a/n: I'm so sorry that this took forever to update. BV couldn't get inspired! But now I have and alot of this is still I have to make sure everything is kosher with Rachel. Especially what's coming up... but there might not be too much ahead that has to be okayed. Some suprises and lots of fun ahead. You guys are great keep reviewing and BV will write on the whole plane flight to Germany! GERMANY HERE I COME!
Chapter 11
American Idiot
BV sat in her defenses class. She amazingly stayed very focused during the whole class. Then she returned to Hogwarts. She walked down the halls and entered the Ravenclaw common room. She lay on a nearby sofa and leaned back catching a glimpse of a new sign. She came up and stared at the poster. It announced an upcoming Quidditch match against Gryffindor. And at the bottom it read : "See Rhonda Thompson for the Lyrics to River's is our queen. In honor of our new American Idiot!"
BV shook her head as she chuckled she went up and saw Rhonda, "Nice, but that's our song!"
"That's okay, they only get the Rivers is our queen verses! Let's face it the others are too umm dirty for their small minds!" Rhonda smirked.
"Uh Huh." BV said as she lay back on her bed and soon after fell asleep clothing and all. The next week seemed to blur before BV's eyes. She seemed to be falling behind due to her procrastination and the difficulty of her Defenses classes at Durmstrang.. Then she had coincidentally forgotten to see the "Quidditch Queen " in action. So she was gonna ask Cho sometime sooner or later. One after noon BV felt the need to get some dead silence so she walked down the hallway and picked a spot. She had picked huge arched window and sat on it's ledge and pulled out some Arithmancy for her Durmstrang class and started working on it.
"Hey there you are!" Cho called out.
"Hey." BV said as she finished on of the questions.
"How are you, honestly?" Cho asked forcefully.
BV smiled, "Fine and waiting for Rivers to find me."
"Stupid." Cho said angrily, "She'll make it miserable for you!"
"It already is!" BV stormed back at Cho. "Anyway!" Rachel Rivers had just walked around a corner she spotted two seventh year Ravenclaws, one of them was Cho Chang and the other, looked strangely familiar. Listening in on their conversation she slowed her pace and came closer. "Yeah So what was the score of that Gryffindor Slytherin game?" the BV asked the Ravenclaw seeker.
"BV!" Cho shouted. "That was two weeks ago! You mean you never saw it?"
"No I didn't," she smiled readjusting herself on the window sill and she was quite proud of herself, "Now tell me what was the score." She demanded.
"Oh well, first Gryffindor has this new chick who's a chaser, right? So she's scoring all of these goals, left and right. Then, when the score was 90 Gryffindor to 30 Slytherin, captain Harry Potter," she sighed at his name. BV rolled her eyes. "Called her down to the ground. They started talking and then he kissed her."
This blew BV's mind, "Whoa, WAIT! Harry Potter kissed Rachel Rivers?" BV asked.
"Yeah, that's the girl's name, sorry how could I forget." Cho said as BV cracked her knuckles so she didn't punch Cho out. Then Cho continued. "It was so romantic. It would have been even better if that was me instead of her. Who does she think she is anyway? Does she think that she can waltz in here, all American in her ways, and steal Harry away from me?" Cho accused.
"Yeah," BV laughed, "but you aren't, weren't and never again will be dating Harry Potter. Forget him. Remember, I totally tried and you totally bailed. And besides if all he wants is a piece of American ass then, that's what he'll get." BV felt very gutsy at this point in time. Cho finally seeing BV was searching for some peace laughed.
Cho gave BV a high five. "I'll see you in the commons then," she said walking off. BV smiled hoping that sometime she'd get to yell that right at Rachel's face, but little did she know she had heard it the first time. She began to work on her Arithmancy again.
Rachel approached her. "BV Reinheart? What are you doing here at Hogwarts?" she shouted.
