"Ugh, I'm so tired." I mutter to Lily as we sit down at the Gryffindor for breakfast a week later.
"Really? I would have never guessed." She replied sarcastically. I frowned at her and chucked a piece of toast at her face.
"Yeah, whatever."
I push the eggs around on my plate and wait for my brain to clear up. At some point the marauders come in and sit down, and I look up to say my hellos.
"Hey guys- Wait, where's Remus?" I asked, looking at his empty spot.
"His mum's really sick, so he had to go visit her." James said, shrugging. I nodded and put my head back on my hand.
"What's wrong with her?" Sirius asks Lily.
"She's really tired. She had to stay up all night last night to finish that essay for DADA." She explains.
"Oh, the one on werewolves and vampires?" James says.
I groan, "If I have to pick up one more book on either of those I will literally kill myself." I say, hitting my head on the table and resting it there. What can I say? The wood was really cool. Sirius laughs.
"Screw you." I spit out between clenched teeth, sitting up straight again to glare at him. Ugh, he's such an arse.
"No thanks. Although, Remus might need some cheering up when he gets back." He says, and my eyes widen. I can feel my face flush red and my ears are burning as they all laugh at me.
"Ha ha ha, very funny…" I gripe. Lily gives me an apologetic smile and shrugs.
I feel a tap on my shoulder and turn to my knight in shining armor.
"Oh! Hey Raely." I say, grabbing my bag and swinging it onto my shoulder as I stand up to leave, giving him a grateful look.
"What class do we have first again?" I ask. He rubs the back of his neck.
"Actually, I was wondering if I could talk to you before we go to class…" He says.
I shrug, "Yeah sure, what's up?" He looks over at everyone at the Gryffindor table; the marauders and Lily with their eyes glued on us.
"Privately…"
"Oh. Um, Yeah, okay. Let's go outside, I heard it's supposed to be sunny today." I say, blabbing about how it was finally starting to warm up, and good thing too because I was getting tired of being inside all the time and freezing my toes off in practice. By the time Raely spoke again we were down by the Black Lake. It was really pretty at this time of day, the early morning light reflecting off it's waves.
Raely sighed and turned to me, rubbing his neck again.
"Beckett…" He said. I stopped talking and turned back to him, smiling.
"Yeah?" I said, wondering why he looked so nervous.
"I-I have to tell you something." He said, stuttering.
"Well, I figured." I said, laughing, "What is it?"
"Beckett, look. I… Ireallylikeyou." He said quickly. I stared blankly at him and blinked.
"Er, what?"
"I really…. Like… You." He said quietly.
"...Oh." He looked awkwardly down at his shoes.
"I was wondering, if maybe you wanted to go to Hogsmeade with me this weekend?" he asked, looking at me hopefully.
I looked off to the side, biting my lip.
What was I supposed to say?!
"Um, I'm not sure…" I said, looking back at him. I sighed.
"Look, Raels. You're great, really! But, I just… Don't see you that way. You're my best friend, and I do love you, just not like that. You're practically my brother." I point out sadly. He nods and looks at his feet again, shuffling them in the damp grass.
"That's okay, Beckett. Let's just pretend this never happened." He suggests, smiling at me, but I can tell it's fake.
I agreed and we went off on our separate ways; me to muggle studies and him to charms.