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Chapter 10

Ky's POV

I flicked the little gadget at the bottom of my seat, pushing my seat back and kicking up my black leather boots on the passenger side dash board, sinking into the seat, as I cushioned my head by my interlinked fingers and closed my eyes.

The peace lasted a second before I was jostled by my feet being pushed back to the floor of the car and I glared at Vez whilst I straightened up, "What the hell!"

He returned the glare, taking his right hand off the steering wheel to gesture at the dashboard. "That's leather."

"So are my boots." I growled, too lazy to kick my feet up again. "And this isn't even your car."

"Exactly why we should take care of it, I don't think the Ministry of Magic will take kindly to you damaging the vehicle they loaned us."

"Are you trying to persuade me to do more damage to this SUV." By the smell of it, the car was brand new; they probably owned a car dealership for these kinds of situations. Everybody else had left for King's Cross in cars as well, thanks to Harry…turns out that it's too dangerous for us both to be in the same vehicle what with Voldemort wanting his head and Voldemort's two bitches pursuing me, so Mad Eye said the best bet was for us to split up. I drew the line at aurors though, I didn't want more brawn hovering over my shoulder, I didn't even want Vez here! And for good reason…

I barged into the Twin's shop, crossing the crowd with ease; I obviously had an aura that said fuck off. Good.

I pushed the magenta clad shop assistant aside and pushed the door that said Staff Only open, heading for the fireplace.

"Oh, you have got to be screwing with me." There was a scurry of movement and thankfully the sound of a zip making its way back up as Selina extricated herself from Fred, whose face blended in with his hair.

"Princess…I thought…er…you didn't see anything right?"

"No, I didn't see you screwing Selina against the fireplace that obviously, obviously, I have to use to travel through now."

Fred blushed and Selina rolled her eyes, "Mind her Freddy, this one's a prude."

I turned to the blonde, "Prude? Prude? Just because I don't bang everything with a pulse does not make me a prude!"

She cocked her eyebrow and Fred raised his hands to calm me down, "Ladies, there's enough of-"

I turned on him, a look of disappointment on my face that shocked him into silence. "As for you, aren't you dating Angelina! Have you not been dating Angelina for the past year or so, but once the first average bodied, pretty face smiles at you, you're screwing her at the back of your shop!"

His brown eyes were wide as Selina squeaked, "Average bodied!"

"Ky-"

"Forget it!" I snapped, turning away from Fred and making my way to the fireplace. I grabbed a fistful of floo powder and was in the Burrow in moments.

I didn't bother with dusting myself, jumping out of the fireplace, taking a piece of wood with whilst doing so. I went straight for the door, needing fresh air, fresh air and loneliness…that Kid was probably dead…how did Alya always manage to beat me! No matter how hard I tried, she always won! Fuck…I pushed open the door coming face to face with Vez.

I made to push past him but hit his chest as he stepped into my path. I glared into his expressionless gold orbs, "Move."

"You're not leaving headquarters. You're to go upstairs. You can have a hissy fit in the confines of the house."

I screamed, literally screamed! Confines! Confines! I was tired of feeling so confined! He didn't react, stepping forward and pushing me back into the house by doing so. I pushed at his chest.

"I'm not going inside."

"You are. This is not a request, it is an instruction."

"Since when do you give instructions in this relationship!" I was too angry to feel guilty about the words, he remained unchanged.

"Since you're incapable of existing independently. How hard can it be to remain in a shop for a few minutes whilst I saw to some business? Even if Silvaine and Selina neglected their duties, which believe me they will learn not to do so again, I expect better from you."

"Well sucks for you, doesn't it. I am, of course, a bitter disappointment; I can't even beat a sixteen year old girl! I can't even save a ten year old kid and I can't even hold onto a boyfriend."

"Are we done with the pity party? Or am I to listen to more of this drivel?" I glared at him. "I think it's time you woke up and realised you are not the most powerful girl in the world, far from it. I've seen ten year olds with better wand control than you and with a hell of a lot more respect! And relationships end, it happens, your constant harping about it won't make anything better. Neither will your constant moping, maybe that's why Alya keeps beating you, I bet she isn't crying over her ex, she's out there honing her skills and playing it tactfully, not just barging into alleyways blind, wands blazing."

I stopped…my breathing ragged as if I had been running and for once I had no retaliation, I turned on my heel and took the stairs, angry at yet another man in my life.

"I'm sorry." He muttered into the steering wheel as if there was something extremely fascinating about the three pointed star which sat over the hooter, the sign that muggles paid thousands of pounds for and I frowned at when saw it in the driveway of the Burrow, I was a Beemer girl, not even this shiny Merc the Ministry had sent our way could convert me.

