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Twelve

"Oooh darling who needs love?
Who needs a heaven up above?
Who needs the clouds, in the sky, not I,"

"Oooh darling who needs the rain? Who needs somebody that can feel your pain?" Leanne wailed out in a stuffy voice, in time with the music. She hiccupped before starting up again with even more vigor. "Who needs the disappointment, of a telephone call, not I! No, I don't need that at all, not I!"

I sat in silence, with Katie beside me, as we both watched Leanne blow her nose loudly into a tissue Katie just handed to her. When she was done, she sniffed as she cast the grimy tissue aside and proceeded to bawl once again.

"I'm, tired of love!
Yeah, sick of love!
I've taken more than enough,"

God, I didn't even have it in me to roll my eyes anymore. No matter how much I despised and abhorred the fact that a single tear was being shed for a stupid git like Roger Davies, I knew that that said git kept Leanne absolutely ecstatic this past month.

Now though, she was bloody miserable. Her school robes were abandoned on the floor. Her white oxford was untucked and was covered in several unidentifiable stains and her usually neatly pleated black skirt was folded and creased oddly. She hadn't her scarlet and gold tie, due to Katie making her take it off as soon as soon as we got back from this afternoon's classes. She thought Leanne would try to strangle herself with it. Yes, just a bit over-dramatic, but better to be on the safe side when it came to a heartbroken Leanne. All in all, she was looking a bit worse for wear.

"Oooh darling who needs the night?
The sacred hours, the fading life,
Who needs the morning, and the joy it brings, not I!
I've got my mind on other things, not I!"

I winced as Leanne let out a shriek as she sang along to the song. I suppose it was meant to be some sort of high note or something.

"Oooh darling who needs joy?
Who needs a perfect girl or boy?
And who needs to draw, that person near, not I!
Because they always disappear, not I!"

Grabbing another tissue from the box between Katie and me, I reached down and handed Leanne one. She took it, without looking up, but she let out a very watery, high-pitched thanks as she blew her nose again. She then opened her mouth, the napkin still stuck to her face, getting ready to belt out the last verse of the song.

"And you know, I'm, tired of love, yeah! Yeah, I'm, sick of love, yeah! You give me more than enough!" Leanne sang deafeningly.

I fought the urge to cover my ears and, instead, busied my hands with grabbing hold of the wireless on the floor. It was charmed, thanks to Katie, to have the volume reach enormous heights, and I had to hold it at an arms-length since it was playing so bloody loud.

"I'm gone!"

After that last line, there came a guitar solo and I struggled to not say 'Thank you Merlin!' out loud. I mean, I was all for comforting a heartbroken Leanne, but she wasn't exactly the best singer, and that was when she wasn't crying her eyes out.

But now that there were no lyrics to sing along with, Leanne had to engage herself with flooding the whole dormitory with her tears. Again.

"Oh, Leanne!" Katie exclaimed, standing up from her bed and kneeling down on the floor, in order to sit beside her. "It'll all be alright!" She said comfortingly, hugging the trembling girl.

Leanne wailed even more at that. "No, it won't!" She said shifting away from Katie. "I love him!"

"Oooh darling who needs love?
Who needs a heaven up above?
Who needs all the arguments, who needs to be right, not I!
But I just can't give up without a fight, not I!
No, I just can't give up without a fight, not I!
No, I just can't give up without a fight, not I!
No, no, no, not I!
Ooh, no, no, not I!"

The song finally ended, and I breathed a sigh of relief. Just before I was about to finally switch the wireless off, Leanne raised her head abruptly from her hands and yelled, "What are you doing?" She said, looking at me as if I was Satan himself.

"Um…" I trailed off, freezing. My finger was hovering right above the dial labeled OFF, but I didn't dare press it. I looked blankly at Leanne, wondering what I should do, and took in her puffy, red eyes, running mascara, and smudged eyeliner.

I really didn't want to upset her more.

"Um." I said again.

"Leave it alone!" Leanne said, crawling in a somewhat creepily, fast-paced, determined way towards me. I swear it looked exactly like a scene from the Exorcist or something. And let me tell you, that movie scared the living shit out of me.

I immediately handed her the wireless when she reached me, completely freaked out. She instantly cradled the electronic as soon as it was in her hands, and retreated back into her corner between Katie's bed and the window.

Another sad love song came on, this time by Celestina Warbeck. And you know how much I loved her.

Not.

