Erased But Not Forgotten
Chapter 6
Spells Gone Haywire and Singing Out
"Rose!" Harry called. She grabbed her wand and came down the stairs, red-eyed and tear-streaked cheeks. "We have a problem!" he yelled.
"What?" Rose asked, wiping her eyes before looking up at him.
"Umm, you know how Jul kissed you?" Rose nodded slowly, "Well, err, I kind of cursed him, and, well...it didn't go exactly as planned."
"Harry! What did you do!" she demanded in a slightly shrill voice.
"Well, umm, you kind of have to see for yourself. And I was hoping you could fix it," Harry opened the door and waved her out.
Rose walked out onto the porch where she saw Jul leaning against the rail. But as soon as Jul turned around and saw Rose, he did something she never thought she'd see a man do while in his right mind…he burst into song.
"I can't hide what I feel inside
And just stop lovin' you
Even if I wanted to
I can't hold on
But lettin' go
Is something I can't do, is something I can't do
Even if I wanted to"
Rose's jaw dropped. "Harry, what…how…oh my God! Harry! How did this happen?" she asked bewildered.
"Well, I tried to silence him, but it kind of went haywire," he replied defensively.
"Did you enunciate?"
"Umm, maybe," he replied lamely. Rose rolled her eyes. "Can you fix it? I don't think it's really fair to leave him like this, even if he did…kiss you." Harry nearly growled the last two words, glaring at Jul. Jul's eyes got wide and he backed up a few steps with his hands in front of him.
"So he can't talk unless he's singing?" Rose inquired. Jul mouthed "No, I've tried!" making Harry smirk and Rose grin like the evil jenyus that she was.
"As much as I love the fact that I'm marrying an evil genius, did you have to hex him, Harry?" she asked sincerely, making Jul raise his hands in exasperation.
"I don't get to be a jenyus?" Harry joked, avoiding the original question.
"No, that title is reserved for Hermione, Liz and I. And Leah, 'cause she basically inspired the name." Rose's smoky green eyes demanded the answer to her question.
"Personal pleasure and over-protectiveness," he finally answered quietly. Rose snorted at his answer and couldn't resist the grin that was tugging at her lips. Who could blame her? I mean, really, what girl in the world didn't want her boyfriend, or rather fiancé, to be protective of her?
"So what'd he sing to you?" she inquired (she couldn't resist, she just had to ask).
Harry's face split into a wry grin as Jul tried to shout 'No!'
"Jesse's Girl…except it was more like "Harry's Girl"." Rose burst out laughing.
"Can you PLEASE just reverse the spell already?" Jul mouthed.
"What was that?" Harry asked. He summoned a pad of paper and a pen and handed them to Jul. He handed the pad back to Harry after writing what he'd just tried to say.
"Fine, reversia encanta magica," Rose said, waving her wand. There was a stream of light that flowed from Jul to Rose's wand that gave her a white aura, making her look blessed. Then it was gone.
"What was that?" Harry asked, looking warily from Jul to Rose. Rose looked at Jul confused. Then she started singing too.
"You can say you're on the healing side,
You can say you've finally seen the light,
But I don't see it yet,
So how do I forget?
Don't you whisper borrowed words
When you know just how hard it hurts
Baby, break it right
Leave me on the healing side
'Cause it's not just love you're killing
All you wasted and watered down
I'm not able, I'm not willing
To just lay this in the ground
If I don't have a quiet place to run and hide
Have mercy, leave me on the healing side"
Rose's hand went to her throat. "Oh crap!" she said, or she would have if she had a voice. Then she looked at Harry. She really should have known better.
"Looking in your eyes, they tell me
I no longer have to feel alone.
I see the heavens open
A heart that once was broken
It's holdin' nothing back
Now that I've found you
You hold me like a breath
You touch me everywhere
A lifetime just ain't enough to love you true
Now that I've found you"
Harry smiled at her. Rose returned the smile and shrugged prettily. Then she took the pen and paper from Harry and hurriedly scribbled 'Get Hermione!' before handing it back to Harry.
"Is she here?" he asked. When Rose nodded, he called for her.
A minute later, Hermione and Ron came down the stairs and out onto the porch.
"What's up?" she asked, stepping out the door. Rose shut her eyes tightly, not allowing herself a peek, and Jul turned away.
"I cursed Jul; mispronounced; he started singing and can't talk otherwise. Called Rose; she tried to reverse it; backfired; now she can't talk either. Everyone's singing!" Harry explained quickly.
"Like a musical!" Ron exclaimed, Hermione just shot him a look and he shut up.
