she whispered the last part. I put down the magazine finally and looked to her. For the first time since it happened she was finally showing emotion. "I mean don't I- we deserve some sort of answer after he pretty much tells us we're the reason everyone hates him?"
"He needs time. This is a secret he's held in for so long." I told her. "Why is this such a big deal to you? I thought you were trying to go out with that guy from Ravenclaw."
"Fat luck trying to do that with Danny following me around like my tail. He gives me no privacy!" Mel whined plopping onto my bed. "Lily why can't we be normal teenage girls, with normal boy issues." She asked with a loud sigh. I ran my hands through her hair and sighed.
"What's so fun about being normal? Sounds like a load of rubbish to me. I mean what about us is normal? I for one have red hair and emerald colored eyes. You have the darkest hair I've ever seen…that you were born with. We just reek of abnormality"
"True"
"Now for Chris, I think I have a plan"
