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Chapter 8 – Confrontation
The next day Katherine woke up late. During the night she had what she figured was the beginning of one of her special dreams. The only thing she saw was a big room that looked oddly like the Great Hall. It was dark but she had made out a very faint silhouette in the middle of the room. After that she woke up and quickly took out a sort of dream journal from her trunk and wrote down every detail of her dream. She then made a mental note to buy a new journal and returned to sleep.
After waking up she changed and went down to the Great Hall to grab a bite and went to look for Jade. As expected she found the green-eyed girl in the library.
"Girl, you spend too much time in here." Kat commented as she took the seat next to Jade.
"I know but what can I say, I'm a sucker for books. You on the other hand seem to be a sucker for nice, comfy beds."
"Got up in the middle of the night. Weird dream. However that is not the hot subject of the day. Guess what I found out."
"Concerning your date?" Jade asked and Katherine just nodded. "Jacob is in fact gay and has a huge crush on Rosh and tried to get any information he could from you?"
"What did you drink for breakfast? It's nothing in any way close to that."
"All right, then what is it?"
"Jacob is Professor Emanuel Dante's bastard son." Katherine told her friend in a whisper.
"No. Seriously?"
"I sorta asked and he confessed. I was shocked but in no way surprised."
"So what are you going to do with that information?"
"There isn't anything I can do."
"You can blackmail him. Threaten to tell the whole school and everyone will believe that Professor Dante is helping Jacob with grades and him being Head Boy."
"Where did you get such an evil mind? Last year you were still a nice girl and now you're plotting to kill Professor Dante and blackmailing Jacob. Who are you and what did you do with my friend?"
"Fine, don't take my advice. Deal with this your way. I know nothing."
"I will do exactly that. Have a nice day." Katherine said and got up.
"You too. Oh and Rosh told me to tell you that he'll be in the usual place."
"When were you going to give me that message? When I was done searching the whole castle?" Katherine asked.
Jade just grinned and resumed her reading. Katherine shrugged and left the library.
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Katherine found Rosh at their usual spot. He was juggling with little stones and every time he dropped one he would pick it up and throw it to the lake. She watched him for a few minutes before going to sit by his side.
"Hey there sleepyhead. Rough night?" he asked smiling and gave her a peck on the cheek.
"I love the way you understand me." She said smiling as well and gave him a small kiss on the lips.
"I pay attention."
"I know you do." She sighed before continuing. "I had a dream. Not sure what will come of it but I think that whatever it is it will happen at Hogwarts." She explained.
"How do you know?"
"I saw the Great Hall. I mean I think it was the Great Hall. It could be just a big room."
"Well if it's here then I'm sure it won't be something bad." He said and placed his arm behind her neck, pushing her closer to him.
"You're right. I just have to wait and let the dream speak to me." She said and snuggled against him.
She felt so safe in his arms it seemed impossible. Often she thought that nothing would ever harm her as long as she was in his arms. And that always made her fell even safer.
"By the way I have hot news." She said from her position.
"Share."
"Jacob is Professor Dante's bastard son."
"Really? That's interesting because I had the feeling Jacob was a bastard. Now
I know for sure." He said.
Katherine moved and hit him playfully. Then she snuggled again enjoying the feeling.
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After lunch Katherine went outside to read the paper in peace and quiet. She sat under a tree and read the daily paper brought by her owl, Snuffles. Rosh had always found weird that Kat would go and name her owl after something she hated so much. She had always claimed that Sirius's animagus form was scary and once even made Rosh cut off his fur. He remembered that during the night following that event she had awoken him and had told him she was feeling bad because of it. It was from then on that Rosh found that his ice princess had a heart. He had encouraged her to go and tell her father that and she did leave the bedroom but he doubted she had actually gone and talked to Sirius. Regardless that she continued to say that Snuffles was scary and that she really didn't like him. After Sirius passed away, about two years afterwards, Katherine asked Harry (with whom she had gone to live with) for a dog. Harry wasn't exactly looking forward to having something else remind him constantly of his beloved godfather so he denied her request. When she turned eleven and was accepted at Hogwarts Harry got her an owl. Immediately she named the brown owl Snuffles. Rosh never had the courage to ask her why she had named the animal like that so he let it go. It wasn't important anyway. She was free to name the owl anyway she wanted.
