Three days in a row, how lucky are you guys? Someone mentioned that they didn't like the cursing in the last chapter and I'm sorry if I offended anybody but I did rate this story teen. J.K. Rowling is writing for children while I'm aiming at an older age group basically. I hardly ever curse in this story too so by making Albus curse I wanted to show the seriousness of the situation. Disclaimer: I don't own HP, just this story.
I was walking with Wade outside in early April. Lucky for me, Sabina wasn't mad that I ditched her because she was still sleeping. She tended to be a late riser. But she is reasonable so she wouldn't mind me leaving her for Wade. I mean I did fancy the boy. Sabina had a tender spot for me in her heart and always understood stuff like that.
"So we've been flirting for a long time now…" Wade's voice drifted off. Yes, he was finally going to do it!
"And your point is?" I wanted him to say it. I just wanted him to admit he liked me and ask me out. We'd been dancing around this thing for months now and it was getting bloody annoying. 'Just say you like me!' My thoughts were screaming.
"I think you know what my point is but I'll say it anyway." He paused. "Will you be my girlfriend?"
Trying to play it cool I shrugged. "I don't know, it did take you an awfully long time…" He glared at me. "Oh of course you know I'll date you, I've liked you for ages Wade." The boy smiled at me and grabbed my hand. We walked like that for a while, hand in hand. It felt nice. Nicer than it ever felt holding Sergio's hand. Iria Ursula was spreading rumors that I still liked him. That was a load of crap, how could I ever like a guy that was so freakishly close to his father? And not to mention he was a total man whore.
"You have cold hands," he informed me.
"Thanks…I guess," I responded. It was sort of awkward walking with him silently. I just didn't know what to say and neither did he.
"Ugh, I have a Potions essay due soon. Professor Kim is so hard."
Nodding my head, I tried to get into conversation but I just couldn't. Something didn't feel right between but what was it?
"That essay is due later this week for me," I replied lamely. Why couldn't I talk to him all of a sudden? I could talk to him hours before but now something was different.
"You're so lucky."
My feet scoffed the green grass below me. It was wet with mildew and my socks were getting damp. But the land did appear beautiful, who would have thought that something that appeared so beautiful could be so…inconvenient and annoying; kind of like Wade. He kept blabbering on about school and it irritated me. Was he always like that and I just never noticed?
Seriously, I had a problem. Why couldn't I like a guy and continue liking him even after he asked me out? Do I not notice flaws until it's too late? Or do I just pick out flaws to avoid making any sort of commitment? My parents must have really messed up raising me because no one else seemed to have this problem. What was wrong with me?
"Are you even listening to me Selena?" Wade demanded. I looked up at him, nodded my head and smiled.
"I just don't have a good response for your brilliance." He smiled back at me once I complimented him. That's how you got to Wade's heart, you compliment his genius. He wasn't really cocky but I figured that's how you got to any Ravenclaw's love.
Slowly we walked back to Hogwarts, still holding hands. I wished he would have let go of mine though. It seemed too clingy.
We entered the Great Hall and Wade decided he had to go to the library because he had tons of studying. He asked me if I wanted to join him. I declined, saying I promised I would hang out with Sabina today, which was true. I could have blown if off easily but I didn't tell him that. Wade kissed my cheek then ran off to the library. I walked down to the dungeons and entered the Slytherin common room. It was always very dark in there.
I walked into my dormitory and Sabina was just waking up. "Hey Selena, where were you?" she asked.
Then I sat down on the end of her bed. "I went for a walk with Wade. He asked me out." Sabina smiled at me in congratulations. "I'm starting to dislike him already. Hell, even quicker than I started disliking Sergio."
"And you think I have emotional problems," Sabina muttered under her breath. "I can't say I'm surprised."
"Neither am I," I responded honestly. "What the hell happened to me to make me start not liking my boyfriend the minute he asks me out?" Sabina got up from lying down and sat down next to me at the end of the bed.
"Maybe it's your subconscious telling you he's not the right guy for you," Sabina suggested plainly.
I shrugged. "Maybe, but I'm going to be miserable until I do find the right guy. And what if I never do? I mean, I can always find a willing guy but will I ever find the RIGHT guy? I can always find Mr. Right Now but what if I never find Mr. Right?" Worry swept through my body. "Dear Merlin, I'll marry a man I don't even like. I'll become my mother!"
Sabina laughed and shook her head. "You won't end up like your mother, stop talking like that. And you're way too young to worry about finding 'Mr. Right'."
"No, I'm totally serious. What if she never found Mr. Right and then she settled for my father? Maybe that's what she's such a miserable old hag! That would explain so much…" If I became my mother I would kill myself. I mean, I'd rather be her than my father but by preference I did not want to become either of them.
Darlene Sanguini and Fantasia Imelda entered the dormitory. Darlene was in my year and actually slept here while Fantasia was a year older than me and didn't. I liked Darlene enough but Fantasia was a know it all and really inconsiderate. I guess she was decent but definitely not enjoyable to be around.
"Did you girls hear what happened?" Fantasia said to us as she sat down on my bed without asking me.
"No, can't say that I have," Sabina replied with annoyance in her voice. She wasn't fond of Fantasia either. Hell, I think Darlene was the only person alive who could even some what sort of stand Fantasia. Good for her.
"Lacey Lawson just started dating Lorenzo Abate. He has the biggest ears I've ever seen. He's not cute at all. I don't know why she's going out with him," Fantasia complained. It was funny because she had fancied Lorenzo earlier this year. Guess she just happened to forget why she fancied him. Not, she was just a jealous jerk.
"That's fantastic," Sabina responded with sarcasm dripping in her voice. She could care less who Lacey Lawson was dating and what Fantasia thought Lorenzo looked like.
