A/N: I'd just like to wish you all a fantastic summer. Don't drink and drive!
Strange and Beautiful
Chapter 25
Erin stared up at Cedric, a scowl on your face.
"No," she replied smartly, turning on her heel and walking off.
She jolted back as his strong hand grabbed her shoulder and pulled her closer to him.
"We're talking," he hissed into her ear. "Now."
She whipped around to face him, obvious anger on her face. Regardless, she followed him out of the Great Hall.
Erin slammed the large door behind herself, and a resonating bang was heard for a few moments before she snapped, "What?"
"Just listen, for a second," he said. "I'm going crazy without you. I want you, I need you. I know I probably don't deserve you, but just give me a chance, and I'll make it up to you."
"Where'd you get that line from?" Erin retorted. "Some shitty Harlequin romance novel? Or maybe some terrible teen novel based around a girl who's so naive that she'd fall for a line like that?"
"Err..."
"This whole thing has been like some shitty teen novel," Erin cut in. "First I fall for you, but of course I didn't like you in the beginning. We break up because you can't do the one thing I ask. Then you go and sleep with my friend."
"I was drunk! I couldn't help it! Rina's boobs just looked so...perfect!"
"YOU SHALLOW JACKASS!" she screamed, reaching up and slapping him across the face.
Cedric reached up and touched his face gingerly.
"I'll always love you," he muttered.
"I never loved you," Erin hissed, turning on her heel and letting herself inside.
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"He's so...urgh!" Erin said, throwing her hands in the air. She was pacing in front of the fireplace in the Ravenclaw common room.
"I know," Jackson replied.
"Why won't he just fucking give it up?" she snapped. "I've moved on."
"Oh yeah?" Jackson cooed, slinking his arms around her waist. "With who?"
Erin suppressed a feminine giggle. "You tell me," she whispered, leaning up to kiss him.
"I'm not sure," he said. "You aren't officially dating anyone."
"Let's change that."
Jackson leaned in to her ear. "Be my girlfriend?" he whispered.
"Of course," she whispered back.
Erin looked up into his eyes; his dark, mysterious eyes. There was so much that she wanted to learn about him...so little that she knew. And now, she had a lot of time to learn.
"I'm going to do my first good deed as your boyfriend."
"What's that?" she asked, a sly smile peeking at the corner of her mouth.
"Get revenge against Cedric for everything he's done to you."
Jackson grabbed Erin's arm and stomped out of the common room, pulling her behind him. His facial expression had went from it's usual mysterious blur to something different; anger, and revenge. Erin felt a little nervous.
"Where is he?" Jackson growled.
"I don't know," Erin replied.
"I thought you were mad at him!"
"I am...just..."
"Stop being a pussy. I thought you were one of the cool girls."
"Fine. He's in the Great Hall. Or outside."
Jackson's grasp around Erin's wrist tightened as he pulled her in the direction of the Great Hall.
"He's over there," she said gently, pointing in the direction of the Hufflepuff table.
Jackson stomped over to the table and stood Cedric up by the collar of his robes. He turned Cedric around so he was facing him and...
WHAM.
Jackson's fist came in hard contact with the side of Cedric's face, sending Cedric flying backwards onto his table. Food splayed everywhere and people scattered, screaming, knowing that a fight was doomed to happen.
Cedric stood slowly, rubbing his forehead. He then quickly grabbed Jackson by the shoulders and threw him back on the neighboring table.
"What the hell?" Cedric shouted at him.
"You've been messing with my girl," Jackson growled, approaching Cedric. "No one messes with my girl."
"She should be mine!" Cedric snapped. "She just needs to see through your lies to get back to me!"
"She'll never be yours again you bastard!"
With that, Cedric launched onto Jackson, and the pair began scrapping. First Cedric hit Jackson in the face a few times, then Jackson rolled over on top of Cedric and broke his nose. Cedric pulled Jackson's shirt up over his face and jumped on top of him, pummeling him with all his might.
"Tha's enough!" a low, grumbling voice cried.
Jackson and Cedric proceeded to ignore Hagrid, and Jackson was now hitting Cedric's head off the floor.
Hagrid threw his hands into the mess and separated the two.
"Wha' are ya thinkin'?" Hagrid demanded. "Fighin' like tha'. Detentions, both of ya."
Jackson pulled out his wand and pointed it at Cedric, his hand trembling.
"Put that thin' away or I'll break it in two."
Jackson took a step back, grabbed Erin's arm and stomped out of the Great Hall, a bit of blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.
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"That bastard," Jackson mumbled.
Erin nodded. "You were pretty rough on him."
"He was a bastard to you!" Jackson snapped at her. "How could you even look at scum like him?"
"We had something special at the moment..."
Jackson stopped and grabbed her shoulders roughly.
"You what?"
"I said we had something special..."
"You don't anymore, do you?"
Jackson's voice had grown more high-pitched, and his eyes were growing wide with worry.
"Of course not, Jackson, I'm just saying that..."
"Stop skirting around the truth!" Jackson said, shaking her. "You don't anymore, RIGHT?"
"Of course not!" Erin breathed, her voice faint and her eyes wide. "I have you now, Jackson, why would I need him?"
"Good," Jackson said shortly. He quickly threw Erin into a nearby empty classroom and closed the door behind him.
"What's going on?" Erin asked warily.
"I need some coke."
Jackson ruffled through his bag, pulling out a small baggie and tipping some of the white substance onto the table.
Erin stood to the side with her arms crossed, watching Jackson go through at least three lines before standing up for air.
"You feel better?" she asked softly, tilting her head to the side. Jackson nodded in reply.
"Good," she said. "Because..."
Jackson suddenly pulled her tightly into his arms and began kissing her passionately. Erin felt his bursts of energy pulsating through his body as the passion grew, the kiss deepening.
"Come on," he whispered in her ear. "Let's go somewhere other than the Potions room, where I'm sure that they dissected something yesterday."
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