A/N – I don't have many reviews for this story, and I haven't updated in forever, but… I've got some great ideas for this story! Talk about drama and some of my classic favorite songs! The first few chapters might have been too… less mature than the ones to come, just to let everyone know. This story might earn its PG-13 (or whatever it's called on here) yet! Now to begin! I give you Lavendar Brown. The song is Dumb Girls by Lucy Woodward. I own neither Harry Potter nor the song. The ------ indicate lyrics to the song. Please review, but most of all enjoy!
Lavendar was humming while on her way to the library. She was to meet her boyfriend Fred there. As she entered, she realized that the lights were off. Thinking it was a trick, Lavendar walked further into the room. She stood very quietly and listened for a sign of her boyfriend. All she could hear was muffled gasps. Letting her ears lead the way, she walked closer to the sound, which was coming from the restricted section. Lavendar was about to find out who the noise maker was by checking behind one of the many bookshelves, when she heard something that startled her.
"Oh, Fred. You're so wonderful," said a female's voice that definitely wasn't hers.
Surely, it was just a trick thought Lavendar as she made her feet carry her to see the truth. Her eyes watered to find Fred pressed up against none other than Katie Belle. They were in the middle of a passionate kiss.
--------He broke my heart today--------
Lavendar dropped to her knees as her mouth dropped open emitting a small gasp of astonishment. This was enough to make the snogging couple turn to her.
"Oh crap!" said Katie.
"In total agreement! Lavendar, what are you doing here? Oh gosh, I'm really sorry. You weren't suppose to find out like this," Fred started rambling and when Lavendar didn't give a response he kept on, "Listen, you have no idea how much I didn't want to hurt you. Please forgive me. Say that you accept my apology."
Silence.
--------I don't know what to say--------
"Well say something, dammit!" said an aggravated Katie.
Lavendar looked at her with her iced blue eyes. There was no way she was going to cry in front of this whore.
"What? Are you deaf?" Kate said mockingly.
"Katie please, take it easy," Fred pleaded.
Then Fred went to Lavendar to embrace her in a hug.
--------I can't feel a thing at all--------
Lavendar backed away and Fred said, "Listen Lav, I know this hard to hear, but you have to understand. Our relationship is dimming out, it's time we find new brighter ones."
--------I did not see it coming--------
"I guess this is goodbye then," said Fred as he took a step away from Lavendar.
"Finally we can be together in public," said Katie.
"No more hiding," said Fred as the two left leaving Lavendar in the dark library.
--------Now you're just a man that got away--------
Lavendar studied the darkened floor as her eyes melted into tears.
--------I look at the ground--------
After a while of fitful crying, she raised her face to the ceiling and gave a scream of emotional pain.
--------And give the sky the middle finger--------
Lavendar returned to her common room with quiet sobs, thinking about how today was suppose to be their 4 month anniversary.
--------something inside said--------
Glancing at her wall calendar in her dormitory, Lavendar's heart filled with tears to see today's date engulfed with a pink heart.
--------Here's a day you should remember--------
With a shriek, Lavendar ripped the calendar off the wall and slammed it into the ground. With a furry and hurt pride, she stomped it while crying her heart out.
--------So mark it on a wall--------
Hermione came in and found Lavendar crying and rushed to help her. Lavendar tried to tell what happen, but for a moment she just stuttered in disbelief.
--------I never believed it could happen to me--------
When Hermione left, Lavendar felt no better. How could she let this happen to her? The relationship seemed so perfect. What was wrong with her?
--------Something like this only happens to dumb girls--------
Did she not pick up the hints? The way he would start skipping out eating dinner with her. Or make excuses to spend time with her?
--------Taking themselves too seriously--------
Lavendar let her wound scar over as she spent the next few weeks in class. She never concentrated on her studies like she did now. She wasn't going to let herself be caught unawares anymore.
--------I was so damn smart--------
One day, in Charms, Fred came in to deliver a message to Professor Flitwick. Before he left though, he paused in his tracks and looked at Lavendar deeply. What was it that she saw in his eyes? Sorrow? Regret?
