Jaye - Chapter Forty-Two - Costume Party Madness
So the costume party is tonight and I'm deciding what I should go as. I'm sitting on George's bed looking through some pictures I found over the summer that I thought looked really epical. They were mostly Alice in Wonderland pictures because who doesn't love Alice in Wonderland!? Georgie is giving me his opinion but he's not being very honest. It's kind of frustrating. I wish Rye-muffin would still talk to me, then she could help me. I sighed at the thought, frowning. "Sorry." George apologized for the millionth time. I smiled.
"It's okay, Georgie, you're trying your best and that's all that counts." I said kissing his cheek. He pulled me into his lap and wrapped his arms around my waist.
"I think I'm going to go as the Mad Hatter :3"
"Fitting." He said jokingly. I rolled my eyes but grinned at him.
"So what are you going as?"
"Vampire." I laughed. "What?" He all but whined, pouting. I giggled.
"It's just hard to imagine you as a vampire." He kept on pouting. I giggled again and turned around in his lap to where I was facing him and kissed him on the lips. He kissed me back and somehow we were flat out snogging with our hands tangled in each other's hair, our tongues battling for dominance... Well at least until someone *cough, cough* Fred *cough, cough* walked in and cleared his throat loudly and glared at us until we left the room.
"Meany, jerk face..." I pouted.
"It'll all work out... it always does." George said in a sort of far off voice. I bit my lower lip.
"Georgie, there's something I need to talk to you about, but not here." He nodded, looking confused and we went to R.O.R.
"What is it?" He asked concerned.
"Well, I'm thinking about talking to McGonagall and Flitwick and seeing if I can't switch back to my old house."
"Why?" He asked shocked. I sighed.
"Apart from you and Harry, I don't feel wanted..."
"And the Ravenclaws make you feel wanted?" He asked raising an eyebrow. I winced.
"No, it's just... I don't feel comfortable sharing the same room with Riley and Hermione anymore. Hermione always glares at me and Riley always ignores me and I don't know how much of this I can take." I said near tears. George pulled me into a hug and I hugged him back, flat out sobbing.
"It's going to be okay." He repeated over and over again until I stopped crying. "Have you even tried to talk to Riley?" He asked suddenly.
"Yes, but you keep dragging me away every time I do." I said pouting up at him. He looked down at me, giving me a sheepish grin.
"Sorry, love, I'll try not to drag you away from her all the time."
"Also, you should talk to Fred."
"Why?" He asked frowning. I sighed.
"It's obvious you two had a row and it's gone on long enough. I can't stand to watch you two glare at each other all the time. So please talk to him? For me?" He sighed.
"Oh alright, but you do know he's the thickheaded twin, right?" I giggled.
"A little bit, but not as thickheaded as Ron." I said grinning. He laughed.
"True."
"Wanna work on our costumes in here for the remainder of the time we have until the costume party?"
"Sure." He said beaming down at me. I grinned.
"I'll make you into the scariest vampire ever." He grinned back at me.
"That's what I want to go for." So the next two hours, we spent putting our costumes together. It was fun, spending time with Georgie. Mom taught me how to sew, with and without magic, so I started to magically sew my costume. It's PURPLE! _ I LUFF ME SOME PURPLE!
-_- Really, Jaye, really?
No, for fake yo! _
This is going to epical! :D :D :D :D :D :D I JUST KNOW IT!
So when I arrived at the doors of the Great Hall, it seemed like Fred and George had talked (for George and I went to our separate rooms to get ready) and now they were grinning and talking to each other like usual. For some reason, I just felt relieved. Fred was a zombie and George was a vampire, a very convincing one if I do say so myself. Suddenly, Wake the Dead started playing and I gasped. "I LUFF THIS SONG!"
"Yeah, this is not natural
(Yeah, this is not natural)
A bunch of holes
Where the dead used to be underground
Forget supernatural
(Forget supernatural)
'Cause all those resting in peace
Are out and walking the streets
Yeah, with no heartbeat
Across the sky, they can hear you on the other side
A scream that's loud enough to wake the dead
And all alone you bought tickets for the nightmare
As you wake the dead, wake the dead
Oh, this is not possible
(Yeah, this is not possible)
An empty hole in your chest
Where your heart used to beat
Does this mean what I think it means?
(Does it mean what i think it means?)
How could both you and me
Be about as dead as we could be?
