Chapter 4
Stella was walking to the Charms classroom when she heard Ginny call her name. As she turned she could see the attractive red head dodging students and hurrying towards her.
After she waited for her to reach her and catch her breath, she asked "What's up Ginny? Why the mad rush?"
Stella really wasn't in the mood for being late to class and receiving another detention, but figured if her friend had gone through all the trouble to track her down, that she should hear what she had to say.
"Well I wanted to ask if you were busy tonight, because I really think we should have another meeting." Ginny said in a way that made Stella deduce something was going on.
"What is it Gin?" She asked suspiciously.
She just smiled and said "Well that's what the meetings for!" as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Okk..(still unsure if she wanted to know what was going on) but I have to be somewhere at 9, so how bout we meet at 8:30?" Stella asked
"Why, where do you have to be at 9?" Ginny asked her curiously.
She paused for a moment. "Oh well you see...I have this detention, and uh its at 9"
'yes good one, way to come up with an excuse' Stella patted herself on the back. She wasn't sure what made her lie, but she just didn't feel right telling her friends. It didn't make any since for her to be helping a Malfoy, especially when they didn't even like each other.
"You have a detention at 9?"
It was an innocent question, but Stella felt like she was being interrogated and that somehow Ginny found out. 'but she couldn't know. Could she?' "Yea it's at 9, haven't you ever heard of a detention at 9 before?!" she asked defensively.
Well Ginny hadn't, but for some reason this topic was bothering Stella so she let it drop. "8:30 is fine, I'll see ya there ok?"
"Yea ok see ya Ginny." Stella replied feeling uncomfortable at being so..well at being so uncomfortable, and then began to take off in the direction of Charms.
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Bri and Stella were sitting and talking about pointless gossip when Ginny came bouncing over.
"Hey guys!" she called as she was making her way to the spot where Bri and Stella were.
"Hey" they called back, and faced her, eager to hear what she had to say.
"Haha stop looking at me like that! Its not that important. I just wanted for us all to meet and talk because life has been pretty busy lately." She said talking a seat.
Their enthusiastic faces fell.
"Ok ok! Fine, I really just wanted to ask you a question Stella."
Stella was surprised. "What's on your mind Gin?"
Ginny took a deep breath "Well" she began "I know this is not something you were expecting..but well you know the dance is coming up and I wanted to go with this guy, but I would need your approval first."
Stella was confused. "Ginny you know you don't need my permission to go with a guy!" She laughed "You don't care who Ron tells you to date so why should my opinion matter?"
Ginny started to turn a bit pink. "Well because it's uhh..its Jim Cooper." she confessed hesitantly.
'That's funny' Stella thought 'I can't think of any Jims in Hogwarts besides..wait did she say Cooper? HER Jim Cooper??
"My brother?!" Stella blared out.
Ginny nodded meekly.
Stella just starred at her, while Bri gasped.
The leaves were blowing all around them, the sun was almost completely out of sight, students were laughing and chasing one another, but she didn't pay them one bit of attention. All Stella could do was stare dumbfounded at the youngest Weasley.
Finally, recomposing from her utter shock, as calmly as she could she asked "Ginny, this is Jim Cooper we're talking about. You do know that don't you?"
"Uh yes, I was aware that was his name Stella." Was her reply.
Bri joined in "Ginny, Cooper uses girls, he torments Harry, Hermionie, and your brother all the time, he doesn't even pay any attention to us.."
"And he's a Slytherin!" Stella practically yelled. Although she knew how hypocritical she was being. How could she not tell her friends that she was meeting Draco Malfoy, the chief of them all, and yet she acted like Ginny being interested someone from the same house was insane? Well the fact that, that someone was her brother didn't help much.
Stella had come from a rich family. It was the type of lifestyle where you had the best of everything, or you didn't have it at all. He father and mother were supporters of the Dark Lord, and had always pushed their children to do the same.
When they were young she couldn't recall the deatheater beliefs being forced in her mind too much, but remembered it as a happy time in her life. Stella and Jim would always do everything together and were as close as any brother and sister could be, but when he had turned eleven Jim chose to follow in the path his parents had set out for him, after all it was a promise to the family inheritance and a life of luxury. Stella on the other hand, tried hard to be the daughter her parents wanted, but just couldn't find it in herself to hate people because they were different, or not "pure blooded". In her mind people were people.
