Chapter Twenty-One
Everyone else in the school was also feeling the loss of the sisters but none more than Marcus as he had just realised his true feelings for the eldest blonde sister. Currently he was sat at a table by himself not wanting to sit with his friends and have to talk when he was so broken-hearted. He played with his cereal and leaned his chin on his other hand, the ache in his chest stronger than ever. Suddenly he heard a chair scrap back and someone sit down he turned to look at who was sitting with him.
"What on earth do you want? Get lost!" he said harshly as he saw Bellatrix, the girl who had caused his friend to be expelled sitting next to him.
"It's a shame what happened to the Hallows isn't it?" Bellatrix said pretending to be sad.
"Oh stop playing the victim card, it's your fault she is gone." Marcus replied fed up of her act.
"Marky Marky, I know right now you have fooled yourself into thinking you have a crush on Esmeralda but I am going to help you." Bellatrix said toying with him.
Marcus didn't even reply thinking she would leave if he did not say anything.
"You can do so much better than her, maybe you could date someone like me." Bellatrix suggested with a smirk.
"Why would I want to do that?" he asked her thinking she was insane for even suggesting it.
"Because I am the most beautiful girl in school for starters." Bellatrix started by explaining.
"You keep telling yourself that." Marcus replied if he was his usual self he would have laughed at how deluded she sounded.
"And because I can give you what you want." Bellatrix then replied with a smirk.
"Pardon?" Marcus asked raising his eyebrows.
"Well we both know Esmeralda is very...what is the word I am looking for...serious about everything, by the time you two would do more than kiss you would be around 50. But I can meet your needs." Bellatrix replied as she tried to wrap her arms around him.
"I don't care about sleeping with her just get lost Bellatrix." Marcus said throwing his spoon into his bowl and standing up to leave.
"You are a teenage boy of course you care, don't try to deny it." Bellatrix said running in front of him, stopping him going anywhere.
"BELLATRIX MOVE BEFORE I HIT YOU!" Marcus shouted angrily to her.
"Oh now I am sure Esmeralda would not like to know you hit women." Bellatrix replied teasing him.
"But I won't be hitting a women I would be hitting the devil, now move!" he shouted as he tried to walk past her but she blocked his exit.
"Come on we have twenty minutes before class starts let's have some fun." Bellatrix said with a wink as she wrapped her arms around his neck. He pushed her off losing his patience.
"Bellatrix...how can I explain this to you in a way your little brain will understand, put it this way if something happened now that made humans extinct and you and I were the only survivors and I had to sleep with you so we could restart the human race, I still wouldn't do it, you disgust me now move!" he said pushing past her and finally found himself able to leave.
For the next twenty minutes Marcus stayed in his room avoiding Bellatrix until it was nearly time for lesson but instead of heading to his potions class he headed to the mirror room and snook in. He held up a card saying 'Esmeralda Hallow' telling the mirror who he wanted to talk too and the mirror changed to a video call.
Esmeralda was sat in what looked like a study reading a book and looking bored out of her mind. Marcus knocked to get her attention she looked up and smiled slightly as she saw him.
She looked different because she had her hair down but her eyes were red as if she had not been sleeping.
"Marcus" Esmeralda said looking at her watch "You will be late for potions" Esme told him not wanting him to miss lessons to talk to her.
"That doesn't matter...how are you?" he asked starting the conversation, wanting to know how she was doing.
"Alright...I haven't slept much though." Esmeralda replied and he nodded he could see she looked really tired.
"...What are you reading?" he asked trying to get away from the subject of her expulsion.
"Oh...Jane Eyre...normally at this time I study but there is not really much point in doing that now because I am not doing any exams." Esmeralda replied with a simple shrug.
Marcus sighed "How did your parents take it?" he asked wanting to know how it went when she told them.
"Not good. Dad yelled at me for a long time about how I am a disappointment and stuff. Mum didn't say anything she just cried and now she won't talk to me, now I know how Ethie feels." Esmeralda replied sadly sharing the different reactions of her parents.
"And how are the girls?" Marcus asked wanting to know how his friends were doing not being at school anymore.
"They are okay but they are fighting with each other even more." Esmeralda said with a sigh, hating how much fighting the girls were doing.
Marcus looked down. He knew what he needed to say to Esmeralda but he did not want to upset her even more. He was not stupid he knew the only reason Bellatrix wanted to sleep with him was to hurt Esme even more because she had never showed an interest in him before.
"Esms I need to tell you something, Bellatrix is trying to get with me." he told her honestly not wanting her to find out from an outside source.
"That cow! She never stops does she?" Esme replied her eyes blazing with anger.
"Don't worry I am not stupid enough to fall for it but I need advice." Marcus replied reassuring her he was not thinking about it.
"On what?" Esmeralda asked intrigued what he needed advice on.
"We both know Bellatrix will not stop until she gets what she wants and I am afraid that she is going to try use love potion on me, how do I know if she has spiked something?" Marcus asked knowing Esmeralda knew so much more than he did about potions.
"That is difficult, the easiest way to know is by the smell, love potion smells different to everyone depending on what attracts them, basically that is the only way you would know but just try to be careful with what you eat and drink." Esmeralda warned him.
"So basically avoid eating anything school has prepared?" he questioned with raised eyebrows at the thought.
Esmeralda was about to reply when on her side there was a loud crashing noise.
"What was that?" Marcus asked panicked.
"I don't know...sorry Mark I have to go check to see if Ethel and Sybil are okay I will talk to you later." she said as she hung up to go attend to her sisters.
Marcus sighed and sat there for a few minutes before remembering he was supposed to be in lesson. He stood up and walked out the door taking his time as he knew he was going to receive detention anyway.
He walked into his potions lesson and went and sat down in his usual seat without a word, glancing over he saw Hecate and Pippa were sat apart from each other clearly not talking. Hecate did not even seem to have noticed he had walked in but Pippa did and stormed over ,he rolled his eyes instantly as he saw her.
"Where have you been?" she asked him wanting to know why he was late.
"Toilet" he lied saying the first thing that popped into his head.
"For twenty minutes?" the woman asked questioning him. Marcus did not reply to her comment.
"Right detention tonight." Pippa told her student sternly.
"Whatever" Marcus replied not caring about his punishment
"Are you looking for a detention tomorrow as well?" Pippa asked him not liking his attitude.
"Oh get off my case you ugly old hag." Marcus replied to her not caring at all, the students all around him made sneers and laughed at his comment.
"How dare you! Get out!" Pippa told him insulted, pointing to the door to get him out of her classroom. He stood up but made no attempt to go for the door.
"I said out!" Pippa replied seeing him just standing there.
"Or what? You will expel me? Because you do seem to have a habit of expelling people for no reason." Marcus said angrily expressing his anger towards what had happened.
Pippa opened her mouth to reply but Hecate beat her to it.
"Marcus go to Miss Cackle's office now or I will make sure you're packing your things." Hecate told him not tolerating his behaviour any longer. Marcus stared at Pippa for a moment before walking out the door and slamming it behind him. Pippa looked at Hecate wanting to thank her but the dark haired woman would not look in her direction.