A/N: Thanks reviewers, Thug, I absolutly hate how you know what's going to happen! But next Chapter'll get you good! FSI: Well, the whole Cho/Harry/BV thing, you'll see by the end. Next chapter'll help too! I'm doing good! Type in the morning, lay around in the afternoon, go dance in the evening then do whatever I want with what's left!
DISCLAIMER:
Mine: BV Rhonda Andrea Lauren Jed Vincentian Stacey Noel Leigh Anna Marlene Reinheart Franz Reinheart And um.... Pierre Reinheart (YEP ALL MINE!) {Wow I made up a lot of crap for this!}
Not mine: The whole Harry Potter gang and setting.
CHAPTER 10
Why Should I?
"What is it Andrea?" BV asked staring into Andrea's now pale blue eyes.
"I... um... I." Andrea stuttered.
"You?" BV prompted.
"I know who.. Roger... um.. raped." Andrea said shaking.
"Who?" BV screeched.
"It was me." Andrea said her eyes filling with tears.
"You?" BV asked perplexed.
"Me. I'm scared BV, what if, you know..." Andrea started trailing off.
"You're not," BV firmly said.
"I'm due for it, it's not here." Andrea said helplessly.
"Yes, but you bled a lot! Your body hasn't made enough blood to replace that yet." BV said starting to shake herself.
"I'm not sure, I mean if it was that close the odds are against me." Andrea said shrugging her shoulders helplessly.
"Listen, you can not say this to the others..." BV started still debating whether to tell Andrea.
Andrea looked at her puzzled, "Alright, but what's up with secretive- ness?"
"I was raped my 4th year at Vincentian, it was a Californian Surfer Wizard wannabe. It turned out alright for me. I skipped a few months then was back on track. My blood takes a while to reproduce itself." BV said very quickly.
"You were raped?" Andrea said gasping at her, "When you were fourteen?"
"Yep, trust me Andrea, let me help you, I know every thought that's rushing through your head right now. First you have to tell Flitwick, he'll make sure nothing happened to you and he'll let your parents know, they can sue Davies's family or whatever they wish to do. Then you'll have to get checked out so your blood can replenish itself. I made the mistake of not and I became very weak and sick." BV said rubbing Andrea's shoulders.
"Why should I?" Andrea asked looking into BV's blue eyes.
"Why?" BV asked amazed that someone as smart as Andrea was asking that question.
"Yeah, you did just fine telling no one," Andrea said tensing up.
"Yeah, I almost killed myself by not!" BV scolded at Andrea who suddenly loosened up.
Andrea laid back into BV's arms, "I'm just so scared, what if Davies finds out then tries to hurt me?"
"I see, okay, don't tell Flitwick, but get yourself checked out. You're already getting sick, I can tell." BV said wrapping her arms around Andrea. The two teens sat there like that for a few minutes then BV remembered something, "Hey, Andrea, Rhon said Davies admits to stabbing the girl, did he really stab you?"
"Yeah," Andrea whispered lifting her shirt to reveal several gashes across her pale stomach.
"ANDREA! GO! Nurse's..... NOW!" BV said pushing Andrea up. Andrea changed shirts. BV noticed the bed still had blood from Andrea's cuts and the rape.
As Andrea was walking out, "Hey, BV, promise me one thing, you'll testify against Stacey."
"Why should I?" BV said angrily.
"Because, it's right, she wanted you to become a death eater. She's the reason, your father will never walk you down the aisle when you get married, your father will never hold your first child in his arms. The reason, your brother can't watch out for jerks like the guy who raped you. He can't teach you to defend yourself. He can't be your best friend like my brothers are to me." Andrea said smiling at BV.
"You win, now go!" BV said grinning back. Andrea slowly started down the ladder. BV used a spell to clean Andrea's sheets. Then she got a shower and hopped into her jeans and then she put her blue sparkly shirt under her Vincentian V- neck sweater. She threw on some flip-flops and ran down the ladder totally skipping the last five rungs. She ran towards Dumbledore's office. She ran up the revolving stairs and got to the top and realized Dumbledore was at dinner. She sat in front of the door and started to think about how she was going to make up a good portion of her History of Magic essay.
"Miss Reinheart, what a surprise!" Dumbledore said looking down at the teen at his door. "Come in, come in." BV got up and walked into the room, a sudden warmth filled her, she felt safe and secure here. " I have a feeling you wish to talk about Stacey."
"Yes, Sir, I wish to testify at the trial." BV said boldly.
"I see, and pass up seeing your mother and Noel?" Dumbledore asked.
"I have to, I can't let Stacey walk free and try to turn others against their beliefs. No matter how badly I want to see them, I can't." BV said tears filling her eyes.
"I understand Miss Reinheart, your break begins in a week. You shall leave the first day of break with the rest of the school. I shall arrange for you to get off at Kings Cross... hmm, maybe Lauren."
"I beg your pardon?" BV asked rather confused.
"Lauren, Lauren Chang, Cho's mother. She's a lawyer, maybe she can represent you, she's rather good you know,"
"Sorry?" BV offered.