Yeah, with no heartbeat
Across the sky they can hear you on the other side
A scream that's loud enough to wake the dead
(Wake the dead)
And all alone you bought tickets for the nightmare
As you wake the dead, wake the dead
Take a walk with me
(Walk with the dead)
'Cause you know that we have to die sometime, yeah
Well, darling, tonight could be
(Darling tonight could be)
Let your voice shred miles of diamond skies
Just to walk as they wake in the darkness, yeah
Well, darling, tonight could be a beautiful night to die
A beautiful night to die, yeah
Wake the dead, fuck it, you're dead
Wake the dead, fuck it, yeah
Wake the dead, wake the dead
Across the sky they can hear you
A scream that's loud enough to wake the dead
And all alone you bought tickets for the nightmare
As you wake the dead, come on, wake the dead
Across the sky they can hear you on the other side
A scream that's loud enough to wake the dead
(Wake the dead)
And all alone you bought tickets for the nightmare
As you wake the dead, wake the dead
Wake the dead
Wake the dead
Wake the dead
Wake the dead"
Everyone stared and I rolled my eyes at them. It seems I wasn't the only one singing it, Rye-muffin was too. We caught each other's eyes for a second and I ran after her. I have to talk to her! I also noticed that she was Alice from Alice in Wonderland :D EPICAL! SHE LOOKS AMAZING! She took off when she noticed that I was running after her and I sped up, glomping her and making her shriek. No one of course was paying attention to us. "Rye-muffin! I'm sorry! _" She sighed.
"I am, too, but I think we need to stop talking to each other."
"Wha-!? Why!? O_O"
"Because we'll just end up fighting again!" I sniffled.
"Fine, but I was just going to tell you that Harry's my brother!" Then I got up and ran off in the opposite direction to a random corner of the hall, away from Rye-muffin. I sniffled and just leaned against the wall and looked down at the floor. Why me? Even Rye-muffin doesn't want to be my friend? Is there something actually wrong with me? Did I do something else to make her angry with me?
"Miss Potter?" I looked up, since it was strange for someone to call me that, and saw McGonagall.
"Hey Professor..." I said softly.
"What on earth are you supposed to be?" I gasped.
"The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland! I must have you see that movie, but anyways..."
"What's wrong?" She asked looking concerned.
"Can I talk to you and Professor Flitwick in private?" She looked really shocked.
"Of course, stay right here." I nodded. I didn't plan on leaving any time soon anyways. Ten minutes later, Flitwick and McGonagall came over to me and ushered me into a side room. "Now what is this about?"
"Can I switch back to my old house?" They looked at me in bewilderment.
Bewilderment? Okay, who's teaching you these words?
Shush!
"But you were being bullied in Ravenclaw." Flitwick squeaked.
"Well,"
"Tell us what made you decide this." McGonagall demanded. I sighed and when I was through with telling them, they looked at me sadly.
"If that is what you want, then we'll talk to the headmaster and see what we can do." Flitwick said looking concerned. I smiled.
"Thank you."
"You're very welcome." McGonagall said smiling back at me. Flitwick smiled too. I've grown to like McGonagall in my time in Gryffindor. She's really awesome. Oliver might not like this though. I frowned at the thought later when I returned to the party.
"Jaye!" I looked up and saw Harry making his way over to me. He was dressed as vampire too. He looked upset.
"What?" I asked looking at him in concern.
"You're going back to Ravenclaw?" I sighed and looked down at the floor sadly.
"Yes."
"Why?" I took his hand and led him out of the Great Hall and out onto the grounds to the lake.
"All my life, I've been picked on and bullied and then when I came to Gryffindor, everything was great, but then, the fight I had with Riley, well it made me realize. I'd rather be bullied than be completely ignored. It's really lonely and I apologized to her and she apologized to me but then she said..." I felt tears prickling my eyes.
"What?" Harry asked looking at me in concern.
"She said that we shouldn't talk to each other for a while and give each other space, but to me, it's like she's saying good bye and she doesn't want to be my friend anymore. Harry, I don't like being alone. I hate it, that's what my true fear is."
"But what about the Boggart?"
"I just thought of that because I didn't want anyone to know..." I said sadly and sitting down where I had sat the night before, talking to Sirius. He sat down next to me and wrapped his arm around me and pulled me into a one armed hug. "It feels like everyone I've ever cared about is just shoving my friendship in my face and saying screw you. Promise me, you won't leave me." I pleaded looking at him. He hugged me and I hugged him back.
"I promise, Jaye, I promise." I smiled weakly.
"Thank you, Harry."
"You look pretty by the way." I chuckled half-hearted.
"Thanks... You're not so bad yourself."
"I'm not as good as George though." I rolled my eyes.
"As if he could've come up with all that himself!" I said scoffing.
"You mean, you did that?" He asked wide eyed. I nodded a bit puzzled. "That's really amazing!" I smiled.
"Thanks Harry." I said kissing his cheek. Then the two of went back to the Great Hall to enjoy the rest of the costume party.
