Okay I have to be really quick with this because I'm supposed to be at quidditch practice in like ten minutes.
OH MY SWEET MERLIN!
And I say again
OH MY SWEET EFFING MERLIN!
I'm not really one for all that teenage girl text messaging abbreviation bullshit but I must say that this is definitely an omgwtf! Kind of weekend.
Yesterday was the Slytherins match against Hufflepuff.
The whole day was a disaster, total disaster and now I don't even know what's going on, I'm so confused.
See it all started Thursday night when Rose, after a week of cold shouldering Layndon, finally said the magic words.
"I think I'm going to do it tomorrow morning" Rose said quietly.
"Do what?" Leahah asked
"Break up with Nick." she answered.
I didn't even try to hide my happiness, as I sat up and beamed, this was great after all. She was in perfect position for us to convince her that he was no good; she might be able to get out of this without getting hurt.
"Are you serious?" I asked just to clarify.
She shrugged, "I think so."
We all stared at her for a few seconds , because it was an awfully strange time to start talking about this, not that I wasn't happy , I mean obviously I was , it just seemed ... too good to be true , you know?
"It's about time." Fred said.
Lily punched him in the arm, "It's not funny!" she said.
"What about today though, he seemed genuinely sorry." Rose asked us, Referring to an incident from that morning when he practically broke into tears trying to get her to forgive him, it was pathetic really.
And Wood knocked over an entire plate off scrambled eggs onto Brooke's lap trying to eaves drop on them.
That was funnier, then the Layndon crying thing, I must say.
"It's just like you said Rose, he's never done anything to prove that he takes the relationship serious, for all we know this could be some kind of joke to him." Leahah said, she had grown to agree with us that Layndon was nothing but scum, which was good because, for some ungodly reason Rose values Leahah's opinions.
"Yes but what about this morning_"
"Rose do you know how easy it would be for me to step on Fred's feet and then beg him for forgiveness?" Grizz said.
"Yes but..."
"Would you like them to act it out?" I asked.
"That is defiantly not necessary!" Lily said.
"Rose only you can make this decision." Corbin said looking up from his essays, which wasn't the right thing to say exactly , but Corbin's a very laid back kind of guy , he doesn't like to make people upset with him , which is the nice way of saying that he has NO backbone.
"Just make the right one." Albus added.
"Oh way to be supportive." Leahah snorted
"Please don't start." Grizz whined.
As you can see we are all growing rather sick and tired of the Leahah verses Al debacle, it's getting so weird that I'm not even sure if they like each other anymore, or if they just really want to see the other one cry.
I think Al might be the first one, and Leahah's probably leaning towards the second.
Just when Rose looked confident and all seemed well, we were all jolted back to reality by none other than Jordan Wood, who decided to once again be a total sodding moron.
"Yeah I just got majorly busted." he said as he sat down next to me
"For what?" Albus asked him
"For getting caught out in the corridors after hours."
I started to get a little worried here, I really wished there was a way to tell him what we had just been talking about so he'd shut his mouth. I mean I tried everything I was screaming it in my head, trying to make a telekinetic connection, but alas I failed.
"How many points?" Corbin asked
"Well ten for being out late, and ten for well…..being found in a compromising position." he smiled around shyly.
Here he goes messing up everything...
"I don't even want to know." Fred said.
Good try mate.
"Yeah it was stupid though because she only took 15 points from Brooke I mean we were both in the..."
And there it was one look at Rose and I knew he had just blown it.
"I think I'm going to bed." she said.
And she left, and I proceeded to bash my head against the coffee table out of mere frustration.
"Wood, I think you're starting to inherit James' timing." Grizz said shaking his head and staring into the fire.
He looked around and then glanced up the staircase to where Rose had just fled.
"What did I do?" he asked.
"Do you know what we were talking about before you came in here bragging about your stupid little afterhours escapade?" I snapped.
"Uh ... no"
"That's right; you don't because if you did, you would have never just said that!" I said
"You wanna explain yourself or_"
"Rose was just telling us that she thinks she might break up with Layndon" Lily said .
"Seriously?" Wood asked , looking like a kid a Christmas time.
"Well she was serious, until you showed up so." I said.
"I think she will," Leahah said "I mean I know she doesn't like him nearly as much as she pretends to and..."
"Or even if she does she still knows when someone is treating her badly." Al said
"I was going to say that." Leahah snapped.
"Sorry" he said in his cocky voice (that he totally took from me) .
Leahah glared at him for a second before walking across the common room.
About thirty seconds later she was snogging some fifth year. He's got a girly name, I dated his older sister, I just can't remember ...oh well.
"Yeah well I hope you get herpes." Al mumbled in her direction.
"AL!" Lily said.
I sighed and leaned back , I had a bad feeling , which was strange because I should have a good feeling right? I mean she said she was gonna break up with him so why did I feel like I was missing something.
"Wood will you stop smiling like that its making me sick!" I said.
He looked at me and laughed "Come on James we've been waiting for her to break up with him all year, the day has finally come!"
"She said she was thinking about it , that doesn't mean_" Fred began .
"Optimism guys." Wood said " Optimism."
"Oh yeah cause you were real optimistic last week." I said
"Well last week I thought they were in love , and now ...well now Layndon is gonna get dumped , which I gotta say makes me just short of giddy"
"Merlin your weird!" I said
He laughed again.
"So does this mean you're breaking up with Brooke?" Al asked
"Of course it..." I began, but was interrupted.