Ugh, I knew this would happen. I so knew this would happen! I said it would take three more days before the son of a mother-flipping-git Davies lived up to his sodding name and breakup with Leanne. And look where we are now, six days later and three days after the very public, very humiliating (on Leanne's part) breakup, listening to a marathon of heartbreak love songs.

Bloody fantastic.

"I–I just–I don't understand!" Leanne wept, her voice muffled somewhat as she cried heavily into her hands. She dropped her arms, and curled her legs, bringing it to her chest before folding her arms around them. She then dropped her head to her knees. "Why?" Leanne moaned. "Why? Why? Why?

Katie looked helplessly at her. She still hadn't moved from her spot she had sat on the floor to comfort Leanne. After a while of just staring at Leanne's shaking form, Katie again joined Leanne, putting her arms around her as Leanne turned and cried into Katie's shoulder.

I remained seated on Katie's bed, unsure of what to do – I was never any good with the whole comforting a menstrual-heartbroken-girl-thing – that is, until Katie glanced up at me and gave me an earnest look. I began to roll my eyes, and then stopped as I cast a downward look on Leanne. I begrudgingly stood up and walked over to where the two were seated.

"Um," I began. "Leanne?" I inquired.

Leanne raised her head slowly, to look up at me and I opened my mouth to say something, but I was stuck, at a loss for words. She didn't say anything as she waited for me to say something else.

"Uh…" I started up again. "Um, do you…need food?" I finished lamely.

I winced as Leanne's eyes began to water yet again.

Shit.

Katie gave me another look, just as tears erupted from Leanne's already red face as Leanne buried her face into her shoulder again. Katie rolled her eyes at me, doing a pretty decent impression of yours truly.

I shrugged feebly in a what-did-I-say-way, but Katie already turned away, back to taking care of Leanne.

I tucked a curl that was in my eyes behind my ear and shoved my hands in the back-pocket of my jeans as I continued to stand where I was, watching Katie soothe Leanne.

God, did I really need a break from all this.

"Um." I cleared my throat. "I think I'm going to go and get Leanne some of that food, yeah?" I whispered to Katie as Leanne continued to cry, oblivious to me and basically all of her surroundings. "You know if she changes her mind or something."

Katie's eyes widened. "Wha–Wait!" She said quietly and a bit frantically, trying not to disrupt Leanne.

"I'll be right back, I swear." I lied, starting to back away, eyeing my goal as I took a quick glance behind me: the exit.

Katie knew I was lying, of course. She knew me all too well. "Don't! Don't leave me with her–I mean, don't leave!" She said glancing quickly at Leanne, but her cries were so loud she couldn't hear anything from our discourse.

One more step back and I finally reached the door to the staircase. I handled the knob behind me, ready to turn it.

"Don't you dare!" Katie warned, but she said it in an almost desperate way, not at all menacing.

It was a feeble attempt on her part, and I was this close to finally getting out of the estrogen-congested room, that even my best friend couldn't stop me from sprinting out of there.

"Good luck!" I let out quickly in an apologetic tone, right before I practically bolted out the door.

As I walked down the stairs slowly, contemplating whether or not I should go back up to the dormitory, I did feel a little guilty, leaving Katie, all by herself with Leanne. Honestly Leanne's not usually a nice, sweet cup of tea, whether she's crying or not.

I was already at the last flight of stairs, four steps, three steps to go – I jumped down, skipping the last two steps, finally reaching the bottom of the staircase. I experienced the greatest euphoria to be standing there in the middle of the Gryffindor Common Room and nowhere near the dormitory upstairs with a distressed Leanne. Now that I was finally away from her and her tribulations, I knew I couldn't walk back up there no matter how much anyone begged or bribed me with all sorts of delectable sweets.

Still, Katie did need some sort of backup, preferably not me. No one sane can handle a brokenhearted girl alone, especially if that girl was Leanne. I looked up glancing about the common room looking for a worthy candidate and finally spotted just the ticket I needed.

"Hey! Angelina!" I called out from across the room. She was by the fireplace talking to Alicia.

I paused for a moment. I wasn't sure if Alicia was still cross with me, after that whole Fred and George fiasco at the last practice, Alicia's been cold-shouldering me for some time now.

I really didn't want to deal with a pissy Alicia after having dealt with an uncontrollable Leanne.

"Yeah?" Angelina inquired looking up from her conversation.

After mulling it over, I finally walked the distance of the room until I reached the both of them.

"Hey." I said to both Angelina and Alicia.

Angelina greeted me back, but Alicia narrowed her eyes at me slightly before turning away, nose in the air, obviously snubbing me.

