-Harry Potter is not mine, I just play puppetmaster with JKR's characters sometimes-

Chapter Nine:- Tears, Tales and Torment.

Jaye's eyelids fluttered. She saw Remus sitting in an armchair, watching her. He was fully dressed but that didn't register in her mind.

"Good Morning!" She said, smiling in a satisfied way.

Remus rubbed his hands on his thighs and through his hair. He sighed.

"What is it Re?" Jaye asked, suddenly concerned. "I know last night was probably a bit too soon but…"

"It's not that…" Remus cut her off. "Well, maybe a little bit. We can't see each other any more, Jaye."

"But…why?" Jaye was close to tears. "I thought everything was going so well."

Remus shut his eyes and counted to ten. I don't want to do this…but I can't risk Jaye getting hurt, I love her too much.

"Jaye…" He looked at the floor, knowing that if he looked into her eyes, he would change his mind. "I can't explain. Maybe one day you'll understand, I hope you do. You're an incredible girl and you'll make any boy who's lucky enough to have you happy. But…but that boy can't be me." Remus stood up and crossed to the door, picking up his bag and leaving Jaye.

"But you're the boy I want." She whispered. Jaye lay back on the bed and let the tears flow down her cheeks. Remus had left her heartbroken and naked; both physically and emotionally.

~*~

Tara looked in her mirror. Her face was taut and tear-stained, her hair oily and her eyes puffy. The classic look of someone who had lost their boyfriend. She pulled her hair back into a loose ponytail and sent an owl to Professor Bhoy, telling him she couldn't make it to class that morning. She collapsed back onto her bed and closed her eyes. Sirius' face flashed into her mind. His black hair flopping carelessly into his eyes and his mouth open in laughter. Her eyes flicked open again. Seeing him was so painful. Remembering how she walked into the Great Hall, searching eagerly for him to see her man with his arm around that girl's waist and to see her stroking his cheek. Tara's blood boiled at the thought.

How dare he?? How dare SHE? What kind of a girl steals another girl's boyfriend?

Another thought niggled at her brain.

But what kind of a boyfriend is he to do that to me?

She shook her head. She just wanted to be mad…at Ana or at Sirius, it didn't matter. The dorm door flew open and Jaye walked through, sobbing with mascara running down her face.

"Jaye?"

"Tara!?"

Both girls burst into tears and embraced desperately. They didn't talk just held each other until the flow subsided. Jaye sniffed and Tara wiped her eyes.

"What happened Tara?"

"Sirius…he…he cheated on me with that girl in the sixth year!!" Tara started the waterworks again and Jaye produced at box of tissues and two chocolate frogs. Jaye smiled sadly.

"Nothing like chocolate to cure a broken heart. I'm assuming this girl was Anita?"

"You know her?" Tara asked, mouth full of chocolate. Jaye nodded.

"She and Sirius were voted most likely to get together in our second year. They've always been good friends."

"You didn't think to tell me this when I was dating him?!" Tara raged. Jaye bit her lip.

"It seemed pretty pointless, you and Sirius were so happy."

"Obviously not happy enough." Tara sobbed. Jaye rubbed her back. Finally, Tara pulled herself together. "What happened with you? Bad grade in Potions?"

"I think Remus and I just broke up."

"WHAT?! What's been going on since we lasted talked?"

"Well, I thought we were having a great time. We made each other laugh and we shared everything..." She fought back tears. "Then last night … we spent the night together and in the morning he ran away. I don't understand."

Jaye broke down, letting her emotions pour out of her. Tara hugged her and stroked her hair.

"Idiot. He has no idea what he's missing out on. And what a bastard, leaving you there after spending the night together!!" Tara's eyes flashed with fury, for herself and for her best friend. But Jaye was shaking her head.

"I think it's something else. He seemed so sad…as if leaving me was the last thing on his mind."

"Well of course he was sad! He had to stop playing you!"

"Remus isn't like that!"

"All the Marauders are like that!! Look at what Sirius did to me!!"

"That's different, Tara!"

"HOW?"

"Remus and I could've been something great, something you and Sirius never had the chance to be. Sirius' has ALWAYS been in love with Ana!" Jaye exploded. Tara was breathing heavily.

"So…" She said; her voice dangerously quiet. "So, I'm not good enough for Sirius but you and Remus are 'meant to be'? Well, let me tell YOU something, Jaye. You barely know the guy…there's probably a whole other person in there. At least I saw Sirius' true self before it was too late. But you…" She was shaking with anger. "You will always hang on to what could've been."

"I didn't mean that you weren't good enough!!" Jaye yelled to Tara's retreating form. "I didn't mean that." She murmured to herself. Once again, her eyes brimmed with tears. She jumped on her bed, burying her tears and sorrows into her pillow.

How can she become the psychic that she longs to be to understand you?
She senses you are lonely but still she can't be sure
and so she stands and waits anticipating your thoughts