"Nope." he said.
"WHAT!"
"I'm not breaking up with her, at least not tomorrow."
"What the hell kind of sense does that make?" I demanded
"Well don't you think it'll be a little suspicious if I break up with my girlfriend the same day she breaks up with her boyfriend?"
"So!"
"So relax Layndon is gone, I have all the time in the world!"
"Wood, she's not gonna..."
"Okay so not ALL the time, but I could at least wait a few days."
"Jordan, what if they don't..."
"Oh come on guys don't ruin this for me, Layndon's getting dumped, I could sing!"
We laughed at him; simply because it was the happiest he'd been all week.
I wish someone would have told him not to get his hopes up.
I wish...
"Well guys, I'm gonna hit the sack, big day tomorrow!" he said as he bounded up the stairs
Yup Big day, big day indeed.
The next morning we were all sitting In our usual spots cept for Al who was with that Caydence chick, Wood was with Brooke, snogging all nastily about the table, and Rose was sitting there moping, I could tell she was stalling.
"Are you going to do it?" I asked.
She didn't even look at me , and just as I was about to demand an answer the owls came , and one of the school owls dropped something right in Rose's lap , it was weird because had any of the family written they would have used Pig, or Prongs , or Moony .
That could only mean one thing...
LAYNDON!
THAT SLIMEY SNAKE BASTARD!
"What's that?" Lily asked looking just as suspicious as I was about the little box.
"I don't know." Rose said, slowly she started unwrapping the box, she pulled out a note and read it.
Then she started smiling, which was definitely not good considering who I thought the note was from.
"Read it!" Leahah said.
"What does it say?" Lily asked, shooting an annoyed look at Wood and Brooke who were still snogging as if their life depended on it.
"It's from Nick," she said , and I felt my stomach drop "it says , "I promise not to hurt you, promise not to lie, promise to befriend you and defend you with my life , I promise you forever , I promise you today, Will you wear my promise ring?"
Then she took out a ring, a big old ugly ring , he actually gave her a promise ring!
WHAT THE FUCK!
Then before any of us could say anything, we heard a yelp. I looked over to see Jordan staring at Rose, like she had smacked him in the face, and Brooke was flipped over the bench, I would have laughed , but I was blinded by anger and frustration.
"Jordan what the hell!" Brooke yelled
"A promise ring!" I said , making sure I didn't imagine it.
"Why does that note sound familiar?" Corbin was saying to himself.
So we're all sitting there freaking out and she's staring at this ring on her finger like she's in some kind of trance.
"You aren't keeping it are you?" I demanded.
"I think it's a song." Corbin mumbled.
"Well you can't just stop and jerk away, I nearly broke my neck!" Brooke yelled at Jordan, who was definitely not paying attention
"ROSE!" Leahah yelled " What about everything you said last night?"
"Well this is it isn't it, this is his way of proving to me that he's serious, I've got to talk to him!"
The she stood up and ran, leaving us behind her in a state of total chaos
"Rose, seriously you aren't keeping it right?" I yelled
"It is a song!"
"Jordan Wood are you listening to me?"
This was bad , Corbin jumped up to go find Al , Leahah and Lily were talking to each other , and Fred and Grizz said they were gonna go talk to Nick's best friend , Austin , see what he thought .
Which left me alone with Wood and Brooke who were having a nice little row.
"You just totally humiliated me!" Brooke was yelling
"No one was watching you Brooke okay, get over it!"
"Why are you acting like such a psycho right now?"
"Why? Why am I acting like a psycho?" he glared at her "DID YOU NOT HEAR WHAT JUST HAPPENED?"
"What Rose's boyfriend gave her a promise ring, what's the big deal? I think it was kind of romantic ..."
"UGHHHHHHH!"
Then he stood up and stormed out of the Great hall.
"What is wrong with him?" Brooke asked me
"Couldn't tell you if I wanted too!" I said standing up to follow him.
When I got out to the entrance hall, I couldn't find him.
I thought about looking, but in the end I realized that even If I found him, he'd ignore, me or start a fight again.
He was five minutes late to class.
Which wasn't a big deal or anything, but the way he looked when he came in, it made me realize how bad he must be feeling.
I know what it's like to like someone so much, and know they don't feel the same.
Granted we don't know Rose doesn't feel the same, but this promise ring nonsense isn't helping matters.
I really think that if she had broken up with Satan, Wood would have told her, and I guess I feel bad for him, cause he got his hopes up and now...
Hold on a second...
What exactly is Layndon promising?
Is this like an "I promise I'm done being an asshole" kind of promise ring? Or did he just kind of propose to my cousin?
Because THAT is unacceptable.
She's not even sixteen yet, what does he think this is 1545?
Who gives someone a promise ring?
Even worse, who accepts a promise ring from a schmuck like Layndon , who's probably only doing it so she won't break up with him.
Well apparently Rose does.
Apparently it only takes an ugly ring and a note with the lyrics of a muggle song on it to change my cousin's mind.
She's out of it you know, her mind that is.
She's totally flipped her lid, and the worst part is she's taking Wood with her.
He was beyond weird that whole day , I mean after the initial shock , he started acting relatively normal , except that he wouldn't so much as look at Rose .
Neither would the rest of us but he made it a bit more obvious.
It wasn't until Lunch when Brooke threw another hissy fit about something that had happened that morning after the ring incident , apparently I missed it so , couldn't tell you what the crazy bitch was talking about , anyway that was when I decided we needed to talk.