BV's mind panicked, Rivers, oh god, here we go! She had it coming! Go to it Reinheart! This is exactly what you wanted! "Me? Rachel you shouldn't be here! Go back to your stupid surfing school," She sat back and then muttered under her breathe, "Stupid half blood."
"Excuse me? Half blood? I'm sorry you didn't catch the news," Rachel sassed back at her "I'm a pureblood, and besides, what are you doing here? This is my school! You! Get out!" she responded very childishly.
"Well sorry if I didn't get the news flash!" BV sarcastically said back and then she shouted back, "And its not like I care anyway! You stupid American! You and your rap music, flip flop shoes and your stupid sports. Who plays football or baseball!" she exclaimed.
"Hey I'm proud to be from the land of the Philly Eagles and the home of the Atlanta Braves!" she said putting a hand over her heart in mock sadness.
"Bloody American, grow up, and come back when your intelligent enough to have a conversation with me." BV said returning to her work.
"Bloody American? Well see who's bloody when Rachel Rivers is done with you!" Rachel said taking a fighting stance.
"Do you always refer to yourself in the third person when you are threatened?" BV pushed as she didn't budge from her spot. She flicked her blonde hair carelessly.
"No, only when I'm extremely pissed!" Rachel said lunging at BV. Then a fist flew and Rachel scurried away. BV sat in shock, Rachel had some sort of physic abilities. She had made BV's fist fly up into her own face and break her own nose. BV sat there and repaired her nose but allowed the blood to drip.
"That can't be…" BV whispered, "No way… Not her." She got up and ran back to Ravenclaw Commons.
"BV! What happened?" Andrea asked as BV ran into the dorms. BV ignored her and picked up a scrap of parchment.
"Gotta get it!" BV grumbled. She scribbled ideas down on the parchment.
Andrea got up and grabbed some tissues, "BV please take care of yourself before any mystery! You're all bloody!"
"Rivers," BV sighed taking the tissues and squeezing her nose.
"She hit you?" Andrea exclaimed.
BV shook her head, "No, that's what's interesting she must have some type of physic ability in her! She used it to make me hit myself… see the blood on my fist." BV exclaimed holding her fist out to Andrea.
"Pretty tough cookie that one."
BV shook her head, "Nah, she's all talk. Nothing else talk and an easy ride for dear Oliver."
"True, but BV watch it she's got some sorta prophecy attached to her. And I found out from Cho, she's Malfoy's cousin."
"Great, another icky pureblood freak to be annoyed by!" BV sighed as she took her hair and began to lazily braid it.
"Boo, OH DEAR GOD! BV! What happened to you hon.?" Rhonda exclaimed as she saw BV.
"Rivers is a physic she made me hit myself." BV explained lamely. "Damn brat made me break my nose too."
"That really sucks." Rhonda offered as Cho came in and the same explanation had to be given again.
"But, she can't! Or she woulda known at the Quidditch match that the snitch was in her hood." Cho said logically. Rhonda looked up from braiding BV's hair.
"True, but now that I know her family background there might be telepathy blood in her family." BV said as she rubbed her hands together. "Because quite frankly it's too hard to buy that Rachel trained herself to be able to do it. It's too difficult."
Cho smiled, "You sound like you've tried."
"Why wouldn't she?" Rhonda questioned, "If I were really really smart that'd be the first thing I'd try to teach myself. I bet old BV here has mastered it!"
"Sorta, not really." BV said holding her new trump card close to her. "Professor De Anna tried to teach some of the advanced Dark Arts students, didn't go too well! Most of us didn't even come close."
"Well I hate to spoil the fun, but isn't it time for you girls to be in bed?" Marietta asked as she entered the dorm.
Rhonda maliciously took up Marietta's set up, "Wait, I hear the squeak of an annoying pet of Roger's. Marietta, aren't you suppose to be off shagging him anyway?"
"No." Marietta said defiantly, "I'm still a virgin, unlike yourself."
