Quello è amore.
That's Love
"Remus!" Gemini laughed as she struggled to get out of her boyfriend arms, "Put me down!"
"Not until you tell me where you put my dungbombs!" He laughed as he carried Gemini over his shoulder though the crowded entrance hall.
"This isn't fair!" Gemini whined, giving up all hopes of getting out. "What are you going to do with me, carry me in to the great hall and hold me up during the sorting?"
"Yup." He replied seriously.
Gemini groaned and looked out to see Sirius's making faces at her the entire time.
"Will you stop it! It's your fault I'm up here anyway." Gemini snapped sticking her tongue out at him.
"And why is that Ms. Telekinesis? Why don't you just fly out of here?" Sirius smirked, taunting her.
"You where the one who told him I took the dungbombs and I'm so unfocused right now they won't work right and I'll probably end up blowing something up." Gemini huffed.
"Will you stop complaining back there. You're on your way for a smacked bottom." Remus laughed as he repositioned Gemini so that she was being cradled in his strong arms. "Now tell me where the dungbombs are."
"No." Gemini said with a smile on her lips and a mischievous gleam in her eyes.
"Ok then." Remus shrugged, stopping in the middle of the hallway and resting Gemini on one of his now risen knees. With one hand he reached down the front of her robes and pulled out a dungbomb. Dea my darling little girlfriend, you are so predicable."
Gemini just stuck her tongue out and jumped out off his arms, waved, then bolted.
She smirked to her self as she dodged in and out of the crowd. She was only as tall as some of the fourth years so she easily blended in with the crowd. Remus, who was taller, had a harder time trying to get to her, running in to people, knocking over a few unsuspecting second years in the process. Gemini laughed out load as she pushed her way through people, ignoring the disapproving looks she was getting from all of the 'snooty' girls. Gemini couldn't stand them. She knew she wasn't as popular as Lily was, or even the least bit popular at that, but they didn't have to rub it in. She shrugged it off as finally made her way through doors and sprinted to the Gryffindor table and sat down in her usual spot, grinning like a maniac. She waited patiently for her boyfriend to come running up in to the hall; she looked at her pocket watch.
"Three… two… one." She whispered, then looked up to the door and sure enough in ran Remus. "Ey! Remus looking for something?" she yelled waving one of the dungbombs she just pulled out of one of her knee-highs.
Remus laughed and ran toward the Gryffindor table as the rest of the students filed in to the hall.
"Are you wanting this?" Gemini teased waving it in his face as he drew near.
Remus just looked at her, grinned than as quick as lightning his hand shot out and grabbed the dungbomb, leaving Gemini breathless.
"Don't try to out wit the man with animal reflexes darling." He smirked, sliding in to the seat next to Gemini; "You'll never win."
"James POTTER!" Gemini heard Lily scream as James pushed his way in to the Great hall, flustered. "GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!"
That's when Lily and Bella entered the hall, Bella in a fit of giggles and Lily pulling her skirt back up.
Gemini smiled as she watched Lily chase James around and Bella stood off to the side with Sirius, each cheering on the friends, respectively. She thought of their friendship and how nothing could pull them apart anymore. Not after what happened. But although they were all best friends they held different social standards. Bella was as her name stated, beautiful. She had boys throwing them selves at her feet practically, but since she was still afraid of any type of relation ship, she tried to let them off easy. Popularity came easy to her, as did Lily. Both were beautiful, gorgeous, and had charming personalities. Gemini was a different story, what people would call a 'society rebel'. She knew people where afraid of her; they had every reason to be. She was practically a ticking time bomb of fury, with a bad temper, an amazing right hook, unbelievable powers and an heiress to her name. Each day her awkwardness would diminish a little bit, and her true beauty would shine a little more. She didn't care what anybody said about her because she didn't need anybody. Now that she thought about it, she really didn't have friends in other houses. It was just Lily, Bella, Sirius, James, Remus, and Peter. That as all she needed.
"Gemini? Are you ok?" Bella asked her, snapping her out of her deep thoughts that had blocked her from reality.
"Huh?" Gemini murmured, realizing that the sorting had just finished, "Uh, yeah, I'm fine."
"Good, because you looked a bit…" Bella started, trying to find the right word.