"Wood?" I said, after Brooke had stormed away.
He sighed and looked at me, as if he knew what was coming.
"You okay?" I asked.
"James ... do I look ok?"
"Listen mate, this ring rubbish is nothing, he's just buying himself time. Rose is just shocked, when she thinks about it more then she'll realize that nothings really changed."
He sighed again "I know." he said.
"And besides it's not as if she professed her undying love for him or accepted a marriage proposal, so just relax, Rose isn't an idiot."
INCORRECT
I was incorrect journal; Rose is in fact an idiot.
Allow me to fast forward to that night in the common room.
"Rose! What about everything you said last night?" I asked her .
"It's like I said, I wanted him to prove that I meant something and he did." she said, staring at the floor.
"Because he sent you a ring?" Fred asked skeptically.
"That and because he said he loved me."
WHAT THE FUCK!
"Oh my God are you serious!" Leahah asked.
She nodded and stared at us, and we stared back, speechless, I mean what the hell do you say to that?
All I could think was, "Sweet Merlin. I'm gonna have to tell Wood."
"What did you say?" Lily asked, breaking my daydreams.
"Ugh _ well" she stuttered," I said I _"
Then Wood walked in, at first I thought maybe he had overheard, because he looked weird , but he sat down and looked around , so I figured if he did know he wasn't losing his mind.
"What the hell is up with you?" Corbin asked him.
"Ugh _ well Brooke just broke up with me."
I sat up and looked at him, he didn't know what we were talking about, but at least the crazy bitch was gone.
One annoying "other half" down, one to go, hopefully.
"You look like you just fell off a broom." Fred said.
"Yeah that would be because she slapped me in the face." he said rubbing his cheek.
It was nice to be able to laugh, even if it was at his expense ,but come on that is funny.
"What happened?" Lily said.
"We just, had a disagreement."
"About what?" Al asked.
"I ...well I" he looked awkwardly around the room "I kind of accidently called her the wrong name."
Now that is hilarious.
"Well that's not exactly reason to slap you." Leahah said
"Well I ... I kind of did it more than once."
More hilarious
"How many times?" Fred said
"Four."
Is there a word to describe something like this, better then Hilarious?
"What did you call her?" Grizz asked.
He didn't answer, but of course it wasn't that hard to figure out.
"Seriously what did you call her?" Hugo asked.
"I have a headache" Wood replied "I'm going to bed."
"Hold on!" Fred yelled "What did you..."
"NO!" I said, the whole situation clicking into place "You didn't!"
He glared at me as we all laughed again.
"I can't believe you called her_"
"Rose, what were you saying before he came in?" Lily said, making Jordan jump and the rest of us glare at him.
Why did Lily say that you ask?
I don't know, she usually has a weird reason for doing the things she does, in all honesty I haven't really had time to think about it, I'll have to ask her. She better have a damn good reason.
Anyway!
"Um, I don't remember." Rose said nervously.
"You were telling us what you said to Nick after he told you he loved you." Lily said, eyeing Jordan discreetly, he had frozen and looked suddenly very confused.
"You know I think I have a headache too I should go to bed!" she said
"Rose, seriously!" Leahah yelled.
She stared at the floor, and I knew it wasn't gonna be pretty.
"Ugh... I said, I said I loved him too."
It was like someone hit a mute button.
A big obnoxious awkward mute button.
"You little liar." I finally said.
Apparently that was the wrong thing to say
"I'm going to bed" she said
"Rose wait_" Leahah said desperately
"GOODNIGHT!"
And then she was gone.
And the mute button was pressed again, only this time, it wasn't silent. I mean it was, but it was like a voice was counting down the seconds till Wood's reaction.
5...4...3...2...1..
"WHAT THE FUCK!"
We all winced as Jordan's voice rang through the common room, making all the innocent bystanders jump as well.
"LAST NIGHT SHE WANTED TO BREAK UP WITH HIM! THEN HE GIVES HER A RING, AND NOW SHE LOVES HIM!"
"Wood" I said , pretty much knowing that nothing I could say would make this better "it might not be what it looks like."
"JAMES HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND ? SHE..SHE JUST TOLD US SHE LOVED THE LOUSY SOD! HOW DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE? FIRST SHE KICKS THE SHIT OUTTA NELSON FOR IMPLYING THAT HE WAS A CHEATING BASTARD , THEN SHE WAS PLANNING ON LEAVING HIS ASS, THEN HE GRAVE ROBBED SOME OLD LADY FOR THAT SLACKASS EXCUSE FOR A RING , AND SCRIBBLED SOME SONG ON A PAPER AND NOW HE'S FUKING ROMEO , TELL ME THIS IS A JOKE !"
"Wood calm down." Fred said.
"NO I WILL NOT CALM DOWN, THIS IS RIDICULOUS, THIS IS THE STUPIDEST THING IVE EVER HEARD , HE LOVES HER! I HATE HIM YOU KNOW THAT , I _ HATE _ HIM , AND FRANKLY I HOPE THAT TOMMOROW HE CRASHES HIS BROOM AND DIES!"
"WOOD!" Lily yelled staring at him.
"Oh relax Lily" I said "Everyone was thinking it, he just said it."
"CAN THIS WEEK GET ANY WORSE?"
"Well" AL said "Slytherin could win tomorrow, that certainly won't brighten the mood."
