~Chapter Six~
The next morning Kylee awoke to the sound of voices right outside the curtains on her bed. She could tell that one of them was Pansy Parkinson, but she wasn't sure about the other one. She opened her curtians just a little and peeked out. She was met with the sight of Pansy and another girl going through her trunk! She threw the curtians open and jumped out of bed.
"What the hell do you think your doing," Kylee screamed while taking a step towards them.
Pansy and the other girl ran out of the room when Kylee walked towards them. She bent down to put all of her things back in to her trunk and to make sure that they hadn't taken anything. When she bent down she noticed that her journal was laying open on the floor. "Well it's a good thing that I haven't written much in it lately," Kylee said to herself. First she had been busy with moving across the ocean, then she was busy with preparing for school. She bent down and put her things back in the trunk and pulled out some clothes for the day before closing it and putting a locking charm on it. She pulled on the clothes and then continued to put on her school robes on and placed her wand in her pocket. She then walked over to the mirror. Her golden brown tresses fell in semi-curled locks down to a spot just past her shoulder blades and her chocolate brown eyes gazed appraisingly at her image in the mirror. Hmmm...should I wear my hair up or down? She decided on a half up/half down style. She took the front locks of her hair and pulled them back in to a small bun, but she let the rest of it hang loose. She pulled on her shoes and went to grab her shoulder bag. Then she noticed the letter sticking out of the front pocket on her bag. How could I forget to read this? She pulled the letter out of her bag and sat on the end of her bed to read it.
"Hey Kylee,
I'm just writing to check on you, just like I said I would. How was the train ride? I hope it was good, I usually had a good time on the ride there. I hope you made some good friends and that your having a good time, and learning a lot. What house were you sorted in? That is the one thing that I was really curious to see because we have so many different ancestors that were in a wide variety of houses. Well, I hope that your first day of school goes well. Love, Mom."
Kyle scribbled a quick reply telling her mother that she would write a longer one when she had time, and stuck it in her bag. She then slung her bag over her shoulder and made her way out of the dormitory. When she reached the common room she went straight to the door and left. Today she actually managed to make it to the Great Hall on her own, and with 45 minutes left before her first class. When she reached the doors to the Great Hall she saw Harry and Neville standing outside of them talking. She said a quick hello and went in to the Hall. When she sat down at the Slytherin table she was met with the suprising sight of Meridith sitting on Draco's lap.
"Well, you guys seem to have gotten pretty close for the short amount of time that you have known each other," Kylee said as she sat down.
"Yeah, I guess we have," Meridith replied while sliding in to a seat next to Draco so that they could both eat.
"Well, thats good for you," Kylee replied while placing some toast on her plate and filling her cup with pumpkin juice.
For a second she thought she saw Draco look at her with a deflated look in his eyes, but it must have been her imagination because when she looked at him agian he was smiling at Meridith. Kylee was about half way finished with her toast when Llaya flew down and landed right in the middle of the table. Kylee untied the letter from Llaya's leg and then feed the owl a few bits of toast. When Llaya was content with the amount of table scraps that she had resieved Kylee tied the letter to her Mom on to Llaya's leg and told the owl who it was going to. After she had flown off Kylee picked up the letter and opened it. She gasped, grabbed her bag, and ran out of the Hall. She ran past the students and on to the grounds where she found a spot that was partially cut off from view by a cluster of trees. Only when she was out of sight did she sit down to fully read the letter.
"Kylee,
Hey. I hope your having a good time in your new home. I also hope that school is going well. I've been meaning to tell you this for awhile, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. You know how I feel about you, but I have to do this. I can't stay in this relationship with you living across the ocean from me. Thats not down the street, or even out of the state, its acroos the ocean. Maybe if we were old enough to apparate it would be different, but we can't and it's not. I also found someone new after you moved and I like her a lot. I know that right now you probably have found someone new too, and if you haven't, then I wish you the best of luck. Love, Matt."
Kylee let the note fall to the ground and buried her face in her hands. She had known that this was coming, but she didn't think that it would hit her that hard. She and Matt had been together for three years now, and she just hadn't planned on it being this hard to let go. She didn't even hear the footsteps from behind her, didn't even know that someone was there until they touched her shoulder. She picked up her head to see Neville sitting on the ground beside her. She quickly tried to wipe away her tears, but he had already seen them.
"Um, Are you okay," he asked, the worry showing clearly on his face.
"Oh, I guess I'll be fine, I'm just upset," she replied, touched by his concern.
"What happened," he asked while turning his body to face her.
"Oh, It's nothing really. It's just that, back in America, I had a boyfriend. We were really close, he was also my best friend. But, now that I moved, he doesn't want to be together anymore. I understand why, I really do, its just that I didn't think it would hit me this hard. He's already found someone else, and I have just barely made friends," she replied realizing that he was easy to talk to. She would have thought that it would be embarrasing to have him hear this, but it wasn't.
"Oh, well he must be pretty stupid to leave you," Neville replied looking completly serious.