Rhonda smirked, "That's alright, I drove it like I stole it!" Cho BV and Andrea howled with laughter. It was common knowledge shagging was Rhonda's summer pass time. "Unlike you, you pretend to be an innocent little school girl and you're just a bad girl that hasn't gotten caught yet!"
"So? What's your point Thompson?" Marietta replied.
Rhonda raised an eyebrow, "My point is someday one of us will be sure to get back at you for being such a bitch to BV. Friendship is the most important value to any one of the girls behind me. You use to be one until you betrayed BV, what'd you think you'd gain? Answer me Marietta."
"Well, quite frankly, nothing. Power corrupts people, but absolute power is kind of neat. And with that absolute power I get what I want. And Roger and I have absolute power over that little pretty half breed." Marietta snipped.
"YOU!" BV said lunging, "GET IT FROM RIVERS! DON'T NEED IT FROM YOU TOO!"
"BV! STOP IT, She's not worth it!" Andrea said as she grabbed BV around the waist.
"ANDREA! STOP IT. LET ME GO! SHE NEEDS A GOOD SMACKING!" BV said enraged beyond a belief.
Cho calmly said, "BV you're more cunning and witty than you are violent. Just sit down pick a few well chosen words and Marietta will scurry away to Roger and weep."
BV contemplated this, "Fine, Listen, Marietta, you think you hold all the cards? I've got the control here. If I let you two take control of me you win. I don't know how to fail, Marietta, I never have and never will and not going to start now!"
"Sure, BV and what happens when Roger breaks you again. There is only so many times you can break a vase and put it back together again."
The days passed and Rhonda came to BV one day after Defenses, "Hey, BV, come here." She led her into an empty classroom. "I know you despise Rivers, so here's a chance to get her out. She and her buddies are talking about some sorta meeting in the astronomy tower tonight. Go with Aphrodite and catch em bring them to me and I'll turn them in to Flitwick. I will give all credit to your tip off."
"Deal, around midnight huh?" BV said enjoying this idea.
"Yep, pleasant day." Rhonda said as she left.
BV smiled, "You too." That night BV lay awake in her pink stripped pajama pants with a bubble gum pink camisole on.
"BV time to go." Andrea said as she finished her homework. "Have fun." Andrea said as the two had to split. Then BV saw Draco Malfoy running in the distance she followed and then Draco knocked and the door was opened as he flew inside. But BV was right behind him.
"What's going on here?" BV asked taking the group clearly by surprise. She placed her hands on her hips awaiting a reply. Ron just gulped and glanced from Harry to Rachel.
"Well you see BV," Harry began.
"Sit," Rachel commanded pointing to the chair behind the desk.
"Why should I?" BV said with a tone of defiance in her voice.
"Because we have Dumbledore's permission, so step off and wait until we come back if you'd like the proper reason. But the body we return with should be proof enough," Rachel glared.
"Body! What are you doing?" BV asked getting worried. What could Rivers be doing that would involve a body.
Rachel sighed annoyed and waved her hand , "Sleep," she commanded. BV then blacked out and with a soft 'thud', BV's head fell against the desk and she fell into a dreamless sleep.
"BV, wake up, BV." Andrea said after finding BV asleep on the floor of one of the spare Astronomy classrooms.
"Huh?" BV said slowly getting up and staring around, "I had her too." She grunted at seeing Rachel had left.
"Too bad." Andrea said, "Come on before we get caught." She helped BV up and the two went back to their dorms and fell fast asleep.
The next day Professor Snape asked BV to stay behind after Potions. "Miss Reinheart, I was wondering in all of your great expertise you have ever heard of the Fortimus potion?"
"Yes, professor, I've heard of it." BV said curtly.
Snape eyed her, "Have you ever made such a potion?"
"Yeah of course. Under the supervision of my potions instructor at Vincentian." BV said convincing him she had a clue what was going on.