"Or we could all die in a fiery explosion, due to an asteroid crashing into Earth." Grizz said.
We all stared at him.
"I vote for the latter." Fred said.
Wood was leaning on the couch, his face buried into it.
"Wood , are you okay?"
He didn't answer.
"Wood!"
Silence
"WOOD FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SMOTHERING YOURSELF WONT DO ANYTHING!"
He perked up and looked at me, taking a deep breath before he spoke " I'm not smothering myself " he said " I'm calming down."
"Is it working?" Lily asked timidly
He nodded "I think _ that I'm going to bed."
None of us argued, I figured the room would be a lot less awkward once he was out of it , so we all watched him leave , until we heard the door slam ferociously , and off in the distance ...
"BLOODY HELL WOOD TRYING TO BREAK THE...!"
"SHUT UP CREEVY!"
So we were all hoping that he ranted enough to us, because tomorrow was a whole other day he had to spend with her, and frankly Rose didn't want to meet scary Wood. He knew that too, he knew that Rose didn't deserve to get yelled at, he'd never yell at her that way anyway .
Or so I thought
Once again, I was incorrect.
I should have known It wasn't gonna be pretty the minute we woke up the next morning.
A pleasant little experience that involved me waking up to see Wood sitting strait up in his bed staring at the beeping alarm clock in his hands , then before I could tell him to shut the bloody thing up , he cocked his arm back and chucked it against the wall , where it broke into pieces , then he looked at me...
"Morning James." he mumbled before walking to the bathroom.
Meanwhile I'm sitting in my bed terrified , because that was a display of complete Psychotic proportions when Creevy opens his mouth again.
"Merlin He's off his ..."
The bathroom creaked open.
"BELT IT CREEVY!"
Well Ben and the alarm clock weren't the only two to catch hold of Wood's wrath.
He blatantly ignored Rose all through breakfast.
I told him it was pathetic ...okay I didn't, least not to his face, but would you If you had seen what I saw?
NO I didn't think so...
Then Rose decided to snog Layndon in the middle of the Great hall which made things go much smoother.
The walk down to the pitch, was like walking with a ticking time bomb, Rose trying to start conversation, Wood viciously kicking any stray rock that crossed his path, it was all bound to explode eventually.
So as the teams were being introduced, and I thought we had escaped any chances of a row, at least until the game was over, Wood decided to open his mouth.
Apparently he didn't like it when Rose cheered for Slytherin. No one else did either, but they were tactful enough not to bite her head off
Wood on the other hand ...
"Do you have to do that?" He snapped, we all looked at him, Rose was the only one who looked shocked, the rest of us were just kind of , scared .
"Yeah, I do." Rose said cautiously" It's called being a good girlfriend"
"Yeah. " he said sarcastically.
"Oh I'm sorry, king quidditch, did my cheering disturb you?"
"A little."
"Really, would you care to make a suggestion as to how I can support my boyfriend without disturbing you?"
"Rose I don't care what the hell you do."
HAH!
"Obviously you do, sitting over there making your sly little comments, what the hell is your problem?"
"Problem? I have no problem, everything's just fanfrickentastic."
"You are just so_"
"So what?"
"Dramatic!"
"Oh yeah, I'm dramatic, this coming from someone who_"
"Will you two shut the hell up and watch the match." I said
"Yeah Wood, we're supposed to be scouting Slytherin." Fred added.
I'll admit it's been a while since I've heard Wood and Rose row.
They used to go at it all the time when we were kids, but since last year Rose ignored him, and this year they've been up each other's asses. It really has been a while.
But this time wasn't like the other times.
If Wood lost his self-control , things were gonna blow up , and there's no guarantee that they could ever be repaired .
I've only see Jordan this pissed of once, and that was at our old Capitan last year , after we lost the final to Ravenclaw.
He slammed the locker room door so hard that the doorframe cracked in half, then the Fat lady , upon hearing how angry he was refused to let him into the common room " for the other student safety" , so he ended up in McGonagall's office , but not before pushing a suit of armor down one of the staircases at Peeves , which was pointless because Peeves is you know …..dead.
Anyway Fred and Grizz got the armor cleaned up, before anyone saw it, but McGonagall was still pissed. He didn't get in trouble or anything, just because it was about quidditch and McGonagall sympathized with him, it was a close one though.
Funny now, not so much then.
When he gets like that, he tends to say things he doesn't mean, he's really impulsive and with Rose's track record of being so temperamental and defensive it was definitely not a good combo.
Thankfully , they shut their mouths through the whole match
Which sucked
Slytherin won ... just like we knew they would
And the second the game was over Rose ran right to Layndon, just like we all had an inkling she would.
The walk back to the castle was worse than the walk that morning, especially when Rose joined us , all I could do was silently pray to Merlin , and count the feet till we got to the great hall and could separate them.
"Gee thanks for waiting." she said as she jogged to catch up with us.
"Sorry but we didn't really fancy seeing another make-out session with Satan." I said.
"Yeah definitely hope that will be a once in a life-time thing." Fred said .
"Don't get your hopes up." Rose said with a smile.
Of course she had to make it worse , of course the subject wouldn't drop , this is my life we're talking about , what is it but rows and turmoil.
Jordan snorted at Rose, and shook his head all patronizing like, which she noticed.
"Did you say something Jordan?" She asked
I looked at him , trying to warn him with my eyes , to shut the bloody hell up , of course he didn't say anything , he just shook his head , and of course that wasn't enough for dear Rose.