--------I was the one girl--------
He left suddenly, just like that one night happened. So suddenly.
--------I never believed it could happen to me--------
Lavendar shut herself in her dormitory again, wishing the pitiful tears would stop.
--------Something like this only happens to dumb girls--------
Friday evening of the next weekend, the Gryffindors were in the Great Hall at their table waiting to go to Hogsmeade. While Lavendar was listening to what her friend Parvati had to say, she couldn't help her eyes wander to where Fred sat laughing with his brother.
--------I miss you so much--------
Katie came over to Fred and sat promptly in his lap with a grin. Fred's eyes glanced at Lavendar's as he sat Kate beside him instead.
--------I can't stand it--------
Was he doing that for her? The carriages finally arrived and they were making their way outside. Lavendar walked behind Fred and Katie who stopped right infront of the door. Kate smirked as she kissed Fred deeply right in front of her. Lavendar's heart filled with rage.
--------Even though you done me wrong--------
She paused as they continued to leave. Memories flashed back to her. Good memories. She yearned for a kiss just like that with Fred. She wished he was hers again.
--------And I got the heart to forgive this--------
Fred told Katie to go on ahead, and he ran back to Lavendar.
"Lav, I'm sorry. Katie's a little mean. She shouldn't have…" but he stopped because Lavendar just looked at him so deeply with a mixture of hurt, passion, and was that forgiveness?
--------But I'd never let you know--------
They were the last ones to reach the carriages, so they were put in a carriage together, by themselves. There was a bump and Lavendar fell over ontop of Fred.
--------What kind of girl would put herself in that position--------
His lips met hers, half accident, half yearning. They both kissed each other with missed memories and passion.
--------To think that I could ever fight the system--------
They parted from the kiss. Fred was grinning. Lavendar's heart melted.
--------And I got fooled again--------
They got out of the carriage. Lavendar touched her lips in astonishment.
--------I never believed it could happen to me--------
Did she really kiss her ex-boyfriend who cheated on her?
--------Something like this only happens to dumb girls--------
She was caught off guard. Fred touched her hand softly and a note curled in between her fingers.
--------Taking themselves to seriously--------
She watched Fred walk away and meet up with Katie. She looked eagerly at the note, her caution to the wind.
--------I was so damn smart--------
"Meet me in the alley behind HogsHead."
Lavendar's face flushed with excitement as she hugged the note to her chest. This is what she wanted, right?
--------I was the one girl--------
They met, and even before speaking they were both taken up in a passionate kiss. Lavendar felt the world spin.
--------Who never believed it could happen to me--------
Fred pushed her against the wall as their kisses turned hot with lust. She only thought briefly that they shouldn't be doing this. That Fred belonged to Katie now.
--------Something like this only happens to somebody else--------
They heard voices approaching and the snogging couple broke away.
"Lav, I just can't leave Katie."
Lavendar nodded, wanting to cry. What would happen now?
"We can continue though," he said quietly tracing his fingers up her arm giving her goosebumps.
--------I thought I was strong--------
She shouldn't. It was wrong. And she would just get hurt. She felt herself lift up to meet his lips in a sweet kiss.
--------I thought I was strong--------
Their kiss grew until the voices grew louder. Fred cursed and apparated. Leaving her alone in the alley.
--------But I was just dreaming--------
Hermione and Ginny found her in the alley, looking dumbstruck.
"Come on, we'll take you back to the castle," Ginny took her arm.
"Thanks," Lavendar whispered quietly.
--------I can't believe it--------
Once at the castle Lavendar started making her way to the Gryffindor tower. He passed Fred and Katie and her eyes watered up. Fred followed her, and they were alone in the common room.
Fred wiped the tears from her eyes and whispered, "Lav, it'll be ok. I'm sorry. We shouldn't have…"
--------That nothing was wrong--------
Fred gave her a light kiss on the lips, barely brushing them together. Lavendar's heart soared and she burned inside.
--------I thought I knew what was going on--------
"Fred, please," Lavendar barely muttered, "Please, say we can be together again."