"Yeah, well I appreciate the attempt to make him look like the stupid one, but I believe it was me in this case. I should have broken it off before I moved, then it would have been on my own terms, and at my own time. Not just because he found someone new," she replied while giving him a little smile.
"Oh, well I'm sure it just seems that way to you. And, just to let you know, classes are starting in twenty minutes."
Kylee looked at her watch at gasped, "Your right, do you want to go back in to the castle?"
"Actually, I have Care of Magical Creatures first, it's out here on the grounds," Neville replied.
"Oh," she said while taking out her schedule to see what she had first,"I have that first too!" So they made their way over to the paddock beside Hagrid's hut and sat down. About ten minutes later students started making their way over to where they now sat for class. For the rest of the class Kylee stayed near Neville, Harry, Hermione, and Ron, not feeling like explaining the situation at breakfast to Draco or Meridith. After Care of Magical Creatures Kylee had Defense Agianst the Dark Arts, with Professor Lupin. Kylee arrived in the Defense Agianst the Dark Arts classroom just in time to grab a seat in the middle row, which she thought was the perfect place to sit. That day in class they reviewed some of the things that they were supposed to have learned as fifth years and by the end of class Kylee had come to the conclusion that Lupin was one of the best professors that she has ever had. Her third, and last, class of the day was Ancient Runes. Kylee was really interested in runes, aside form potions it was her favorite subject to learn about. But the amount of pleasure that she derived from the class would all depend on the teacher. She found that the teacher was a fairly good one and really enjoyed the class. After her classes were over she made her way up to the common room to get her homework out of the way before dinner. She had to read the chapter on Vampries and then she had to do a two foot essay on the roots of Ancient Runes, to be turned in tomorrow. She was a quick reader, so she knocked out the reading for Defense Agianst the Dark Arts fairly quick, and after another hour had passed, she also had the essay done. Feeling very pleased with herself, she carried her things up to her dormitory and then decided to walk outside. There was still almost 45 minutes of daylight left and Kylee decided to go sit by the lake. She sat there feeding the Giant Octopus spare bits of food that she had retrieved from the Great Hall until the sun began to set and then began walking back towards the castle for dinner. Luckily dinner went fairly silent, with no mention of this morning. Draco and Meridith seemed to be fairly wrapped up in each other and hardly talked to her. But that was alright, she didn't really feel like talking anyways. After dinner she made her way back to her common room and went to the dormitory. She dressed in her pajamas and then layed in bed for awhile and thought about everything that had gone on lately before drifting off to sleep.
The next morning Kylee awoke to the sound of voices right outside the curtains on her bed. She could tell that one of them was Pansy Parkinson, but she wasn't sure about the other one. She opened her curtians just a little and peeked out. She was met with the sight of Pansy and another girl going through her trunk! She threw the curtians open and jumped out of bed.
"What the hell do you think your doing," Kylee screamed while taking a step towards them.
Pansy and the other girl ran out of the room when Kylee walked towards them. She bent down to put all of her things back in to her trunk and to make sure that they hadn't taken anything. When she bent down she noticed that her journal was laying open on the floor. "Well it's a good thing that I haven't written much in it lately," Kylee said to herself. First she had been busy with moving across the ocean, then she was busy with preparing for school. She bent down and put her things back in the trunk and pulled out some clothes for the day before closing it and putting a locking charm on it. She pulled on the clothes and then continued to put on her school robes on and placed her wand in her pocket. She then walked over to the mirror. Her golden brown tresses fell in semi-curled locks down to a spot just past her shoulder blades and her chocolate brown eyes gazed appraisingly at her image in the mirror. Hmmm...should I wear my hair up or down? She decided on a half up/half down style. She took the front locks of her hair and pulled them back in to a small bun, but she let the rest of it hang loose. She pulled on her shoes and went to grab her shoulder bag. Then she noticed the letter sticking out of the front pocket on her bag. How could I forget to read this? She pulled the letter out of her bag and sat on the end of her bed to read it.
"Hey Kylee,
I'm just writing to check on you, just like I said I would. How was the train ride? I hope it was good, I usually had a good time on the ride there. I hope you made some good friends and that your having a good time, and learning a lot. What house were you sorted in? That is the one thing that I was really curious to see because we have so many different ancestors that were in a wide variety of houses. Well, I hope that your first day of school goes well. Love, Mom."
Kyle scribbled a quick reply telling her mother that she would write a longer one when she had time, and stuck it in her bag. She then slung her bag over her shoulder and made her way out of the dormitory. When she reached the common room she went straight to the door and left. Today she actually managed to make it to the Great Hall on her own, and with 45 minutes left before her first class. When she reached the doors to the Great Hall she saw Harry and Neville standing outside of them talking. She said a quick hello and went in to the Hall. When she sat down at the Slytherin table she was met with the suprising sight of Meridith sitting on Draco's lap.
"Well, you guys seem to have gotten pretty close for the short amount of time that you have known each other," Kylee said as she sat down.