"No really," She said as we walked into the castle "what did you say?"
"I didn't say anything." he said.
"So who feels like lunch?" Lily asked, looking around timidly
Everyone nodded and moved towards the hall
Everyone but Wood
"I'm not hungry." he said
"What Jordan, can't stand to be in my presence long enough to eat?"
And there went Rose's over dramatization.
Jordan held his tongue again, but Rose can never let anything go, so as he started walking up the staircase she yelled after him.
"Why do you always walk away?"
"Because I , unlike some people know how to control my temper. " he said finally as the two started up the stairs , I followed behind just to be sure they didn't murder each other.
"That's real nice, in case you forgot I'm not the one who spent the whole morning trying to piss everyone off!"
"Rose let him go!" I yelled, to no avail.
"I wasn't trying to piss EVERYONE off. " Wood said , still walking and not even looking back.
"Oh just me then?"
He ignored her and kept going till we got to the virtually abandoned Common room, where he slammed the portrait shut and made his way towards the dorms.
Don't you go up those stairs" Rose yelled , sounding freakishly like Hermione .
"Don't even start trying to telling me what I can or can't do" he said, in the struggling to stay calm voice he always gets during practices.
"Well why don't you stop trying to run away from me!"
"BECAUSE YOU'RE A PHYSCO!"
He got so loud, so quick, that I fell off my chair.
"OH I'M A PHYSCO?" Rose yelled back
"Here comes the yelling." I said
"SHUT UP!" Jordan and Rose yelled at me, and then as if I wasn't there turned back to attack each other.
"IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME WITH YOU JORDAN!" she yelled.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?"
"IT MEANS THAT EVERYTIME THERE'S A PROBLEM YOU JUST RUN FROM IT!"
"HERE, IM NOT GOING ANYWHERE." he sat down on the steps and stared at her
"Oh that's too bad, because I don't have time TO DEAL WITH YOUR BULLSHIT RIGHT NOW!"
Then she started marching to the portrait hole.
"WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" he yelled at her.
She smirked "To the dungeons." she said
"Why?" I asked, knowing she only said that to irk Wood.
"To celebrate"
"So you're going down there with a bunch of Slytherins?" I asked raising my eyebrows at her
"Yup"
"NO SHES NOT!" Wood yelled standing up and walking over to us.
"Excuse me?"
"Yeah it's probably not a good idea" I said watching both of them carefully in case they would try to strike me.
"SHUT UP JAMES" they yelled.
"WHO'S TELLING WHO WHAT TO DO NOW?" Rose yelled.
"YOU'RE GONNA GO DOWN IN THE DUNGEONS WITH A BUNCH OF SLYTHERINS, ALONE, AND YOU EXPECT ME NOT TO SAY ANYTHING?"
"I'M NOT ALONE! I HAVE NICK."
"OH THANK MERLIN, I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER, KNIG SLEAZEBALL IS GOING TO BE WITH YOU, NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN NOW_"
"WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?"
"Actually I can think of a few things." I said only to be screamed at again.
"JAMES SHUT THE HELL UP!"
"Sorry, MERLIN!"
I was only trying to help!
"ROSE YOU'RE DOWN THERE WITH PEOPLE WHO HATE YOU, WHO HATE YOUR FAMILY_"
"NICK WILL BE THERE!"
"HE'S ONE OF THE ONES I'M WORRIED ABOUT!"
"ARE YOU INSANE HE'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHI_"
"OH THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU RIGHT, LETS FORGET THAT HE'S A LYING CHEATING BASTARD, HE GAVE YOU A RING SO EVERYTHING IS OKAY!"
Okay so this is when he started getting a little out of control, I could see it happening, I could see him losing his commonsense but there was nothing I could do, and in a way I didn't want to stop him because I thought maybe , in all this anger he would finally admit everything to her , a selfish thought on my part , but I mean it makes sense yeah?
"BUT OBVIOUSLY ROSE YOU CANT SEE WHATS GOING ON SO LET ME EXPLAIN IT TO YOU!"
"Wood chill" I said.
"YOU HAVE A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE WHO HATE YOUR GUTS!"
"Wood come on!"
"YOU HAVE A JACKASS BOYFRIEND ,WHO LIES CONSTANTLY AND SOMEHOW FINDS AWAY TO KEEP HIMSELF IN THERE, HE'LL BE A LOT OF HELP!"
"JORDAN STOP, NOW ,ENOUGH "
"AND LETS THROW IN SOME ALCOHOL, NOW WE GOT A PARTY!"
"GIVE IT A REST!"
"BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, GO DOWN THERE AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT I DON'T GIVE A FUCK, IM JUST TELLING YOU NOT TO COME CRYING TO ME WHEN_"
"I SAID ENOUGH!"
And he continued to ignore me, and totally crossed every line he had yet to cross.
"NO , I'VE KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT SINCE THE BEGINNGING, BUT IM DONE , ROSE , YOU HAVE COMPLETLEY CHANGED , YOU USED TO BE SMART AND NOW _ NOW YOUR JUST LIKE A PUPPET, YOU DO WHATEVER HE SAYS NO MATTER WHAT, SO HAVE FUN AT YOUR PARTY,TRY NOT TO RUIN YOUR LIFE TOO MUCH!"
