Propositions and Charades:
After reading the note, the girls were trying to figure out a way to meet the bastards that were starting to really annoy them. Alicia suggested that they all just say that they had to go to the restroom. It was the perfect excuse since girls usually travel in packs to go.
They were all worried, and couldn't sleep. All of them knew that no good could from the meeting they had with their boyfriend's housemates. They could tell in the way that they looked at them with loathing, and yet something more. It was all really disturbing.
None of the girls were able to get any more than three hours of sleep. Then morning came and none of the girls were smiling. They didn't carry the enthusiasm that they had been carrying ever since they've been with the boys. They got dressed and made their way to the Great Hall to meet with their boyfriends for breakfast.
While they were sitting down, the five Gryffindor boys sat in front of them, but this time they weren't their annoying selves. " What's the matter with you five, you all look drained out. If I was on a wonderful date last night you'd think that you'd be happy" said Fred, who was still angry that his Valentines Day was ruined since Prof. Mcgonagle had taken Prof. Snape away from him. The girls all just sighed.
As breakfast went on, Urqheart caught Hermione's eye and he stood up, as did all the boys that they were suppose to meet with. The girls all saw, and knew that it was an indication for them to follow.
"I have to go to the restroom!" Ginny suddenly said out of no where. The girls all told their boyfriends that they had to go to the restroom as well and said that they would meet them in class.
"Women" said Blaise rolling his eyes,as he watched as his girlfriend as friends left for the restroom. The boys all stared at the plates that the girls had eaten out of. To their surprise, the girls had barely eaten anything.
"Their plates are all still full, you think something's wrong?" asked Flint as he looked as his friends who all shrugged. They were all confused about the girls' behavior.
Meanwhile Montague, Bole, Bletchy, Urqheart, and Harper were all waiting for the girls outside. When theyarrived, the boys all had evil smirks on their faces. "Well it's about time you Gryffinwhores showed up"said Montague " It would have been a pity for the boys if you didn't!" The girls were not surprised at their behavior, they knew the boys were cruel, and arrogant.
"What the hell is this all about, and what does it have to do with our boyfriends?" demanded Angelina with her arms crossed against her chest.
"Oh this has everything to do with your boyfriends. You see we don't like them very much, they always seem to get everything that they want, even though they don't deserve it!" said Bole who was eyeing Katie, who's eyes had darkened.
"Their wonderful men and they deserve everything! What the hell does this have to do with us? If you have a problem with them why don't you settle it with them yourselves! Or are you just cowards?" roared Katie making the boys across them fume with anger.
"Don't throw anymore insults Belle! The same goesfor the rest of you. You five listen and you five had better listen good. There are a lot of men who are envious of them, and it won't be hard to beat them senseless with more than fifty people helping us. Also, you three have seen the damage that bludgers could do, when the chasers not protected!" said Bletchy and the girls already knew what was coming next.
"How could you? You're housemates! You are not suppose to be hurting each other. People on the same house are suppose to work together to make their house successful!" said Hermione causing Urqheart to come close enough to her face.
He was trying to intimidate her and he said, " Shut it Mudblood! You saw the blow that your idiot boyfriends suffered from the last match. If you don't do exactly what we say, we'll make sure not to protect them. Who knows? Maybe they won't be so lucky if they suffer more hits like that, could be fatal" he finished, with a smug look on his face.
"Alright! What is it that you want from us? We'll do anything as long as you promise us that they won't get hurt. That means that through all the matches, you guys will keep them out of harms way. You will also keep them safe from anyone else trying to harm them!" Alicia said as water started to build up in her eyes, as did all the other girls.
"There, now that's a good Gryffinwhore. Well, what we want is for you to break up with them!" said Harper and all the girls mouth dropped wide open in shock.
"You want us to break up with them? Whythe hell would you want that?" said Ginny, who was wondering what the boys had to gain from their breakups.
"Well, you see, we've had a few run-ins with them and they seem to be very attached to the five of you. With the five of you gone, it would break their hearts and make them miserable. That's all we want. To see them miserable" said Montague as he eyed all the girls who's eyes were all filled with disgust and loathing."
The girls just nodded, and started to walk off when Bole suddenly yelled, " WAIT, YOU GIRLS DIDN'T THINK WE'D MAKE IT THAT EASY DID YOU?" as he grabbed Katie by the arm causing her to grit her teeth.
"WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?" she screamed in fury, already hating the fact that she had to break up with the man of her dreams.
"You girls have a week to break up with them. After that week you will become our girlfriends weather you like it or not!" said Bletchy.
"WHY? YOU HATE US! THAT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE. FIRST YOU INSULT US, THEN MAKE US BREAK UP WITH THE MEN WE LOVE, AND NOW YOU WANT US TO BE YOUR GIRLFRIENDS?" sneered Alicia who was disgusted with very thought of having to be anywhere near Bletchey.
"Oh but it makes perfect sense. Them having their hearts broken by the girls they adore, and then seeing them with the men that they loathe. The best part is this will be agonizing for all of you five as well." Urqheart gloated, and Hermione clenched her fist.
"You're all disgusting! All of you are animals, you have no decency." she said as a tear started to fall out of her eye.
"Oh yes, and another thing, you are not to tell anyone the truth of our deal, or else we'll make sure that you're boyfriends never see the light of day again! They must never know that we had anything to do with this or else!" finished Harper making Ginny's tears fall rapidly down her cheeks, as did all the girls.
They all had fifteen minutes left to get to class, and they tried to dry up their tears, and put smiles on their faces. None of them wanted their boyfriends to know that they had all been crying.
Hermione and Ginny went in the direction of their classes, and Alicia, Angelina, and Katie headed for potions.
Ginny saw Blaise and immediately ran up to him and hugged him. She kissed him fiercely and said "I love you Blaise, more than anything in the world!" She was holding on to him so tightly not wanting to let him go. Blaise was stunned she had never acted like this before from what he could remember. He looked at Hermione for an explanation but she was holding onto Draco just as tight, and they both shared confused looks.
As Ginny left, she looked at Blaise longingly and walked extra slow to get to her ancient runes class.
Meanwhile, in transfiguration, Hermione wouldn't let go of Draco's hand. " Mione, it's not that I don't like holding you're hand but I kind of need might right hand to write." Draco smiled as Hermione looked at him, and she reluctantly let go of his hand. She only had a week with him and in the end she'd lose him. She wanted to savor every moment with him.
The three chasers got to the classroom, where they saw a sight that would have normally been amusing to them, but since the mornings incident they were in no mood to laugh.
There was Snape's dungeon, decorated with flowers, hearts, and candy everywhere. There were three little heart shaped notes on his desk. All Snape said was, " BOYS VALENTINES DAY IS OVER! PLEASE STOP THIS NONSENSE!" and Oliver, Fred, and George just looked at him dreamily.
"Everyday's Valentine's Day for me in your class Professor Sweetheart Snape!" said George blushing. The whole class burst into laughter, everyone except for Angelina, Katie and Alicia who had a lot weighing on their shoulders.
Katie made her way up to her and her boyfriend's desk and he looked at her. He could sense that something wasn't right. He tilted her chin with his fingers to look at her face. She just gave him a smile, and hugged him. She loved being near him, and she wanted to cry in his arms but knew she couldn't.
"Kate's what's going on?" said Marcus looking at Katie curiously as she dug her face onto is chest.
"Nothing, I just love you that's all" she replied back and put a smile on her face so her boyfriend would stop looking so worried.
Katie proceeded to look at her two best friends. She saw Angelina laying her head on Adrian's shoulder while she held his hand. She noticed that he had a worried look on his face.
Alicia's and Terrence situation wasn't much different. She had her arm interlaced with his and she kept trying to avoid eye contact with him. Terrence caught Katie's eye and she immediately looked away.
The three boys looked at each other to see if they had any information, about what was going on because they were very confused.
Their classes had all ended. The girls barely ate anything at lunch as well. Their boyfriends were now sure that something was wrong. They saw their girlfriends coming down the hallway. The boys decided that they wanted answers and they wanted them now.
Earlier the girls had decided that if they had to break up with them by the end of the week, that they should keep their distance. That way it wouldn't be as hard on the guys, and on them as well.
When they neared the boys they all tried to get away with just a quick goodnight. However they didn't quite make it that far because their boyfriends had all grabbed them.
"Angelina, what's the matter with you girls. You all haven't eaten a thing and have all been really quiet today?" said Adrian who was looking intently at his girlfriend and all the other girls as well.