Fred looked at her regret as he backed slightly away.
"Lavendar, I thought you knew?" Fred asked.
--------But love was deceiving me--------
"Kate and I are engaged," Fred stated. His eyes were downcast.
Lavendar fainted right then and there.
--------Now I'm just a dumb girl--------
She woke up in her own bed. Ginny and Hermione had carried her up. She tossed and turned as her heart tortured her.
--------A dumb dumb dumb dumb girl--------
Lavendar finally got out of bed. She walked over to the mirror and glanced at herself. She was a wreck both emotionally and physically. She picked up a hair brush and began brushing her hair. Her tears came silently.
--------That's what I am--------
She went down to the Great Hall for some food. Fred and Katie were sitting close and his arm was around her. He didn't even glance at her.
--------I never believed it could happen to me--------
How could be fooled twice? Her face burned in anger.
--------Something like this only happens to dumb girls--------
She ran out of the great hall, no longer hungry.
--------Taking themselves too seriously--------
She ran into Ron Weasley. Who looked very uncomfortable as she fell ontop of him, still crying.
"Lavendar….what's wrong?" he asked gently.
Wrong? Everything was wrong! Lavendar's life was in ruins!
"Ron…I…" but she just began crying again.
--------I was so damn smart--------
Ron took Lavendar in his arms, and tried his best to comfort her. He took in the smell of her hair and feel of her skin. How could anyone hurt something so beautiful?
--------I was the one girl--------
Ron tilted Lavendar's chin up, "It'll be ok. I'm here for you. What do you need?"
Lavendar looked at him bewildered. Her crying finally stopped.
--------Who never believed it could happen to me--------
"Ron, I don't know what I need…I don't know what I want…I'm just tired of hurting," and with that she began crying again. Ron hugged her closer and Lavendar let herself get comfortable in his arms. He was so strong. So comforting.
--------Something like this only happens to somebody else--------
Fred approached them. He looked angry.
"Ron, what do you think you're doing!?" He said jealously.
Lavendar looked in shock. She stood angrily and walked over to Fred.
"And what do you think you're doing, Fred Weasley?" She said, so filled with anger, that it startled everyone.
--------Only shit like this would happen to me--------
"Lavendar," Fred started, his voice filled with hurt, "I just…its hard seeing you with anyone else."
Lavendar's heart felt like breaking. She couldn't be fooled again. But she wanted to so much.
--------Can't believe this shit could happen to me--------
Fred kissed her gently and she felt herself melt into the kiss. Ron looked on angrily.
Suddenly, they heard Katie's voice in the distance, "Fred, where are you?"
Fred pulled away from their kiss, and looked guiltily.
"I have to leave," he stated simply. He gently cupped her cheek and gave her one last kiss on the forehead before walking away.
--------Cause something like this only happens to somebody else--------
Lavendar fell to the ground in confusion and hurt.
--------I guess I'm just a dumb dumb dumb dumb girl--------
Ron ran to her and put his arms around her.
"Why do you let him hurt you?" Ron asked confused.
"I can't help it," Lavendar said sobbingly, "I think I love him."
She buried her tear stained face in Ron's shirt. He rubbed her back gently, promising to try to let nothing hurt her again.
--------That's what I am--------
"Ron, thank you," Lavendar said lifting her face and looking deeply in Ron's eyes.
"No, Lavendar, thank you," Ron responding, "I finally found what I want to protect and care for."
And with that he kissed her cheek gently and she laid her head back on his shoulder with a sigh and let him hold her. She began nodding off to sleep, but all she could think of was how she wouldn't be able to resist if Fred ever approached her again. Which she was sure he would, often.
--------Dumb dumb dumb dumb girl--------
A/N – Wow, this might be a bit long. But I hope it's good nonetheless. I had a terrific time writing it! Poor Lavendar, huh? And Ron is so sweet in this chapter, it makes me smile. Oh, and if you think Fred is awful now… just wait until future chapters! Fun times, fun times. Please, please, please, please, review. I'd be eternally grateful. And most of all, enjoy all your future readings. Moni Jane