Summer To September

A/N: Hmm…Well, I got a review and I'm not quite sure what wkd means…Maybe I'm just stupid though…

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Chapter Three: Over it

"Ring out the bells again,

Like we did when Spring began…"

"God Jayde…What has you so down?" Sirius asked as we got to our first glass, Arithmancy…My favorite. Not. I looked at my hands. Sirius raised an eyebrow. Remus and Peter were both looking at me. Even James wasn't so thick as he wasn't concerned. Chelsea cut in. "The love of her life dumped her out of the blue…" she told them quietly. Thank god for Chelsea…She always knew the right time to help me out.

"You mean that Orion bastard?" Sirius asked.

"Yeah…him. The man-bitch." I said, angrily, stealing one of Chelsea's words. Unfortunately for me, the fucker had gotten into Gryffindor. At that moment he walked into the classroom, looking even more cocky than James and Sirius in the third year…Which is saying something. He smiled and came to sit by us. I stiffened, and Chelsea gave me a reassuring smile. She was bitchy and unstable until it mattered, when she was caring and kind…Gotta love her. I felt someone's hand on my back and recognized it to be Sirius'…Weird. "Fuck off…" I told Orion as he took his seat by Chelsea. We were all glaring at him...Sirius' icy stare was probably even harsher than my own. What the hell was going on that all of them weren't telling me? UGH!

"Well fine then…" Orion said, standing up and stalking off to the other end of the classroom. He reached his seat just as Professor DoJearty walked in and took her seat. I felt fortunate that Remus and Chelsea had explained all of this shit to me last year, so I didn't have to pay attention in class.

Not that I would have anyway.

I took out my very special piece of paper, and likewise saw Chelsea do the same. She had been clever enough to devise a system. Whatever the teacher told us to copy would automatically appear on the paper. Auto-notes. And, in the headline or margin, I could write something. It would appear on her paper and fade after she read it…And vise-versa. She was currently working on making ones for the Marauders…And perhaps Lily…The only problem was that, if there were more than one of them active, if you didn't specify who you were writing to, it would send the message to everyone looking on.

We had long ago told Remus about them…He had helped to make them.

As I was lost in thought, I didn't notice that Chelsea had written something until I looked down.

She didn't need to address it to me, because I had the only other paper.

Jayde?

What?

You feeling okay?

Yeah…better. I smiled…Chelsea was so great when I felt bad…Most of the time anyhow.

Good. You do realize that Sirius' hand is still on your back, right?

WHAT! I hadn't noticed. I shifted and the warmth moved. I felt oddly cold without the extra heat.

Well…That was awkward.

No kidding…I could just see her rolling her eyes in amusement. I looked over at her just in time to see the eye-roll. Am I good, or am I good? That's what I thought.

So…

So…What?

Well…I was just wondering…Why did you turn Remus down in fourth year?

Uh…I glanced at her again…She was blushing. Well…

Come on…

Why'd you bring that up anyhow?

Well, I was thinking about it earlier and wanted to ask you.

I don't know why I did…I was just so shy. And nervous. I didn't know what else to do, so I turned him down…

Huh…Weird…It's times like that when I realize how different we really are…

And yet so the same… Oh shit, class is almost over!

I started. So it was. I slipped the paper into my bag. Well…Okay then. The entire class was getting up. I saw Orion walk over to Chelsea. She had Ancient Runes next…and apparently so did he. I had Divination next. The last time I saw Chelsea before she went to class was when she glared at the boy and flipped him off. GO CHELSEA!

Suddenly, James and Peter and Sirius were next to me. They had all joined Divination as well…I don't remember what class Remus had… "So…" James began.

"Drop it…I don't want to talk about…Breckon."

"Who?" Peter asked.

"Orion Breckon…You know…"

"Oh…" That was Sirius.

Dorks…

"Wake me up…When September ends…"

Study hall…Finally. And then lunch! I can't wait. I'm really hungry for some odd reason. Also, I've found that being dumped by a piece of worthless shit isn't too bad…The worst part is that he dumped me before I dumped him. After I realized this, I became a lot happier…Not only that, but Sirius seems to be…Flirting with me. Which is weird because I never thought of him like that…As a boy…First he was an enemy…Then a friend. Never a guy. It's weird… I'm so proud that I figured this one out all on my own. Actually…Peter spilled that Sirius 'like-liked' me…So technically I had some help. But only some.

I sighed and looked down at my Homework, not really thinking…I had re-joined Chelsea in Transfiguration, our third class of the day, and she had seemed quite shaken…frightened even. I asked what was wrong, but she wouldn't tell me. I told Remus about it and he blinked a few times…But also said nothing. Though, I'm pretty sure that's because he's freaked out…Chelsea never gets scared like that. I told the rest of the Marauders, they all took on a different expression of surprise…

"What do you think happened?" Peter asked.

"I bet Orion said something…" I stated…"They were talking right as we left Arithmancy to go to Ancient Runes."

We would have discussed it further, but the subject of our conversation entered and sat down quietly, so we immediately shut up. She went straight to work on her homework…Usually she would talk a bit before – hand … but not today. A silence fell, and in the awkwardness, I began on my Arithmancy homework.

"I heard that there's a Beginning-Of-School Dance…" Lily stated out of nowhere.

"Huh?" I asked, startled.

"A dance…"

"Really? Weird…Never had one at the beginning of the year before…"

"Supposedly it's seventh year only…"

"Oh…Well then maybe they do do it every year and we just didn't know before."

"Maybe…" I smiled... as she said this…Maybe Sirius would ask me?...

Lately I had fallen to thinking about him in whole new ways…It was weird, trying to act the same around him, now that I knew. Maybe I'd pull a Chelsea and just tell him…That's what she usually did…But then…She had never gone out and told Remus.

"Jayde…JAYDE!" came Lily's voice.

"Oh…hmm?"

"I said bye."

"Don't say that."

"Why not?"

"Because 'goodbye' means forever." I got a dreamy look in my eyes.

"Okay then…" She looked a bit weirded out. "See you later then…"

I blinked…Where the hell had that one come from…God, I was possessed. But those things seemed to be coming more often now. It was sort of weird… I smiled and continued walking…Then I saw a figure in the hallway, crouched and sobbing. Chelsea…

"Oh my god…What happened to you Chelsea?" The only response was more tears. "Come on…What happened…" I pulled her up…Only then did I notice the state of her clothing…My eyes widened. "Who. Who did this to you?" I asked. Her clothing wasn't damaged, just crooked…Her entire appearance reeked of sex. And from the way she was crying, I could tell she wasn't happy about it…Poor girl…Only two weeks into school too…

"Wake me up,

When September ends."

A/N: Soooo…What'd you think? Weird chapter…I know. I'm just really tired. No, Chelsea did not get raped…I promise. Review for me if you want to find out. Because I swear to god I won't post another chapter until I have 5 reviews.