"Yeah, I guess we have," Meridith replied while sliding in to a seat next to Draco so that they could both eat.
"Well, thats good for you," Kylee replied while placing some toast on her plate and filling her cup with pumpkin juice.
For a second she thought she saw Draco look at her with a deflated look in his eyes, but it must have been her imagination because when she looked at him agian he was smiling at Meridith. Kylee was about half way finished with her toast when Llaya flew down and landed right in the middle of the table. Kylee untied the letter from Llaya's leg and then feed the owl a few bits of toast. When Llaya was content with the amount of table scraps that she had resieved Kylee tied the letter to her Mom on to Llaya's leg and told the owl who it was going to. After she had flown off Kylee picked up the letter and opened it. She gasped, grabbed her bag, and ran out of the Hall. She ran past the students and on to the grounds where she found a spot that was partially cut off from view by a cluster of trees. Only when she was out of sight did she sit down to fully read the letter.
"Kylee,
Hey. I hope your having a good time in your new home. I also hope that school is going well. I've been meaning to tell you this for awhile, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. You know how I feel about you, but I have to do this. I can't stay in this relationship with you living across the ocean from me. Thats not down the street, or even out of the state, its acroos the ocean. Maybe if we were old enough to apparate it would be different, but we can't and it's not. I also found someone new after you moved and I like her a lot. I know that right now you probably have found someone new too, and if you haven't, then I wish you the best of luck. Love, Matt."
Kylee let the note fall to the ground and buried her face in her hands. She had known that this was coming, but she didn't think that it would hit her that hard. She and Matt had been together for three years now, and she just hadn't planned on it being this hard to let go. She didn't even hear the footsteps from behind her, didn't even know that someone was there until they touched her shoulder. She picked up her head to see Neville sitting on the ground beside her. She quickly tried to wipe away her tears, but he had already seen them.
"Um, Are you okay," he asked, the worry showing clearly on his face.
"Oh, I guess I'll be fine, I'm just upset," she replied, touched by his concern.
"What happened," he asked while turning his body to face her.
"Oh, It's nothing really. It's just that, back in America, I had a boyfriend. We were really close, he was also my best friend. But, now that I moved, he doesn't want to be together anymore. I understand why, I really do, its just that I didn't think it would hit me this hard. He's already found someone else, and I have just barely made friends," she replied realizing that he was easy to talk to. She would have thought that it would be embarrasing to have him hear this, but it wasn't.
"Oh, well he must be pretty stupid to leave you," Neville replied looking completly serious.
"Yeah, well I appreciate the attempt to make him look like the stupid one, but I believe it was me in this case. I should have broken it off before I moved, then it would have been on my own terms, and at my own time. Not just because he found someone new," she replied while giving him a little smile.
"Oh, well I'm sure it just seems that way to you. And, just to let you know, classes are starting in twenty minutes."
Kylee looked at her watch at gasped, "Your right, do you want to go back in to the castle?"
"Actually, I have Care of Magical Creatures first, it's out here on the grounds," Neville replied.
"Oh," she said while taking out her schedule to see what she had first,"I have that first too!" So they made their way over to the paddock beside Hagrid's hut and sat down. About ten minutes later students started making their way over to where they now sat for class. For the rest of the class Kylee stayed near Neville, Harry, Hermione, and Ron, not feeling like explaining the situation at breakfast to Draco or Meridith. After Care of Magical Creatures Kylee had Defense Agianst the Dark Arts, with Professor Lupin. Kylee arrived in the Defense Agianst the Dark Arts classroom just in time to grab a seat in the middle row, which she thought was the perfect place to sit. That day in class they reviewed some of the things that they were supposed to have learned as fifth years and by the end of class Kylee had come to the conclusion that Lupin was one of the best professors that she has ever had. Her third, and last, class of the day was Ancient Runes. Kylee was really interested in runes, aside form potions it was her favorite subject to learn about. But the amount of pleasure that she derived from the class would all depend on the teacher. She found that the teacher was a fairly good one and really enjoyed the class. After her classes were over she made her way up to the common room to get her homework out of the way before dinner. She had to read the chapter on Vampries and then she had to do a two foot essay on the roots of Ancient Runes, to be turned in tomorrow. She was a quick reader, so she knocked out the reading for Defense Agianst the Dark Arts fairly quick, and after another hour had passed, she also had the essay done. Feeling very pleased with herself, she carried her things up to her dormitory and then decided to walk outside. There was still almost 45 minutes of daylight left and Kylee decided to go sit by the lake. She sat there feeding the Giant Octopus spare bits of food that she had retrieved from the Great Hall until the sun began to set and then began walking back towards the castle for dinner. Luckily dinner went fairly silent, with no mention of this morning. Draco and Meridith seemed to be fairly wrapped up in each other and hardly talked to her. But that was alright, she didn't really feel like talking anyways. After dinner she made her way back to her common room and went to the dormitory. She dressed in her pajamas and then layed in bed for awhile and thought about everything that had gone on lately before drifting off to sleep.