"Was it ever tested on anyone with telepathic visions?" Snape inquired further.
BV raised an eyebrow, "Of course it was. With no side affects of course!" BV finished beaming at her success. She remembered how amazed her teacher was when she successfully finished it.
"Good, then you're coming down to the dungeons tonight and brewing one up for me because I don't have the time."
"Wait a second, why should I give up a perfectly relaxing evening to come make one of the most difficult potions I know how to make?" BV sassed.
"Because of that lip, detention Miss Reinheart and that will be your project. You should learn not to question authority." Professor Snape said with a smirk on his face.
"I will never cease to question what I don't understand. I will not accept that those above me are always right, they are in fact human, there is error in all humans. You're literally going to have to hold me down and tape my mouth shut to get me to not verbally question the unknown." BV said as she turned and walked away.
BV angrily wrote to Fleur just to tell her how it was going and to blow off some steam. On her way to the owlery she heard a voice. Then upon entering she heard, ""Okay buddy, you can let go now!" The tall girl with brown hair said as she shook her arm and the owl took flight, pecking at her head one last time and soaring out the window. BV knew whose voice it was and questioned:
"Who was that letter to? Jed Flaraski?" she asked .
"Hell no. Phoenix Myers," Rachel said walking towards the exit.
Blocking her way BV asked, "Where do you think you're going Rivers?"
"To my commons Reinhart," Rachel said brushing shoulders.
"Stupid American." BV snipped
"Hey I think I finally know why they call you BV." Rachel said with some amusement in her voice as she continued, "Bitchy Veela!" Rachel laughed as she went down the stairs.
"Go back to your surfing school where you belong!" BV, who was now completely annoyed beyond a belief, shouted down the hall.
"Can't Half-breed, my mind's too warped to survive anywhere else," Rachel quipped striding back towards the Gryffindor commons.
BV shook her head angrily, "I swear I'm gonna kill that girl one day. Swear to almighty God!" As she prepared an owl to take Fleur's letter.
That evening BV went down to the dungeons and threw her purse on one of the back desk. She flung her dark black robe over the same back desk. "Good Evening, Miss Reinheart." Snape said emerging from the storage cupboard.
"Evening." BV said as she opened her potions kit which she removed from its shelf, "Professor Snape?" BV questioned.
"Yes?"
BV said, "By any chance would you happen to have a copy of the ingredients and directions just as a safety precaution?"
"Thought you wouldn't ask." Snape said handing her a the ingredients list.
"I'm confident in my abilities to make the potion it's just I want to be safe and risk free. Especially for the person drinking it."
"Wise," Professor Snape said admiring BV's responsibility, "Now Miss Reinheart, are you absolutely positive that this will turn out alright?"
"Yes, I'm absolutely sure of it. I'll be fine please don't worry about it." BV said.
"It's for Rachel Rivers I think you two have met." Snape said slyly.
BV sighed, "Yes, we've met before." Then the door flung open. And Rachel Rivers strode right through them. BV's mind bickered, Not Rivers! Man I should purposely screw it up! then she thought against it.
Snape said slyly, "Good evening Miss Rivers, Miss Reinheart here tells me you two have met. Then the two of you should get along just fine! Good evening ladies." Snape walked to the other side of the dungeon and opened a door. He slammed it behind him, it echoed rather loudly. BV stood there arms crossed and glaring at Rachel just as Rachel was glaring at her.
BV made the first move, "I'm not happy about this either, Rivers. If you think this is how I wanna spend my night you are sadly mistaken." BV sulked as she started pulling out ingredients from the cupboard.
"Snape's such a creep," Rachel shuttered. " I didn't ask you to do anything yet, Reinheart, but Dumbledore need someone to brew me a Fortimus potion, and last time I checked, I trusted Half-breeds over Death Eaters," Rachel smirked sitting down on one of the Potion's tables.
"You didn't have a say in the matter. I lashed out at Snape when he questioned me if I could make it. So this is my detention." BV muttered.
