Continued from the last chapter. I just broke it up into smaller parts to make it easier on me haha!
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As for Lee, he had gone over to talk to the sixth year Irish girl. Jade Summers had taken the spot as keeper the year after Oliver had left, but because of the Triwizard Championships she had never played in a real game until this year. She preferred to play as Chaser, but since those spots were taken; the curly red head took the last spot that was open. It turned out that she was pretty good at that as well.
She had been raised in a relatively Slytherin household. Her Father was a Governor for the School board as well as a consultant for the Department for Dangerous spells and potions. Her mother was the adopted daughter of Darien O'Hare, one of the greatest Quidditch players for the Kenmare Kestrals back in the sixties. Her Brother had left the school last year, studying to become a potions Master currently. All three of them had been a Slytherin.
Jade was considered a disgrace to her family because she was sorted into the rival house; Gryffindor. For all her troubles in her 2ed year, she had found that, this small rag tag group of 3rd year students ahead of her, was more fun and interesting then anyone in the rest of her class combined. She had soon made close friends with Katie Bell, Angelina Johnson, and Alicia Spinnet. Which all soon led to her friend ships with Lee Jordan and the Weasley twins.
She had been grateful to Katie for introducing her to the others, especially Lee. The Irish girl had a small fondness for Lee, but he being a year older then her was something that put the whole idea out of the question.
Lee Jordan was currently seated across form her now as he had left the other small group of his friends to talk to her. "You read too much you know that?" He said as he picked up one of the three books she had at her side. The first one titled 'Muggle Fairy Tales Written By Wizards'. He pushed it aside and picked up the 2ed book, titled, 'The Complete Works of Edgar Alan Poe'.
Jade had closed the book she had in her hands, ('The -True- Story of the Wizard Robin Hood of Loxley') and smiled looking up at him. "There is no such thing as reading too much. Besides, I like these books. They are fun."
"I know they are. I'm just yanking your leg." He said with a smirk as he flipped through the works of Edgar Alan Poe. "But you have read these books several times. Haven't you?"
She grinned for a second… then, blushing slightly, nodded. "Yes well… they are my favorite you know. You could say that I have almost all of them memorized." She laughed lightly but shook her head. "Which is sad in its own right isn't it."
"It's not sad. I just don't believe that you have them all memorized." He said as he stopped on one poem that caught his eye. He flipped a few pages into the book and held it out past his chest, sitting up straighter so as to read a passage from the book. With a clearing of his throat he spoke in a crisp voice.
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me. ("Hey, I like this one" He commented before continuing)
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love-
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulcher
In this kingdom by the sea.
His words began to slow as he took in the meaning of the words, frowning slightly. He stopped and looked up at the girl, as she had moved form her chair and stood, moving over to his chair. "Well, this turned sort of depressing." He said lowerign the book to his lap as Jade sat on the arm of his chair. She took a breath and continued the poem for him, leaning on the chair in a almost dreamy voice. She happened to adore this poem that he chose to start.
The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes! - That was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we-
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide,
I lie down by the side
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
In the sepulcher there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
He had picked up the book again and was reading along as she spoke; she had said it all word for word, perfectly. A sigh was given as she finished and she smiled… opening her jade eyes as she looked down to him. "One of my favored ones. And it's not really depressing. I think it's rather romantic actually."
He smiled and looped an arm around her waist, dragging her into the chair with him so he could lean on her better. Opening the book again he smiled, asking. "It was rather pretty coming form an Angel's lips."
This threw the girl for a moment, but after she thought about it, she laughed lightly, and leaned back to look at what poem he flipped through now. She knew he was a flirt. So his comment was not thought about as serious.
Flipping past a few more poems, he finally asked, "What is another favorite poem of yours? Something a little less depressing perhaps?"
She moved his hand and flipped through a few more pages for him, pointing to one poem that was marked with a black ribbon. Serenade was its title. She began to speak softly as she had before. Saying the words lightly and tenderly as she read form the book.
So sweet the hour, so calm the time,
I feel it more than half a crime,
When Nature sleeps and stars are mute,
To mar the silence ev'n with lute.
At rest on ocean's brilliant dyes
(Lee's eyes never pulled from her face. Chocolate brown eyes watched her soft pink lips move over the words. Time seemed to slow as he watched her. He could take note of the freckles that danced over her skin softly, and the curly lock of red hair that always seemed to have fallen into her bright emerald eyes.)
An image of Elysium lies:
Seven Pleiades entranced in Heaven,
Form in the deep another seven:
Endymion nodding from above
Sees in the sea a second love.
She wasn't able to finish the poem. As she got to a point where she knew the words by heart, she had turned to look at Lee as she recited the words. The last line was said as if it was an after thought, slowly losing the thought altogether as he began to lean closer to her. As her lips moved to the words of 'A second love.' There was no more to be said.
Lee and watched long enough, and with out thought had slowly been pulled towards her as if a bit of metal attracted by a magnet. With in her last words, he had gently pressed his lips to hers with the softness that could be matched by no other.
Moments passed before either moved again, but soon he had come to his senses, and pulled back from her, eyes opening with a snap and an apologetic look spread over his face. "I, I, I, I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me." He said, babbling slightly.
As he had pulled back she too had opened her eyes slowly, then blinked as she just realized what had happened. He was speaking now, looking rather flustered, and she could feel a heat growing in her cheeks now. She watched him in this flustered state, and some how pushed her self up from the seat, and back to the arm of the chair. "It's… okay. Really." She said softly as she turned to look for her other books. Not knowing what else to say she stood, picking up her other two books and turned. She looked down to Lee, who still looked rather flustered, and gave a shy smile. "I believe its time for bed.I hope to see you at practice tomorrow?"
The boy nodded and stood up as well, stuffing his hands into his robe's pockets as he started to rock from the heel to the ball of his feet, back and fourth. "Yes. Yes. Bed time I believe. I think I'll go to bed too-- Ah, my bed of course. Yes. I think I will." And he shut him self up with a biting of his lip. He was a Quidditch announcer but for some reason the right words had left him for the time being. He nodded a few more times before saying. "Oh yes. Yes. I'll see you at Practice tomorrow. Um… sleep well." A nod and, still rather babbly and flustered, he turned and headed for his own dorms, still holding the Edgar Alan Poe book they were reading before hand.
Jade too decided not to say anything more about this and turned to head for the girls dorms, removing just one more person from the Gryffindor Common rooms for the night.
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A/N: Okay!! I decided to break this up into two parts! To make for slightly shorter chapters and such. But I think I know where I'm going with this! Go me!
I would like to thank the people that has reviewed this so far. With out you all I wouldn't have been inspired to continue with this. You're the reason that I cranked out chapters 3 and 4 all in one night.!
I would name and list each and everyone of you, but I am running late from work. Just so you know though, one of the others or me are going to try and get to each of your sites in return! We have been to a few and the work's there have been -great-! Anyhow!! I need to get working on the next chapter! I think we shell be seeing more of Fred and Angelina in the next chapter. And perhaps a "Mystery Person" oooOooOooo We might even find out what Meria (the French girl) was so distressed about soon too! Till then!! R&R and I'll write more!!!