13/07/2012 23:35:00

Delilah POV

Breath… In… Out… In… Out…

The crying had restarted the moment I had woken up. Needless to say, I did not want to face the day, today. Luckily, it was a Sunday, and I was not required to do anything except for homework. I still had to eat though… In the Great Hall… with all of my friends… including Lysander… and Albus. I was worried Lysander would break up with me. I mean, what guy would want to date a girl with all of my baggage? I didn't even want to think about Albus! I was furious with him, I felt betrayed by him, and I altogether didn't want to face him.

But Iris, of course, was not having it. She managed to get me out of bed, into some clothes, and down to the Great Hall. I paused outside the door and considered turning and running back to the dormitory, but the smell of food drew me in. Immediately when I walked in, I felt like everyone's eyes were on me. Iris pulled me along behind her to the Gryffindor table where everyone was already sitting.

Everyone was acting relatively normal except for Lysander and Albus. Lysander looked worried but not smothering. I headed towards the open spot next to him and sat down. I gave him a weak smile as he put his arm around me, and looked towards Albus. Nothing could have prepared me for Albus' face. He was staring intently at me with a look of jealousy, slight victory, but most of all, guilt. I felt bad for him. Our entire friendship was hanging by a thread and whether or not that thread broke was up to me.

I had been avoiding starring directly in his eyes, but when I did, my sympathy for him just increased. I would forgive him. He probably regretted what he said yesterday, and I didn't want to lose a best friend. As we were still starring at each other, he tilted his head towards the door hoping he could steal me away for a moment. I was about to get up from the table when I felt Lysander squeeze my shoulder. Lysander was trying to give me moral support.

I went cold in that moment. I didn't need Albus. He had hurt me, and it wasn't his job to fix the pieces. I had to do that myself with the help of Lysander. I looked back at Albus and shook me head. He seemed taken aback for a second, but after he recovered, he got up and left calmly. I smiled to myself and joined in on whatever conversation was going on.

Breakfast went by fast after Albus left. Our whole group of friends were planning on going our separate ways for the day, so we all said our goodbyes at the Great Hall entrance.

"I'll see you later." I said to Lysander as I gave him a kiss on the cheek.

Lysander said nothing. Instead, he gave me a small slip of paper and walked away. It confused me and worried me.

"Hey, you want to head back to the common room and study for a bit?" Iris asked me as Lysander walked away.

"Do I want to? No. Do I need to? Yes." I replied smiling. Iris laughed, happy that I was acting normal again.

Once Iris and I got back to the common room, I remembered Lysander's note. I took it out of my pocket and read it quickly when Iris wasn't looking:

Up for another date? We need to talk.

Meet me at the Owlery at 1:00 pm.

Come hungry - Lysander

I was kind of relieved because it didn't sound like he wanted to break up with me… unless he was trying to let me down easy.

"Whatcha got there?" Iris asked suddeny noticing the note in my hand.

"Oh, nothing… just a list of assignments I have to get done."

Iris just shrugged and we continued on to the common room. We found Fawn at a table studying, so we joined her.

"Hey Fawn" Iris and I said as we sat down.

"Hi! I feel like I haven't seen you guys in ages! Where have you been?" Fawn replied. She was having one of her perky days. These days happened a lot when she kept a relationship for more than a week.

Iris and I just smiled at her and started studying.

4 pieces of parchment later, the clock struck 12:30.

"Hey, Iris, I'm gonna head to the Owlery and mail a letter… to my mom… and dad…"

"Um, okay… I got to finish this potion's essay, so I'll see you later then."

And with that I half walked, half ran out of the common room. I was nervous. Very nervous. But I kept going nonetheless until I was just outside of the Owlery. I took a deep breath and opened the door.

"Hello?" I called. No answer. It smelled super bad up here. "Lysander?"

At the sound of that name, an owl swooped down and dropped a letter in my hand.

Keep climbing up. I'm on the

Roof. –Lysander

I smiled and climbed to the top of the tower which overlooked the all of the grounds. As I climbed up the last few steps to the roof, I was shocked with the set-up I saw

A/N: I know... It's incredibly short, but I didn't feel like writing the date quite yet. You will just have to wait and see! Be sure to R&R and follow me on twitter! Thanks so much for reading!