Rose looked beyond furious, in fact I was pretty sure flames were reflecting in her eyes. Jordan may have been the bigger off the two by a long shot, but if this were to result in a scrap ... well I think I might have to lay my money down on Rose
"WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?" She yelled
"THOUGHT WE ALREADY COVERED THIS!"
" NO WE DIDN'T, YOU CANT JUST ATTACK ME BECAUSE YOUR PISSED ABOUT YOUR GIRLFRIEND BREAKING UP WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU CANT EVEN REMEMBER HER NAME!"
"THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!"
"THEN WHAT IS IT? WHY ARE YOU JUMPING DOWN MY THROAT WITH ALL THIS BULLSHIT?"
She was crying now, openly crying and I hated seeing that pain on her face , but I mean I was in no place to interfere .
"BULLSHIT, ROSE YOU ARE SO _"
"SO WHAT? PLEASE! FINISH THE SENTENCE!"
"DON'T START THE THREATENING SHIT, I GOT NEWS FOR YOU ROSE, THAT TOUGH ACT MAY WORK WITH EVERYONE ELSE, BUT NOT WITH ME, I'M NOT AFRAID OF YOU!"
"THAT'S NICE TO KNOW, SO HOW ABOUT YOU STAY THE FUCK OUT OF MY BUSINESS!"
"OH YEAH BECAUSE YOUR NEVER NOSEY!"
"THIS ISNT ABOUT ME!"
His eyes got wide and he started waving his arms around like even more of a psycho.
"HAVENT YOU BEEN LISTENING ? IT IS ABOUT YOU,ITS ALWAYS ABOUT YOU, ITS ABOUT HOW FUCKING STUPID YOU ARE !"
"THIS COMING FROM THE DUMBASS THAT CALLED HIS GIRLFRIEND THE WRONG NAME FOUR TIMES!"
"WHY DO YOU KEEP BRINGING THAT UP?"
"BECAUSE I ASSUME THAT'S WHY YOUR SO PISSED!"
"NO ITS NOT!"
"THEN WHY"
"WHY…YOU WANNA KNOW WHY….THATS WHY" he pointed to that thing on her hand" THAT …..THAT BULLSHIT STORY ABOUT HIM LOVING YOU, AND ITS ONLY BEEN LIKE WHAT SIX MONTHS...BUT NO YOU KNOW WHAT ROSE IT'S NOT ABOUT ANYTHING, ITS NOT ABOUT ANYTHING THAT MEANS ANYTHING, YOUR NOT THE STUPID ONE, I AM , SO JUST FORGET IT….DIDNT YOU HAVE SOMEPLACE TO BE?"
Well that was close ...kinda a confession... maybe Rose would get it?
"YOUR BEYOND RIDICULOUS!"
Nope
"YOUR RIGHT I AM ….SO MAYBE WE WERE BOTH BETTER OFF NOT TALKING"
"YOU'RE RIGHT, MAYBE WE WERE!"
"SO THAT'S IT, WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE!"
"WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE!"
"YOU PROMISE?"
"I SWEAR!"
"HAVE FUN FUCKING YOUR LIFE UP!" he yelled at her.
"GO TO HELL!"
"GLADLY!"
And then she slammed the portrait shut and I heard the fat lady scream
"I have about had it with you heathen children and all your slamming...."
Then I was distracted by Wood , he looked like he wanted to hit something , but he also looked like he wanted to cry , personally I hoped it was the former because I'm not really good with crying people .
He walked to the stair case, walked up about three steps , turned around , walked down again , then back up , then down , then he kicked the stairs , then he took a deep breath and looked at the portrait hole for a second before finally turning around and storming upstairs .
I stayed down in the common room for nearly an hour, people started coming in, I waited to fill the family in on what happened before checking on him.
"What happened?" Lily asked
I sighed "They rowed."
"Bad?" Grizz asked
I looked at them "I've never seen anything like it."
"Where's Rose?" Leahah asked
I shrugged
"And Wood?"
"Upstairs ... I'm gonna go check on him ... I'll fill you guys in on the details when I get back ok?"
They all nodded and I walked solemnly up the stairs.
I had no idea what awaited me , Jordan was pretty unpredictable these days , he never got this worked up , not over quidditch , not over classes , not even over his dumbass father and all his bullshit.
This was a whole new adventure
And I wasn't liking it.
Slowly I opened the door, and I saw him, lying face down on his bed.
Now I would have thought he was dead , but I could hear his fingers tapping on the footboard , he didn't even look up when he heard me enter , I guess he knew I'd come and find him eventually.
I didn't say anything, just walked over to my bed next to his and laid down same as him.
About two minutes later he looked up and stared at the wall across the room, where the remnants of the broken alarm clocked still rested.
It was so quiet, that I was about to fall asleep until he spoke, his voice breaking from lack of use.
"I made her cry James."
I looked at him, he was still starring, and his eyes looked bloodshot. I don't know if he had been crying, I didn't ask, I just glanced at him, nodded and tried to sound as sympathetic and understanding as I could.
"I know mate."
He turned to look at me
"I made her cry, not Layndon, not the Slytherins, ME, I'm just as bad as him."
"What!'
"I am, and you know it."
"Wood, you ... your just not even making sense."
He didn't say anything, he sighed and laid his face back down
"I don't know how this got to be so out of control " he said " it was so simple , and then all of the sudden last year , it was like I lost her , and then this year , after the train , we started talking , I had her again you know , and I should have said something but , I was afraid man , I didn't want to ... loose her again"
"Wood I know."