So when time came for her to go to Hogwarts she decided to go off on her own. It was thought obvious that she would be sorted into Slytherin like her brother had been a year before. So everyone, her family included were shocked to hear it shout out "Ravenclaw!"
The first year was hard for Stella to take. Her brother, once her best friend, didn't want to be seen with her. She had disgraced their family, and he was told that if he associated with her it would jeopardize his future. Over time it became an accepted thing. Everyone knew about the Coopers, but acted like they weren't even related. They would pass by each other in the halls with only a glance and sometimes a small nod. Little did she know, a threat had been made by Jim to all of the Slytherins warning that if any of them harassed, or bothered Stella in anyway then they would have to "watch their backs", so while they would taunt and tease other houses they would remain civil to Stella.
Her friends hadn't treated her any different, and knew Stella wasn't at all like her family. But if she really moved past it why would she feel this pain and emptiness inside? So most of the time she would push it from her mind, and try not to think about her family.
Returning her thoughts to her friends, she suddenly had a change of heart.
"Ginny, if you want to go with him.." Taking a deep breath "I'm not going to stop you"
Ginny's worried expression switched to relieved and she hugged her friend.
"May I ask why him though?" Stella wondered pulling away from the embrace.
"Yea you don't even know him." Bri stated.
"Well to tell you guys the truth ever since I got over Harry I've had this thing for him. I know he can be a total prat, I don't know that might be what attacks me to him, but I am" She tried to explain.
"Not following" Bri said with her face tilted to the side.
For some reason Stella seemed to know what she meant. It was like the fact that he was so untamable made her want to be the one to tame him. Because no girl could get inside him enough to really know him, she wanted to see the real him. Because everyone categorized him as an uncaring bad boy she wanted to prove them wrong. It reminded her a little about how she felt towards Draco. 'Malfoy! I mean Malfoy, and no Ginny is attracted to Jim, unlike me!' she corrected herself.
"I think I know what your saying Ginny. But how are you going to get him to ask you? Its not like you exactly hang out with him that much." Stella reasoned
Ginny just gave her a shy, puppy dog look, like she was depending on her for a bone.
"Qhhhh no you have got to be kidding me! I don't even talk to him. How in God's name am I supposed to get him to ask you on a date?!!?"
"Well I don't know.. you could try and see if he has a date yet, and if not, if hes looking for one..." Ginny was trying to sound as if it would be easy but was failing miserably.
'Draco does owe me a favor' Stella suddenly remembered. 'I could some how get him to convince Jim to ask Ginny to the dance" He mind began to plan out what she would say and do.
"Whats going through that little mind of yours missy?" Ginny asked suspiciously.
"Nothing you need to be concerned with, but I think I might know of a way to make this work." She smiled at Ginny. She was still freaked out a little by her friend having a thing for her brother, but it was too late now.
"Thank you thank you thank you!" and she pulled Stella into yet another hug.
"Ok ok, no problem. Gin? You can let go now." Ginny pulled away and started laughing.
Stella turned and looked at Bri who was sitting there looking down at her hands as if she were debating something. "What's up with you Bri? Your being rather quiet."
Her head snapped up to look at her. "huh? Oh yea that's great Stella"
"Bri I asked if you were ok." Stella repeated wondering what was bothering her. "Me? Oh yea I'm great!" She said putting enthusiasm in her voice. She sounded sincere enough so Stella forgot about it.
"Hey Stella don't you have detention in 5 minuets?'
"Detent..? Oh that's right Detention! Oh my God I'm going to late!" She exclaimed scrambling up and getting her bag. "I'm sorry guys but I need to go, I'll see you later." Then ran towards the castle. 'Draco is going to kill me if I'm late again!'
She rushed in and looked around hoping to find him, but he wasn't there. Taking a sigh of relief she was about to make her way over to the table they were at last night when she jumped at the voice behind her.
"Nice to see that you didn't die on the way over, maybe you should work out more." Came Draco's remarks. Stella realized she was still breathing hard from running all the way over.
"Please Malfoy, don't make me tell the whole school that your working on an assignment that includes fascinating facts such as you can never were a stripped tie with a plaid shirt." She impersonated one of those flamboyant fashion designers that worked at women's clothing stores. He huffed and made he way over to the chairs and took a seat. 'I can't help it, he's just too fun to make fun of ' she reasoned with herself and followed him to the table.