Having her own reasons to name her owl Snuffles, Katherine focused in learning what was new outside in the real world. So focused she was she didn't even heard someone approach her. She only noticed a foreign presence when a person sat beside her.
"Hello there." Jacob said as he took his place next to Kat.
"Hi. I didn't see you coming." She said neglecting her newspaper.
"I came very quietly. You were so interested in your paper you wouldn't notice if I had a horn."
"Probably." She said smiling.
"So you really liked our date?"
"Yes I did. I had a good time."
"I'm glad. You know, I never got to answer your first question." He said calmly.
"My first question?" Kat asked frowning.
"You asked me if I liked you, don't you remember?"
"Yeah, I remember."
"Do you still want me to answer?" he asked, coming closer to her.
"If you want to."
He moved yet closer to her and she could fell his hot breath on her lips. Was he going to do what she thought he was? Without a single word Jacob pressed his lips against hers in a soft and tender kiss. For a moment Katherine lost herself in the kiss but somewhere in the back of her head she heard a growl and remembered her words from the previous night.
"No one else will ever get that. Only you." she had said to Rosh. And now she was going against her word. She broke the kiss, got up and left the site, leaving behind a perplexed Jacob.
She ran to the Gryffindor common room and then up to the dormitory. She threw herself to her bed and just lay there. This whole situation wasn't going like she wanted it to go. She knew Jacob felt something in relation to her but she had never expected him to kiss her. And worst of all…that she might actually enjoy his kiss. So she planned on staying in bed for the rest of the day as to not risk bumping into Jacob or Rosh.
Ten minutes after she made that decision Jade walked into the dormitory.
"What are you doing back in bed? It's the afternoon and usually we don't sleep in the afternoon." She said when she saw her friend under the sheets.
"I'm not sleeping. I'm hiding." Kat said from her location below the sheets.
"You are what?"
"Hiding away in shame."
"And why would you be doing that?" Jade asked sitting in Kat's bed and pulling the covers back.
"Well…Jacob kissed me and I kissed him back." Kat explained quickly.
"Forgive me but I don't see a problem with that. He's a Slytherin, but he's cute."
"There may be something you don't know that kinda brings the problem forward."
"And what would that be?"
"Well…"
Katherine explained the whole situation to Jade. Her entire relationship with Rosh, the new problem involving Jacob…the whole story.
"Wow! I think you're in trouble." Jade commented after Kat finished her story.
"Thank you. It's so nice to know I can count on you during this predicament." Kat said sarcastically.
"I'm sorry. Ok, I think you should keep quiet about this, at least for now. If Jacob does it again you tell Rosh and he'll probably hit him. But always say he kissed you without your permission and never mentioned that you kissed him back."
"Do you really think I should do that?"
"I think it's the only thing you can do." Jade said seriously.
Kat nodded and sighed heavily. She would keep the kiss to herself for the time being. Maybe she would tell Rosh later…like a couple of years later perhaps.
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Rosh was walking around the hallways of the castle, not really going anywhere. He had been walking for a while when he decided to go visit his mother. He went down to the dungeon area but his trip was cut short as he laid eyes on Jacob talking to a couple of Slytherin 7th years. He approached the small group but stayed out of their line of sight.
"I'm telling you guys that before the end of the year I'll have her in the palm of my hand." He heard Jacob say.
"And under the sheets too." One of the other boys spoke and everyone laughed.
Rosh frowned and thought about leaving but something else told him to pass by them. And so he did.
"Hello there, Lupin. What brings you down here?" Jacob asked.
"My mother's office is here. I thought you knew that."
"Yeah. Well I'll take my chance then. I was wondering if I need your permission to ask Katherine to be my girlfriend, seeing as you are so protective over her."