"Lauren Chang, is one of the most nutorious lawyers in the Wizarding world, most people hear Lauren wants to talk to them they know it's not good and try anything to avoid it. She's only ever lost two cases in her career, her very first two, back when she was 18. Rather good considering she was also a full time mother. Sort of like yourself, with Noel Leigh- Anna." BV smiled indulgently. "So I shall see if Lauren can take you home with her and the two of you would set out for America the next day at 4:30 in the morning, muggle flying will be best. Dangerous, but probably the least hazardous."
"Thank you, Professor Dumbledore, Sir," Bridgette said smiling since she knew what she was doing was right. "Oh, one more thing sir..." BV said looking up.
"What is it, child?" Dumbledore said looking up at her.
"Um.. I'm sure I can trust you not to tell anyone I told you." BV asked slightly shaking, Andrea would kill her if she found out.
"Is this about Mr. Davies raping Miss Plishinko?" Dumbledore asked with a glint in his eyes.
"Plishinko?" BV asked befuddled.
"Your friend Andrea." Dumbledore said patiently. All these days and she never bothered to find out her friends sur names!
"How did you know?" BV asked amazed.
"I'm very aware of what goes on in this school, besides, Mr. Davies admitted to me." Dumbledore said with a slight smile on his face.
"Oh," BV said. She figured she should have known that. "I'll be going now." BV said rather embarrassed.
A few weeks later. .
"Happy Christmas Everyone!" Marietta called out coming into the dorms in her red Christmas sweater.
"Where's Cho?" Rhonda asked looking behind Marietta for Cho.
"Oh that!" Marietta said with a flicker of delight in her eyes, "She's talking to Harry."
"OOH!" Squealed Rhonda, Andrea and BV.
Cho stood there looking at Harry her heart trembling. She was doing good, she accomplished one of her goals: Praise him for being a wonderful teacher. She would have asked BV except she knew BV had a short fuse. She witnessed this almost every potions class! But she was now crying since she had started to think about Cedric and not Harry. She couldn't let that stop, goal 2: Go far, don't stop let him know how you feel. This one was a little harder for her. She stared around the room for inspiration. Suddenly she had an idea.
"Mistletoe," She whispered.
Harry opened his mouth it took a few seconds to get the message from his brain to his mouth, "Yeah. It's probably full of nargles, though."
Cho having no idea what he was talking about asked, " What are nargles?"
Harry smiled at her and said, "No idea." Cho edged closer, "You'd have to ask loony... I mean Luna." Cho tried to laugh but all that came out was a half sob half laugh.
"I really like you, Harry." Cho whispered. She was doing good, 'just spit it out, he likes you too' BV's voice rang in Cho's mind. She edged close and closer to Harry scarcely understanding what her mind had in store for her. She leaned forward and pressed her lips to his. She caressed them affectionately, but shortly. She stepped back and stared at him biting her lip. He brought his hand out and caressed her face. He began to whip her tears.
"Don't cry, Cho." He said numbly.
"Oh Harry," Cho whimpered, "I'm not sure you'll get what I'm trying to say, but it only hurts when I breath. I'm not sure how far this can go, but I'm willing to make it work." She finished in a whisper. Harry just blankly stared at her. Cho coming back to reality gave up on the ride of her life and ran as fast as she could to Ravenclaw commons.
"I wonder what's going on. She's taking quite a bit." Andrea said with a playful smile on her face.
Rhonda snapped, "Andrea! Don't even think of such things!"
"What!?" BV said cracking up, "It'll do her some good, I think she's thinking about Pretty boy Diggory a bit much!"
"BV!" Rhonda scolded, "That's Cho's business not ours!"
"And yet you manage to get yourself all worked up in joy when I told you where she was!" Marietta said sitting on her bed unbraiding her loose braids. This cause Andrea and BV to crack up laughing. Rhonda gave them a look of daggers. The door knob began to turn and all four of the girls looked over to it. Cho ran in and slammed the door behind her. She ran straight for her bed and collapsed crying.
"I guess they didn't!" Andrea said with a smiled on her face, "Unless it really hurt!"
"ANDREA!" Marietta, Rhonda and surprisingly BV, yelled at her.
Cho flipped over, "What are you talking about, Andrea?"
"Nothing," Andrea said turning red. A grin crept across Cho's tear streaked face.
"What did you think I was up to no good?" Cho asked.
Andrea paused, thought, and then spit out, "Sorta?" Cho wiped her tears and her grin got bigger.
She grabbed a brush and began to pull her black hair into a pony tail, "Well is that a confident sorta?"
BV was getting irritated, "Spit it out Cho!"
"Why should I? No, I think I'll let you guys know tomorrow, good night." Cho said walking into the bathroom.
"CHO CHANG!" BV screamed slamming on the door, "I KNOW YOU AND POTTER WERE UP TO NO GOOD! NOW SPIT IT OUT!"