"Out of it." Remus answered for her, looking at his girlfriends with concern, "What wrong. Something is bothering you."
"No, nothing." Gemini said, plastering on a wide grin. "I was just thinking of how you are going to find all of those other dungbombs." She teased running a finger down Remus's face.
"Oh I'll figure something out." Remus drawled before winking, then turning away when Sirius transfigured Peter in to a toad.
-
"Professor Trelawney!" Gemini whined as she looked at her new seating arrangements their first day back to divination. "I refuse to sit with him."
Trelawney just smiled smugly and answered, "My dear child, did you honestly think I would stick you with one of your little friends this year? You are mistaken Miss Cielo."
Gemini sighed and put her head in her hand. Trelawney had split her, Sirius, James and Peter up and placed them in different corners of the room with a different person. This year the schedule had been changed and they now shared yet another class with Slytherin. Gemini's dark eyes glanced over at the smug blonde sitting across from her, his gray eyes fixed upon her. Trelawney started the lesson and Gemini zoned out, as always. She looked down at her nails, then to the stain in the corner of the table cloth, then to the bee that flew in though the open window, then to the girl that was freaking out over the bee that just flew in to her hair, then over to Sirius who was leaning over trying to communicate with James, who had a dungbomb in his hand, then to peter who was cringing under the glare of Narcissa, and then back to the icy gaze of her partner.
"Hello, Hello Cielo." Malfoy murmured lightly, twirling his quill in his delicate fingers.
"Ciao Malfoy. I would just like to let you know right now that I need high marks in this class because I barely passed last year, alright?" Gemini pleaded softly, leaning over so that he could hear her better. "And I know that we hate each other but you also know that you need high marks as well."
"You know you have very nice cleavage I'm surprised you're still a virgin." Malfoy commented softly to himself so only the two of them could hear.
Gemini's eye's darkened as she sat back and buttoned the top of her business shirt, which she left undone for it was hot.
"Pervert." Gemini hissed as Trelawney walked past them.
"Miss Cielo would you like to share something with the rest of the class?" Trelawney ask, quite annoyed.
"No Professor." Gemini said dramatically, imitating her professor.
Trelawney's eyes narrowed as she asked, "Miss Cielo, would you mind telling the class what we are to be doing today?"
Gemini gulped and looked over to Malfoy who just smirked and shrugged. "Uh…" she glanced around the room for any sign of help. Sirius saw this and quietly stood up and ran to where she would see him, pointing furiously to his forehead. Gemini face lit up and she cleared her throat and answered, "Destiny, Professor Trelawney, we are working on destiny and fate this year."
There was a slight fall in Trelawney's face as Gemini said this but she quickly added, "Very good Cielo, now I recommend that you pay more attention in my class."
"Of course." Gemini added in lightly as Trelawney turned around and Gemini fake smile fell.
"Gaze in to the crystal ball my dears!" Trelawney exclaimed turning around in her spot, "look! Find your true path! Your destiny!"
Gemini rolled her eyes and saw that everybody already 'gazing' in to the ball.
"You first." Gemini said to Malfoy and she put her hands behind her, letting them prop herself up.
"Miss Cielo," Gemini rolled her eyes at the sound of her voice, "Why are you not gazing?"
"More like staring blankly in to a malfunctioning ball of fog." Gemini remarked dryly, her arms crossed in front of her; "I already know my destiny." Her hand shot up to her mouth, just realizing what she had said, and regretting them even more.
"And how would you know this? You hear that class! Miss Cielo is making progress. Tell me what you saw my child. What did the fates tell you."
Gemini closed her eyes in confusion, decided what to say. 'Hell, they're going to have to find out sooner or later.' Gemini looked up at Professor Trelawney and motioned for her to come close. Trelawney kneeled down, eyes wide as Gemini leaned in a whispered in to her ear, "in Italy it was prophesized that a girl would be born with unimaginable powers and that that she would be as powerful as the gods themselves." She paused as Trelawney looked at her with wide eyes; "It's me." She whispered, her voice barley audible.
Trelawney drew away, a mysterious look in her eyes as if she was trying to find any sign of lie in Gemini orbs of umber. She could find none, slowly she smiled and placed and jeweled hand on her small shoulder.
"Maybe there is still hope for you, Miss Cielo." She said warmly as she rose from her crouched position and continued to observe the other students.
