A/N: Well, I got another chapter out... yupperee do! Please review!
Discliamer: I don't own Arthur or Molly.
Just Friends... Nothing More
By: Jey4eva
Chapter 6: The Protector
Arthur's POV:
I came rushing down the stairs to the common room looking for Robert. Where the bloody hell was the git? He wasn't playing chess. He wasn't flirting with the other girls...
If I were Robert, where would I be? I wondered.
*Probably sucking up to Molly, dont you think?*
Why won't you go away? I thought.
*You ask me a question- I answer.*
What do you mean? Oh THAT? No that wasn't a question... It was just thinking aloud.
*You really are a dumbass, Arthur. You didn't ask aloud, you just thought of it. I can read your mind.*
Stop that, I thought.
*Stop what?*
Reading my mind. And that weird voice that you had when you said 'I can read your mind'.
*Well, sorree.*
Let's just make it easier for the both of us- why don't you go away.
*Sorry, that's under the 'no can do' list.*
Damn... I thought. But I'm not about to waste my time doing this with you. Where would Noreson be?
*Uhhh, I dunno, like right in front of you?*
What?
*Ugh... dumbass.*
I looked up, well well well. Noreson wasn't doing a good job of hiding himself. He was right in front of me, doing homework.
*Why do you say that? What are you going to do?*
None of your business, I thought. I forbid you to read my thoughts from now on.
*That also falls under the 'no can do' list. Remember, I AM you.*
I shook my head.
I walked calmly up to Noreson.
"Hey, Noreson," I said sharply.
He looked up, "Oh, hey Arthur. What's up?"
I glared at him, "I don't like what you're doing to Molly."
Robert frowned, "What? What are you talking about?"
"You know damn right what I'm talking about," I said, my eyes narrowing.
"No, actually I don't," Robert replied. He gave me a small smile, "Could you tell me what you're talking about?"
Now that just made me mad. Here I was, about to tell him off and all he could do was be nice and polite. How could Molly stand this crap? Did she really like this in a guy?
"You know, that I know, that you're going to break Molly's heart the second you find a replacement for her. Who's it going to be now, Noreson? Huh? Elizabeth? WHO?!" I demanded, towering over him.
Robert held his hands up, "Hey, Arthur... Look, just calm down man."
"Calm down? Don't you tell me to calm down! I'M not the one playing Molly for a fool! You really have no idea what this is going to do to her, do you?" I said, shaking my head.
"Look, Arthur, Molly's okay... And you know me- I'm a nice guy- I'll let her go easy," Robert said in a low voice.
"Why you slimy son of a-" I tackled him out of the chair and onto the ground.
I got a few punhces here and there, until someone pulled us apart.
"Arthur what do you think you're doing!" Molly shrieked, holding back Robert. Kevin was holding me back. Robert had a black eye... I seemed to be unhurt, until I felt a slow dribble coming from my nose. "Oh shit," I muttered, wrenching away from Kevin and wiping the blood away with my robes' sleeve.
Molly was talking to Arthur in a hushed voice. I strained my ears to listen. I think I caught 'what did that idiot do to you'?
I shook my head furiously. Here I was, trying to protect her from getting hurt and she's consoling him! She was mad. I turned to go up to the boys' dormitories.
"Arthur," I heard her call me back.
I turned around and got slapped in the face. I wobbled a little off balance, shocked. Molly had slapped me in the face. No wait- was that Molly? No, that couldn't be Molly because her head was all wobbly and whoa! I never knew she had a twin! I shook my head trying to knock some sense into me. It didn't appear to be working. The side of my face was getting numb.
I turned back slowly and walked up the stairs silently.
Molly's POV:
Damn him! Just- ugh! Damn him! The ass hole. The stupid git! What was he thinking? Why had he beaten up Robert? Ugh! I hate him!
I trudged up the steps after him. "Arthur!" I called to him sharply. He didn't respond. "ARTHUR!" I shouted. No answer.