"I know, their relationship is so random too," Fantasia continued to talk. "Oh, and did you hear that Iria Ursula and James Potter broke up?" Now that sort of interested me considering they were one of Hogwarts most talked about couples. "Apparently she likes another guy. They broke up this morning." She liked another guy? We were friends and she didn't even tell me she was going to break up with James. This was getting fishy.
"Are you serious?" I couldn't contain the question to myself. "She didn't tell me she was going to break up with him…" Fantasia smirked. She didn't like the fact that I was friends with the beautiful Hufflepuff. Darlene looked at me with sympathy. At least she understood that it hurt my feelings that my friend didn't tell me what was going on in her life.
Hours later Sabina and I were eating lunch in the Great Hall. I looked over at James Potter and he looked flat out depressed. Poor sap, he wasn't a half bad guy. He didn't deserve to get dumped so Iria could date some random bloke.
Scorpius joined us about ten minutes into lunch with a huge smile on his face. "Hello girls."
"Okay, what happened to you?" Sabina asked him bluntly. "I haven't seen you smile like that in ages." Then something clicked in her brain. "It's about a girl, isn't it?" Scorpius continued to smile. "Who is it?!"
Our guy friend sat down and put his finger to his mouth. "Keep this quiet, okay?" We nodded our heads.
"Everyone is hooking up with someone today," Sabina declared. "Lacey and Lorenzo, Selena and Wade, now you and some girl…" She shook her head. "Merlin, I'll be alone forever at this rate. Oh well, who is it then?"
"You're dating Wade?" Scorpius questioned as he looked at me. I nodded my head and he smiled. "Congratulations, it took you two long enough. Anyway, yesterday I was in the library doing that bloody Potions essay. Then Iria Ursula approaches me and offers to help. Well I've sort of fancied her for a while now so I agreed. We were kind of doing the essay but mostly talking. Then she randomly starts to snog me!" We gasped, Scorpius was Iria's new guy! "So today she broke up with James and now we're dating."
"Scorpius…this is bad," I said softly. "You're just giving the Gryffindors a new reason to hate Slytherins. To be more specific, us three."
Sabina nodded her head in agreement. "I thought we were trying to ignore the hatred between the houses? You just stole one of the most beloved Gryffindor's girlfriend. We can't ignore the hatred anymore. Some of them will confront us."
"But…" Scorpius looked confused. He knew we made a point that they'd all hate him now and he didn't want that. Then he realized something else. "Shit, Freddie's going to hate me. And Albus and I are actually on good terms, but not anymore. That's his bloody brother. Then there's…" His eyes opened wide in fear. "Rose is going to bloody kill me!"
I sighed. "Rose is pretty close to James too, she'll be pissed that you took his girlfriend." Scorpius mimicked my sigh.
"It's just, I can't take another fight with Rose. I've gotten enough detentions this year for it. Once she finds out it was me she's going to perform a much forbidden curse on me." He closed his eyes and leaned his head back. "This just sucks. Well, at least I'll have a hot girlfriend for a day… That's worth something, right?"
"You are stupid," Sabina told him frankly. "All the Gryffindors will hate you with a passion, Scorpius."
"Bloody hell," he mumbled. "I didn't think about what THEY'D do to me. I just thought about how awesome it would be to date Iria. She's great, she really is. You would know Selena, isn't she great?" I shrugged.
"She's cool but is it worth having an entire house completely hate you, especially your friend Freddie?"
"Well I already did the damage. There's no going back now. I just have to deal with it. But I don't want to lose Freddie, maybe he'll understand?" I shook my head. Even though I never liked Freddie, I had to respect his loyalty to his friends and family. "You're right, he likes his cousin way more than he likes me. Hell, most people like James more than me."
"This has to be one of the most stupid and impulsive decisions you have ever made," Sabina responded.
"Shut up Sabina, I know!" Scorpius snapped. We weren't like the average Slytherins. We didn't like the house rivalry we had with the Gryffindors. We just wanted to exist in peace with them.
"Maybe if you break up with her now before anybody finds out it was you," I suggested, "nobody will hate you! How does that sound?" Scorpius looked skeptical. Merlin, he actually liked Iria, I could tell by the look on his face. He didn't want to break up with her. "All right, bad idea, you obviously want to stay with her. Now I officially agree with Sabina, you're absolutely and completely stupid."
"I know but I'm a fool who wants to keep his super hot girlfriend."
My eyes darted towards the Gryffindor table. I saw Albus with his arm around his girlfriend, laughing at something she had just said. Rose was taking a bite of a sandwich and rolling her eyes at Freddie. Freddie looked like he was singing and I could definitely tell that he was doing jazz hands. Yeah…jazz hands. Sam was trying to comfort James into feeling better. He kept patting him on the back and smiling at him. All of them would officially hate us once they found out that Scorpius was the cause of James' grief and misery. If you hated either Scorpius, Sabina, or me, then you had to hate all of us. That's how close we were.
"If you want to deal with it, then we will too," I declared.
Scorpius' eyes brightened. "Really?" I nodded my head and he looked towards Sabina. She shrugged in agreement and he smiled. "You guys are the best."
"Hey, maybe Freddie will start hating me and leave me alone!"
"Always looking on the bright side Selena," Scorpius said sarcastically. "I doubt that. He loves you forever no matter what I do. I think you'd have to literally kill someone for Freddie to find bad in you. Why does he love you so much? I have no idea but he does." I sighed. Well there goes the only positive thing about this situation.
"You know what's funny about Freddie?" Scorpius shrugged and Sabina raised an eyebrow at me. "He's actually smarter than everyone thinks he is. And he cares about academics, I can tell. But if you just look at him, he looks like a total moron." We all looked over at Freddie and he was still doing jazz hands. "See what I mean?"