"What was that all about?" Malfoy scoffed, "she looked surprised. Tell her another one of her stories?"
Gemini turned towards Malfoy, her dark eyes glittering in the haze of the room, she put on a gin and replied, "No Malfoy dear, I told her my future."
-
Gemini groggily woke up one crisp October morning, smiling like a mad woman. Today was their first quidditch match, it was against Slytherin and Gemini had hopes of breaking Malfoy nose with a Bludger. Gemini yawned and stretched her arms over her head and yawned again, she was never a morning person, preferring the light of the moon to the light of the sun. She sat up but cried out in pain and then slumped back down on the bed. Her eyes wide in shock, her hands moved down to the source of her pain, her lower abdomen. After mutter and few well chosen vulgar words she tried to roll over and when she did she cried out once more. Not for the pain but for the blood. Gemini looked over behind her and saw that her bed sheets were stained a rusty red. She knew what was happening.
"LILY!" Gemini yelled frantically throwing her pillow at her friend's bed, "LILY wake up!"
"Wha" Lily asked, sitting strait up her red hair a mess, "What's wrong? "
"Lily! I'm dying!" Gemini cried out and she looked frantically behind her and back to her friend again. "I'm dying! I'm dying! I'm dying! I'm dying! I'm dying!"
Lily sprang lightly from her bed and rushed over to Gemini, then gave a soft laugh. "Gemini dear, you're not dying. You've just become a woman."
Gemini looked up at her in disbelief, "Shit."
So it was on that crisp October morning that Gemini Cielo got her first period.
-
"You're kidding me right?" Sirius laughed in disbelief as Gemini sat in Remus's lap, sulking. "I mean, can you still play today."
Gemini just glared at him and snapped, "Like bloody hell I can play, I swear if one person-"
"Hey guys, ready for the game today?" James asked as he sat down in the chair.
"UGH!" Gemini shrieked and threw a pillow and James. "I hate this!"
"She's PMSing." Sirius said sympathetically to James, who sat in awe at Gemini's mood. "First time ever."
"Good!" James said enthusiastically, "The more pissed off she is the more of a chance she'll have at hitting those Slytherin's of their brooms."
"James." Gemini hissed, looking up from her spot on Remus's lap, her black eyes burning, "you can bet your ass I'm going to kill them. Each and every last one of them." she threatened before she curled up against Remus, and hand lying on her abdomen.
"Come on." Remus laughed helping Gemini to her feet, "Let's go to breakfast. That'll cheek you up."
"Yeah right." Gemini mumbled walking out of the portrait hole, "I feel like I'm wearing a damn diaper."
"Gemini how about this?" Lily asked as she slung her arm over her best friends shoulder, "If this doesn't cheer you up we can come back to the common room, eat ice cream and listen to depressing music on the Wizard wireless."
"Chocolate ice cream?" Gemini asked, a smiled playing on her lips.
"You can have all of the chocolate ice cream you want." James added in, "If we win today."
"You're on." Gemini challenged a grin on her face that could even beat Sirius's, "I'll do anything for chocolate ice cream."
-
"And here is the Gryffindor Team!" the newly promoted announcer, Lily exclaimed as blurs of red flashed across the field.
Gemini forced her self to think of anything but her little friend as she made a quick turn as she and Sirius flew next to each other past the Gryffindor section which was erupting in cheers.
The made another synchronized lap around the pitch as Lily said nonchalantly, "And then of course there's Slytherin." She said in a normal tone but added in "who are equally as good, I'm sure." After she received a cold look from McGonagal. "And Madame hooch is stepping out on to the pitch… and there's the whistle and now they're off!"
That was that last Gemini paid attention to Lily as her competitive mode came in to play. Bat in hand, her guided her broom towards the nearest Bludger and slammed it towards Severus Snape, Slytherin's newest chaser. She cursed softly as Severus ducked and continued with the quaffle underneath his arm. She frantically searched the air and grinned as she saw Sirius chasing after one nasty Bludger that was giving him trouble. Gemini raced towards and his yelled in to his ear, 'We'll do it together, Aim for Malfoy!" Sirius nodded in response and the both swung at the same time and sent the disgruntled Bludger soaring towards Malfoy, who had no clue what was going to as he looked for the golden snitch. A 'oh' from the crowd told them that Malfoy had been hit but and eruption to cheers from the Slytherin team showed that Slytherin had just scored. James came flying up at that point and yelled over the wind, 'I don't care how you do it! Just watch Malfoy with your life, he is up to something!"
