XVIII
"Ethan!" shouted Naire for the 3rd times through the hallway.
The blond hair boy finally turns his head slowly to faces her. Two gloomy blue eyes suddenly turns brighter when he saw who was calling him.
"Naire?" he whispers in disbelieves.
She runs to where he was standing dumbfounded. She tries to smile when she reaches him.
"I'm sorry Ethan for making you wo.." She quickly said, but stop when Ethan hugs her abruptly. "Where have you been? I was so worried. I can't believe that you're here right in front of me" he hugs her tightly. "I'm sorry" she said slowly. "Naire, don't ever do that to me again! Promise me!" he said. "I won't! I promise" she said. "You're allright, right?" he asked. "Yes. I'm fine. I'm here to tell you everything" she told him. "You don't have say it right now" "But I want to tell you now, before everything got out of control" "What do you mean by that?" "Let us sit down" she said. "What about breakfast first?" he asked. "Okay, but we have to seat together" "Okay"
They walk together to the great hall finding only a few people sitting there.
"Good, there are not much people here. We can talk with no one hearing us" she said. "Why do you have to be full of secrets?" he asked. "Okay, now I can explain everything" she said after they're seated. "Don't you want to eat first?" he asked. "You eat, I'm not hungry" she said. "Are you sure?" he said biting at a piece of sandwich that appears on a plate in front of him. "I'll just eat yours" she said taking one piece of his sandwich.
They finished their breakfast quietly with Ethan looking worried at her all the time.
"Now, what is it you want to tell me?" he asked after he finished eating his last bite. "It's a long story, but I will try to explain everything" she cleared her throat.
She starts to tell him everything, but stop when the story reaches Oliver part. He looks at her with a very sad face, nearly crying.
"Are you okay now? You must be very sad" he grips her hands and squeezed it gently. "I'm fine now. I'm trying to get over it" she smiles. "Why didn't you tell me? I could've been there for you, so you don't have to face everything alone" he said. "Hmm. that's what I'm trying to tell you" she said. "What do you mean?" Actually, I'm not really alone for the past 3 days. Someone has stayed with me" she told him. "Who? It couldn't be Jessica or Sandy, because they were searching for you also" "Did you realize that someone was missing also at the same time?" she asked carefully. "But who.. I didn't recall." he stopped and look weirdly at her. "It can't be.. no way! Not him! tell me it's not him, Naire" he said in disbelieved. "Who do you have in mind?" she asked. "That Gryffindor guy, Oliver Wood! Angelina Johnson has been searching for him, too!" "I'm sorry, Ethan" she dares not to look at his eyes. "No, why him?" he shakes her shoulder lightly. "I don't know.. he's just there! I accidentally told him about my father's death, and the next thing he was at my house" she explained. "But he was at the game" "He came after the game" "Why didn't you refuse him? you could always say no, and he could just come back to Hogwarts. You could always tell me! I love you, and I would be there in no time!" "I couldn't refuse him. a part of me wanted him to be there" "What? You're saying that you actually wanted him to be near you, instead of me? the guy you loathed for years? Tell me it's not true, Naire?" "I'm really sorry, Ethan. I don't know what to say" she looks slowly at him.
The moment she looks at his face, she regretted at everything she has said. The look at his face is unbearable. Sadness, anger, disappointment, all blended in one expression.
"Tell me I'm wrong Naire. I always thought that I'm your boyfriend. But it seems that I'm wrong. Very wrong" he said.
She doesn't say a thing. "Tell me one more thing. Are you in love with him?" he asked.
Once again, she doesn't answer. The silent answer was enough for him. Shaking his head, he slowly leaves her sitting there. She covers her face with her hand, not wanting to cry.
"Don't let me cry, please. I don't want to cry again" she whispers to herself. "Why did I tell him? why?" she said letting out a single sob.
For the first time in her life she felt very lonely with no one there to love her. When her mother died she still had her father. But when he died, nobody is left to take care of her and love her, not even Ethan who obviously hated her by now.
Why did I tell him? It only made him ran away from me. And now I'm left with no one to love me, she thought. Why did I jeopardise the only love I have? If only Oliver would loves me as much as I love him, she thought again.
She stays there, calming herself down until the bell rings. She rises from her seat quickly and wipes her face. She runs out after collecting all her stuffs and go to her first class.
Oliver walks in to the library just right after the last class. He asks the librarian where is the dictionary section and goes strait to it. He traces the big bulky books in the shelf with his finger.
"Hmmm. J.. J. ah! Japanese!" he founds exactly the right dictionary and take it from the shelf.
He puts it on the table and searches for another one, in case the first one is not enough. He found another one that says Japanese Most Commonly Use Phrases.
"I think these two are enough" he told himself and starts opening the dictionary.