"No, you don't know "he said "not only did I make her cry, but now ... she's with him ... I know he's gonna hurt her James, I know it ... I don't know when, but I have a really bad feeling ..."
"We'll watch the map" I said "All night if we have to."
He sighed
"She's never looked like that when we rowed before."
"She's never looked like that rowing with anyone before." I said.
"I didn't mean to ... I mean, it just ... it all came out ... and now ... we're not talking."
"It'll be okay Wood." I said "It always is."
He looked at me "I hope your right."
It was silent again for a few minutes.
"So, you gonna come down to dinner later or_"
"Nah, nah I think I'm gonna hang up here _"
"Okay, well I gotta go talk to everyone else, but uh... I'll be back soon yeah?"
He nodded, so I stood up and headed towards the door.
"James" he said " Can uh ... can you or Fred ... or someone ... can you look at the map?"
"Oh right!" I said , I grabbed it out of my trunk before leaving the room ,and going silently down the stairs.
It didn't take me long to explain exactly what had happened, I mean mostly they expected it. They were a little surprised that she cried, because Woods like a total sucker for crying people, he always feels so bad , I don't know it was just really out of character for him .
But of course he's under, massive amounts of stress right now, so things happen.
I tried to put off going upstairs as long as I could.
It wasn't until the common room cleared out for dinner that I decided it couldn't wait anymore.
I walked in slowly, praying to Merlin that he looked better, and thankfully he did.
He was sitting up on his bed flipping through his playbook.
"Hey Wood" I said, throwing the map on my bed.
"Hey" he said
"What are you doing?"
"Reworking our game plan" he said "Layndon had the quaffle, a lot more than I expected him too and I think I figured out Colby's blind spot."
"Oh" I said "you want me to get the team..."
"NO" he said suddenly, making me jump, " No don't , I don't want to be around them right now ... how much did you tell them ?"
"I told them about the row."
"But you didn't tell them I was_ like crying or anything right?"
"No, were you?"
"NO." he said "I may be pathetic, but I'm not THAT pathetic."
"Wood, that wouldn't make you pathetic."
"Really" he said raising his eyebrows "crying over a row? You don't see how girly that is? I mine as well invest in a hair bow collection or write in a diary."
Well that is just ...
It's not...
Damn.
Touché
"Wood," I said, trying not to show any embarrassment or indication that I have a diary of my own "you're allowed to cry, I've seen you cry during quidditch games."
"That's different!"
"How?"
"Because that's like ... I don't know manly crying."
"What in the name of Merlin is manly crying?"
"It's like... it doesn't make you seem as weak, It's crying out of frustration, not .. not ….. you know."
I sighed and looked at him "You know this whole macho façade gets old really fast, and I know that's hypocritical, but Wood you don't have to be freaking Superman, especially not for us. We're your mates, your allowed to cry, no one's gonna call you a poof just because your sad, we've all cried before."
"Just forget it James." he said turning his attention back to his playbook "it doesn't matter because I didn't cry anyway."
"Then why are you so worried about_"
"I just don't want to embarrass myself in front of my team ok, I know you understand James, I know how much you hate to look weak in front of people, you don't have to do this stupid shrink, it's okay to cry speech, I know."
"This hasn't been a good year for you huh?" I asked timidly.
He laughed somberly "No, it hasn't, I'm starting to think I was right. Maybe we were both better off not talking, at least last year when she was ignoring me I was closer to being over her. I mean I had that thing with Amy and_ I don't know, remember that Jonathon kid she dated? That _ watching her with him, somehow it didn't hurt nearly as bad as this does, because ...well, I don't know."
"I get it ", I said " but, you said it yourself if things don't work out, you still want her as a friend."
"Yeah well _ you can't always get what you want can you James?"
"That's a horribly pessimistic way of looking at things."
"Pessimism is an art, if you can master it, you'll never be disappointed again."
"So you're disappointed?"
"Disappointed, overwhelmed, annoyed, yeah."
"Look I'm sorry I keep pushing you guys together. " I said seriously " I know I'm only making it worse , but I don't want you think I'm using you , you know as a way to get rid of Layndon , cause that's not it , it just ... I want you guys to be happy. "
He was silent for a minute "you know we never really considered the possibility that ... maybe Layndon can make her happy."
I stared at him.
"That was pretty selfish of us don't you think?"
I shook my head "Wood, you know the things his cousin has done to girls. Rose, she's really emotional you know this, she couldn't handle that ..."
"But maybe we're not giving him enough credit."
"So what you're taking up for Layndon now?"
"No, I'm just _ trying to figure this out; I mean everything happens for a reason. Layndon is in her life, so he must have some type of purpose."
"Maybe he's there to show you two how much you need each other?"
He smiled slightly "That's a horribly optimistic way of thinking about it."
"When one can't master pessimism, being blindly chipper makes disappointment more tolerable."
"You'll have to teach me that."
I took a deep breath "I haven't changed my mind any you know." I said
"About what?"
"Rose, I still say she's crazy about you. I mean quite obviously she is CRAZY, but have you noticed that almost every "incident" she's been involved in this year has somehow had a connection to you ? I mean you stick around through her shit, what more reason would she have to do the same for you besides feeling just like you do?"
"So I suppose you wouldn't believe me if I said I was giving up on her would you?"