" So Beeves, ya gunna do me a favor or what? It'll be pay back from when I saved your butt from those Death Eaters," Rachel grinned swinging her feet back and forth from underneath the desk.
"Yeah whatever. Sure I'll make your stupid potion. Besides it'll show Snape the ass in there I'm actually decent at potions. Something he has yet to realize." BV said as she continued pulling items from the cupboards. BV put her black robe on again incase the potion slopped all over her. She started mixing ingredients she stirred a bit then stopped and sat down waiting for it to simmer. She looked over at Rachel and chuckled, "So Rachel Rivers, you know, it's been a while since we've argued about dumb things. Like Jed and my intelligence ruling over your stupidity. You calling me a dumb half breed. I'm actually starting to miss it!" BV smirked.
Rachel stared at her as if she were insane, "Wow Half-breed, you miss me ragging on you? Heh, never thought this day would come," she shrugged and slid her hands back on the desk, leaning backwards. "So Blondie, get any fan mail from your Death Eater friends?" Rachel asked wittingly smirking as she watched the potion brew. "Any especially juicy ones from your lover boy?"
"Lover boy?" BV asked rather puzzled playing the dumb blonde.
Rachel gave her a blank look. "Don't play stupid with me half-breed. I've had too long of a shittin' day to deal with your idiocy."
BV snipped. "So stupid that I can't brew this potion for you?"
"All right I take it back, but not because I want to?" Rachel said admitting defeat.
BV gave her a satisfied smirk. Silence rang through the dungeon. Then BV thought and questioned Rachel "So have you heard from Jed lately?" she asked as it came out really awkward.
"So you're not as stupid as you look. What do you think?" Rachel bickered.
BV remained silent and so did Rachel, the only sound was the sloshing of the potion and BV occasionally scraping the sides of the cauldron.
Rachel sighed, "Maybe you are as stupid as you look."
"Maybe" BV said absently measuring ingredients, even though she wanted to hurt Rachel for all the evil things she did to her, she couldn't do it. Her heart wouldn't let her and if the potion measurements were off Rachel would be very sick for a very very long time and might even die. BV disliked her but wasn't going to take the risk of screwing up. BV sat there pondering what to say to Rachel and she looked up at Rachel who was rummaging through her purse. "Hey! What are you doing! That's my purse!"
"So? I don't see your name written anywhere on it," Rachel said grabbing a picture from her wallet. "Who's the kid?"
"Umm," BV said awkwardly in silence. "That's Noel."
"Uh, yeah the name's written on the back," Rachel explained.
BV gave a nervous laugh. She didn't want to bring this up with Rachel if she could avoid it….
"Whose is it?" Rachel persisted.
"Well, she's mine," BV said simply figuring it would be quite a shock for Rachel.
Rachel looked up and then fell of the desk and onto the floor and began laughing. "Haha, that's really funny Half-breed. Ha, I thought you said you had a kid," Rachel said picking herself up and dusting herself off.
"I do," BV said persistently as she got very cross with Rachel. "I'm serious Rivers."
"You," Rachel said sitting into a nearby chair, resting her feet atop the desk. "You have a kid? Who'd wanna knock you up?"
"You act like I wanted a kid." BV answered defiantly.
"So BV was just the neighborhood Vincentian slut?" Rachel taunted.
"No, I had been unfortunate enough to run into your boyfriend," BV stated deciding to be the older of the two. She logically was going to explain to Rachel Jed was no good.
"Huh?" Rachel said before falling backwards on to the floor, her feet sticking up into the air. "Jed?' she choked high-pitched.
"Yeah, Jed," BV said mocking Rachel. BV personally enjoyed having Rachel this worried. It made her smile.
Rachel pulled herself out of the chair and to her feet, pointing her finger at BV. "So let me get this straight, my boyfriend, wait, ex-boyfriend, knocked you up? When! Where! How! WHY?"