"No!" Cho yelled back calm as ever, "That's between Harry and Me." BV could almost see her grinning at BV's anger. BV turned around and Andrea was cracking up.
"Give it up BV, Cho's a very determined person, if she doesn't want to tell you tonight, she's not going to tell you tonight." Andrea said shaking her head.
"That's not fair!" BV whimpered like a five year old.
"I know, but that's the way Cho is." Rhonda said, "Hey, BV, you better start packing." Rhonda said pointing to the picture of Noel Leigh- Anna.
"Oh, I'm packed that just stays out till tomorrow morning." BV said affectionately kissing the edge of the picture.
"Gonna see her again, I bet you can't wait!" Andrea said smiling.
"Can't wait." Said BV putting her best face forward, "Well I'm going to bed seeing as how CHO doesn't wish to share things with us!" BV said raising her voice.
"YEAH THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT BV REINHEART!" Cho called out.
"Night guys," BV said laying down.
The next morning BV was prodded awake rather early, "Hey you!" Cho's shining face was right on top of hers.
"Morning to you too!" BV grunted.
"Time to go!" Cho shrieked, "You've got one hour!"
"CRAP!" BV screamed getting out of bed and running for the bathrooms, "Hey guys who's ever in there here I come!" BV said throwing the door open. Andrea stood there with soaking wet hair dangling over her white shower robe. "Hey where's Rhonda?"
"Sleeping, she's spending the holidays here." Andrea said taking a brush to her hair, "She'll be up in a minute I need her to brush my hair."
"Me too!" BV said stripping and then diving into the nearest shower. She quickly threw shampoo and conditioner mixed on top of her blonde locks. She rinsed then took a bar of soap to her skin. She quickly turned off the water and dove out. She grabbed a towel and began to dry off. She threw on her Vincentian long sleeved tee-shirt and a pair of jeans. She ran back into the dorms, "HEY RHONDA!"
"Give me a minute, Andrea beat you here." Rhonda said patiently as she tied an elastic in Andrea's single French Braid. "Okay, BV, what will it be?"
"Pigtails?" BV asked.
"Alright, you'll look cute with them." Rhonda said starting to part her hair.
"Hey BV!" Marietta screamed, "You got a note from Dumbledore."
"Gimme!" BV screamed trying to get up and she met a sharp jolt of pain.
Rhonda scolded, "Stay put! Marietta can you bring it up? BV's getting her hair braided."
"Sure." Marietta said and a moment later walked into the dorms. "Here you go BV." BV read through the letter. It confirmed she was going home with Cho's mother and Cho.
"There, miss Priss!" Rhonda said putting ribbons at the end of the braids.
"Wow, you're getting faster!" BV said smiling.
"Yeah, so you can put on your robes." Rhonda said.
"Robes?" BV asked.
"Yes, robes." Cho said, "We have to wear them getting on the train, then we take them off like we did coming in.
"Well excuse me! I didn't come in by the train!" BV said irritated. "I didn't get my robes till I got up here!"
"Well, that's the rules." Cho argued.
"Fine," BV said agitated then changing her tone she said, "So where's everyone going?"
Andrea was first to speak, "I'm going home, back to Russia, where my family and I will perform the Nutcracker in the ballet in Moscow."
"That's cool!" BV said trying to imagine Andrea dancing.
"I'm going to France, visit Ole' Pari." Marietta said grinning, "I can't wait! The Eiffel tower! The Arc de Triomphe! The Lovre! Absolutely perfect!" Marietta finished dreamily.
"I wanna go!" Rhonda said, "I'm just chilling here while my parents go to Africa on safari!"
"That sucks!" BV offered.
"Thanks, how bout you? Going to America to testify?" Rhonda asked.
"Yeah, got to New York City visit some Vincentian people, Rockefeller center, Central park ice skating, New years in Times Square! Nothing like it!" BV said imagining all those places again as she had done for the few days since Dumbledore said that the trials were being held there. It was her third home. She was born in Austria, grew up on Long Island, moved to Austria again, and then NYC. 4th had to have been Vincentian and Hogwarts more like a somewhat fifth.
"How about you, Cho?" Andrea asked.
Cho grinned widely, "Well, I did better than all of you!"
"How?" Andrea asked.
"Lauren's going to that trial in America, the whole holidays without her! Just me and my dad! I love it!" Cho said with a huge smile on her face.
"I take it you don't like Lauren too much." BV said with a impassive look on her face.
"Yep, just about right!" Cho said grinning triumphantly.
"Oh guys look at the time! We gotta go! BYE RHONDA!" Marietta said with a slight smile.
"Have Fun, Rhon," said Cho hugging her.
"We'll send you some presents to make up for leaving you!" Andrea said stepping forward to hug her, "Maybe my pointe shoes from the production." Rhonda laughed.
"Hey, see ya on the flip side, Europe chickadee!" BV said grabbing her hand and then hugging her.
"Check ya later American Chickadee. Peace out!" Rhonda said laughing.
"BYE RHONDA!" The girls called out leaving to go their separate ways.