I groaned and ran up to him, "Arthur!"
He turned to me slowly, "Igrotigamodmogrey," he muttered.
"What?!" I asked.
"I'm not in the mood, Molly!" He shouted and turned to his dorm room, slamming the door behind him.
"Arthur!" I said, banging on the door. I opened it and walked in, "Arthur, what did you beat up Robert for?" I demanded. I looked around for him and saw him lying face down on his bed.
"I was trying to protect you," he mumbled into the pillow.
"Protect me from what?" I asked, frowning.
"Ugh!" He groaned and turned away to the side.
"You weren't trying to protect me from Robert were you?" I asked, smiling. "Are you mad? I already told you! Robert isn't going to hurt me!"
"You girls are naive! All of you!" He snapped.
"I wish you'd stop trying to protect me from EVERYTHING!" I exclaimed, sitting down on the bed next to him, staring at his back.
"This is the first," he replied.
"No! Remember 1st year? You told Ogg that it was YOU that had been roaming the grounds after midnight? And 3rd year, you told Wesman that you had been cheating off me-"
"I WAS cheating off you," Arthur replied.
"Exactly," I replied.
Arthur shrugged, sitting up, "Okay, so I HAVE gotten you out of a few things... This means that you owe me."
"No- It means that you should just leave me ALONE! I can take care of myself! I don't understand why you care so much anyway!" I exclaimed.
Arthur looked amazed, "You're right," he said.
"Of course I am," I replied.
Arthur looked down sadly, "I understand it all now," he said softly.
"Understand what?" I asked.
He shook his head, "Nothing. I gotta go, okay?" He got up and patted my head, "Thanks Molly Dolls."
"Where are you going?" I asked.
"I need to go see Victoria," he replied.
"Oh," I replied sadly.
He nodded, "Yeah, well see ya."
He walked out of the dorm.
A/N: Well, this fic is nearing an end. I think just 2 more chapters and it'll be over. Please review!
Discliamer: I don't own Arthur or Molly.
Just Friends... Nothing More
By: Jey4eva
Chapter 6: The Protector
Arthur's POV:
I came rushing down the stairs to the common room looking for Robert. Where the bloody hell was the git? He wasn't playing chess. He wasn't flirting with the other girls...
If I were Robert, where would I be? I wondered.
*Probably sucking up to Molly, dont you think?*
Why won't you go away? I thought.
*You ask me a question- I answer.*
What do you mean? Oh THAT? No that wasn't a question... It was just thinking aloud.
*You really are a dumbass, Arthur. You didn't ask aloud, you just thought of it. I can read your mind.*
Stop that, I thought.
*Stop what?*
Reading my mind. And that weird voice that you had when you said 'I can read your mind'.
*Well, sorree.*
Let's just make it easier for the both of us- why don't you go away.
*Sorry, that's under the 'no can do' list.*
Damn... I thought. But I'm not about to waste my time doing this with you. Where would Noreson be?
*Uhhh, I dunno, like right in front of you?*
What?
*Ugh... dumbass.*
I looked up, well well well. Noreson wasn't doing a good job of hiding himself. He was right in front of me, doing homework.
*Why do you say that? What are you going to do?*
None of your business, I thought. I forbid you to read my thoughts from now on.
*That also falls under the 'no can do' list. Remember, I AM you.*
I shook my head.
I walked calmly up to Noreson.
"Hey, Noreson," I said sharply.
He looked up, "Oh, hey Arthur. What's up?"
I glared at him, "I don't like what you're doing to Molly."
Robert frowned, "What? What are you talking about?"
"You know damn right what I'm talking about," I said, my eyes narrowing.
"No, actually I don't," Robert replied. He gave me a small smile, "Could you tell me what you're talking about?"
Now that just made me mad. Here I was, about to tell him off and all he could do was be nice and polite. How could Molly stand this crap? Did she really like this in a guy?
