Chapter 25 – After the Ball
"I'm sorry!" Lily kept sobbing as she buried her face in her hands. Ale looked at her, and in a hurt voice asked,
"Did I do something wrong?"
"No, I mean yes, I mean- Oh I don't know!"
"What?" Ale asked, and he grinned weakly.
"Listen," Lily said, ready to face the worst, "I'm dating Kevin."
"What?" Ale asked for the second time.
"Well, he asked me out, and I sorta accepted. Well, not sorta accepted, I accepted!"
"What about us?"
"What?"
"Listen this conversation is getting pretty ridiculous. Both of us are asking the same thing. We both want to know what! What is going in your mind? Didn't you say that you did not want to go to the Ball with him? Didn't you say that you don't like him? Are you fucken crazy? You come to the Ball with me when you're dating another guy!"
"Ale, sorry!" Lily muttered.
"This is not the time for an apology. This is the time for talking, and an explanation!"
"Ale, I-"
"Didn't you realise that you were making me like you more and more?"
"It was not my intention!"
"Yeah sure! You're intention was that to make that Finnigan guy jealous!"
"No, that was not my intention! That never even occurred to me. I really loved the moments we've had together!"
"Then why are you dating him?"
"Because …" Lily started and looked in his eyes.
"Do you like him?"
"I don't know, I mean yes I do but," Lily admitted, as she wiped away a tear. "I'm confused, ok? I'm so damn confused! I've never been in this situation before!"
"Listen, if you're not sure that you like him, does this mean that there's someone else you may like?" he asked tentatively.
"I have to go," Lily whispered and gave him back his cloak and ran to her dormitory.
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"Hey dudes, did you see Lily?" Daniel asked, as he sipped his drink.
"I saw her going out by the lake with Ale," Adriana said.
"I'm off!" Kevin said, and without even saying bye to anyone, neither Diane, he left outside.
As he was outside he walked down by the lake trying to see anyone of the two. Suddenly he saw Ale who stood up and walked back to the direction of the castle by himself.
Kev ran up to him, turned him round roughly and asked through clenched teeth, "Where's my girl?"
"If you're talking 'bout Lily, well she's gone!"
"What did you do to her?"
"What makes you think that I did something?" Ale asked angrily.
"If she's ok then she'd still be here," Kev muttered, as he looked around as if looking for Lily.
"She was tired you git."
"If you did something to her, I'll find out, and tomorrow I'll show you what I think of you," Kevin threatened.
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"Lily?"
"Go away!"
"Lil what's wrong?" Delicata asked, as she and Adriana entered the room.
"Nothing is bloody wrong! Just leave me alone!" she yelled angrily, as more tears fell from her green eyes.
"Damn, Lily, who did this to you?" Adriana asked.
"Will you leave me alone?"
"No!" the two shouted.
"It's just that I like two persons and I can't choose. By having one of them I'll hurt the other, and having none of them would hurt us still!"
The two looked at her, and pitied her, obviously understanding what she was talking about.
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"Where were you?" Kevin asked as Lily at last came down the stairs next morning.
"What do you mean, mum?" Lily asked sarcastically.
"Cut the crap, tell me. What happened yesterday?"
"What do you mean?" Lily asked angrily.
"Something did definitely happen. I'm not that naïve!"
"Listen, please I don't wanna fight," Lily muttered as she forced a smile, and pecked Kevin softly on the lips.
"You betrayed me yesterday didn't you?" Kev asked her waiting for a truthful answer.
"It was only a kiss!" Lily started as Kev rolled his eyes angrily. "It meant nothing for me, I like you!" she said defensively as she cupped his face, and then pushed her face in his chest.
Sensing her desperation he could not push her away and so wrapped his arms around her protectively. "Lil, you may not be ready for this but, I love you."
Lily looked at him, and smiled nervously. "I still can't say the same. But I'll do all I can to try and say it in the future. I want us to survive!"
Kevin smiled, and pulled her for a short kiss.
"Well, I'm going for breakfast!" Lily said as she smiled, and waved. "See you."
"See ya," Kevin said, as he waved and with a smile turned to walk back to the Boy's dormitory. By the stairs he found Ale with a fake grin who started clapping sarcastically.
"Congrats mate, you managed to have her. But I'm telling you, I won't do anything to stop her from dating you. Still, if she'll come to me I won't send her away. You're not the only one who loves her."
Kev ignored him and pushed his way back up to the dormitory. Although he had ignored Ale's comment, his heart couldn't help feeling that Ale was right. He was also feeling too strange to do what he had threatened his enemy last night.
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"So how are things with Ale now?" Adriana asked. The three girls had gone for a walk by the Lake.
"We're just great mates, that's all. I mean, I've liked Kevin ever since I met him, and now that's he's my guy, I'm not gonna lose him. I like him, I really do. And he likes me, so things can't be bad, can they?"
"You're not happy with him!" Delicata said as she observed her cousin.
"Yes I am!" Lily muttered stubbornly. "So how are things with lil'Davy?"
Delicata turned a shade of magenta, and muttered, "We're dating."
"Great!" Adriana yelled happily.
"What about you and my bro?" Delicata asked happily.
"Um, the same."
"So you're my sister-in-law!" Delicata shrieked.
"And you're also my cuz-in-law!" Lily said as she grinned.
"Um, technically!" Adriana said as she blushed.
"This is great!" Lily exclaimed, and at last smiled a genuine smile.
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It was about 5 in the afternoon, and Lily was on her way back from the Library. She had just finished her Potion's Essay and was walking back to the Common Room when she heard a creepy, voice hiss,
"Lily?"
"Yeah?" Lily answered as she breathed heavily and turned round trying to see if anyone was about.
"It's me."
"Who're you?" she asked trying to sound brave.
"Your master!"
Lily gasped and in a split of a second ran back to the Dormitory, pushing her fingers in her ears determined not to hear anything at all.
As she entered the Common Room she ran up to a couch and sat down, as she hugged her knees, and started sobbing.
"What's wrong?" Ale asked as he approached her. So did Steve and Frankie.
"Nothing," Lily said trying to assure them.
"Something did happen, cuz!" Steve said as he sat next to her, and patted her head. "Tell us."
"I was coming from the Library, when I heard a strange hissing voice talking to me. No one was about, and he said that he was my master. I could have imagined it or whatever, but one thing is for certain. He freaked me out, and I'm still scared to death thinking about him right now!"
"Wow this is some news! Lily Potter, scared? You can't have imagined all this!" Frankie said as Lily looked at him and he shook his head.
"Now calm down, maybe you were tired, or Peeves was playing some joke! Just next time, walk back with someone, k?" Ale advised.
"Yeah, thanks Ale," Lily said as she smiled weakly at him. He grinned back and said,
"Anytime!"
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Sorry people if this took long but I did not have my pc for a whole week! Anywayz on with da subject, I'm really glad with the feedback last chapter got, thanks to all my reviewers!
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