Not that having a BMW would make a difference, or even a Ferarri…we were in the midst of bumper to bumper traffic, stalled on some bridge on our way to King's Cross. I sighed,

"Me too…the Ministry may be scum but I guess it's your ear that wo-"

"Not about the car. About the other day…I shouldn't have addressed you in such a way, nor should I have said such things."

I realised what he was referring to and stared into the back of the BMW in front of us, not taking anything in for a few moments. "You were right."

I heard him sigh, "No, no I wasn't …I was angry and…" He shook his head, his hand covering his mouth slightly, "I left because my…Gabrielle Sabre was in the hospital, I had to visit her. I guess being in the presence of the woman who bore me made me succumb to childishness."

I looked down at my lap, "I'm sorry, I didn't know, is she OK?"

He scoffed, "Right as rain actually, it was a fake message, she just wanted to get me there. Pitiful."

I looked up at his dark amber eyes, "I don't think it's pitiful…it isn't exactly right but…she kind of sounds desperate to see you."

He shrugged, not saying anything. He was stubborn, I don't think I would appreciate being tricked but it had been months since she found out of his existence, Madame Saber couldn't visit whilst we were moving Safe Houses once a week but the day after we arrived in the Burrow she had pitched up and Vez had left just as quickly…without a backward glance or excuse.

"Even though she lied to get you there…it's not exactly far from the truth…she's old Vez, too old for you to keep a grudge for…you wouldn't like it if she died and you never got to say goodbye."

He pushed his right foot forward, moving the few inches ahead that the car in front allowed us, and pushed his dark shades over his eyes as the sun struck him directly in his new position. I think it had something to do with his vampiric traits, but he disliked the sun and found no comfort in its warm rays. The sunglasses hid his eyes completely, but it made no difference as he rarely let his emotions through anyway, but now I couldn't even tell where or what he was staring at, I pushed my own down, the sun hurting my eyes.

"It wouldn't matter if she died and I never got to say goodbye." His voice held no traces of anger, or sadness, or bitterness, just the hollow truth that was his feelings. "In my eyes, she's been dead for a century."

"Maybe she wants to explain…"

His left eyebrow made an appearance above the top rim of his glasses as he cocked it at me, "Explain how she stood and watched as her husband killed her son and went on to kill her grandchild?"

There it was…the way he spoke as if he was speaking the story from someone else's life, reciting some article in the Sunday paper. I sighed.

"If I collected all your sighs I probably could keep an infant alive on life support for weeks."

I chuckled, shaking my head, "I guess there is a lot for me to be exasperated about presently, but relax…I won't bore you with my hissy fits."

He smirked as I parroted his words. "I see you have some fans to your left."

I turned to my left, staring through the window at a group full of boys who looked like they were in university, the driver smirked at me and winked, his brown hair falling into his eyes artistically by the movement and I rolled my eyes in answer. His shot gun, a blonde with blue eyes that screamed mischief leaned forward and started making weird flickering motions with his tongue that had their car erupt in laughter as I glared at the boy for the obscene gesture. Their laughter died however has their car halted with a squeal, the driver's eyebrows scrunched in confusion as he tried restarting the car and I grinned widely as Vez cut in front of them.

I turned to him, "Heating charm on the engine?"

"I was going to slice their brakes but I couldn't get a good enough aim."

I smiled as I saw the boys pile out of the car in my rear view mirror, staring at the glistening black and now stationary Lexus in utter confusion. The new lane was slightly faster and I found a new fan on my right. The boy was no older than five and had his face pressed against the window, his tongue stuck out and onto the pane as his parents chattered obliviously in the front seat. I scrunched up my nose at him in response to which he replied with sticking his two fingers into his nostrils and flaring them at me. Suddenly he reeled back in shock and I turned away in confusion.

Vez had a wide smile on his face and I peered into the rear view mirror and laughed out loud, I don't blame the kid, I would be shocked too if I had seen a girl with a pig snout for a nose.

"Getting back at scumbag boys and scarring naughty kids for life, you're on a roll today."

"I can't take all the credit, stole the second idea from Tonk's. I must say it suits you."

I giggled, "It takes a special kind of person to pull off a snout."

"Well I don't know about the special part, but it goes with your appetite and smell." I glared at him for the tease and he laughed.

"I can't wait to be back at Hogwarts and my wand in action again, I'm going to disfigure you all kinds of crazy."

He stopped laughing, "Guess your Summer Vacation would be over officially in a few hours…you'd be back at Hogwarts…safe."

My smile faded at that…safe…yeah…that would make his presence unnecessary…

I watched as the black suited auror packed up the car from my place at Ginny's room window. I heard a shuffling of feet behind me and I turned to find Silvaine and Selina at the door. Silvain crossed the room, meeting me in the middle whilst Selina followed lazily behind him.