"Ok I'll start some sort of outline, and you go get the books we need." Draco ordered.
"Excuse me? Why do I have to get your books?" 'Wheew he had some nerve telling her what to do when she was the one going out of her way to help him' she thought irritably.
"Because I don't exactly want to be seen gallivanting around the library looking for which weekly articals." He explained coolly.
He had a point but Stella refused to give it to him "You care about your image too much Malfoy." She said simply and got up to look for the books.
'What did she mean by that? I don't care about my image! That's the whole look I try to give off, that I don't care. Ok so I somewhat care about how I come across, so does everyone else.' He shook it off and got up to follow her.
He was casually tagging along but from a distance. Stella noticed this and turned around. "Hey, I thought you were going to work on the outline?" she asked rolling her eyes 'why do I have to do all the work?' She asked herself.
"Your eyes are much too pretty to keep rolling them all the time." Draco said instinctively.
She turned around somewhat shocked. Had she just got herself a complement come out of the king of cruelness?
Draco realizing how that must have sounded quickly recovered. "I mean you could try and come up with a new way to show you loathe me, the eye thing is getting old." He couldn't have her thinking that he was complementing he, that was observed he would never do that, right?
Stella looked at him for a few more seconds before smirking and raising one eyebrow "Riiight"
They looked through the shelves a bit more when Draco heard Stella make a sigh of relief.
"Ahhh, here we are!" She removed a heavy book from the self and they made there way back over to their table.
As they were making their way to sit back down they noticed, much to Draco's disgust, Harry, Herminie and Ron sitting starting some homework.
Harry glanced up and saw Stella. "Heya Stella hows it going?" Then his gaze went beyond her to Draco and gave her a questioning looking.
"You got a problem Potter? Draco asked curtly.
At hearing his voice Ron and Herminie looked up as well. "Stella what in gods name are you doing here with.ferret boy? The last part he twisted his face disapprovingly.
Draco growled and made a move towards him, but Stella put her hand on his chest.
"Dra- I mean Malfoy is here because I am failing potions and Snape assigned him to tutor me." She explained. It was the first thing that popped into her head, and she hoped her friends bought it.
Herminie looked quite hurt that she was not asked to tutor a student, but didn't say anything. Draco just looked at her and sneered.
"That's right, and as it were we were using this table so if you be so kind as to get the hell out of the away, I can continue." He retorted.
They got up reluctantly, and Harry still looked perplexed. As he made a move past Draco he spat into his hear "You try anything so help me god I'll destroy you." And pushed his way past him.
Draco couldn't help but laugh to himself. It was just so funny to see Potter try and be tough.
"Stella watched him go, and then turned back to Draco, "Lets get this over with shall we?"
He nodded and they began working.
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It wasn't till quarter after 10 till she finally started to make her way back to the common room. 'Malfoy was soo bad, I guess I can take a few more nights of this.' As she was reflecting on the events she bumped into someone, and thankfully caught her balance and didn't fall on the floor. 'I really need to work on my bumping into people thing'
"Oh Sorry bout that" the voice said.
She looked up. The boy was bending down not looking at her and picking up some of her books. He had on deep black robes with green outlining. He had soft golden blonde hair, and when he looked up she saw her own eyes stare back at her.
"Jim" she said very quietly not able to look away.
"Stella" he returned almost as soft but his voice much deeper.
"I'm sorry I didn't see you there.."she began
"Its ok, don't worry about it" He gave her sort of a sad half smile. They hadn't spoken two words to each other in God knows how long.
"Oh here ya go" he added holding out her books to her.
"Thanks" was her only reply, and they just stood there.
There were so many things she wanted to say, but didn't know were to begin. Part of her wanted to run and hug him but knew she couldn't, and the other part wanted to punch him for all the pain he had caused her.
"Jim, I.." She began
"Don't" he interrupted harshly "Stella you know we shouldn't be seen together." He handed her the books and started to walk hastily the other direction.
She watched him go silently, but before he turned the corridor he turned his head. "I'm sorry." he said with such sincerity and she noticed the strain in his voice. A silent tear rolled off her cheek and hit her robes. He was gone.
