"Jason! What are you doing here?" Claudia stammered. Harry and Hermione
looked very uncomfortable.
But Jason completely ignored Claudia. Her turned to Hermione. "So, you came back," he said coldly.
"Um, yes I um, I did," Hermione said slowly.
"You don't think you could've told me?"
"Well I-"
"No, I don't even want to hear it. You decided to come to New York with me, but apparently I wasn't good enough. So you took off and came back to Potter. I see how it is you little slut."
That was the last straw for Harry. "Don't EVER call Hermione a slut," he said through gritted teeth. He tried step forward, but Hermione pulled him back.
"Harry no"
"No, let him go SLUT, let's see how he does.
"Jason STOP!" Claudia yelled. Just then Robin and Daphne walked in.
"Hey Robin! Look at our little Claudia, sticking up for her new friends. I guess we don't mean that much to her anymore," Jason said spitefully.
Tears welled up in Claudia's eyes. "No, that-that's not what I meant!"
"Hey Jason! LAY OFF!" Ron yelled. He had been listening from the top of the stairs. He ran to Claudia's side. "Get out."
"No, I'm not-"
"GET OUT."
Ron walked up to Jason. Ron towered over him, and Jason's courage melted away.
"Fine. But that's not the last you'll hear of me." He walked past Hermione. "See ya 'round SLUT." Harry pulled forward but Hermione's grip was too strong. Jason stormed out, leaving the common room in silence.
"Well, that was...um...unexpected!" Robin said, trying to lighten the mood.
Claudia forced a laugh. She couldn't stop thinking about what Jason said to her.
Hermione was crying softly onto Harry's shoulder. "Come on," he said softly. "Let's go up to the dormitory." He lead Hermione up the stairs and they disappeared.
"You want to talk?" Ron said. Claudia could tell he wanted to make up, but she wanted to be alone. She gave him a small smile. "I kinda want to be alone right now," she said. She gave him a kiss to show that she forgave him and then headed up to her room.
****
"I guess we don't mean that much to her anymore..." Jason's words echoed through Claudia's mind. He was right. She hardly ever hung out with Robin anymore, and the last time she had a long conversation with Daphne had been weeks ago.
"I've gotten to wrapped up in everything. I haven't been paying attention to anybody. I-" But her thoughts were interrupted by a distressed looking Daphne.
"Oh hey Daph. Don't mind me, I'm just thinking." Daphne however looked uncomfortable.
"Oh, um, hey."
"Is something wrong?"
"Oh nothing...just thinking about what Jason said. He's certainly changed." Daphne forced a laugh.
"Yeah, about that...I haven't been ignoring you Daph, have I?"
"Well, um, not all the time. I mean, you're just really caught up with school and things from last year! I understand."
"Oh, okay..." Claudia said, pretending to feel better. But she didn't feel better, she just felt worse.
But Jason completely ignored Claudia. Her turned to Hermione. "So, you came back," he said coldly.
"Um, yes I um, I did," Hermione said slowly.
"You don't think you could've told me?"
"Well I-"
"No, I don't even want to hear it. You decided to come to New York with me, but apparently I wasn't good enough. So you took off and came back to Potter. I see how it is you little slut."
That was the last straw for Harry. "Don't EVER call Hermione a slut," he said through gritted teeth. He tried step forward, but Hermione pulled him back.
"Harry no"
"No, let him go SLUT, let's see how he does.
"Jason STOP!" Claudia yelled. Just then Robin and Daphne walked in.
"Hey Robin! Look at our little Claudia, sticking up for her new friends. I guess we don't mean that much to her anymore," Jason said spitefully.
Tears welled up in Claudia's eyes. "No, that-that's not what I meant!"
"Hey Jason! LAY OFF!" Ron yelled. He had been listening from the top of the stairs. He ran to Claudia's side. "Get out."
"No, I'm not-"
"GET OUT."
Ron walked up to Jason. Ron towered over him, and Jason's courage melted away.
"Fine. But that's not the last you'll hear of me." He walked past Hermione. "See ya 'round SLUT." Harry pulled forward but Hermione's grip was too strong. Jason stormed out, leaving the common room in silence.
"Well, that was...um...unexpected!" Robin said, trying to lighten the mood.
Claudia forced a laugh. She couldn't stop thinking about what Jason said to her.
Hermione was crying softly onto Harry's shoulder. "Come on," he said softly. "Let's go up to the dormitory." He lead Hermione up the stairs and they disappeared.
"You want to talk?" Ron said. Claudia could tell he wanted to make up, but she wanted to be alone. She gave him a small smile. "I kinda want to be alone right now," she said. She gave him a kiss to show that she forgave him and then headed up to her room.
****
"I guess we don't mean that much to her anymore..." Jason's words echoed through Claudia's mind. He was right. She hardly ever hung out with Robin anymore, and the last time she had a long conversation with Daphne had been weeks ago.
"I've gotten to wrapped up in everything. I haven't been paying attention to anybody. I-" But her thoughts were interrupted by a distressed looking Daphne.
"Oh hey Daph. Don't mind me, I'm just thinking." Daphne however looked uncomfortable.
"Oh, um, hey."
"Is something wrong?"
"Oh nothing...just thinking about what Jason said. He's certainly changed." Daphne forced a laugh.
"Yeah, about that...I haven't been ignoring you Daph, have I?"
"Well, um, not all the time. I mean, you're just really caught up with school and things from last year! I understand."
"Oh, okay..." Claudia said, pretending to feel better. But she didn't feel better, she just felt worse.