"Well we're off for, well we're not allowed to say but it rhymes with Pain."

Selina hit him on the head and he glowered at her in response, "You're not supposed to tell anyone! What kind of auror will you make! I'll give you something that rhymes with pain alright."

"Ouch, stop with the lecture, I had enough from Vez." He rolled his brown eyes at me, "Am I the only Saber that exudes any semblance of coolness."

I laughed, letting him pull me into a hug, I had gotten used to these two, even though I didn't want a faction of body guards, these blonde fools did grow on me. I slapped him up the head as his hands traveled down my waist and he laughed, letting go,

"Sorry, old habits die hard."

"I wish you would die hard." His sister said in annoyance, not meaning a word of it as she pulled him by the ear and dragged him out the room, not one for expressing affection unless it was the sexual kind. I turned back to the window.

"Ky." I turned back around, Selina was back, an awkward look on her face. "Try not to die…I would hate to think my summer was a complete waste." She smiled, "Oh, and you know what to do if you find any hot seventh years, I'm only an owl away."

I nodded, shaking my head and laughing as she shrugged, "Hey, seventeen is legal. And I've spotted a few interesting prospects in Freddy's shop that will need deflowering in a year or two."

"You had time to look at guys whilst you were hooking up with Fred!"

She scoffed, "Not like he needed any wooing."

"Hey! I was too wooed. I'm not some two bit slag that would get in the sack with just a wink of an eyes and a flash of some boobies."

Fred walked in, playfully scowling at Selina who in turn rolled her brown eyes, "Yeah, you didn't even need the flash, just the wink did it." And with that she was marching down the stairs. I shook my head, smiling after the girl.

"I can't call her a liar, that one had me at hello, you know?"

I didn't know how to respond to that, knowing that I had taken out my anger out on him the other day, projecting my own feelings …it was his business…even if it was wrong to cheat. His dragon skin boots tapped on Ginny's wooden floor as he walked towards me, "So…"

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have-"

He held his hands up, "Please don't apologise Princess…" He looked down at me despondently, "I heard…more or less what happened with you and Harry. Considering the nature of our relationships, Ginny says its best not to get involved, or take sides. So naturally George and I have…we've got loads of wagers on actually, I can't say more considering just speaking of it tips the scales one way or another…I just wanted to explain myself."

"You don't have to, it's not my business."

He laughed, "Bullshit. Being a businessman now, I can say without a doubt that all of life is your business, you just need to take the initiative." He shrugged, "Anyway, I know you weren't lying, you meant what you said. You didn't give me a chance to respond though…Angelina and I broke up. It was too hard doing the whole long distance thing whilst she was off playing for the Harpies."

"I…I didn't know." I know Fred was the epitome of a good laugh, but he really had feelings for Angelina. He shrugged,

"Nobody knows, except George. I guess…something's come with an expiry date."

I rolled my eyes, "Am I to expect only business-y jokes from you now."

He laughed, his laughter dying down slowly as he stared down at the driveway, "Something's don't."

"What?"

"Have an expiry date."

I watched as Hedwig was loaded into the car, she hooted at the auror in annoyance at disturbing her sleep, I didn't respond, all laughter drained at the reminder that Harry and I were no more. I felt him squeeze my shoulder and heard the tapping of his boots as he walked away.

"I never thought that boy could be serious."

I shrugged at Vez, whose stealth was unrivaled as he now stood beside me unnoticed, "I've learned not to place people in a box, they might just jump out of them, surprising you, in good ways and bad."

"We have to go…we can't wait any longer."

I nodded, staring at the spot that allowed for apparition, just beyond the invisible boundary…I had stood here for an hour, waiting for Linus and Len to show up…they never missed sending me off to school…just one last sad surprise that brought the close of the holiday…

The car came to an abrupt stop and I was shaken out of my reverie. I lurched forward as I felt the impact from behind, Vez's body shielding my own from the bits of glass that burst forth. I slowly straightened up as he backed off me, the back of our car smashed in by the car behind us.

"Are you OK?"

I nodded slowly, confused at the sound of screaming that now seemed to enter my mind as the adrenaline wore off. Vez looked out the window, his nostrils flared and lips pressed in a deep line…

"Wait in here."

I pushed my door open just as he said the words, climbing out of the wrecked car staring around…my confusion grew as people ran past, screaming and abandoning their cars.

Suddenly the floor gave way and I gripped the door, backing up as a crack traveled through the tar and my ears ringed with the cacophony of sound. There was another tremble and I squealed as my left boot fell through and I felt a hand under my arm, pulling me out of the hole.

"Best be careful." My breath hitched as I took in the blue eyes… "Surprised?"

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