Title: Broken heart
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter
Warnings: N/A
Prompts:
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments) : Potions (Assignment Two) : write about someone with a big temper. It can be anyone, but make it realistic please. Have fun with this one! - Extra Prompt : Word: awful
Word Count: 648
Notes: N/A
Summary: Love hurts, especially when you thought everything was perfect. Roxanne struggles as her cousin seems to have everything that she lacks, including the love of her life.
It was an ordinary Weasley family evening, a fairly regular occurence. There was nothing Molly loved more than to invite everyone she knew and loved round for dinner, and of course no one could say no to the matriarch of the Weasley family.
Roxanne was sitting quietly in an armchair, watching Dominique and Fred play a game of exploding snap, when Victoire stood up. Everyone looked up as she cleared her throat and the woman smiled at the attention.
"I have an announcement to make. Teddy and I are getting married!" Victoire grabbed her fiancé's arm to pull him in next to her.
Roxanne looked up in shock, meeting his eyes before looking away. For a moment she couldn't move, couldn't think, couldn't breathe.
When she regained her senses she stood up, slipping out of the room. No one noticed her go, they were all far too busy squealing about the news. The entire room seemed to have crowded around the happy couple.
In the farthest corner of the garden she let the tears flow down her cheeks. Roxanne didn't hear the door open but when she felt a hand on her shoulder she spun around.
"Go away." Her voice was quiet and she stared down at the ground, refusing to let herself meet his eyes.
He sighed and removed his hand, but he didn't back away. "Roxanne-"
"I told you to leave."
"Please-"
"Get out of my sight. I never want to see you again."
He couldn't help a slight smile at her dramatics. "It's going to be difficult to avoid me Roxy."
"Do you think this is a joke? Is that all we ever were? Was I just some kid who you had fun messing around with?"
"Roxy you know I would never-"
"I loved you Teddy! Okay? I was in love with you, and I thought I meant something to you. You told me that you and Victoria were done! And now here we are, at your engagement party?"
"I know it looks bad but I swear I didn't mean to hurt you. I thought Victoire was done with me, and you were incredible but-"
"So I was just your rebound? That's what you say to make me feel better? You're crap at the whole talking thing."
"Damn it Roxy, let me speak! If you keep interrupting me I'm just going to… argh." He ran a hand through his hair in agitation and she watched his hair flicker a violent shade of lilac. Roxanne had to bite down on her lip to stifle the pain she felt at that. She had loved watching his features change, the colours slowly morphing into each other. Yet another thing that she would never be able to enjoy again.
"I don't care what you have to say! I just- I can't do this right now." With a sob she spun around, jumping over the back gate and heading down the little lane leaving Teddy to stare after her.
There was nothing to do. It was an awful situation. Thoughts flew through Roxanne's head but she couldn't focus on anything. She couldn't breathe, but this time it wasn't shock or sorrow or self pity that had her mind frozen, but anger. White hot burning anger that coursed through her blood and pounded in her head. Anger at Teddy, at Victoire, at anyone who had the gall to be happy about their engagement. No one would ever even know that he had been hers, no one would care about her. Yet again her cousin had won. Of course Teddy would choose Victoire - she was practically a model and she was older and the perfect student. Of course no one would ever want her, Roxanne, the less pretty, less intelligent, delinquent younger child.