A/N: I have decided that since my other plan backfired that I will update. Especially after that horrible cliffhanger. Plus the guilt was eating me alive but you know, whatever :P Well that and Rachel told me that I should update this one first. Most definitely not my best work, but I've been having a rough week. My friend committed suicide, and it's been really tough. Forgive me? It's a little short, but I'll hopefully update in about a week.
Thanks to Valerie Grimm for being the 50th reviewer! That really made my day when I saw I had 50, even though I hadn't updated in forever. So don't forget to review!
Disclaimer: Is JKR a horrible person that leaves a story hanging for about a month? No. She isn't.
Chapter 12: Stupid Enough
I laid there on my bed for I don't know how long, not even bothering to close the curtains. The others would find out soon enough what happened. I sat up, and was rubbing my eyes when the door burst open. Ange, Leesh, Leanne and the twins ran and flopped on my bed beside me. I sighed. It really didn't take them too long.
"What happened?"
"What'd you do?"
"Katie?"
"Are you okay?"
"Wood's in shock!" Everyone said at once. The last one registered. My eyes widened.
"What do you mean he's in shock?" I asked, still feeling numb. I knew I should be worried, but I just couldn't find my heart, couldn't make myself feel. Fred gave me a look.
"Here, I'll demonstrate." George said, standing up. He moved so that he stood on the side of the bed that Oliver had when I left him. He stood there, eyes wide, mouth open, hands held out in front of him. I stared at him blankly.
"And what does that have to do with me?" I asked.
"Well we went there first and the only thing we got out of him was, 'shejuhkees... buh... Bell...' I think we have slight evidence that you were behind it." Fred said, putting an arm around my shoulder. I sat there in silence, not really processing what they were saying, or more importantly, not being able to think of an answer.
"Katie we need to know what happened." Leanne said, using that motherly voice she has. I sighed.
"Well... we finished dinner, and I had to take him up to his room." I stopped when the twins started laughing. I glared at them. They shut up right away.
"Continue, plox." George said. What?
"What does that mean?" Alicia asked.
"Plox? It means please. He's used that for as long as I can remember." Fred said. We all nodded slowly.
"Anyways." Angelina said, turning to me.
"Then he told me about his little brother who is like... five and has cancer and I felt bad and we started writing to him and then he was acting all upset and said he couldn't be mad at a five year old and I told him to shut up and that he's amazing and he wouldn't freakin' shut up and then started making fun of me saying I like Diggory and Davies and I... gotmadand justkissedhim." I said in a rush. I didn't mean to tell them everything, but once I started talking, I just couldn't stop. They all blinked and looked kinda confused.
"So, to put this in normal terms... You were writing to his little brother who has cancer when he started being a jerk so you kissed him to shut him up?" Angelina asked. I took a breath to argue and say that was wrong but just ended up nodding.
"Pretty much." I said. I was starting to calm down just a little bit. No one said anything for the longest time.
"I just can't believe... that you were stupid enough to kiss him!" Leanne said, laughing a little.
"I can't believe she was stupid enough to go up to his room with him." Leesh said.
"I can't believe she was stupid enough to spend more time there than she had to." Ange said.
"I can't believe she was stupid enough to admit she likes him, without realizing it herself before then." Fred said, smiling at me.
"I can't believe she was stupid enough to run away from him!" George said. I looked at him.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked, not quite sure if I wanted to know.
"Talk to him and find out." Was all he said. I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah, right. I'm not gonna go talk to him after I just humiliated myself." I said, hitting my head on the wall behind my bed.
"Just go talk it out with him."
"You can't avoid him forever." The twins said.
"You go talk to him, or I will make sure you don't get to play Quidditch for the rest of the year." Ange said, while the other two girls nodded. I rolled my eyes. There was no way they would take Quidditch away from me. Was there?
"Okay, okay I will." I said, getting up and heading towards the door. They visibly relaxed, thinking I was actually gonna talk to him. I mentally rolled my eyes. Retards.
"I can't believe I was stupid enough to be friends with you people... and I can't believe you were stupid enough to think I was gonna talk to him!" I said, seeing the shocked looks on their faces for only a second before slamming the door and running down the stairs. I needed a place to go, one where they wouldn't find me.
The pitch was out of the question. That's normally the first place I would go, hence the first place they would look. I needed to go somewhere they wouldn't expect, somewhere they would never think of. I needed a place to sort through my feelings and all the thoughts plaguing my head.
Then it hit me. I had one of two choices, neither all that appealing to me. Forbidden Forest or Black Lake. The latter seeming more appealing, I started to make my way out to say hi to the Giant Squid.