"Rose, can I see your wand? Harry, yours too," Hermione asked. They both handed their wands over. After a spell and a bit of muttering, Hermione came to a conclusion over Harry's wand. "Ok, Harry I think you said "Sing-lencio" instead of "Si-lencio," she concluded before returning his wand. Then she moved to Rose's.
"Rose, this isn't your wand!" Hermione said. Rose whipped around, eyes open, and would have stared at Hermione inquiringly if Jul hadn't grabbed her hand. She glared at him, before realizing that he just saved her from singing again. She mouthed a thank-you before taking the pad of paper to write 'Whose is it?'
"It's mine," Ron said, taking his wand back from Hermione.
"Rose, what spell did you use to try to reverse the spell?" Hermione asked. Rose flipped to a different sheet of paper and wrote down the name of the spell she'd used.
"Yeah, it probably backfired just because it's not your wand. Yours is designed for complicated spells, like that one." Rose grinned, thinking of all the spells that she'd made up and saw Harry grinning too, since half of those spells were used on him last year. "Ron's is used for more basic charms, but mostly for defensive spells," Hermione continued. "So when Rose tried to perform that spell, Ron's wand overloaded and just duplicated Harry's spell on you."
Jul took the paper from Rose and wrote, 'Could you please just reverse it, already!'
"No, I can't," Hermione said after reading Jul's message. Rose almost turned around…again, but Jul managed to stop her…again. She was cursing Hermione, but no one except Jul could see, so Hermione continued.
"The reason I can't is because this isn't a known spell, Harry just messed it up."
"Hey, I didn't mean to!" he said defensively as Jul, this time, tried to turn around to glare at him. Rose managed to stop him before he caught a glance of Hermione or Ron.
"I think I can modify it at least," Hermione interjected, trying to be helpful. She muttered a few words before tapping Jul and Rose on the shoulder with her wand.
"Can we turn around now?" Jul asked, surprisingly, in full voice. They both turned around, thankfully, without bursting into song.
"What'd you do?" Rose inquired.
Hermione shrugged, "I made it so you can talk and your singing is limited to Harry and Jul, unless you actually want to sing." Ron handed Rose her own wand and headed inside with Hermione.
Harry held the door open for Rose when she said, "Head on in, I'll be there in a minute. I need to talk to Jul alone." Harry cast him a wary glance before shrugging and following Ron inside.
"What's up?" Jul asked her. His sapphire eyes were bright with restrained tears.
"Well, I'm going to heal your nose for starters," she replied and with a flick of her wand the pain disappeared from Jul's nose and the minimal bruising around his eyes went away. "And I wanted to ask you if you meant what you…well, sang?"
His sapphire blue eyes met with her smoky green ones. "Yes."
"Then we have a problem," Rose sighed.
"What would that be?" he asked, leaning against the railing next to her.
"Hello? I'm engaged to Harry." She held up her left hand, making her ring glint in the moonlight. "And also, I love him. You sort of missed your chance."
"What about second chances?" he whispered, a hint of pleading in his blue eyes.
"I don't think that would work," Rose started. "I mean, you've kind of dragged me through Hell, and now that I'm happy, you come back asking for a second chance. It doesn't feel very fair to me. And what about Harry? I mean, I love him, and I can't put him on hold to try making it work with you." Rose could see his jaw stiffen and his eyes glare at the ground, fighting back tears. She knew what that was like; he had made her feel exactly like that every time that he'd just said no.
"I know how you're feeling right now, Jul," Rose said after a minute.
"How would that be?" he inquired, still not looking up.
"Because, Jul," Rose replied angrily, "that's exactly how you made me feel in high school." He looked like he was about to reply, but the spell kicked in and Rose started singing,
"It's like a knife, through the heart
When it all comes apart
It's like someone
Takes a pin to your balloon
It's a hole
It's a cave
It's kind of like a grave
When he gets up, and just walks away from you
So why they call it falling
Why they call it falling
Why they call it falling
Now I know
Why they call it falling
Why they call it falling
Now I…know"
"I'm sorry, but if I'd never met Harry, with our past, would you even care?" she asked.
He looked up into her eyes. "I've felt this way for the longest time but I just haven't noticed till now." A tear slid down his cheek. "I'm sorry it took me so long."
"Me too, Jul," Rose replied, standing up and walking over to the door, "Me too." And she walked inside, leaving a pair of sapphire eyes crying in the moonlight.
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if you don't know these songs then you prolly don't listen to older country. but they fit. :-) lmk what u think!