I rolled me eyes. Well, that answers that question.

Whatever, she'll get over it. Alicia's not one to hold a grudge…Well, that is, unless your name is Robert Jennings and you dumped her after about a minute of going out, in favor of a certain Marietta Edgecombe, then your safe from Alicia's true wrath. I swear, every time she sees that bloke she gets all Amazon Warrior-like and hexes him until someone has enough backbone to stop her.

"Listen," I started, ignoring Alicia's attitude. "Leanne's upstairs and – "

"Oh, yeah, I heard what happened!" Angelina said, looking sympathetic for Leanne's plight. "Is she okay?"

Oh, thank God. That means she'd be willing to help out.

"Yeah," I said, "Uh, no. She's practically bawling her eyes out...Um, do you mind if – "

I didn't even need to finish the sentence before Angelina held out her hand, quieting me. "I've got it." She said, already turning towards the girl's staircase.

I let out a sigh of relief and smiled gratefully at Angelina. Bless her and her motherly instincts. "Merlin, thanks so much." I said.

Angelina just nodded before jogging up the staircase, leaving Alicia and me behind.

Awkward…

But as I turned back to Alicia, I was surprised to see her expression had changed from indifference to one of interest.

"What's all this about?" She asked curiously, her hunger for some good gossip completely overshadowing the fact that she was supposed to still be mad at me.

I didn't point this out however, glad that Alicia had finally stopped being so cross. "You didn't hear?" I said surprised, the news of Davie's and Leanne's breakup was circling all of Hogwarts the past few days due to the fact that Davie's had made the whole thing public in the first place. They became an infamous ex-couple, the two more popular now than when they were actually still dating.

Alicia shook her head and prompted me to tell the story.

"Well," I started, "They've been rocky for a while now but on Saturday they got into this massive row, because Leanne thought Davies was cheating on her with Marietta Edgecombe – "

Alicia scoffed. "Surprise, surprise." She said sarcastically.

"I know. Anyway they both ignore each other for the entire day on Sunday, and then on Monday, during breakfast, Leanne tells me and Katie that she decided to forgive Davies, because she said she didn't have any proof." I said as Alicia snorted. "Seriously! Katie and I tried to tell her that she didn't need proof, it was pretty obvious Davies was cheating. Leanne wouldn't listen of course, said that we didn't understand their 'love' and just as she was saying this Davies shows up, and right there in the Great Hall with everyone watching, the git dumps her!"

"Damn." Alicia said. "That's fucked up."

"Yeah, Davies is such a fucking ass." I said the very mention of his name making me angry.

"He's a downright prick." Alicia agreed. "Dumped the bloke last year. Got on my fucking nerves. Thought he was the complete shit. Don't know why he thought that though, couldn't even snog properly. He was like a damn ten year-old kissing for the first time, with all that tongue and saliva." Alicia informed me, shivering a little and the thought. "Still, poor Leanne."

I nodded. "She's inconsolable." I said. "I honestly couldn't take it anymore, so I left to go on a food-run."

"Oh, I'll come with you." Alicia offered. "I'm going through there anyway to meet up with someone."

I raised an eyebrow. "Ravenclaw again?" I asked walking across the common room and stepping into the portrait hole.

"Nope. The blokes there are either completely arrogant or dreadfully boring." Alicia said as she followed me out. "I'm sticking to Hufflepuffs for now."

I rolled my eyes at her, but there was a grin on my face. Alicia may be a serial dater, but she was nothing like Marietta Edgecombe. She had respect for other people's relationships.

We chatted animatedly as we walked through the corridors.

"Oh Merlin."

I looked over as Alicia groaned, but she didn't say anything only made a face at something in front of us.

I faced forward and a smile immediately stretched across my face. It was Lee Jordan, Fred and George's best mate, and who I liked a great deal more than the twins. "Lee!" I exclaimed happily as he reached us, a broad grin matching mine.

"Charlie!" He greeted and then turning to Alicia his smile grew wider. "Alicia." He said taking her hand for him to kiss, but she scoffed and snatched her hand away.

"Where've you been Jordan?" I asked. "I haven't seen you in ages!"

Lee laughed. "Where'd you think?"

I didn't even have to give it a thought. "Detention." I said automatically.

He nodded. "Got myself landed in detention for a whole month. Couldn't even go to Hogsmeade." He said shaking his head sadly.

Alicia snorted. "Detention? How not typical." She sneered sarcastically.

Lee grinned at her. "I'll try to surprise you next time love." He said winking.