"Nothing's wrong Adrian." said Angelina with a stoic face.
"Nothing's wrong Angelina? You girls haven't been acting right. Not since this morning. It seems like you've been avoiding us as well!" said Terrence looking at everyone of the girls for an answer.
"Oh no, we've just been really busy" lied Alicia, as all her friends nodded in agreement.
"Look Alicia, it's not just Terrence who knows when you're lying, we can all tell when you're lying. Now is one of those times! You girls tell us what the hell is going on!" demanded Marcus making Katie shake.
"Marcus, I'm sorry but I can't tell you! Besides it's none of your guys' business!" said Katie. She didn't mean to sound harsh. She wanted to protect the boys, and she wanted them to stop asking questions or else it they could get hurt.
"EXCUSE ME? KATIE! Our girlfriends haven't been right and it's obvious that there is something wrong with them, and it's none of our business!" said Draco infuriated at what he just heard come from Katie's mouth.
"Draco, it's just that there are some things that we don't feel we need to share with you all the time, and this thing we have going on is one of them!" said Hermione, trying to calm him down.
"Hermione, you and Ginny haven't been yourselves. All five of you have been acting weird! First you girls cling on to us as if we're going to run away, and then after you treat like we're the bloody plague, not wanting to be near us!" said Blaise in an irritated tone.
"Look we have to go, we'll see in the morning alright?" said Ginny as she tried kiss Blaise on the cheek. Her heart broke when he stiffened.
"FINE! KEEP YOUR LITTLE SECRETS, WE ALWAYS SHARE EVERYTHING WITH YOU!" yelled Adrian as he and the boys stormed of. They didn't look back, but if they would have they would have seen the tears streaming down their girlfriends faces.
As the boys left, there was a menacing voice that said, "GOOD SHOW! Who knows maybe the boys might end up dumping you five before you even have the chance to dump them."
The girls all turned to see the faces of the people who were causing their misery. Ginny gave Harper the look of pure loathing, as did the other girls.
"Now ladies, you better start looking at us more affectionately, because next week is the week we get committed!" mocked Bletchey causing the girls to turn to run to their dorm.
"I HATE THEM! I KNOW THAT HATE IS SUCH A STRONG WORD, BUT I HATE THEM!" yelled Angelina through sobs. She hated that they had to go through this, but she hated the thought of the boys being harmed more.
The girls all hugged each other, promising that they would all get through this. They were afraid of the menacing Slytherins boys. They decided that it would be best to always be together that way the unwanted men would have harder access to them. They needed to protect each other more than ever, now that they would lose their boyfriends.
The week went on and the day that the girls dreaded had come, it was the day that they had to end their relationships. They had cried themselves to sleep the night before and woke up crying in the morning.
The girls all walked in the Great Hall looking pale, and their boyfriends all stared at them. Their eyes were still puffy from all the crying that they had done. From the looks of things it seemed as if they wanted to cry some more.
The hours of class went by too fast for all of the girls. As they got out they knew it was time, and they wanted die. The girls all took their boyfriends to places that they could be alone.
"Ginny why are you doing this?" said Blaise through a choked up voice, after hearing his girlfriend say that they needed a break.
"Blaise, it's just I can't be with you anymore, please just leave at that" begged Ginny as tears started streaming down her face.
"You don't want to do this I know you don't. Please Gin! Tell me what I did wrong so I can make it better, just don't walk out on me like this" begged Blaise, and it hurt Ginny to see pain in her boyfriend's eyes. She couldn't look at him hurting anymore, so she just mouthed a sorry and went off. He screamed after her in vain. She was tempted to look back but she didn't. She just kept telling herself that she was doing this to protect him, not to punish him.
"WHAT! WHY MIONE? WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH!" roared Draco feeling hurt and angry at his girlfriend who was staring at him with tears in her eyes.
"Draco, don't ask me why. This is just how it's got to be" cried Hermione, trying not to look Draco in the eye. She wanted to stay with him forever. He had tried to reach for her but she backed away fearing that she wouldn't be able to break up with him. She knew that she would melt in his arms if he held her.
Draco looked at herwith a hurt and confused look. He was wondering why she was crying, if he was the one being dumped, and he said "Why are you crying? You're dumping me? If you're crying then that means you don't want to break up! So stop this nonsense and lets stay together!"