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Stella was walking to the Charms classroom when she heard Ginny call her name. As she turned she could see the attractive red head dodging students and hurrying towards her.
After she waited for her to reach her and catch her breath, she asked "What's up Ginny? Why the mad rush?"
Stella really wasn't in the mood for being late to class and receiving another detention, but figured if her friend had gone through all the trouble to track her down, that she should hear what she had to say.
"Well I wanted to ask if you were busy tonight, because I really think we should have another meeting." Ginny said in a way that made Stella deduce something was going on.
"What is it Gin?" She asked suspiciously.
She just smiled and said "Well that's what the meetings for!" as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Okk..(still unsure if she wanted to know what was going on) but I have to be somewhere at 9, so how bout we meet at 8:30?" Stella asked
"Why, where do you have to be at 9?" Ginny asked her curiously.
She paused for a moment. "Oh well you see...I have this detention, and uh its at 9"
'yes good one, way to come up with an excuse' Stella patted herself on the back. She wasn't sure what made her lie, but she just didn't feel right telling her friends. It didn't make any since for her to be helping a Malfoy, especially when they didn't even like each other.
"You have a detention at 9?"
It was an innocent question, but Stella felt like she was being interrogated and that somehow Ginny found out. 'but she couldn't know. Could she?' "Yea it's at 9, haven't you ever heard of a detention at 9 before?!" she asked defensively.
Well Ginny hadn't, but for some reason this topic was bothering Stella so she let it drop. "8:30 is fine, I'll see ya there ok?"
"Yea ok see ya Ginny." Stella replied feeling uncomfortable at being so..well at being so uncomfortable, and then began to take off in the direction of Charms.
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Bri and Stella were sitting and talking about pointless gossip when Ginny came bouncing over.
"Hey guys!" she called as she was making her way to the spot where Bri and Stella were.
"Hey" they called back, and faced her, eager to hear what she had to say.
"Haha stop looking at me like that! Its not that important. I just wanted for us all to meet and talk because life has been pretty busy lately." She said talking a seat.
Their enthusiastic faces fell.
"Ok ok! Fine, I really just wanted to ask you a question Stella."
Stella was surprised. "What's on your mind Gin?"
Ginny took a deep breath "Well" she began "I know this is not something you were expecting..but well you know the dance is coming up and I wanted to go with this guy, but I would need your approval first."
Stella was confused. "Ginny you know you don't need my permission to go with a guy!" She laughed "You don't care who Ron tells you to date so why should my opinion matter?"
Ginny started to turn a bit pink. "Well because it's uhh..its Jim Cooper." she confessed hesitantly.
'That's funny' Stella thought 'I can't think of any Jims in Hogwarts besides..wait did she say Cooper? HER Jim Cooper??
"My brother?!" Stella blared out.
Ginny nodded meekly.
Stella just starred at her, while Bri gasped.
The leaves were blowing all around them, the sun was almost completely out of sight, students were laughing and chasing one another, but she didn't pay them one bit of attention. All Stella could do was stare dumbfounded at the youngest Weasley.
Finally, recomposing from her utter shock, as calmly as she could she asked "Ginny, this is Jim Cooper we're talking about. You do know that don't you?"
"Uh yes, I was aware that was his name Stella." Was her reply.
Bri joined in "Ginny, Cooper uses girls, he torments Harry, Hermionie, and your brother all the time, he doesn't even pay any attention to us.."
"And he's a Slytherin!" Stella practically yelled. Although she knew how hypocritical she was being. How could she not tell her friends that she was meeting Draco Malfoy, the chief of them all, and yet she acted like Ginny being interested someone from the same house was insane? Well the fact that, that someone was her brother didn't help much.
Stella had come from a rich family. It was the type of lifestyle where you had the best of everything, or you didn't have it at all. He father and mother were supporters of the Dark Lord, and had always pushed their children to do the same.
When they were young she couldn't recall the deatheater beliefs being forced in her mind too much, but remembered it as a happy time in her life. Stella and Jim would always do everything together and were as close as any brother and sister could be, but when he had turned eleven Jim chose to follow in the path his parents had set out for him, after all it was a promise to the family inheritance and a life of luxury. Stella on the other hand, tried hard to be the daughter her parents wanted, but just couldn't find it in herself to hate people because they were different, or not "pure blooded". In her mind people were people.