Alicia made another face, not even bothering to whisper as she said in a disgusted voice, "Ew."

Ignoring Alicia's snide comment. "What'd you do this time?" I asked, not really sure if I wanted to know.

Lee shook his head. "All I'm saying is that it was bloody brilliant. Could've gotten away with it too if I wasn't so fucking clumsy."

I raised an eyebrow, but this time I didn't bother to ask what he was talking about.

"You spend all your time pulling pranks that you can't even get away with." Alicia drawled as she appraised Lee with a bored countenance.

"Alicia, come on. Don't be like that." Lee said smiling charmingly at her as he yet again tried to reach for her hand, but she easily sidestepped away from him.

"Well this has been absolute fun." She said unenthusiastically. "But I've got to go." She turned to me, "Scrumptious Hufflepuffs aren't going to wait forever you know." She said smirking.

I immediately glanced at Lee to see how he was taking this newfound news of Alicia going off with some other bloke…again, but he seemed hardly bothered. Which always confused me really, that he took Alicia's various boyfriends so casually. I mean, you would think a boy who's been chasing a girl for five years, after laying eyes on her that very first train ride to Hogwarts, wouldn't be so calm with the fact that his dream girl was about to go off and snog someone else. But there he was, still looking lovingly into Alicia's eyes as she cringed under his gaze. Now that's what I call true love.

Except, you know, not.

"Seriously I'm leaving now, because someone can't stop gawking at me." Alicia said turning to me. "I'll stop by your dormitory to visit Leanne later." She told me as she said goodbye. She only flashed a snotty look at Lee as an acknowledgment before hurrying away from him before he could make any sort of move again. Lee watched letting out a low whistle, his eyes were obviously on Alicia's bum as it swayed with every step she made, but you couldn't deny the loved-up stare or the silly grin plastered across his face – his go to expression when it came to Alicia. It was when she finally turned a corner and disappeared from sight that Lee's attention went back on me.

"So anyway," He started, as his face finally went back to normal. "You know where Fred and George are? I know you've been hanging with them a lot lately."

I snorted. "Unfortunately." I said. "But no I haven't seen – "

"You called?" Sang a voice from behind me. I didn't even have to turn around to know who it was.

"Speak of the devils." I said dryly as I felt one arm go around my shoulder as another went around my waist. "How is it that you always magically know where I am?" I asked looking up at one freckled face to another.

"Shh." George said putting a finger to his lips. "Secret." He said grinning.

I rolled my eyes at him. "Prat." I said but all he did was tap my nose with the tip of his finger. I swatted his hand away and stepped out of the twin's hold. "Well, if you would excuse me gents, I'll be going now."

"But we just got here!" Fred complained.

"Exactly!" I called over my shoulder, walking away. "See you lot later." I said to the three blokes and I waved a hand goodbye as I walked along the corridor.

I let out a sigh of contentment when I couldn't hear the twin's and Lee's excited chattering (probably plans for a new prank) anymore.

Ah, peace at last.

I walked to the kitchens without any more surprise interruptions. Not even Peeves, who usually pestered me without end during my trips to the kitchens was nowhere in sight.

Moments later I finally reached the fruit painting, standing up on my tiptoes to scratch the pear. As the painting swung open I felt giddy with excitement. I couldn't wait for me to get my hands and mouth on that leftover chocolate cake from the other night – so gooey and delicious – my mouth was watering just thinking about it. I stepped inside the kitchens ready for the house-elves to swarm around me in all there chipper, cheery glory (I honestly don't know why Leanne thought them creepy.) But instead of the mass of big tennis shaped ball eyes I was expecting to face, I was met with the sight of Oliver and Annabel…snogging.

Bloody hell. My eyes.

They immediately flew apart when they heard my footsteps and Oliver's eyes widened when he saw it was me, his hand immediately going to up to tug at his hair, as Annabel stepped back from him, her already pink face turning red with embarrassment.

No one said anything as I stood there frozen in my spot, gaping at them.

Merlin! I had to snap out of it! It's not like I've never seen people snog before (believe me, Hogwarts' students can barely keep it in their pants.)

I literally shook my head trying to get rid of the mental picture I had of Oliver's hands around Annabel's dainty little waist as her own long graceful fingers were around his neck pulling him closer as they kissed. Fucking hell.

"Uh." I heard someone say, and I looked to the two only to realize I was the one who had spoken. I cleared my throat. "Well, uh, don't mind me." I let out awkwardly. "You guys carry on, um, whatever it is you were doing. I'm just going to get some food…all the way over there." I slowly said pointing across the room as a sort of emphasis.

