CHAPTER 14 Lies that fall like acid rain
The heat came slowly but surely turning pleasant days into uncomfortable ones and usually sleep filled nights became less frequent. One night was so uncomfortable Alice couldn't believe anyone was asleep. Become increasingly exacerbated Alice slipped into her black bikini, grabbed the nearest towel and headed to the lake.
It was definitely uncommonly hot and she heard soft music floating along the halls.
"Music?" she said aloud and completely forgetting her quest for a swim she followed the music which led to a young man who sat perched on a stone ledge quietly strumming chords on a guitar.
As soon as he heard Alice approach he immediately stopped but they smiled when they saw the other.
"I should've guessed" Alice quipped.
"I see you've dressed appropriately for the situation" he said with a wink.
Alice started to blush but the young man replied:
"Don't be embarrassed, if I had my way you would look like this every day of the year! I am however curious to know where you were going dressed like that?"
"For your information I was going to the lake because I couldn't sleep" she shot back at him and turned on her heel and made her way down to the lake. Dumping her towel on the soft grass she made a running dive in to the lake. The cool water washed over her, calming her down and relaxing her instantly.
She heard the music floating over the lake and was surprised to see the young man sitting on the grass beside the lake playing quietly and singing out to her. His clear voice was audible across the grounds.
The young man looked at Alice he could hardly believe his luck, Alice in her bikini was more than he could have hoped for. He couldn't take his eyes off her curves, the way the water on her body glistened in the moonlight. Droplets of water ran across her chest and down towards her stomach as she shook her hair out and shot him a winning smile.
Laughing out loud he shed his shirt and waded into the water to join her. Coming up behind her he wrapped his arms around her body. She acknowledged his presence by leaning against him and snaking her arms up and around his neck. The blue eyes surveyed her body carefully, he wanted her so badly it almost ached.
With one sweeping movement he scooped her up and carried back to the grassy bank, placing her carefully on the towel he had laid out. He took a minute to take her body in, the way her curves were exaggerated by the slim lines of the bikini, her smooth body dripping with the water from the lake. Alice simply cocked her head to the side and raised her eyebrow, waiting for him to kiss her.
Instead of kissing her lips he ran his hands down her body, enjoying how she felt under his touch. He gathered she was enjoying it as well when she moaned softly and reached for him. Moving quickly towards her he kissed her lips softly but as she leaned in to kiss him again he couldn't hold back anymore. He kissed her as hard as he could, he didn't want to stop.
She responded by slipping her tongue into his mouth and ran her hands down his back. The young man ran his hands along the curves of her body, groaning softly as he kissed her neck. Slowly his hands undid the ties to her bikini top and slid it off her body.
She gasped softly but let his hands roam her body freely. He hugged her tightly towards him kissing her sweetly. Slowly and unwillingly she began to untangle herself. She had classes in a few hours and she wasn't going to loose her virginity on the grass outside school.
Surprisingly the young man didn't run off immediately, instead he took her hand and walked her back up to the castle with his guitar slung across his shoulder. As they reached the castle they saw Mrs Norris perched on the steps.
"Run" whispered Alice frantically and they both took off as quickly as possible. Far too quickly they reached the crossroads where one corridor led to the Ravenclaw common room and the other led to the Gryffindor common room.
Alice began to run down the corridor but the young man grabbed her hand and she found herself back in his arms. He kissed her fiercely and then left. He ran into the common room and let out whoop before running up the stairs to bed.
As Alice trudged into the Great Hall for breakfast she saw Sirius motioning her to sit next to him.
"So have fun last night?" he asked pretending to be innocent.
"I…what…how did you know?" she demanded.
"When I can't sleep it sit but the window in the dormitory, normally there's nothing to see, that is until you and some mystery man start making out" he laughed but seeing the outrage on her face quickly said "don't worry that's when I stopped watching, I didn't want to see too much". Again he grinned remembering what James had told him about Alice walking in on Lily and James.
In what Alice considered a dignified silence she began to eat her toast while Sirius smirked.
She finished quickly and grabbed her books for the day and said to Sirius;
"Sirius Black I am no longer talking to you".
He smiled and said: "You already did. You make sure this man of yours treats you well or he'll have me to answer to".
Alice pretended not to hear as she left but was secretly touched that Sirius was being so protective. Hurrying towards her first class she met the blue eyed young man who whisked her into the nearest classroom and began to kiss her. Alice almost gave in but she had to hurry to class, she could kiss him in her spare time when she had any.
The young man sighed as he watched her go, every moment with her was fun and exciting, not to mention the fact that she was an awesome kisser. Sitting in the empty classroom he was left alone with his own thoughts, until a certain pretty young woman walked in. He barely kept from rolling his eyes, he had meant to tell her that the kiss they had had last week meant nothing, now was the perfect time. But before he could open his mouth she had put arms around his neck and kissed him.
While walking to class Alice had an idea, another moonlight rendezvous would be a good time to see him again. Turning on her heel she ran back towards the classroom they had just been in, threw open the door and saw the young man kissing a popular pretty sixth year Gryffindor.
At the sound of the door being opened the young man had pushed the girl away from him and she had looked around in surprise. Alice mouth hung open in shock her eyes wide with surprise. She only heard one thing before she left and that was the pretty girl saying:
"Who was that, Frank?"
She ran as fast she could to her first class. Dumping her books on the ground, she wasn't listening to the reprimanding words from the teacher. Sirius had noticed her pale face and mouthed 'what's up'? from the other side of the room.