So when time came for her to go to Hogwarts she decided to go off on her own. It was thought obvious that she would be sorted into Slytherin like her brother had been a year before. So everyone, her family included were shocked to hear it shout out "Ravenclaw!"
The first year was hard for Stella to take. Her brother, once her best friend, didn't want to be seen with her. She had disgraced their family, and he was told that if he associated with her it would jeopardize his future. Over time it became an accepted thing. Everyone knew about the Coopers, but acted like they weren't even related. They would pass by each other in the halls with only a glance and sometimes a small nod. Little did she know, a threat had been made by Jim to all of the Slytherins warning that if any of them harassed, or bothered Stella in anyway then they would have to "watch their backs", so while they would taunt and tease other houses they would remain civil to Stella.
Her friends hadn't treated her any different, and knew Stella wasn't at all like her family. But if she really moved past it why would she feel this pain and emptiness inside? So most of the time she would push it from her mind, and try not to think about her family.
Returning her thoughts to her friends, she suddenly had a change of heart.
"Ginny, if you want to go with him.." Taking a deep breath "I'm not going to stop you"
Ginny's worried expression switched to relieved and she hugged her friend.
"May I ask why him though?" Stella wondered pulling away from the embrace.
"Yea you don't even know him." Bri stated.
"Well to tell you guys the truth ever since I got over Harry I've had this thing for him. I know he can be a total prat, I don't know that might be what attacks me to him, but I am" She tried to explain.
"Not following" Bri said with her face tilted to the side.
For some reason Stella seemed to know what she meant. It was like the fact that he was so untamable made her want to be the one to tame him. Because no girl could get inside him enough to really know him, she wanted to see the real him. Because everyone categorized him as an uncaring bad boy she wanted to prove them wrong. It reminded her a little about how she felt towards Draco. 'Malfoy! I mean Malfoy, and no Ginny is attracted to Jim, unlike me!' she corrected herself.
"I think I know what your saying Ginny. But how are you going to get him to ask you? Its not like you exactly hang out with him that much." Stella reasoned
Ginny just gave her a shy, puppy dog look, like she was depending on her for a bone.
"Qhhhh no you have got to be kidding me! I don't even talk to him. How in God's name am I supposed to get him to ask you on a date?!!?"
"Well I don't know.. you could try and see if he has a date yet, and if not, if hes looking for one..." Ginny was trying to sound as if it would be easy but was failing miserably.
'Draco does owe me a favor' Stella suddenly remembered. 'I could some how get him to convince Jim to ask Ginny to the dance" He mind began to plan out what she would say and do.
"Whats going through that little mind of yours missy?" Ginny asked suspiciously.
"Nothing you need to be concerned with, but I think I might know of a way to make this work." She smiled at Ginny. She was still freaked out a little by her friend having a thing for her brother, but it was too late now.
"Thank you thank you thank you!" and she pulled Stella into yet another hug.
"Ok ok, no problem. Gin? You can let go now." Ginny pulled away and started laughing.
Stella turned and looked at Bri who was sitting there looking down at her hands as if she were debating something. "What's up with you Bri? Your being rather quiet."
Her head snapped up to look at her. "huh? Oh yea that's great Stella"
"Bri I asked if you were ok." Stella repeated wondering what was bothering her. "Me? Oh yea I'm great!" She said putting enthusiasm in her voice. She sounded sincere enough so Stella forgot about it.
"Hey Stella don't you have detention in 5 minuets?'
"Detent..? Oh that's right Detention! Oh my God I'm going to late!" She exclaimed scrambling up and getting her bag. "I'm sorry guys but I need to go, I'll see you later." Then ran towards the castle. 'Draco is going to kill me if I'm late again!'
She rushed in and looked around hoping to find him, but he wasn't there. Taking a sigh of relief she was about to make her way over to the table they were at last night when she jumped at the voice behind her.
"Nice to see that you didn't die on the way over, maybe you should work out more." Came Draco's remarks. Stella realized she was still breathing hard from running all the way over.
"Please Malfoy, don't make me tell the whole school that your working on an assignment that includes fascinating facts such as you can never were a stripped tie with a plaid shirt." She impersonated one of those flamboyant fashion designers that worked at women's clothing stores. He huffed and made he way over to the chairs and took a seat. 'I can't help it, he's just too fun to make fun of ' she reasoned with herself and followed him to the table.