The reason why he is now in the library was because the strange word that Naire has said twice before. The word is ai shi teru. He heard the word first time when they was trapped in the cave, and was reminded again when she said it for the second time at her father funeral. The word clings on is mind for days, and he decided to go search for the meaning. That's why he's in the library, the place that he rarely visits, and flipping the dusty pages when he knows that he's allergic to dust.
Having no luck in the dictionary, he closes it letting all the dust tickles his nose. He sneezes hard several times before he opens the second book.
"Ai shi teru. so that means 'A' section" he flips the book.
He traces his finger to all the phrases starting by 'A'. And when he finds the right phrase, he jumps in delightment.
"Yes! He shouted. "Ssshhh!" every heads inside the library look at him and tell him to be quiet. "Sorry, forgive me" he apologies.
He continues reading the meaning. He slowly reads it, and was shocked when he found out the meaning.
"It can't be! No way!" he said in disbelieves.
He read it again and again just to make sure. And after the 3rd times reading it, he knew that everything is true. He quickly put both books in its place again and rushes to the common room.
If it's true, I can still make everything right! He thought. He enters the common room, knowing exactly what to do next.
"Please, God! Let it be true!" he whispers to himself.
The last day of the semester has come. Everybody is very busy sorting his or her things up. Today's dinner in the great hall will be the last dinner for the 7th years. This morning all the 7th years received their results of their N.E.W.T. and to everyone happiness, the result was good in general. Several people got perfect score; A+ and A, most of the rest got B+ and B, and only a few that got C. No one got less than C-, so everybody is happy.
And as for Oliver, he's happy enough to get B+ on his report card. Naire, like always, got an A+ on her report card. She's always been very smart, even though the world has crumbled around her.
The dinner starts exact at 7 p.m. it starts with Dumbledore's speech. He announces the winner of the house cup, and the winner of the Quidditch cup. The winner for both cup as we all know are Gryffindor. The speech continues, and the final speech is for the 7th years.
"This splendid year has come to its end! As we all know, tonight will be the last night for all the 7th years. Let us congratulate them for the success of their N.E.W.T results!" he speaks loudly followed by the whole hall applauding. "We are very happy to have them for the past 7 years. They have contributed lots of good things for the school, and as for that we are very thankful. We all wish for the best in their future. Cheers!" he rises his wine glass.
The night continues with everybody celebrating it. Sad faces and happy faces are among all the 7th years. Some will never meet again, some will go to the same college or university, some will go abroad, and many other reasons. Oliver tries to find Naire, but she was nowhere to be found. He can only hope that tomorrow he would be able to find her, before everything is too late.
"Ethan!" shouted Naire for the 3rd times through the hallway.
The blond hair boy finally turns his head slowly to faces her. Two gloomy blue eyes suddenly turns brighter when he saw who was calling him.
"Naire?" he whispers in disbelieves.
She runs to where he was standing dumbfounded. She tries to smile when she reaches him.
"I'm sorry Ethan for making you wo.." She quickly said, but stop when Ethan hugs her abruptly. "Where have you been? I was so worried. I can't believe that you're here right in front of me" he hugs her tightly. "I'm sorry" she said slowly. "Naire, don't ever do that to me again! Promise me!" he said. "I won't! I promise" she said. "You're allright, right?" he asked. "Yes. I'm fine. I'm here to tell you everything" she told him. "You don't have say it right now" "But I want to tell you now, before everything got out of control" "What do you mean by that?" "Let us sit down" she said. "What about breakfast first?" he asked. "Okay, but we have to seat together" "Okay"
They walk together to the great hall finding only a few people sitting there.
"Good, there are not much people here. We can talk with no one hearing us" she said. "Why do you have to be full of secrets?" he asked. "Okay, now I can explain everything" she said after they're seated. "Don't you want to eat first?" he asked. "You eat, I'm not hungry" she said. "Are you sure?" he said biting at a piece of sandwich that appears on a plate in front of him. "I'll just eat yours" she said taking one piece of his sandwich.
They finished their breakfast quietly with Ethan looking worried at her all the time.
"Now, what is it you want to tell me?" he asked after he finished eating his last bite. "It's a long story, but I will try to explain everything" she cleared her throat.
She starts to tell him everything, but stop when the story reaches Oliver part. He looks at her with a very sad face, nearly crying.
"Are you okay now? You must be very sad" he grips her hands and squeezed it gently. "I'm fine now. I'm trying to get over it" she smiles. "Why didn't you tell me? I could've been there for you, so you don't have to face everything alone" he said. "Hmm. that's what I'm trying to tell you" she said. "What do you mean?" Actually, I'm not really alone for the past 3 days. Someone has stayed with me" she told him. "Who? It couldn't be Jessica or Sandy, because they were searching for you also" "Did you realize that someone was missing also at the same time?" she asked carefully. "But who.. I didn't recall." he stopped and look weirdly at her. "It can't be.. no way! Not him! tell me it's not him, Naire" he said in disbelieved. "Who do you have in mind?" she asked. "That Gryffindor guy, Oliver Wood! Angelina Johnson has been searching for him, too!" "I'm sorry, Ethan" she dares not to look at his eyes. "No, why him?" he shakes her shoulder lightly. "I don't know.. he's just there! I accidentally told him about my father's death, and the next thing he was at my house" she explained. "But he was at the game" "He came after the game" "Why didn't you refuse him? you could always say no, and he could just come back to Hogwarts. You could always tell me! I love you, and I would be there in no time!" "I couldn't refuse him. a part of me wanted him to be there" "What? You're saying that you actually wanted him to be near you, instead of me? the guy you loathed for years? Tell me it's not true, Naire?" "I'm really sorry, Ethan. I don't know what to say" she looks slowly at him.