"Draco, it's not that simple anymore! I have to go please don't come after me!" cried Hermione as she ran to the castle leaving Draco with the feeling that his heart had just been ripped out of him.
"OKAYTHISISN'TWORKINGOUTWE'REBREAKINGUPBYE!", with that Angelina ran as fast as she could to get away from Adrian, because she knew he'd interrogate her. She ran to her special place thinking that Adrian wouldn't follow, boy was she wrong! She began crying uncontrollably when she got there and got startled when she heard, "ANGELINA, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? YOU CAN'T BREAK UP WITH ME WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION!" she didn't want to turn she knew it was Adrian.
"I can't be with you anymore Adrian, it's not working out." Angelina explained through tears.
"BUT I LOVE YOU, AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN YOU LOVE ME! AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT YOU TOLD ME. PLEASE DON'T DO THIS ANGEL! NOT NOW!" begged Adrian as he kneeled and leaned his head against Angelina's torso. She looked at the man that she loved. Oh how she wanted to get lost in one of his kisses, how she wanted to be with him forever, but she knew he'd get hurt if her wishes came true.
"Please don't make this harder than it already is Adrian please!" with that she ran off to get to her common room with tears still streaming down her face. He was left angry and hurt. Looking at his initials and hers, "We were supposed to last forever" he thought to himself.
"BUT WHAT ABOUT TRAVELING THE WORLD WITH ME?" said Marcus looking at his girlfriend, like she was a totally different person. His Katie wouldn't hurt him like this.
"I'll give you the ticket back, Marcus just don't ask me anymore questions. We can't be together!" said Katie who wanted to die as she looked at her boyfriend's face.
"IT'S NOT JUST THE TICKETS KATIE. I WANT TO TRAVEL WITH YOU. DAMMIT I LOVE YOU!" Marcus said in a choked up voice, that made Katie angry at the people who were responsible for this. She had finally found the passion and mystery in a man. Everything that she loved was in Marcus and now she had to give it all up.
He looked at her and grabbed her hands, and kissed her passionately hoping it would get her to change her mind.
"Marcus Please! I can't be with you! I can't be with you" Katie cried in vain, as she pulled out of his kiss, she walked away not stopping, knowing that if she kissed him again her resolution to break up with him would fail.
Alicia had tears in her eyes as she pulled away from Terrence's kiss. He looked longingly at her. He didn't want to believe that this was happening. She felt like she was stabbing daggers through her own heart as she said, "Terrence please stop! Just please accept that it's over"
Terrence wasn't having any of it and he bellowed "Why the hell does it have to be like this? What's gotten into you Leesh? I thought we loved each other. Don't destroy us!"
"Terrence look, I can't do this anymore, just let it go! You'll get over it eventually. Please just let go!" cried Alicia but he kept kissing her face and it was getting harder with every kiss he gave her.
"We're over…" whispered Alicia finally managed to say we a tear streaked face, and ran off to get as far away from him as possible.
When she got to the common room she saw all of her friends there wailing and she joined them. None of them thought that they could feel such pain.
"You should have seen the look on his face when I left him, I won't be surprised if he hates me!" cried Ginny as Hermione placed a hand on her shoulders. Hermione, Katie, Alicia, and Angelina were crying so hard they couldn't even get words through their mouth.
They all despised the situation that they were in, and even more so they despised the other Slytherins who put them in this position in the first place.
In the Slytherin common room, there were five very unhappy Slytherin men. Draco had a fist in his hand trying to control his pain and anger. He noticed that all his friends had all the same looks in their faces. Faces full of pain, anger, and despair.
"WHY WOULD SHE DO THIS TO ME?" Adrian finally bellowed. Wasn't it enough that he had respected her? Wasn't it enough that he became her friend and took the time to listen to her. More importantly wasn't it enough that he loved her. She was the only he had ever given his heart to.
The boys started talking about their situations. They were all shocked to find out that they had all been dumped on the same day. They were all thinking of what could have possibly happen to make the girls do this to them. Disappointment came, when they found that there was nothing that they could have done to make the girls break up with them.
Neither of Gryffindor girls, or the Slytherin men had gotten any sleep, and morning a came too quickly for the girls. This was the morning that they had to be the girlfriends of the people that they despised. The thought was disgusting to all of them, and they wished that they could just stay in the common room forever.