Instead of answering she put her head in her hands and tried to take in what had just happened. So he had a girlfriend and that was why all of their meetings had been a secret. She felt dirty and used, was she just some challenge? How ironic, now she knew his name and it was entirely useless to her.
Alice couldn't bear to eat she sat outside in the sun tears welled up in her eyes. She couldn't believe she had been so stupid. She barely noticed when Sirius, James and Lily came and sat with her.
Lily didn't say anything, merely put an arm around her and soothed her. James and Sirius shared a worried look and James asked:
"Alice what happened?"
Sniffing a few times she angrily swiped at her tears, she wished he had meant nothing to her, but that wasn't true.
"I walked in on him, kissing another girl" she said finally.
Only Sirius understood who 'he' was but no one else asked out of courtesy to Alice's condition.
"I'll tear him limb from limb" said Sirius
"Not before I get a piece of him" said Lily viciously.
"Don't worry Ally we won't let him touch you ever again" James told her bracingly.
But before James could continue Frank was walking quickly towards them with a frantic look in his eyes.
"Alice please let me…" but before he could finish he had to step back because Sirius, James and Lily had formed a protective line in front of her and had drawn their wands.
"I think you should leave now" Sirius said warningly
"Unless of course you want to die a painful death" James finished glaring at him.
"I just need to talk to Alice, to explain" Frank began.
"I think you've done quite enough" Lily said icily "Now we've asked you to leave nicely once, if you must make it twice I can't guarantee your health".
"I don't care" he said "do what you may, but its important that I speak to Alice".
"We gave you fair warning" said Sirius and he yelled Levicorpus as James yelled Impedimenta.
But before Lily could lead Alice away she walked towards him.
"So this is why I never learnt your name, this is why all our meetings have been secret. I thought you were just being romantic, but really you were hiding me away like a mistress. You disgust me, Frank" she spat the last word out with particular venom.
Lily led Alice back to castle who was resolute not to cry again, she had wasted enough time on him. She had to learn to control her emotions, she thought that she might have loved him, but that ship had now sailed.
Over the next few weeks Frank tried at every opportunity to talk to Alice but every time he got close there was James or Sirius or Lily with their wands drawn, not that Alice needed the help. She maintained her icy silence and completely ignored him. Frank had more conversations with her friends than he did with her, not that you could call hurling abuse at him a conversation, but it was more than he got from Alice.
The night after Alice had walked in on him kissing the pretty sixth year he had a massive argument with her. He told her exactly what he thought of her and her parents, but when it came down to it he felt as if he had lost everything.
If only he had just fixed the situation earlier, talked to the girl and told her he was in love with Alice. But no, he was a gutless wonder. He was trying to please everyone and where had that got him?
Frank had less and less time to find Alice as his N.E.W.T's were in a week and Alice was preparing for her own exams. On one such occasion Alice was sitting alone in the library silently going over a years worth of charms notes, her mouth moving wordlessly.
Frank was so happy to find her alone he almost jumped. He strode over to her sitting next to her and grabbed her hands.
"Alice, let me explain, it's not what you think, she wasn't my girlfriend" Frank started.
"Oh, so you're just a player and you screw over everyone, I guess that's better than cheating" said Alice sarcastically forgetting that she wasn't supposed to be talking to him.
She wrenched her hands away from his and gathered her stuff as quickly as possible and walked out of the room.
"It wasn't like that" he yelled at her retreating back earning him stares and whispers from his fellow students.
As soon as Alice left the library the façade was gone. She leant against the cool stone wall breathing quickly. She wished she was stronger but somewhere inside she still liked him. He was trying hard to explain and she almost wanted to listen.
FireQueen618: I would like Sirius to find love to, but I find it really hard to invent random characters so until I come up with someone, he shall have to be the misunderstood youth!
Princess Lily of Gryffindor: Thank your for your review and the fact that you like my story, even better that you are a fellow author.
Rayolis: Well I have no wish to kill you any longer so I have updated and no more mystery man! Hmmm, Sirius is almost my omniscient narrator at times…he seems to know more than he should, would you believe that he is super intelligent? Hahaha, me neither. Your right though, I should explain their friendship a little better. Yeah Alice knows he's a Gryffindor, but that's all. Thank you for reviewing all of the chapters thank you thank you!
LBuccalo: Your reviews are amazing, without fail they always make me smile. Initially the sex scenes were hard to write, because after a certain point it becomes too much information, it's a thin line. What annoys me is when sex scenes are written very flashy or overly romantic because in reality they are mostly not, its far more carnal than any thing else. I really try to make it as realistic as possible (seeing as it is written in a world of witches and wizards!) I am running out of ways to thank you, because your reviews really do amaze me. THANK YOU.
Dreamlikecheese: hahaha, everyone's worst nightmare. I also used to live in a dorm so I can understand the embarrassment on both sides! Of course your suspicions are correct! Im glad you liked the chapter, Alice and mystery man seem fun because they are fun to write. Thank you again for your constant support.
Yourheartsdesire: Thank you, thank you…well now you know!
ShIvErIng sMiLe: talk about embarrassing! Its bound to happen though if you decide to screw around in a dormitory! Thanks for the review : )
Madsdagirl: Good to have you back! Having your tonsils out is always a good excuse to eat heaps of ice cream! I hope your feeling better though. Thank you for your comments they make my day!