"You know, that I know, that you're going to break Molly's heart the second you find a replacement for her. Who's it going to be now, Noreson? Huh? Elizabeth? WHO?!" I demanded, towering over him.
Robert held his hands up, "Hey, Arthur... Look, just calm down man."
"Calm down? Don't you tell me to calm down! I'M not the one playing Molly for a fool! You really have no idea what this is going to do to her, do you?" I said, shaking my head.
"Look, Arthur, Molly's okay... And you know me- I'm a nice guy- I'll let her go easy," Robert said in a low voice.
"Why you slimy son of a-" I tackled him out of the chair and onto the ground.
I got a few punhces here and there, until someone pulled us apart.
"Arthur what do you think you're doing!" Molly shrieked, holding back Robert. Kevin was holding me back. Robert had a black eye... I seemed to be unhurt, until I felt a slow dribble coming from my nose. "Oh shit," I muttered, wrenching away from Kevin and wiping the blood away with my robes' sleeve.
Molly was talking to Arthur in a hushed voice. I strained my ears to listen. I think I caught 'what did that idiot do to you'?
I shook my head furiously. Here I was, trying to protect her from getting hurt and she's consoling him! She was mad. I turned to go up to the boys' dormitories.
"Arthur," I heard her call me back.
I turned around and got slapped in the face. I wobbled a little off balance, shocked. Molly had slapped me in the face. No wait- was that Molly? No, that couldn't be Molly because her head was all wobbly and whoa! I never knew she had a twin! I shook my head trying to knock some sense into me. It didn't appear to be working. The side of my face was getting numb.
I turned back slowly and walked up the stairs silently.
Molly's POV:
Damn him! Just- ugh! Damn him! The ass hole. The stupid git! What was he thinking? Why had he beaten up Robert? Ugh! I hate him!
I trudged up the steps after him. "Arthur!" I called to him sharply. He didn't respond. "ARTHUR!" I shouted. No answer.
I groaned and ran up to him, "Arthur!"
He turned to me slowly, "Igrotigamodmogrey," he muttered.
"What?!" I asked.
"I'm not in the mood, Molly!" He shouted and turned to his dorm room, slamming the door behind him.
"Arthur!" I said, banging on the door. I opened it and walked in, "Arthur, what did you beat up Robert for?" I demanded. I looked around for him and saw him lying face down on his bed.
"I was trying to protect you," he mumbled into the pillow.
"Protect me from what?" I asked, frowning.
"Ugh!" He groaned and turned away to the side.
"You weren't trying to protect me from Robert were you?" I asked, smiling. "Are you mad? I already told you! Robert isn't going to hurt me!"
"You girls are naive! All of you!" He snapped.
"I wish you'd stop trying to protect me from EVERYTHING!" I exclaimed, sitting down on the bed next to him, staring at his back.
"This is the first," he replied.
"No! Remember 1st year? You told Ogg that it was YOU that had been roaming the grounds after midnight? And 3rd year, you told Wesman that you had been cheating off me-"
"I WAS cheating off you," Arthur replied.
"Exactly," I replied.
Arthur shrugged, sitting up, "Okay, so I HAVE gotten you out of a few things... This means that you owe me."
"No- It means that you should just leave me ALONE! I can take care of myself! I don't understand why you care so much anyway!" I exclaimed.
Arthur looked amazed, "You're right," he said.
"Of course I am," I replied.
Arthur looked down sadly, "I understand it all now," he said softly.
"Understand what?" I asked.
He shook his head, "Nothing. I gotta go, okay?" He got up and patted my head, "Thanks Molly Dolls."
"Where are you going?" I asked.
"I need to go see Victoria," he replied.
"Oh," I replied sadly.
He nodded, "Yeah, well see ya."
He walked out of the dorm.
A/N: Well, this fic is nearing an end. I think just 2 more chapters and it'll be over. Please review!