BV said calmly stirring the potion, "When,. Well our fourth year, at Vincentian I tutored him, at night, it ran late, he walked me back to my commons room, and Jed raped me!"
"R-rape?" Rachel stammered nervously.
"Yeah raped me." BV said slowly remembering that night.
BV FLASHBACK
"BV let me walk you back, it's dark and you'll get in trouble for being out so late if I'm not there to back you up." Jed said kindly.
"I guess, but prefects are allowed out till 12:00." BV said.
"Still, I want to BV." He said sincerely.
"Trust me, BV. I won't do anything to you. Do you trust me?"
"I trust you." BV said as she picked up her things. They climbed the stairs to the second level. The went out the corridor towards BV's house.
"You're a great person, you know that BV?" Jed asked as they walked along.
"Really? Well thanks Jed." BV said smiling.
"You're welcome." Jed said. The two walked along farther down the corridor and soon arrived at the entrance to Harvard House.
"Here we are, thanks Jed." BV said.
"No thank you, BV." Jed said in a smooth voice.
"You can go now," BV said as she pulled out a ring of keys looking for the Harvard one. Then all of a sudden Jed grabbed her wrist and whipped her around slamming her into a near by wall. "JED!" BV screamed. A hand flung across her mouth.
"Shut up Reinheart, you're mine now." Jed said maliciously. He pulled out his wand and whispered a charm. "OR we can take the easy way out and silence you." He said smiling. BV went to say something and all that came out was air. She couldn't talk! Jed placed another charm on BV and carried her down the hall into the Arithmancy classroom. It was BV's favorite class and classroom. The windows were perfectly positioned to look out at the back of the falls. The moonlight fell through the windows illuminating the desk and Jed. Jed flung BV onto a near by desk and began to take her blouse off.
END OF BV FLASHBACK
"Then two months later I realize I'm pregnant and not just off track. Then I kept her." BV said slowly visualizing Noel Leigh- Anna in her mind. Smiling back at the image in her head.
"Rape.." Rachel stuttered again taking a step back. "You weren't his first victim..."
Rachel stood glaring at a desk leg at the horrid memory, "You weren't his first victim," she repeated nearly growling.
BV continued stirring and gave Rachel a puzzled looked. Jed hit her too. BV's curiosity was getting the better of her and opened her mouth to ask.
"Um, Rachel?"
Rachel whirled around confused to spot Ron and Hermione by the door. "How long have you two been there?"
"Dumbledore called the second meeting for tomorrow morning, and he told us that we would find you two in here. Dumbledore requested that BV be at the meeting tomorrow too," Ron said.
BV looked at him with a questioning face and Rachel took his lack of an answer as the worst. They had heard everything.
"Alrighty then," she swallowed and headed out of the door past Ron and Hermione.
BV turned off the flame under the cauldron and set her spoon aside.
"It'll be done tomorrow morning after the meeting. It has to brew overnight." BV said as she picked up her purse and headed for Ravenclaw Commons.
"Hey kiddo, how'd brewing a difficult potion work?" Cho asked as she sat with Rhonda laying over the foot of the bed braiding Cho's hair in cornrows.
"The potion-making was great." BV said distracted.
Andrea looked up, "Something else is wrong isn't it?"
"Yeah, the potion is for Rachel and she went through my purse." BV sighed.
"So?" Rhonda asked twisting her neck from side to side.
"Here look inside my wallet." BV said flinging her purse at Rhonda.
Rhonda picked the purse up and went through searching for a wallet. Upon opening it she saw what the problem was, "Oh." Rhonda said lamely, "She knows doesn't she?"
"Oh yeah." BV said angrily, "And she knows who was involved too." BV said as she sat down on her bed throwing her robe on the floor.
"What is it Rhonda?" Andrea asked as she closed her book.
Rhonda looked up, "It's a picture of Noel."