"Why not? You've only said it four hundred and eighty times in the last month alone." I said sarcastically.
He laughed "Do you think that waiting, I mean isn't that a bit _ pathetic?"
"Well look at it this way would you rather be pathetic and have Rose, or be Cool and alone?"
"But ... I don't want to hurt her anymore; I don't want to get in her way or ..."
"What!"
"I don't want to come between her and Layndon. I mean not if it would hurt her, even if I do know that I would treat her ten times better."
"Jordan that's my point, it's only a matter of time before she comes to her senses and realizes that she can do better."
"And you think I'm better?"
I rolled my eyes, "So do you."
"Yeah, that's great, but what if she never speaks to me again?"
"Remember last year when you were convinced she'd never ever even consider being around you again?" I asked.
He sighed "That was different."
"You're right. She ignored you for a year, instead of two hours."
"Still, I crossed a few lines today, a few really big lines."
"When are you gonna realize that she'll never be mad at you huh? You could murder me tonight in cold blood and by next Christmas, she'd be sending you fruit baskets to Azkaban."
He shook his head "Why don't you go down to dinner James, you haven't eaten all day and all this optimism is giving me a migraine."
"You want me to bring you anything?"
"Nah I'm good, but uh _ could you ..."
"Take the map? Yeah"
I grabbed the map and left, I felt good about our conversation, I mean I think it helped him.
And even if it didn't he at least had the decency to pretend that it did, and that was good enough for me.
Rose wasn't in the great hall; map said she was in the dungeons talking to Austin.
Almost the entire Slytherin table was missing, so apparently their party was in full swing.
I was a little worried about her down there, especially because Wood said he had a bad feeling.
Now I don't know if you've realized this but, Wood's assumptions tend to be right most of the time. Be it luck, intuition, whatever the fact remains that Rose isn't exactly in the best situation right now , especially because she so stubborn and pissed off there's no way she'd come back to Gryffindor tower without a fight .
This was the only reason I wasn't down there right now getting her myself.
I wasn't the only one that was worried; we all took turns passing the map around.
No one really said anything, even when we returned to the common room.
I actually did my homework I was so bored!
It was an essay for professor Slughorn on how to properly brew some worthless potion that I don't even remember the name of.
Apparently, through all this hard work and silence I fell asleep.
It was Wood who woke me up.
"James ", he said poking me in the head "get up, it's like midnight mate."
"What?" I said, wiping the sleep out of my eyes.
"You fell asleep, everyone's already in bed, get up."
"Oh, okay."
Slowly I started walking up the stairs; they're not exactly half sleeping person friendly, I must remember to have a word with McGonagall about that.
Anyway ...
I fell right into bed when we got up there, didn't even bother to undress and I would have fell right asleep, but apparently Wood lacks all ability to realize when to stop talking.
"Have you been watching the map?" he asked in the darkness.
"Does it look like I've been watching the map?"
"Where is it?"
"In my pocket"
"Gimme it!"
Then I felt someone rip the blankets off me and poke me repeatedly.
"Okay, Merlin here!" I said throwing the map at him and pulling the covers up over my head.
"She's still in the dungeons." he said
"Can you not let me sleep for thirty seconds?"
"Nope, oh and by the way I read the whole three paragraphs of that essay you wrote. It sucked."
"You suck."
Those were the last words I remember speaking before slipping off into dreamland.
I didn't wake up at all, slept really well actually, no annoying ass roommates to poke me and such.
I think I woke up at 8.
It was great.
The sun was shining ... the birds were chirping ... Rose was in Wood's bed ...
WAIT A MINUTE!
"Wood" I yelled snapping out of my sleepy peaceful state "what the hell is my cousin doing in your bed?"
"James shut up, you know nothing happened." I heard him say sleepily , it appeared that he had slept on the floor.
"How'd she end up here?" I asked, trying not to look amused.
"Can we discuss this in the morning" Rose said, clearly hung over.
"It is morning."
"Five more minutes!" she whined
"NO, one of you needs to tell me what happened."
" I went into the prefect bathroom and Rose was in there, she drank too much and passed out , so I couldn't get her to the girl's dorms , and I couldn't leave her on the couch , so_"
"Wow" I said, shaking my head "so the whole not talking thing lasted a long time huh?"
"Shut up James!" Rose yelled.
"You, young lady are very rude."
Then she gave me the finger and rolled over to try to go back to sleep , which didn't work out very good because about ten minutes later Leahah threw open the door and screamed .
"WOOD, JAMES, ROSE ISN'T IN HER... oh"
"She's fine Leahah." I said
"What happened?"
Again, Wood explained the story, over and over to every member of our family that just so happened to stop by.
Eventually Rose got pretty pissed and stormed out of the room saying she needed a shower, which she did, she smelt pretty bad.
"You let her sleep in your bed, smelling like that?" I asked Wood, once she had left.
He just shrugged.
"You liked it didn't you?" I asked.
"Shut up." he said looking very annoyed
I didn't shut up though, not even a little bit, and so to punish me he called an " emergency " practice ... which I am now five minutes late to.
Oh shit
He is going to murder me.
Let me just say.
Rose and Wood are talking again ... yay
I still don't know what exactly went on last night, cause Wood isn't talking, and I have no idea where Rose is ... boo.
And that revenge idea I had for Cassidy, hasn't really been fully developed yet , but it's coming , I promise you .
Okay I really have to go now.
Wish me luck.
The ill-fated,
James Potter.