James then dove down as a Bludger came soaring in between the beater's heads.
"Well, I'll be seeing you." Sirius yelled as he chased after a rouge Bludger his maniacal laughing filling the skies and lifting Gemini's spirits.
She grinned widely as she the exhilaration of the chase took over and she streamlined her body and sped towards the nearest Bludger and hit it with all of her might, she whipped around about to get another on. A Bludger hit by the 7th year Slytherin beater slammed in to her stomach, sending her back and crashing in to one of the stone pillars. The Bludger soared away as the Slytherin's roared with laughter and the Gryffindors gasped. Gemini hit the ground with a thud and looked up just in time to see Sirius be slammed between the two beaters and he to fell to the ground. Luckily he was lower than she was and he fell lightly to the ground, still clutching his broom. Gemini held a hand to her bruised ribs and grabbed the bat and broom that floated at her side. It hurt to breathe let alone climb back on to the broom, but Gemini refused to cry, despite all of the pain. Biting down on her lip until she bled she used her tk to carry her on to her broom and to kick off of the ground. As she rapidly rose to the level of the game her anger rose as well, her eyes now two burning coals surrounded by dark brown hair that flew around her. She gripped the broom with one hand and her bat with another and set off, ignoring the searing, burning pain that was growing in her chest. Her anger blinded her and all she saw were the Bludgers, and the green blurs as she hit each with a mighty force that one could only muster with adrenaline ran full. The game from that point on was barbaric, each person taking cheap shots, kicking below the belt and knocking them down when they were all ready fallen. The wind was fierce and it stung Gemini's eyes and chilled her to the bone, but she fought on with no prevail. Madame hooch was blowing her whistle about even 10 seconds as a new penalty was called. The score was a close 110 to 100 Gryffindor down by ten. The game was going in to its third hour when it happened. Malfoy and James dove. The entire stadium fell silent as the two seekers dove, faster and faster, the ground growing rapidly faster. The were just inches from the ground when Malfoy dove off of his broom and crashed in to the ground and James pulled up with a disappointed look on his face. Malfoy caught the snitch. Slytherin beats Gryffindor and Gemini could barley hear the cheers of the winning house though the deafness of defeat.
-
Gemini sat in the hospital wing in silence. She had on only her quidditch uniforms pants a sport bra and a wrap around her ribs. Madame Pompfrey was surprised none of the rib broke, they were only badly bruised and it took Gemini out of quidditch for the next two weeks. Even with magic they would still be sore and she would have to rest. She sat alone, a large mug of double expresso in her hand, relying on the caffeine to keep her awake.
"Hey." Sirius said, shaking Gemini out of her blissful silence.
Gemini looked over to see two emotional boys, both of which who looked like they jus got out of the shower. "Hey.
"How you doing G?" Sirius asked, pulling two chairs over and sitting down next to her.
"Well, it's hurts to breathe, I'm drinking pure caffeine and I can't play for two weeks and this is NOT a good expresso. How are you doing?"
"Me? Fine, but James here tried to drown himself in the showers."
"It didn't work." James mumbled from his hands.
"It's ok James. You would have killed yourself if you followed through with that dive." Gemini said reassuringly, "But I think Malfoy deserves to be taken care of along with the rest to the Slytherin team." Gemini said, smirking in the dim light, putting a hand to her tender ribs.
Sirius face lit up and James took his head out of his hands. "What do you have in mind?" James asked curiously.
"Well." She grinned, "If the Slytherins want to play dirty, dirty we shall play."
-
A week later, the day before Halloween was the match of Slytherin against Ravenclaw. Gemini sat in Remus's lap in the stand, who refused to let her do anything in the 'crucial state' which she was in. Gemini sighed and pulled her cloak closer around her and rested her head on Remus's chest. She smiled and his arms instinctively found their way around her small frame and she was enveloped in his strong body. She smiled softly as she nuzzled her face closer to him in haling the sent that was purely Remus.