After they had finished getting dressed, they made their way down the hallway in pacts. They purposely left later than usual, so that they wouldn't have to run into, Bletchey, Bole, Montegue, Urqheart, and Harper. To their disappointment, the menacing five were waiting near the entrance of the Great Hall already looking at them.
The men with broken hearts were sitting down eating breakfast. They looked for the girls who had yet to be in sight. They were still looking for explanations of why the girls left them. When they caught sight of the girls, they also caught sights of the explanations.
There was Montague, Urqheart, Bletchey, Bole, and Harper. They all had their arms around their former girlfriends. All of their mouths dropped and they all felt blood rush to their bodies. The menacing five gave smug looks to them. The girls tried to get out of their grips to sit where they usually sat at but before they could leave the menacing five grabbed all of them by their wrist.
The menacing five proceeded to kiss the girls, as they stared into the eyes of their rivals.
Angelina wanted to vomit, and went to sit down as fast aspossible not wanting to look at Adrian, fearing that she would see the hate in his eyes.
Draco stared at Hermione, and she felt his eyes on her as if it was burning her skin.
Ginny stooped her way down to be with the other girls, Blaise didn't even bother to look at her, it was too painful for him.
Bletchey held Alicia in for a long kiss, and spanked her bottom before she left. She felt so violated, and ashamed she couldn't look at anyone.
Katie held in tears, she actually looked at her boyfriend, who looked at her with disgust, anger, and loathing. It hurt her so bad that she wanted to scream.
In potions class, Angelina, Katie, and Alicia couldn't avoid their boyfriends and even though they knew that the boys hated them right now, they were still happy about being near them.
"So that's why you left me? To be with Montague?" said Adrian as he looked at Angelina with his piercing eyes. She couldn't answer him because hedidn't even give her the chance. He gave her the cold shoulder. She felt her heart breaking with every cold stare, and the silent treatment he was giving her.
Katie didn't fair any better. Marcus kept silent and kept rolling his eyes at her in anger. He couldn't take it anymore and he finally said, "Bole? Belle, how could you?" Katie hated this, she had gone from Kates to Belle in a matter of a day. He didn't even want to look at her.
"I can't believe you! I thought you were the one" hissed Terrence as he looked at Alicia. The warmth and caring that she used to see in his eyes was no longer evident. She just shook her head and told her self not to cry. Maybe someday there would be hope for them, but for now she had to keep him out of harm's way.
While in transfiguration, Hermione looked at Draco longingly. He wanted nothing to do with her at the moment. He decided to sit next to Crab so he could get as far away from her as possible. She held her book up to her face because she could no longer hold her tears.
When their first class ended Ginny rushed outside hoping to catch a glance at Blaise. To her heartache, he walked past her as if she were invisible. She hated the feeling. When she saw Hermione come out she ran to her and hugged her. They both went to the restrooms so that no one would seem them cry. It was no surprise that they saw Angelina, Katie, and Alicia there who also had tears in their eyes.
The day they had experienced was the most horrible day in all of their lives. Night fell and they all had tears in their eyes. Katie kept sobbing, and wailed out " I HATE THAT SAYING, IT IS BETTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST THAN TO NEVER HAVE LOVED AT ALL!" and all the girls nodded.
"WHOEVER MADE THAT UP MUST HAVE HAD A HELL OF A LOT OF FIRE WHISKEY!" said Angelina who was squeezing a pillow to her face so that no one could hear her scream.
Ginny, Hermione, and Alicia, just kept nodding their heads. They couldn't speak, all they did was cry. Their sobs didn't cease and they cried themselves to sleep.
Adrian, Marcus, Terrence, Draco, and Blaise were all still pretty hurt. They didn't know what to feel. A part of them still loved the girls, and another part had hated them for breaking their hearts. They pictured the moment that the menacing five had kissed the girls that they loved and were disgusted. They didn't know with who they were more disgusted with, the girls or the guys.
Two weeks went on, and the girls had to still put on the charade of being the girlfriends of the people they despised. For two weeks the menacing five had paraded the girls like objects in front of their former boyfriends. For two weeks, Adrian, Draco, Blaise, Marcus, and Terrence had gritted their teeth and gave the girls cold shoulders. Finally, they've had enoughof it was time to get over the Gryffindors who had mercilessly broken their hearts. It was time to move on...