Chapter 9
"What Goes Around Comes Around, and Back Again"
"Pansy! For the LAST time you idiotic bitch! SHUT THE HELL UP!!" The Christmas holidays had ended all too soon. Pansy had returned with some sort of energy boost. This time it had all started outside of Gryffindor tower and Jay-Lee didn't care who saw this one.
"Jay-Lee, go to hell! And give your Pop's a kiss for me. Tell him I enjoyed last night very much. You know, for an old guy, he's a pretty good lay. Almost as good as Draco!"
"You stupid lying bitch! You are dead! I am going to kill your ass! And you wouldn't know how good Draco is dumb-ass! You haven't gotten that lucky!" With this Jay-Lee reached out before Pansy could run. She brought her fist, full force, across Pansy's right cheek. She didn't remember much after that; just swinging at the girl she was straddling and making sure she hit her in the face with every blow. She did remember one other thing clearly though that was screaming at her while she was being pulled off of her.
"What now bitch huh? What now? Next time you'll shut you fuckin' mouth."
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"Now, now Minerva, you know Pansy got everything she deserved. She has been provoking Miss Carter since day one." Dumbledore sat beside Professor McGonagall as they contemplated on the nights surprising events.
"I know." she sighed. "What are we going to do with Heaven-Lee?"
"I am not doing anything. She was provoked. As far as Pansy's parents go though, I'm not sure." Dumbledore didn't looked too worried in this matter. Pansy's parents were pretty much like their daughter, all talk.
"Miss Carter," Dumbledore called to a rather disheveled looking Jay-Lee. "Would you mind having a word with us?"
Jay-Lee sighed and walked into the room rather slowly. "I'm so sorry Professor-I-She- my grandfather- didn't mean to-" Jay-Lee couldn't find the right words.
"Miss Carter, please do calm down. I am well aware of Pansy's rude comment and I dare say I don't blame you in the slightest. There fore, with the promise that you will come to one of us next time, you are free to go."
Jay-Lee looked at them with a stunned expression. "Thank you so much Professor! You have my word. I promise." She gave a smile before running all the way to Gryffindor tower.
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"Wow Jay-Lee! You didn't even get in trouble? You laid her out cold. Do you even remember it?" Fred and George were racing with questions when she came through the door. Jay-Lee looked at them with a tired expression.
"Did I beat her brains in?"
"Pretty much." Fred grinned.
"That's all the information I need. Now I'm off to bed. Shit, did she even get a hit in?"
"Nope. As soon as you drew back one fist the other was on her face." George seemed to be recalling the event. "You fight like a guy. Remind me to stay on your good side!" Jay-Lee laughed sleepily.
As soon as she crawled into her bed her head hit her pillow and she was asleep almost instantly.
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Pansy woke up in her room. Why wasn't she in the hospital wing? She walked over to her mirror. The only thing that had been taken from her face by the school's nurse was the swelling from her eyes so that she could see. She cried at the sight of all the bruises. For once she realized that her social status hadn't saved her. She ran from her room and out into the school, tears half blinding her.
"Whoa, slow down Pansy." She heard Draco's cold voice and realized he was to close to run from. He looked down at her face with the many bruises she had earned.
"What are you doing awake this late?" Pansy questioned him as though he had no right.
"I was about to go for a walk."
"She wouldn't stop hitting me. She just kept on and on! I couldn't even get away. She even kicked me." Pansy began to cry which hurt, in turn causing her to cry even more.
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Jay-Lee woke up and realized it must be around four in the morning. She glanced down and realized she was in her baby blue pajama pants with "princess" written in glittery writing all over them. She was also wearing her white cotton spaghetti strapped shirt that Also had "princess" written on the front in large glittery letters. "I don't remember putting this on. 'Mione must have done it. Shit she has been noticing that I've been sleeping in my clothes lately. Must have finally gotten on her nerves."
Unable to go back to sleep, she decided to go for a walk by the lake to clear her head.
"I want to see that bitches face now. I gave her fair warning so many times. You'd thing the idiot would have got the message the first time." Jay-Lee was deep in thought when she heard voices up ahead.
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"Did you sleep with her?" Pansy's voice was muffled by her tears.
"What makes you think that?" Draco wondered what Jay-Lee had said. He hadn't seen the fight since he had been in the Slytherin common room finishing some Potions homework.
"Well, she said I hadn't gotten that lucky. It was like she was saying that she had."
"No. I haven't touched the girl. Why would I? She probably would be lousy anyway. I wouldn't waist my time on her. Even for a second." Draco's words cut through Jay-Lee's heart like the dullest knife causing the sharpest pain. She would have been willing to go through what Pansy felt a million times rather than the pain she was witnessing in her heart caused by a few empty words. She peeked around the corner just as Draco wiped Pansy's tears gently causing Pansy to lean up and kiss him. "NO! Please NO! I'm in love with you! NO!" Her heart screamed out in agony.
Unable to stand there any longer, she began to run. When she reached her dorm she woke Hermione and began to explain but she couldn't speak. All she could do was cry. Hermione hugged her tightly while rocking back and forth. "Shhhhh, calm down, calm down. Shhhh it's ok shhhh." She was trying her best to comfort her friend who seemed to been in a great deal of pain.
Jay-Lee finally sighed and took a few shaky breaths. " I-I decided to go for a walk, and I heard Pansy ask Draco if he had slept with me-" She cut her own words of as she realized she hadn't told Hermione of her experience with Draco. "Ok, *sniff* a few weeks ago I was alone in a room with Draco. We sort of made love after we found out we were both virgins. Well he already knew I was one *sniff* but anyway. He acted like it meant so much to him. It was everything to me. But just a while ago *sniff* I heard him tell Pansy that he would never be with me because I would probably be lousy." With this she began to cry uncontrollably once again.
"I'm *sob* in *sob* love with him." Hermione leaned back to look at Jay-Lee.
"Honey I told you to never EVER trust a Slytherin. Especially Draco Malfoy." Jay-Lee couldn't take this. She couldn't stand what Hermione had just said. She didn't know Draco like Jay-Lee did.
"I'm out of here." Jay-Lee ran out of Gryffindor tower but didn't stop. She was still running as she neared the lake. It looked icy and lonely. Surprisingly it wasn't cold enough for snow at this time of year. However it was lightly raining. This caused her to shudder but she began to ignore it. Sitting beside the lake she began to cry. It sounded as though someone was murdering her. That's exactly how she felt. Never in her entire life had she let anyone take control of her emotions. She had always been the strong one. Now her she was. Beside a freezing cold lake, her heart feeling just as icy, falling to pieces.