"Here they come." Remus murmured as Gemini sat straight and looked over to where Sirius and James sat their wand drawn and looks of pure determination set on their faces.
"And here is the Slytherin team!" Lily announced over the crowd.
"Now." Gemini said slowly as the James and Sirius began their daring plan.
Each played flew out clad in the quidditch uniforms. Only now they were no longer in robes of green and silver but in red and gold. James and Sirius were laughing so hard their Color Changing spells where so forgotten as the fell to the ground in hysterics. The whole stadium cried out in gales of laughter as the once proud team fled back to the locker room, frantically trying to pull off the red and gold uniforms of their archenemies.
"James POTTER AND Sirius BLACK" McGonagal voice was heard from the speakers.
"Uh oh." The two mischief-makers said quickly as the disappeared through the crowd, grabbing poor little peter along with them.
-
"You know the guys are lucky McGonagal is letting them go tonight." Lily commented as she pulled on Gemini combat boots.
"Yeah, you know I thought she was going to kill the three of them." Bella laughed, brushing out her hair.
"I can not believe that Remus talked me in to this." Gemini I sulked on her bed, her arms crossed over her chest, a disgusted look on her face.
"Oh why not? I think you look cute!" Lily laughed as she got up and twirled around, "How do I look?"
Lily was wearing Gemini combat boots, a pair of gold stockings, a black mini skirt, and red tank top and bangle bracelets on her wrists.
"Lily, what in the hell are you supposed to be?" Gemini laughed, breaking out of her 'depressed mood'
"I don't know." Lily giggled sitting back down, "but I can guarantee you that nobody will be the same as me."
"Obviously." Moana snapped as she and her sister stalked out the door, both dressed as cats.
"Bitch!" Bella called out to her, making the three girls explode with laughter. "So, what do you think of me?"
Bella stood up twirled on her nimble feet. She was wearing a dark blue dress that matched her eyes perfectly. It was long sleeved and tight until in came to the waist where it loosened and fell at her feet.
"Bella you look beautiful." Gemini said honestly, smiling at her friend, happy to see her happy. The time spent at her aunt's ranch in the states has paid off, for she was no longer pale or sickly thin.
"And you Dea, look absolutely innocent, if I do say so myself." Remus commented, as he leaned in the doorframe, a wide grin on his face.
He strolled in dressed in all red, from his red slacks and button down shirt to the red cape that he wore loosely around his shoulders. In his hand was a pitch from which he was spinning gracefully around his fingers until he got to Gemini's spot, where she stood with a glare in her eyes and a hand on her hip.
"How come you get to be the devil?" she asked, not removing her glare, "You are more innocent than I am!"
"Yes, well, I get more detentions than you do." Remus laughed looking at Gemini.
She stood there looking very unangel like indeed. Lily had used a color changing charm on one of Gemini's school robes and turned it a radiant white. Underneath she wore an equally luminous white dress, which was once black, but had gone though one of Lily's color changing charms as well. On her feet she wore a pair of simple sandals, white as well, and her hair was intricately pulled up in a bouquet of twirls and curls, a few pieces left to frame her face.
"So." Gemini said sitting back down on her bed, her hands placed behind her to prop her up.
"I have a surprise for you." Remus said, taking his hand out from behind his back and revealing a glowing golden hoop.
"Reeeeeeemus!" Gemini whined as she put on her big puppy dogs eyes.
"To be an angel you must have a halo." He murmured a small smile on his lips and he took out his wand and muttered the levitation spell and placed it over Gemini's head. "Perfect. Now come on, the ball will be starting shortly and we want to make an entrance right?"
A smirk returned to Gemini face as she floated up and replied, "As always."
"You two quite read yet?" Remus asked Bella and Lily whom both nodded.
"Good, let go. You sure you're all right?" Remus asked Gemini again for the umpteenth time that week.
"Yes Remus!" Gemini sighed, "I'm fine, you're treating me like I'm a bloody porcelain doll! I'm a boxer, a few bruised bones aren't going to kill me!"
"Sorry Dea." Remus said sheepishly, his face reddening. "I just want to make sure you're ok."
"I'm sorry for yelling at you." Gemini said softly raising her hand to his warm cheek, "I'm just not used to being fretted over that's all."
"Um guys?" Bella interrupted, "This is cute and all but we have to get going other wise they'll close the doors on us."