"Yes you need my permission. And I'm sad to inform you that you aren't getting it." Rosh announced coldly and went on his way.
"Well, she's an adult now and the kiss she gave me earlier gave me the impression that she's interested."
Rosh stopped dead on his tracks. He turned slowly and looked at Jacob. The Slytherin was smirking and Rosh would have jinxed him if he wasn't in disadvantage. Instead he chose to be the bigger man and resumed his walk. Jacob smirked even more and his Slytherin friends laughed.
Rosh never reached his mother's office. Instead he sat on the floor against the wall thinking about what Jacob had said. Would it be possible that Katherine kissed Jacob? She had said she didn't like him but that was before the two dates they went on. Maybe now she felt different about him. Maybe she started to like him. There was only one way to find out.
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He found Jade coming down the marble stairs at around dinnertime. She seemed in a hurry to get somewhere.
"Hello Jade. Where are you going in such a hurry?" he asked when he meet her halfway down the stairs.
"Hey Rosh. I'm going to the Great Hall. I'm starving."
"Ok. Listen do you know where Katherine is?"
"No. I haven't seen her all day." She lied.
"Oh. I really wanted to talk to her."
"Sorry I can't help you."
"No problem. Thanks anyway. Could you do me a favour?"
"Sure."
"Could you bring me some food to the common room? I'm not very interested in eating at the Hall."
"All right. I'll get you something."
"Thanks. You're great."
Jade smiled and continued her journey. Rosh continued on the opposite direction. He was going to try and find Katherine.
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Katherine was still on her bed, her back facing the door as she waited for Jade to return with food. When she heard the door open she automatically figured it was her green-eyed friend.
"Food." She said cheerfully and turned to face the door.
Her eyes opened wide and her jaw fell as she saw who was entering the dormitory.
"You can't be here. How did you get past the stairs?" she asked the male person closing the door.
"I'm a resourceful guy."
"Boys aren't allowed in the girls dormitory."
"I know that. But like I always say rules are made to be broken." He said approaching her bed.
"You never said that."
"Well I'm saying it now. Why are you hiding from me?"
"I'm not hiding from you. I'm just tired." Kat explained unconvincingly.
"Right. Did the saliva exchange with Jacob wear you out?"
"How did you…" she asked perplexed.
"How did I find out? He told me about it. Asked my permission to ask you to be
his girlfriend."
"He asked you that? He wants me to be his girlfriend?"
"Apparently yes. And he said you seemed interested."
"I'm not. He kissed me. I don't like him."
"Who are you trying to convince? Me or yourself?" he asked kneeling on her bed.
"I'm not trying to convince anyone." She said glaring.
Rosh was about to talk but the door opened and Jade entered carrying two bundles with food. She stayed at the entrance looking at Rosh and clearly wondering how he got there. Noticing the conversation was over Rosh went to Jade, took his food and left the dormitory.
"Should I ask how he got here?" Jade asked Katherine after he closed the door behind him.
"You can ask but I don't know the answer."
"Here's your food. I'll leave to your thoughts. I imagine you guys had a fight or something."
"Thanks."
"See you later."
Katherine watched her friend leave and looked down at her food. Suddenly she wasn't hungry anymore. She had only one thought on her head.
"I'm not trying to convince anyone." She whispered to no one.
Was she trying to convince herself that she had felt nothing when Jacob kissed her? Or did she know for sure she felt something but just didn't want to let that knowledge sink in? She lay back down, many thoughts swimming in her head. Would things get any worse?
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A question to be answered in the next chapter. Mwahahahahahahaha
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Aria-Wolfstar: Everyone seemed to like the bastard line…it came out well. Anyway glad u're liking this story. About Jacob…looks can be deceiving ;)
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Next update: next week
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Amilin: The bastard line was liked overall. Hehe…anyway I have a question for you: How can you live with only 4 hours of sleep? I get cranky and sleepy all day if I get less than 8…
Like I said before next chappie comes out next week. And I think in this one u get some idea of Kat's feelings for Jacob. But in a moment everything can change… ;)
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