"Oh." Cho and Andrea said gloomily.
Then Andrea spoke, "That's not good at all."
"I don't know maybe it is." BV said, "Besides I don't have time to think I have a meeting with Dumbledore tomorrow."
"Oh well goodnight then." Cho said quietly sensing BV's anger.
The next morning BV awoke and got ready for her meeting. She put on a white tennis skirt with a pink polo blouse and flung Andrea's pink bandana flip flops on.
BV arrived and she was the first one there. Then Harry arrived.
"Hi, there BV." Harry said awkwardly.
"Morning." BV said stiffly still angry about the previous night. Then Hermione and Rachel entered. Rachel was in sweatpants. Rachel took the seat right next to BV. BV began to pretend to be oblivious to Harry's stare. Harry had been begun to send Rachel sympathetic looks.
Rachel turned to Hermione and whispered loud enough for BV to hear, "Okay, who told him?"
Hermione looked over at Rachel, "Ron must've last night.. Why didn't you say anything before Rachel?"
Rachel sat back in her seat slightly annoyed, "Because it never came up.. It was never important. And besides, what does me not being a virgin have anything to do with this mission?" Rachel huffed quietly.
"At least you won't be another notch in Wood's bedpost," Hermione pointed out. BV chuckled to herself.
"Nice one," Rachel glared.
The door to Dumbledore's office swung open and hit the wall. Draco walked in stiffly and the door slammed shut behind him.
Rachel smirked, "Oh dear cousin, what's gotten you so stiff this morning?" she grinned asking.
Draco only glared at Rachel as Dumbledore chuckled knowingly. He took a seat loudly on the other side of BV and sat with his eyes closed. BV wasn't too fond of her current position. Between Rachel and her oh-so-cuddly-with-lots-of-sarcasm cousin.
The door opened once again and Oliver walked in explaining something to Ron.
"You see, eye contact, body language and which hand their holding the quaffle in. Those are the three things you can read, and be able to tell which way the chaser is going, that way, when they try and fake you out, you'll be better prepared," Oliver grinned.
Rachel butted in and added that "Sometimes they can fake twice and still go at the original hoop."
Oliver countered with, "But still they try and deceive you."
Rachel laughed, "Ha, the chaser doesn't do all of the fake-outs and deception Wood."
"No, but she does most of them," Oliver replied.
"Okay, then why then is it that some keeper will act all charming and libidinous and then he'll hit on some other chaser? And you don't call that deceiving?"
At this point in their little argument Ron turned to Hermione and asks, "Did she just call him sexy?"
Hermione nodded vaguely. BV smiled Rachel hadn't watched herself. She was trying to be impressive using big huge words and had screwed up what she wanted to say.
Oliver stopped mid argument and began grinning at Rachel.
"What!" she asks irked.
"Did you just call me sexy?"
Rachel sputters, "No, no I didn't"
Oliver nods, "Yeah you did."
"Did not."
"Did too."
"Did not."
"Did too."
"Did not."
"Did not." Oliver smiled attempting to throw Rachel's rhythm off .
"Did to- wait. No, what did I say?" Rachel exclaimed. BV rolled her eyes.
"You called me libidinous," Oliver smiled.
"Fine. I meant egotistical," Rachel shot daggers trying to contain the burn that was quickly spreading across her face.
"Now that we have finished that ordeal, please have a seat," Dumbledore said and conjured up two more chairs, and offered everyone a lemon drop before the meeting finally began. "The idea was yesterday that Oliver and Rachel would go into hiding so that Rachel could protect him from Death Eaters."
"Then why the Fortimus potion's Dumbledore?" Oliver asked angrily.
Rachel rolled her eyes and rested her head on her elbow, which plopped onto the armrest.
"Ms. Rivers has requested them for personal reason Oliver, if she finds the need to inform you, I'm sure that she will," Dumbledore nodded curtly to a thankful Rachel and continued. "Rachel has suggested her home town of Santa Barbara. Now I've done some background checks and the area seems to be clean of any Death Eaters," Dumbledore began.
