-TrEaChErOuS WaYs-
WhEn ThiNgS SeEm tO oNLy gEt wOrSe
Treachery – (n.) deceit, betrayal, (adj.) disloyal
Way – (n.) direction, path, manner
"°º× Chapter Seven ׺°"˜'
All I felt like doing was staying in bed and sleeping for the rest of the year. My gut was churning and I knew it wasn't because I skipped food the whole weekend. I crawled out of bed and pulled off my bedclothes. I felt guilty and also petrified for what to expect this morning. Everybody is going to have heard what happened on Friday night by now. How the one chance a Slytherin student had to redeem themselves from their immediate bad reputation, they blew it. In more ways than one.
I heard the voices of my dorm mates, Trista in particular, but ignored them. I only ever hung out with Rodolphus during class, but might not be the case anymore. Putting on my school robes, I left the dorm as soon as I could, to get the earliest breakfast possible.
What's going to happened with Jake now? How long is a break? When would be a safe time to get back together? Did he want to get back together?
"There's my smart, sexy sister," I heard a girl's voice drawl as I approached the Great Hall. I spun around to see Narcissa walking behind me with Lucius' arm draped over her. Following closely behind was Rabastan and his older brother, Rodolphus.
"Uh, hi guys," I replied, stopping for them to catch up. Narcissa walked ahead of the boys, coming right up to me and put her arms lazily over my shoulders, kissing my cheek.
"I'm glad you made the right choice sister. It's made me proud and put you in good light with our House," She whispered eerily into my ear. Narcissa stepped away slowly, raising her finger up to her pale lips in a 'hush' sign, and then quickly dropping her hand before boys saw. I felt slightly confused. All I did was tell Jake we were having a break, not that we were breakin-
Rodolphus came up to me and grabbed my hand, pulling me close to him, placing his other hand on my waist.
"I haven't seen you all weekend, where have you been?" He asked concerned, letting go of my waist as our group continued to walk into the Great Hall. I felt my insides squirm. I didn't want Jake to be there and see Rodolphus holding my hand. We were only on a break! I wasn't planning on going out with Rodolphus straight away!
"I've been thinking," I replied quickly, trying to pull my hand out of his. This made Rodolphus hold on even tighter.
"About what?" He hissed. I put my head down as we walked in, in fear that the students might notice us holding hands. One student in particular.
"Everything! You, the party, Jake-" I tried to explain.
"I didn't think there was anything to think about. You slept with me, you told Jake it was over, now we can finally start a proper relationship," Rodolphus explained. I sat down at our table as soon as we reached there. He looked at me with his eyebrows raised.
"We were drunk Rodolphus! I told Jake we were going on a break and what was wrong with our relationship before?" I argued. Rodolphus piled my bowl with fruit and muesli. He had finally released his grip on me but now had his hand on my thigh.
"I thought you wanted more than friendship Bella! At the party, I stopped kissing you because you had a boyfriend but you wanted me to keep going. I told you how I felt about you, that I love you. I asked you Saturday morning what you were going to do with Jake and you respond by kissing me. Isn't it only fair that we become more than friends?" Rodolphus pushed the breakfast he made me closer to me. I looked up at him.
He had said he loved me. I did tell him to keep kissing me, even after he mentioned Jake. And I had completely forgotten about Saturday morning. What was I thinking? Did I ever really want Jake? Why did this have to be so confusing?
"I guess," I answered softly, picking up my spoon. Rodolphus grinned greedily, his hand slipping further up my thigh.
"I knew you'd say the right answer," he whispered into my ear, nibbling my lobe softly.
Before long, students were leaving the Hall in an attempt to get their bags before class.
"Come on Trixie, you don't want to be late for Potions did you?" Augustus asked as he walked past Rodolphus and me. I felt Rodolphus clench slightly as Rookwood played with my hair.
"We'll take as long as we want," he replied. I felt myself grin involuntarily. But even so, Rodolphus pulled me up from the table and we entered the mass of students walking towards either their dorms to pick up their bags or straight to class.
I looked around quickly but even though before I was avoiding seeing Jake, now I couldn't see him when I tried. Before long, my gang were all walking together along the corridors. Regales and Rabastan were leading; Augustus, Antonin and Walden were hexing each other, not worried if they hit students walking past; Rodolphus was protectively walking beside me; with Narcissa and Lucius hand-in-hand following us all at the back.
I thought about the conversation I had beside the lake on Saturday with Jake. I wonder what he would be thinking if he saw Rodolphus and me in the Great Hall this morning. Even though I brought it upon myself, I still couldn't understand the feeling of disgust in me. I felt Rodolphus slide his hand on my lower back, guiding me along. I sighed softly, but as I dropped my gaze, something caught it. A Seventh year boy, holding onto the straps of his backpack, shuffling his feet towards us a few metres ahead. Messy blonde hair was hiding his eyes. He felt me watching and looked up. Jake's face was sickly white. A pang of guilt shot through me. He looked terrible. And it was my entire fault.
The gang of Slytherins I was walking with continued to push me along, without noticing. I watched as Jake looked down, obviously at Rodolphus' hand, holding me. Slowly he looked back up, holding my gaze for a few moments, before dropping it as his gray eyes begun to water.
I wasn't sure exactly how it came upon me or how to explain it but I knew right then that I had stronger feelings than I thought for Jake. But getting him back, with my friends 100 against it, would make it almost impossible.
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Ok everyone, what do you think of Bellatrix's situation? Or even mine situation at the time? Does anyone have a clue where this is all heading? Hmmmmm, maybe some people do, maybe some don't. But please, PLEASE everyone review. It would be much appreciated if you all do. Until next time, Ciao!