When no one still said anything, and I still hadn't moved, even though I said I would, I quickly backtracked. "Actually! You know, I should just go." I said inching towards the exit. "Yeah…okay bye!" I let out lamely dashing out of the kitchens so fast it was as if I had just walked in on my parents doing 'The Deed.'

…

Fuck! Why the hell did I even think of that! Argh. Just what I need: more mental scarring.

NOT.

xxx

Half an hour later, I was trudging up the stairs to the fourth year girl's dormitory. I had finally calmed down enough to realize that what I had just witness was no big deal at all! So what if Oliver took Annabel to the kitchens, a place that I had shown him? I mean it wasn't like I made a rule that he can't show the place to any of his friends…and Annabel. And sure they were snogging in said place, but it's whatever! They did go to Hogsmeade after all! And Annabel was completely infatuated with the bloke. I should be proud that Oliver finally decided to grow some balls and snog her already! Good for him! And that means, the twin's and I plan worked! Oliver was actually doing something other than things related to Quidditch! …Like snogging Annabel. Great!

"There you are!" exclaimed a frazzled Katie immediately after I opened the door. "What took you so long?"

I was trying to recover from being mentally scarred from witnessing Oliver and Annabel sucking face.

"Erm, sorry. Must've lost track of time."

Katie stared at me curiously, but thankfully she didn't press on it. "Well, where's the food?" she asked noticing my empty hands.

"Yeah about that. I couldn't get any." I said, but before Katie could ask me my not, I walked past her entering our dormitory.

Leanne was still in the same spot I had left her an hour ago, as well as still bawling her eyes out (Merlin, does she have an endless water supply in her tear ducts or something?) Angelina was there trying to soother her as well as my other two dorm mates: Sandy Filberts and Joyce Marie Hatcher who I was assuming had just joined in on the efforts of trying to console Leanne.

I sighed at the display in front of me and before I knew it I was making my way towards my trunk, pulling it open. I pushed aside various articles of clothing and schoolbooks until I revealed a tin box. I grabbed it closing my trunk, before joining the rest of the girls on the floor. "Here Leanne." I said offering her the box in my hand and giving her a small smile when she looked up. Hesitating, she took it from me and opened it. Her watery eyes widened.

Inside was my own personal and completely off-limits collection of prized sweets and chocolates. And I do emphasize on the off-limits part (the last person who tried to get ahold of the box got landed in the Hospital Wing for a week. Freaking Fred.)

Leanne knew all this and she looked up at me her eyes watering even more. "I love you guys!" She wailed before attacking all of us with a group hug.

"I might've given her just a bit of Firewhiskey. You know, to calm the nerves." Joyce Marie whispered.

"It was a whole bottle." Her best friend Sandy informed me.

"It was a sacrifice I was willing to make." Joyce Marie said all nobly flipping her long, shiny, auburn hair back, as if giving up one bottle of Firewhiskey made her some kind of saint. Hello? I gave up my collection! My collection that took me years to perfect!

"A lot of good it's doing her." I said sarcastically as I watched Leanne pull Katie and Angelina towards her an arm around each of their shoulders. "You guys are such great friends!" She cooed, right before hiccupping.

Oh Merlin.

"Maybe I shouldn't have given her the whole bottle." Joyce agreed.

We both watched as Leanne promptly burst into tears again reaching towards Sandy with a hysterical look on her face. "Why?" She howled shaking Sandy's shoulders rather forcefully. "Why would he dump me?"

As Katie and Angelina tried to pry Leanne off of Sandy while Joyce Marie was hurriedly searching for more Firewhiskey in her trunk (Jesus, how many bottles did the girl have?) I just sat there watching the scene unravel before me. I let out a dejected sigh.

This was going to be a long night.

xxx

I awoke to a growling stomach. Mine specifically.

I groaned as I sat up. Around me the dormitory was shrouded in darkness. As my eyes adjusted to the lack of lighting, I began to make out the sleeping forms of Sandy and Joyce Marie on their poster beds, while Katie and Angelina were on Leanne's most likely the last ones to fall asleep and the last ones who had enough drive to still comfort Leanne after a whole day of doing just that. Speaking of Leanne I couldn't really see her, but I assumed she was in the middle of Katie And Angelina, sleeping off the massive amount of alcohol Joyce Marie had fed her throughout the night.