"But what if it isn't," Draco interrupted. "Doesn't that make them sitting ducks!" BV quite frankly agreed.
"Mr. Malfoy, Oliver is a member of the Order of the Phoenix, and I trust that Rachel will know how to handle any situation that may arise," Dumbledore explained.
Rachel nodded and Oliver pursed his lips nodding, "I understand," he said and stood up.
"Pack for anything, we do not know how long you two will be staying. Rachel, I believe that all of your homework and lessons have found they way to you yesterday?"
Dumbledore asked.
"Yes Headmaster," Rachel responded,
"Thanks Albus," Oliver smiled gratefully.
"Oh don't worry Oliver, everything will turn out fine," Dumbledore said shaking his hand and showing the young group to the door. "Miss Reinheart a word if you please." He said grabbing BV's wrist. BV came back and took her chair again. "I'm sorry, I am willing to bet that you thought that meeting was a waste of your sleeping time."
BV blushed and lowered her head. "Sorry Sir." BV mumbled.
"That's alright, I wanted to ask you a few things asides from the others." Dumbledore started, " Would it be alright with you if Professor Snape continued to make Miss River's Fortimus potion?"
"That's fine with me, but why? Is something wrong with the one I made?" BV asked worried it wasn't right.
"No, no, my child, it was in a word, perfect. Professor Snape said, 'it was a text-book Fortimus potion.' I have to agree. But Professor Snape said he would still feel more confident if a teacher provided the potion and not a student."
"Completely understandable." BV said, "Sorry, I just had to know…"
"You're like Lauren, you don't know how to fail." Professor Dumbledore said smiling.
BV smiled back, "Exactly, I will not settle for less than perfection."
"Good, because that's one of the qualities I like to see in my staff. I'm aware Minerva approached you with my offer…"
"Yes, I'm sure she told you my response." BV said folding her hands delicately in her lap.
Dumbledore nodded, "I am very grateful to you BV. It's never an easy position to fill."
"Why's that sir?" BV questioned.
"Well I believe the job is jinxed… now before you get very cross with me, BV… I believe I know how to undo it but it may not be possible right away… and BV I wanted you to know this before you fully agree to take the post."
"So it is jinxed and you're not quite sure how to fix it." BV said taking that in.
Dumbledore nodded, "And I know you have a lot on the line. Noel, your friends and future. I want you to know most are just forced to leave for some reason. But that's not to say you could possibly loose your life over this."
"Pardon my rudeness," BV said holding on to the last little bit of sanity in her, "Then why is Professors Mc Gonagall and Flitwick trying to steer me away from what I really want to do and putting me in the same kind of danger here?"
"Because they don't know of it. Minerva suspects it, but I always tell her it is a coincidence." Dumbledore responded.
"But sir, why are you making me chose like this…. I know you want me not to become an auror, but seriously, it would seem I'm at just as much risk here as I am doing what I want to." BV stated as she looked into Albus Dumbledore's eyes.
"BV, I understand your anger, but actually you're not right. You see I said you might die in doing the job. If you become an auror, there is a high risk, almost gaurenteed that you would die in the line of duty." Dumbledore explained logically.
"I see," BV said contemplating her options then realizing she couldn't jepordize her life for her own sake. Noel Leigh-Anna need a mother, seeing as how her father wasn't going to be a part of her life. "Alright, I still agree with my previous statement, I will take the post here at Hogwarts next year."
"Why did you change your mind, BV. I was almost certain that when I told you of the curse you'd be defiant and go against our judgement in complete spite of us."
"Professor Dumbledore, sir, I have a child to think about, I'm not living life for my sake and intentions anymore, but for Noel's." BV said as she got up and shook hands with Dumbledore. Then she left to face her day knowing her heart she had done the right thing.