Chapter Thirty-Five: Trust In Me

James sat for awhile on the bench and watched the house-elves scurry around the kitchen. He knew they were probably getting ready for the next meal so he was probably in the way. He didn't care at that point; James just felt like he wanted to crawl into a hole and just wait there until his life came to an end. Nothing seemed to be going his way. Now even Mya was angry with him. The one person who he thought would never get mad at him, was now mad at him. He figured she would be happy she was the other girl, yet Mya was a girl and James couldn't figure out the female brain.

He picked his sandwich up and decided to eat it. Mya wanted him to eat, he might as well do something right. After a few minuets he finished his sandwich and stood up. Despite the fact probably everyone hated him, James figured he should probably get back to his dorm The house-elves barely paid attention to him as he opened the door and snuck out. They all just continued to hurry around the kitchen.

James poked his head out of the kitchen door and looked around before taking off down the hall. He kept his head down and prayed that no one would see him, or want to talk to him. He didn't have very good luck though and bumped into a figure. James' head sprung up and was met by the eyes of Eli Wood.

"Oh I'm so-" Eli then realized that it was James "Never mind; it's you."

"What's that supposed to mean?" James snapped suddenly feeling the anger boiling in him

"What are you even going this way?" Eli asked ignoring James' question "Don't snakes belong in the dungeons?"

James' eyes snapped and his nostrils started to flare, but he knew he wouldn't be able to get back on Mya's good side, if he attacked her friend. "I was with Mya; she took me to the kitchen to get something to eat."

"Oh yeah, you haven't been at meals, everyone just thought you had been expelled." Eli laughed. He then processed that James had said that he was with Mya and his eyes darkened. There was something about James Potter that Eli didn't like or trust. He didn't feel like Mya was safe when she was with James. "You shouldn't be around her."

"You have no say in who I hang out with." James snapped trying to step around Eli, but Eli blocked his path. James' nostrils started to flare again. "Move Wood."

"No Potter! I'm warning you; if Mya gets hurt again, wither its your fault or not, I'm blaming you." Eli snapped

James glared at Eli. He would give anything to be able to hex Eli right there on the spot. That wouldn't really help him right now though. It would only make him look guilty all over again. Especially if he did hex Eli this time. James just bit his lip and pushed by Eli. He wasn't going to let Eli get to him. He wasn't going to let anyone get to him.

"Watch your back Potter!" Eli shouted as James ran out

The young Slytherin mad his way down into the dungeons in a hurry. He didn't want to have to deal with anyone else. He almost didn't pay attention to where he was going and ran over someone else. James looked up and saw Abby standing before him holding a steaming mug. Her Slytherin scarf was wrapped tightly around her neck and she looked cold.

"I'm sorry." James muttered not giving Abby eye contact and shuffled past her

He reached the bottom step when he heard Abby's voice. "James wait."

He spun around to look back up at her. Abby's eyes were glued on him. "What?"

"Can we talk?" Abby asked softly "I was actually trying to look for you. Alex said you weren't in your room."

"I was in the kitchen. Mya took me to get something to eat." James shrugged

He waited for a reaction out of Abby at the sound of Mya's name but nothing came out. Abby just continued to look at him, gripping onto her mug. "Please?"

James sighed. "Come on we can go back down into the common room; we'll talk there. It's probably warmer in there anyways."

James led the way into the Slytherin common room. He didn't realize how cold it was starting to get. He plopped down on one of the couches and Abby sat down quietly next to him. She set her mug down on the table and then turned to James. She tucked several black hairs behind her ear and seemed nervous.

"What did you wanna talk about?" James asked. He noticed Abby wasn't making eye contact with him. "Abby I'm not going to hurt you."

"I know, I just feel bad."

"About what?" James questioned raising his eyebrows

"How Alex and I treated you. It wasn't right and I mean we know that now. The two of us just reacted badly. You kissed me and to find out you were thinking about another girl; it's a slap in the face. I'm not like Mya. Everyone seems to like her and make her seem perfect and flawless. Me; I'm the daughter of two Slytherins that were hated. Her father helped bring the end of the Dark Lord. I just wanted to believe someone as special as you could look at me like that. Alex is just protective of me. He likes to think I don't know he likes me, but I'm not dumb. He and I talked though and we both agreed that shunning you wasn't a good idea. You've clearly lost weight and locked yourself in your room. We want you back James."

James finally made eye contact with Abby. She seemed like she meant what she was saying. He sighed, but then suddenly shivered.

"James are you okay?" Abby asked him

"Yeah, just kinda cold." James shrugged

"Here," Abby said grabbing her mug and handing it over to him. "drink some of this; it'll make you feel better I swear."

James excepted the mug and shrugged before taking a sip. It tasted good, so he kept drinking. He stopped when he saw Abby smiling at him. "What?"

"I'm just happy we're talking again." She insisted giving him another smile

Okay so I swear I haven't fallen off of the planet. I've been super busy with my play practice lately. That's almost over though, so I can get back to doing what I love which is writing. I'm sorry that this chapter isn't very long or exciting. It leads up to more exciting things though I promise. First of all do you guys buy Abby's apology? And what do you think of Eli and James' conversation? This chapter's title was based off of Selena Gomez's version of Trust in Me. My sister was listening to it when I was trying to think of the name and the way she sings it, it makes me think of Abby. The songs originally from The Jungle Book if you didn't know. A snake sings it, which is pretty much what Abby reminds me of, she is in Slytherin, but maybe she does have a heart deep down. Oh my Valentines day story is way late. I'm still trying to finish it up it's a really long one shot that I'm going to try and put up by the end of this week hopefully. It's called Love Potion so keep an eye out for that. Please SUSCRIBE and REVIEW to let me know what you're thinking! Thanks!