"Right." Remus said, taking Gemini's hand, "Lets go."
The four reached the stairs below and Lily called out, "Somebody cue the trumpets and harps! The misfit angel in coming down!"
Gemini just simply glared and stomped down the stairs, her arms crossed over her chest.
"Angels don't stomp." Remus laughed looking at the look on his girls friends face.
"Yes, well I am then fallen angel so I can stomp all I wish." And to emphasize this she stomped with each word down the stone step until she reached the bottom. She looked back up at Remus and smiled sweetly. "I think our costumes call for a change." She pulled her wand out of her robe and performed the color changing charm on both her and Remus. "There, that's better."
Remus looked down and found her was dressed in all white, and looked back up again to see Gemini clad in her usual black and red.
"Hey that not fair!" Remus whined.
"I think I'll be taking that." Gemini grinned as the pitchfork flew out of his hand and I to hers at the same time as her halo flew to hover above his head. "I think I play the part better than you do. Let's go shall we?" Gemini giggled as she tuned on her heel and flounced away.
-
"Ah Mia Dea, they went all out for this one didn't they?" Gemini said in awe as the entered the great hall, which was adorned to the fullest extent. "They must have every singly damn pumpkin in the continent in here!" she murmured looking at the floating orange fruit hovering above their heads.
"Bugger they started already." Remus sighed, come on, Wanna dance?"
"Remus," Gemini laughed, trying to pull back as Remus dragged her out on to the dance floor, "You know I don't dance."
"Do it for me?" Remus said in a little kid's voice, putting on his puppy dog eyes, his lower lip quivering.
Gemini sighed and smiled, "Alright."
And they danced. Dance after dance they didn't stop. Gemini completely forgot that she hated to dance, and only knew it was she and Remus, one on one, not caring about the people around her. But when her breathing became heavy and her hand would occasionally come up to touch her tender ribs, Remus made her stop, he pulled her off to the side and sat her down in a chair, then sat down next to her.
"Are you ok?
"My wrap is loosening, I have to make a little bath room visit to fix it, I'll be right back." She reassured him as she stood up and made her way out of the great hall, unaware that someone was following her.
Gemini softly walked down the empty corridors towards the girls' bathroom, mumbling in pain as she walked both hands on her ribs now. Her breathing was sharp and painful, but she held up to it anyway. She said the password to the prefect's bathroom and walked in then looked around. No one was in there and she highly doubted that any other perfect would be coming in as well. She headed over to the last stall and locked her self in. Slowly and painfully she lifted her arms and damned her self for not taking a painkilling potion before she left like she was supposed to. Soon she went to work rewrapping the bandage around her self, but not before she noticed that the bruising had gone down and wasn't nearly as purple as it was before. She stopped as she heard somebody enter the bathroom, but dismissed it as her nerved and pulled her dress back up and her robe back on. She left the stall and smiled as she saw nobody was in the room. He walked over to the sink to the sink to wash her hands. Looking down she failed to notice the man standing behind her.
"Hello Gemini." Was the last thing she heard before she fell to the ground, as the cause of the stunning spell that was thrown at her, her eyes rolled in to the back of her head and her body went limp as she welcome the darkness.
-
Bwahahaha! I'm so mean – aren't I? Don't blame me… blame Chibi Chel this is all her fault… I was so caught up in another story I am writing with the amazing Nettey Potter that I've neglected this one… I would like to thank every single one of my reviewers, who have review recently- and it would be great if you guys could tell me what you like or dislike so I know what I can build off of so my writing can improve.
::Clears throat::
Nutmeg
Satans lilprincess
Debbie
Maxcat2564
Angel
Padfoot and prongs
Noelle
Melissa Spellcaster
And last but not least… my partner in crime… Mrs. Sirius black her self… NetTeY
LoVe you all to pieces!
GO SEE THE HARRY POTTER MOVIE! I COMMAND YOU TO DO SO!
That was you could drool over Oliver wood with out Nettey trying to kill you, because you know… She shot gunned him.
…Upcoming Events…
-What the hell happened in the bathroom? -
-Disappearances reignites old loves as well as distinguish new ones-
-Gemini comes to find that her heritage plays an important role in her future, whether she likes it or not-
Much love
Chelsea