-TrEaChErOuS WaYs-

WhEn ThiNgS SeEm tO oNLy gEt wOrSe

Treachery – (n.) deceit, betrayal, (adj.) disloyal

Way – (n.) direction, path, manner

"°º× Chapter Six ׺°"˜'

I felt myself grow angry. What was he doing with her? I decided to just go up to them and with a death glare at her, make SURE he comes with me.

I turned to walk around the bookshelf when I felt myself being flung back and hitting the ground. Half a dozen books fell on top of me. I gave a horrified squeal as I saw the shelf start to sway. I closed my eyes waiting for it to fall, when I felt someone pushing the books furiously away from me.

It was Jake.

"Bellatrix! Are you alright?" he asked, pulling me to my feet. I noticed a couple of students watching horrified at my accident, including Megan.

"I'm fine but I need to talk to you," I replied looking up at Jake. His eyebrows shot up, just as someone grabbed my arm and began to drag me away.

"I knew you were going to cause trouble! You had that terrible gleam in your eye…" It was the librarian, squealing her head off as she pulled me out of the library. I turned my head to see Jake was following me, leaving Megan behind.

"Next time you try anything funny, I'm going to suspend you from my library for a year!" And with that, the librarian pushed me out of the door.

I hit the cold floor, and felt a sudden pain go through my buttocks up my back. She's lucky she didn't injure me! My eyes began to water slightly.

"Are you ok?" Someone asked. I looked up to see Jake looking down at me, extending his hand to help me up.

"Not really," I replied, taking his hand. He pulled me up and gave me a quick hug.

"What did you want to ask me?" He asked, his gray eyes searching my own dark eyes. I looked away.

"Let's go for a walk," I answered, leading the way, towards the Entrance hall, to go outside.

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I sat down on the green lawns beside the lake. A lot of the students were outside as well. Some were dipping their feet in the lake; others were tormenting the new Whomping Willow, which had just been planted the year before.

I looked at Jake next to me. He was nervously pulling out tuffs of grass, then attempting to replant them.

"Well, um, I need to talk to you," I began. Jake just nodded. I gulped and tried to continue, feeling my hands grow sweaty.

"As you know, there was a Slytherin party last night," I felt myself staring at my hands.

"Hmm," Jake muttered.

"And I had a fair amount to drink," I explained. Jake suddenly grew quiet.

"And I don't know how it started but I, um, well he, I mean we.….I'm sorry Jake," I whispered. I looked over and saw Jake wasn't even looking at me. He was watching a group of students who had just made their way over to the lake.

"Tell me what happened," He asked sternly.

"Err, um" I felt myself caught off guard. Did he mean a detail account of exactly what happened? "Well, we kissed and things went a bit far.….I was drunk!" I cried hysterically. Jake didn't respond. He was still watching the same group of people.

"He is lucky I didn't hit him this morning," Jake muttered, shaking his head, "I didn't believe it was true, but now I know,"

My stomach clenched. Jake knew all along! He was purposely trying to make this harder for me! Hang on.….

"Who's lucky you didn't hit them?" I asked. Jake nodded his head towards the same crowd he was watching, "Him!"

I looked and for the first time, realized it was my group of Slytherin friends. And Rodolphus was the one Jake was staring at so fiercely.

"Who told you?" I asked. Jake looked at me, like I was being silly.

"It doesn't matter who told me. Why'd you do it for? Don't I mean anything to you?" Jake asked. I felt myself choking up.

"Of course you do! I-" I started by Jake cut me off.

"My friends laughed at me for giving you that rose I handcrafted. They said I was stupid, that it was way too early for things like that. But I thought we were past things like that. I thought you were more mature. Its obvious now that my love and roses don't mean anything to a girl, it's all just a big joke," Jake turned away angrily. I felt like hitting myself.

We sat there silent for a few moments. I played with my fingers, then I cracked my knuckles softly. I looked over to see my friends playing in the water. I noticed Rodolphus looking over towards me and Jake, then turning away.

"Well, what's going to happen now?" Jake finally broke the silence.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Between us,"

"Why do I have to decide?" I queried

"I think it's only fair. You put us in this situation, you can decide how we get out of it. If you want us break up, I'm fine with that. If you want to work things out, I'm fine with that too," Jake gave the ultimatum.

I felt myself look over to the lake. My friends were walking back towards the castle. I looked back at Jake. His breathing was calm, and I felt my nerves settling.

"I think that maybe we should have a break. Just for a little while, so this can settle and the school can stop talking about it. Then we-" for the second time, Jake cut me off.

"Sure," He replied, pushing himself up from the ground and left me behind.

I wasn't sure that even if I did choose to try and work it out with him, if I'd feel any better.

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SORRY GUYS! I know its been a 8month delay, (I know, Its terrible!) but I'm FINALLY back in action! Next chappy is in progress, so hope to hear some reviews soon! – JaMeSiSmYsWeEtIe