Chapter seven
It was Monday when he started classes again. He sat there still, silent, so unwilling to move. He dreaded Wednesday as well between classes and meals. He would not be able to stand seeing Lucius and Erika together. At meals he took his own food to his room or stayed in the kitchen. The house elves took care of any work and were very sympathetic towards him. They were his only friends at the time.
Eventually Wednesday came and he entered class two minutes before it was to begin. Lucius and Erika were already there sitting. He had his arm around her and she just stared at the door. When she saw him, she smiled, but then, remembering how mean he was just gave a sad expression and put her head on the desk. Lucius looked over at the door and grinned wickedly at him, and then whispered something into Erika's ear.
Jealousy struck him again. He chose a desk behind them as the bell rang. He couldn't concentrate on his work; he lost his thoughts again all over her. He had to admit he still felt something for her, and that he couldn't exactly be mad at her. She never knew how he felt about her. Eventually the class let out and he tried to get out as soon as he could but a hand intervened.
He looked back to see it was Lucius hand on him, with another around Erika who was looking down at the ground. He glared at Lucius and Lucius just coldly smiled back, gripping tighter at Erika's waist.
"Im guessing the blade wasn't as sharp as we all wanted, eh?" He said laughing. Severus just mumbled something, keeping his poise confident. He looked again at Erika who was crying. He felt his heart break again and he began this greater hatred for Lucius Malfoy. Lucius watched the interaction between the two and then brought Erika closer to him.
"Look at that Severus, you're making my girlfriend cry. You should be ashamed of yourself. Come on love, let's go skip our next class and stay in the common room." He said pulling her out of the room. She looked back at him one last time and then went out of sight.
In one week it would be Christmas break so everyone began studying for testing, that is, except Erika because she had not been barely there but for but two weeks. Plans were already being made about the Christmas holiday. He, of course would stay at the school since his parents did not really want him there. On the Thursday before testing Erika came up to him for the first time since he had been rude towards her.
He was sitting in a chair; studying and she had quietly slipped into the one across from him. He looked up to see her writing, her hair covering her face as she wrote fervently. Her hair was curly again and she was wearing a dark green shirt that he believed made her all the more beautiful. She looked back up to him and handed him the parchment she had written on. It was a small note written in cursive that had a very sweet look to it that read:
I really am sorry, I never meant to hurt you with this. I care about you a lot and I feel horrible not being able to talk to you anymore. You are the only one im closest to here. Please forgive me?
Severus looked it over and nodded. She smiled and he felt his heart begin to heal. They both got up and left the books they had on the table. They went back to the common room and began to talk.
"I really am sorry.." She said. They grabbed their coats and were going to go outside again.
"Its okay, really." He said. As they walked outside he took her hand in his. She smiled at him and then stared out again into the forest.
"Im going to Lucius's house for Christmas. But I don't know how long I'll stay after Christmas. I doubt just for a few days. Do you mind?" She said and then faced him, taking his other hand in hers.
"No...he's your boyfriend, you do what you want to do."
"But you're my best friend, if you don't want me to, I won't." She said. He wanted to tell her not to go, to stay with him. They talked a bit longer and eventually went back inside and Severus went to bed.
He studied hard, and during the days of testing he believed to have performed well. He finally started coming back to the daily meals, sitting still far from them and feeling waves of jealousy when Lucius would put his arm around her, or whisper something into her ear to make her laugh. The day when others left to go to their parents soon came too. When he found Erika she had a small bag with her with the initials LV on them, which she soon explained was a very wealthy brand name of muggle merchandise. They hugged and soon she left with Lucius since his parents arranged a carriage a carriage for them.
He watched as the carriage was out of sight and sighed. He felt loneliness and knew this Christmas would be his worst out of all.
~More to come, cheers! ~e.l.l.a
It was Monday when he started classes again. He sat there still, silent, so unwilling to move. He dreaded Wednesday as well between classes and meals. He would not be able to stand seeing Lucius and Erika together. At meals he took his own food to his room or stayed in the kitchen. The house elves took care of any work and were very sympathetic towards him. They were his only friends at the time.
Eventually Wednesday came and he entered class two minutes before it was to begin. Lucius and Erika were already there sitting. He had his arm around her and she just stared at the door. When she saw him, she smiled, but then, remembering how mean he was just gave a sad expression and put her head on the desk. Lucius looked over at the door and grinned wickedly at him, and then whispered something into Erika's ear.
Jealousy struck him again. He chose a desk behind them as the bell rang. He couldn't concentrate on his work; he lost his thoughts again all over her. He had to admit he still felt something for her, and that he couldn't exactly be mad at her. She never knew how he felt about her. Eventually the class let out and he tried to get out as soon as he could but a hand intervened.
He looked back to see it was Lucius hand on him, with another around Erika who was looking down at the ground. He glared at Lucius and Lucius just coldly smiled back, gripping tighter at Erika's waist.
"Im guessing the blade wasn't as sharp as we all wanted, eh?" He said laughing. Severus just mumbled something, keeping his poise confident. He looked again at Erika who was crying. He felt his heart break again and he began this greater hatred for Lucius Malfoy. Lucius watched the interaction between the two and then brought Erika closer to him.
"Look at that Severus, you're making my girlfriend cry. You should be ashamed of yourself. Come on love, let's go skip our next class and stay in the common room." He said pulling her out of the room. She looked back at him one last time and then went out of sight.
In one week it would be Christmas break so everyone began studying for testing, that is, except Erika because she had not been barely there but for but two weeks. Plans were already being made about the Christmas holiday. He, of course would stay at the school since his parents did not really want him there. On the Thursday before testing Erika came up to him for the first time since he had been rude towards her.
He was sitting in a chair; studying and she had quietly slipped into the one across from him. He looked up to see her writing, her hair covering her face as she wrote fervently. Her hair was curly again and she was wearing a dark green shirt that he believed made her all the more beautiful. She looked back up to him and handed him the parchment she had written on. It was a small note written in cursive that had a very sweet look to it that read:
I really am sorry, I never meant to hurt you with this. I care about you a lot and I feel horrible not being able to talk to you anymore. You are the only one im closest to here. Please forgive me?
Severus looked it over and nodded. She smiled and he felt his heart begin to heal. They both got up and left the books they had on the table. They went back to the common room and began to talk.
"I really am sorry.." She said. They grabbed their coats and were going to go outside again.
"Its okay, really." He said. As they walked outside he took her hand in his. She smiled at him and then stared out again into the forest.
"Im going to Lucius's house for Christmas. But I don't know how long I'll stay after Christmas. I doubt just for a few days. Do you mind?" She said and then faced him, taking his other hand in hers.
"No...he's your boyfriend, you do what you want to do."
"But you're my best friend, if you don't want me to, I won't." She said. He wanted to tell her not to go, to stay with him. They talked a bit longer and eventually went back inside and Severus went to bed.
He studied hard, and during the days of testing he believed to have performed well. He finally started coming back to the daily meals, sitting still far from them and feeling waves of jealousy when Lucius would put his arm around her, or whisper something into her ear to make her laugh. The day when others left to go to their parents soon came too. When he found Erika she had a small bag with her with the initials LV on them, which she soon explained was a very wealthy brand name of muggle merchandise. They hugged and soon she left with Lucius since his parents arranged a carriage a carriage for them.
He watched as the carriage was out of sight and sighed. He felt loneliness and knew this Christmas would be his worst out of all.
~More to come, cheers! ~e.l.l.a