"Bella are you sure you want to go through with this?" Leah asked, uncertainly.
"Yes," snarled Arabella. "I can't believe you'd even asked that! After just three weeks he goes off and kisses some bimbo just because she was pretty and in the right place at the time. I really loved him," she spat. Leah shielded herself with her arms.
"I was just wondering," she said. "Just wondering," she repeated. Arabella marched up to the cabin Joshua was sharing with Hope. She banged on it until Joshua appeared.
"Hi Bella," he said, lunging forward to kiss her. But Arabella was having nothing of the like. Her hand reached forward and before Joshua knew what had happened Arabella had given him a blow across the chin. She tore a silver chain off from around her slim neck and threw it at him.
"We're over Joshua and don't ever come near me again," she warned. She stormed away, Lily and Leah scampering helplessly after her, leaving Joshua standing at the door, holding his chin and looking after her, looking bewildered.
Sirius almost danced into his cabin later to find Arabella sitting on her bed in the pitch dark.
"What ARE you doing?" he asked, in a surprisingly happy tone.
"Sitting here," Arabella snapped. "It's not a crime is it?" Sirius looked taken aback. "What?" Arabella asked. "Surprised that I'm not lying on the bed weeping because you're so cold to me?" Sirius began to interrupt but Arabella cut him off again. "It's a bit different when the tables are turned isn't it, Mr. Black?" She stomped her way into the kitchen, flung open a cupboard, took out several packets and boxes and slammed them onto the counter. She made a meal in this manner and sat don angrily on a stool at the breakfast bar to eat it.
"What's wrong with you?" Sirius asked, materializing in the kitchen.
"What's wrong with me?" Arabella repeated, absently, munching a mouthful of her dinner. "Nothing except for the fact that I've discovered what bits of crap the weaker sex can be." She shrugged, angrily, and went back to eating. Sirius just gawped at her.
"Why don't you go talk to her?" Melanie suggested, standing outside their cabin, holding a forbidden cigarette and watching Leah who was talking to Lily, James and Hope. Actually there seemed to be some sort of an argument going on.
"It's not that easy," Remus replied. "And anyway maybe I don't want to talk to her." Melanie shrugged as she took a puff and nodded.
"Maybe you don't," she agreed.
Leah was in the perfect position to see Remus and Melanie but not make it obvious she was watching them. Around her James and Lily were arguing about how James should keep his girlfriends out of HER cabin and annoying Hope's partner instead of her. Hope was standing next to James, arms folded, a firm expression on her face. Leah was joining in every so often. Melanie and Remus appeared to be deep in conversation and not even looking at their small group. He doesn't miss me at all Leah realized sadly. She, herself, had been in agony over their break-up and had cried into her pillow three nights in a row. She caught Remus' eye and thought she had seen a tiny glint of sadness in his eyes. Maybe he does miss me Leah thought wildly but the next minute Melanie's lips were on his and he was responding before Leah even had time to gasp. She fled from the group, tears streaming down her cheeks. Lily spun around and caught sight of Remus.
"For God's sake," Lily said, exasperatedly. "Not another one. What do they do here? Put love potion in the food?"
"Yes," snarled Arabella. "I can't believe you'd even asked that! After just three weeks he goes off and kisses some bimbo just because she was pretty and in the right place at the time. I really loved him," she spat. Leah shielded herself with her arms.
"I was just wondering," she said. "Just wondering," she repeated. Arabella marched up to the cabin Joshua was sharing with Hope. She banged on it until Joshua appeared.
"Hi Bella," he said, lunging forward to kiss her. But Arabella was having nothing of the like. Her hand reached forward and before Joshua knew what had happened Arabella had given him a blow across the chin. She tore a silver chain off from around her slim neck and threw it at him.
"We're over Joshua and don't ever come near me again," she warned. She stormed away, Lily and Leah scampering helplessly after her, leaving Joshua standing at the door, holding his chin and looking after her, looking bewildered.
Sirius almost danced into his cabin later to find Arabella sitting on her bed in the pitch dark.
"What ARE you doing?" he asked, in a surprisingly happy tone.
"Sitting here," Arabella snapped. "It's not a crime is it?" Sirius looked taken aback. "What?" Arabella asked. "Surprised that I'm not lying on the bed weeping because you're so cold to me?" Sirius began to interrupt but Arabella cut him off again. "It's a bit different when the tables are turned isn't it, Mr. Black?" She stomped her way into the kitchen, flung open a cupboard, took out several packets and boxes and slammed them onto the counter. She made a meal in this manner and sat don angrily on a stool at the breakfast bar to eat it.
"What's wrong with you?" Sirius asked, materializing in the kitchen.
"What's wrong with me?" Arabella repeated, absently, munching a mouthful of her dinner. "Nothing except for the fact that I've discovered what bits of crap the weaker sex can be." She shrugged, angrily, and went back to eating. Sirius just gawped at her.
"Why don't you go talk to her?" Melanie suggested, standing outside their cabin, holding a forbidden cigarette and watching Leah who was talking to Lily, James and Hope. Actually there seemed to be some sort of an argument going on.
"It's not that easy," Remus replied. "And anyway maybe I don't want to talk to her." Melanie shrugged as she took a puff and nodded.
"Maybe you don't," she agreed.
Leah was in the perfect position to see Remus and Melanie but not make it obvious she was watching them. Around her James and Lily were arguing about how James should keep his girlfriends out of HER cabin and annoying Hope's partner instead of her. Hope was standing next to James, arms folded, a firm expression on her face. Leah was joining in every so often. Melanie and Remus appeared to be deep in conversation and not even looking at their small group. He doesn't miss me at all Leah realized sadly. She, herself, had been in agony over their break-up and had cried into her pillow three nights in a row. She caught Remus' eye and thought she had seen a tiny glint of sadness in his eyes. Maybe he does miss me Leah thought wildly but the next minute Melanie's lips were on his and he was responding before Leah even had time to gasp. She fled from the group, tears streaming down her cheeks. Lily spun around and caught sight of Remus.
"For God's sake," Lily said, exasperatedly. "Not another one. What do they do here? Put love potion in the food?"