The moment she looks at his face, she regretted at everything she has said. The look at his face is unbearable. Sadness, anger, disappointment, all blended in one expression.
"Tell me I'm wrong Naire. I always thought that I'm your boyfriend. But it seems that I'm wrong. Very wrong" he said.
She doesn't say a thing. "Tell me one more thing. Are you in love with him?" he asked.
Once again, she doesn't answer. The silent answer was enough for him. Shaking his head, he slowly leaves her sitting there. She covers her face with her hand, not wanting to cry.
"Don't let me cry, please. I don't want to cry again" she whispers to herself. "Why did I tell him? why?" she said letting out a single sob.
For the first time in her life she felt very lonely with no one there to love her. When her mother died she still had her father. But when he died, nobody is left to take care of her and love her, not even Ethan who obviously hated her by now.
Why did I tell him? It only made him ran away from me. And now I'm left with no one to love me, she thought. Why did I jeopardise the only love I have? If only Oliver would loves me as much as I love him, she thought again.
She stays there, calming herself down until the bell rings. She rises from her seat quickly and wipes her face. She runs out after collecting all her stuffs and go to her first class.
Oliver walks in to the library just right after the last class. He asks the librarian where is the dictionary section and goes strait to it. He traces the big bulky books in the shelf with his finger.
"Hmmm. J.. J. ah! Japanese!" he founds exactly the right dictionary and take it from the shelf.
He puts it on the table and searches for another one, in case the first one is not enough. He found another one that says Japanese Most Commonly Use Phrases.
"I think these two are enough" he told himself and starts opening the dictionary.
The reason why he is now in the library was because the strange word that Naire has said twice before. The word is ai shi teru. He heard the word first time when they was trapped in the cave, and was reminded again when she said it for the second time at her father funeral. The word clings on is mind for days, and he decided to go search for the meaning. That's why he's in the library, the place that he rarely visits, and flipping the dusty pages when he knows that he's allergic to dust.
Having no luck in the dictionary, he closes it letting all the dust tickles his nose. He sneezes hard several times before he opens the second book.
"Ai shi teru. so that means 'A' section" he flips the book.
He traces his finger to all the phrases starting by 'A'. And when he finds the right phrase, he jumps in delightment.
"Yes! He shouted. "Ssshhh!" every heads inside the library look at him and tell him to be quiet. "Sorry, forgive me" he apologies.
He continues reading the meaning. He slowly reads it, and was shocked when he found out the meaning.
"It can't be! No way!" he said in disbelieves.
He read it again and again just to make sure. And after the 3rd times reading it, he knew that everything is true. He quickly put both books in its place again and rushes to the common room.
If it's true, I can still make everything right! He thought. He enters the common room, knowing exactly what to do next.
"Please, God! Let it be true!" he whispers to himself.
The last day of the semester has come. Everybody is very busy sorting his or her things up. Today's dinner in the great hall will be the last dinner for the 7th years. This morning all the 7th years received their results of their N.E.W.T. and to everyone happiness, the result was good in general. Several people got perfect score; A+ and A, most of the rest got B+ and B, and only a few that got C. No one got less than C-, so everybody is happy.
And as for Oliver, he's happy enough to get B+ on his report card. Naire, like always, got an A+ on her report card. She's always been very smart, even though the world has crumbled around her.
The dinner starts exact at 7 p.m. it starts with Dumbledore's speech. He announces the winner of the house cup, and the winner of the Quidditch cup. The winner for both cup as we all know are Gryffindor. The speech continues, and the final speech is for the 7th years.
"This splendid year has come to its end! As we all know, tonight will be the last night for all the 7th years. Let us congratulate them for the success of their N.E.W.T results!" he speaks loudly followed by the whole hall applauding. "We are very happy to have them for the past 7 years. They have contributed lots of good things for the school, and as for that we are very thankful. We all wish for the best in their future. Cheers!" he rises his wine glass.
The night continues with everybody celebrating it. Sad faces and happy faces are among all the 7th years. Some will never meet again, some will go to the same college or university, some will go abroad, and many other reasons. Oliver tries to find Naire, but she was nowhere to be found. He can only hope that tomorrow he would be able to find her, before everything is too late.