I quietly pushed back my scarlet comforter, flinching as my bare feet felt the cold wooden floor below me. I conjured my slippers silently then placed my wand between my waist and the band of my pajama bottoms before I tiptoed across the room. The door creaked as I closed it behind me, making my way down the girl's staircase. The common room was completely deserted, the remnants of the fireplace casting a dim orange glow across the whole room. I glanced at the grandfather clock along the wall. It was already two in the morning. I slowly stepped through the portrait hole and was quiet enough to not wake up Sir Cadogan.

"Lumos." I murmured, my wand before me as I walked through dark corridors. I figured it was too late for prefects to be out patrolling, but I was still careful not to make a sound as I made my way to the kitchens.

All the girls and I had skipped dinner that night in favor of being with Leanne. And I really hoped Leanne would remember, after all that Firewhiskey, that I had given up both dinner and my sweets collection. Now that was a sacrifice. Saint Charlie did have a nice ring to it.

It was so late when I entered the kitchens, that it was empty of house-elves. The fire going on in the huge brick fireplace was dying down but there was enough light for me to navigate my way through the room.

Ahh, cake. To think I almost didn't have it today for a reason that will currently not be mentioned because I'm still recovering from the mental scarring it has bestowed on me.

I was helping myself to large amounts of the delicious dessert when I heard it. A watery sniffle. One that I knew for certain belonged to…Leanne.

"Leanne?" I said squinting as I made out a form leaning on one of the four tables in the center of the room. "Is that you?" I stepped closer and there she was sitting on the floor a tub of ice-cream on one side of her and a bottle of Firewhiskey on the other. "Oh, Leanne."

She looked up at me, her shoulders trembling as she heaved a sob. Her face was flushed and a bit ruddy, while her eyes were extremely puffy and red. "You– you–probably think I'm pathetic d–don't you?" She mumbled, turning away from my gaze, ashamed.

And that was when I was fully hit with the realization that this wasn't like any ordinary breakup Leanne's had. I watched as Leanne's lower lip trembled as she fought another sob from letting out.

This time, as I looked down at her, I actually took the time to get passed her messy appearance, from her tear-stained face, to the smudge of chocolate ice-cream on her chin. And that's when I saw it.

Behind the tears, and the puffy eyelids, there was pure sadness in Leanne's eyes. And I finally understood that, crazy as it seems, she in fact did love Roger.

I'll kill the prat.

"I don't think you're pathetic Leanne." I finally said, plopping down next to her.

She snorted loudly, wiping a hand over her dripping nose as she did so. "Yeah right. I know you and I know the way you think. You're probably thinking how much of a priss I am." Her eyes filled with tears again. "I am a priss." She said scooping out a big spoonful of ice-cream and shoving it in her mouth.

"I'm not thinking that." I told her honestly grabbing the bottle of Firewhiskey between us. I studied the bottle hesitating (there was class tomorrow, it was probably already three in the morning) but after all I'd been through today I thought I deserved just a little. "I'm not saying I didn't think you were a few times." I said after taking a swig. My throat burned a little, but the liquid snaked through my body and settled in my stomach making me feel nice and warm. "But I don't think so now."

We sat in silence, Leanne putting spoon after spoon of ice-cream in her mouth, me taking small swigs from the bottle.

"I – I started, breaking the silence. "I don't know…firsthand what you're feeling Leanne." I said struggling to put together something comforting. "But I get it…you're sad…and heartbroken…and I'm sorry."

We fell back into silence and I gazed at the dying fire taking some more sips.

"Thanks." I glanced at Leanne and she gave me a feeble smile. She looked back down at her hands and a tear dropped on them. "It…hurts." She said in a watery voice. "It may sound stupid, but my heart really does hurt. And I know we've been only together for a month but it was the best month of my life Charlie. It really was." The last part came out high-pitched as Leanne began crying again.

I let her lean on my shoulder, already her tears soaking through the old Gryffindor Quidditch jersey I wore to sleep. I patted her hand consolingly.

"I know Leanne. I know."

If you are familiar with this fic as AIWMLU, then turn back! This is now Unraveling Version 2.0 of AIWMLU! Actually, if you wanted to not reread it over again it really wouldn't make that much of a difference. I just made the chapters better, in my opinion. But still, it wouldn't hurt to refresh your memory! Seeing as how I haven't updated in a year...sorry.
Song mentioned in the beginning of the chapter is by Razorlight! Terribly good song, the beginning totally did not come from personal experience...don't judge.

Anyway leave a review if you'd like! Favorite quotes are love!

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