"Ok I'll start some sort of outline, and you go get the books we need." Draco ordered.
"Excuse me? Why do I have to get your books?" 'Wheew he had some nerve telling her what to do when she was the one going out of her way to help him' she thought irritably.
"Because I don't exactly want to be seen gallivanting around the library looking for which weekly articals." He explained coolly.
He had a point but Stella refused to give it to him "You care about your image too much Malfoy." She said simply and got up to look for the books.
'What did she mean by that? I don't care about my image! That's the whole look I try to give off, that I don't care. Ok so I somewhat care about how I come across, so does everyone else.' He shook it off and got up to follow her.
He was casually tagging along but from a distance. Stella noticed this and turned around. "Hey, I thought you were going to work on the outline?" she asked rolling her eyes 'why do I have to do all the work?' She asked herself.
"Your eyes are much too pretty to keep rolling them all the time." Draco said instinctively.
She turned around somewhat shocked. Had she just got herself a complement come out of the king of cruelness?
Draco realizing how that must have sounded quickly recovered. "I mean you could try and come up with a new way to show you loathe me, the eye thing is getting old." He couldn't have her thinking that he was complementing he, that was observed he would never do that, right?
Stella looked at him for a few more seconds before smirking and raising one eyebrow "Riiight"
They looked through the shelves a bit more when Draco heard Stella make a sigh of relief.
"Ahhh, here we are!" She removed a heavy book from the self and they made there way back over to their table.
As they were making their way to sit back down they noticed, much to Draco's disgust, Harry, Herminie and Ron sitting starting some homework.
Harry glanced up and saw Stella. "Heya Stella hows it going?" Then his gaze went beyond her to Draco and gave her a questioning looking.
"You got a problem Potter? Draco asked curtly.
At hearing his voice Ron and Herminie looked up as well. "Stella what in gods name are you doing here with.ferret boy? The last part he twisted his face disapprovingly.
Draco growled and made a move towards him, but Stella put her hand on his chest.
"Dra- I mean Malfoy is here because I am failing potions and Snape assigned him to tutor me." She explained. It was the first thing that popped into her head, and she hoped her friends bought it.
Herminie looked quite hurt that she was not asked to tutor a student, but didn't say anything. Draco just looked at her and sneered.
"That's right, and as it were we were using this table so if you be so kind as to get the hell out of the away, I can continue." He retorted.
They got up reluctantly, and Harry still looked perplexed. As he made a move past Draco he spat into his hear "You try anything so help me god I'll destroy you." And pushed his way past him.
Draco couldn't help but laugh to himself. It was just so funny to see Potter try and be tough.
"Stella watched him go, and then turned back to Draco, "Lets get this over with shall we?"
He nodded and they began working.
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It wasn't till quarter after 10 till she finally started to make her way back to the common room. 'Malfoy was soo bad, I guess I can take a few more nights of this.' As she was reflecting on the events she bumped into someone, and thankfully caught her balance and didn't fall on the floor. 'I really need to work on my bumping into people thing'
"Oh Sorry bout that" the voice said.
She looked up. The boy was bending down not looking at her and picking up some of her books. He had on deep black robes with green outlining. He had soft golden blonde hair, and when he looked up she saw her own eyes stare back at her.
"Jim" she said very quietly not able to look away.
"Stella" he returned almost as soft but his voice much deeper.
"I'm sorry I didn't see you there.."she began
"Its ok, don't worry about it" He gave her sort of a sad half smile. They hadn't spoken two words to each other in God knows how long.
"Oh here ya go" he added holding out her books to her.
"Thanks" was her only reply, and they just stood there.
There were so many things she wanted to say, but didn't know were to begin. Part of her wanted to run and hug him but knew she couldn't, and the other part wanted to punch him for all the pain he had caused her.
"Jim, I.." She began
"Don't" he interrupted harshly "Stella you know we shouldn't be seen together." He handed her the books and started to walk hastily the other direction.
She watched him go silently, but before he turned the corridor he turned his head. "I'm sorry." he said with such sincerity and she noticed the strain in his voice. A silent tear rolled off her cheek and hit her robes. He was gone.
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