Pirate Blood

Chapter 24

Why He Left

Chris went to the common room. Dean saw her. "What's up with Jesse?"

"Shit. Just a lot of shit."

"Well what I thought was weird was that the window broke when he went past. The same way the windows broke the day you found out your dad died."

Chris waved her hand at the window. The glass was back in it's place. She had been doing that the whole way back to the common room.

"Can you two really do magic without your wands?" Dean asked.

"Yeah. Anyone can. You just have to be in tap with your emotions. Jesse and I can both be very emotional. Usually when we're pissed. You have to be really calm to be able to use them whenever you want. Me and Jesse are only able to use them when we are angry or upset."

"So where is Jesse?"

"Honestly, I don't really know. He went up to his room, right?"

"Yeah." Dean said.

Jesse came down the stairs in his signature out fit: jeans with holes, leather jacket, and a tee shirt that said 'damn it all to hell.' "Where are you going?" Chris asked.

"Out." Jesse said.

"Where?" Chris asked.

"Hogsmeade." he said.

"Why?"

"Why do you think?" Jesse asked angrily. Chris jumped in front of him.

"You can't Jesse." Chris said.

"Move."

"No, I'm not going to let you do this."

"I can drink if I want to. It's my eighteenth birthday. Now move." He tried to push her. She wouldn't move.

"Don't even think I'm going to let you go without a fight." Jesse punched her in the jaw.

"There's your fight." He ran out before she could react.

"Are you okay Chris?" Dean asked.

"Yeah. A little sore but I'm fine. I can't believe he hit me."

"Neither can I." They sat down on the couch.

"Here, put this on your jaw." Ginny said. She had put some sort of powder on a red towel. "It'll stop the pain. Though you might still have a bruise."

"You're gonna make a great healer one day, Gin." Chris said.

"Thanks. And Happy Birthday." Ginny said.

"Oh right. I meant to give you this, Chris. Happy Birthday." Dean said.

He pulled a blue box out of his pocket. It had a small red bow on top. She opened it. Inside lay a silver chain. 'You know who to call when you need a friend.' was engraved on a silver circle. "That's so sweet Dean. Thank you."

"Look at the back." 'You also know who to call when you need to place a bet.' Chris laughed.

"Thought that would cheer you up."

"It did. Thank you."

"Chris, there are a bunch of presents on your bed." Lavender said.

"They stung me." Parvati said.

"Well why were you trying to touch them?"

"I was only trying to see who they were from." Chris rolled her eyes.

"They are probably from my old friends." and sure enough, they were. They were from everyone in their group. Blaise gave her a silver flask with the same design of her tattoo that was wrapped around her wrist wrapped around the flask. The card said 'I didn't give one to Jesse. I gave him something else.'

Pansy gave her a black tube top with the out line of a purple dragon on it.

Draco gave her a silver frame with a photo. The photo was of a little girl. She had wavy, strawberry blonde hair and light purple eyes. They weren't as dark as Kaylee's eyes. It seemed like they had been mixed with gray. She looked about two. She was in a purple dress. Draco had put a letter in with it.

Kaylee,

Hermione explained what you said happened. And it doesn't make that much sense to me. We'll talk about what happened at a later date. I thought you would want this. It's from her second birthday, this past August. I know we had thought about the name Rachel quite a bit. I assumed that her name was Rachel and August 23 is her birthday.

Let me tell you, She seems more like you every day. She loves going to the beach. Mainly, the water. She won't wear tights for more than five minutes. She seems to cry every time mother tries to put her hair in pigtails. She likes to wear purple and red. She already despises the color pink. Possibly more than you do. She prefers vanilla over chocolate. She likes painting and making a mess. She hates to be called cute. But apparently she is okay with beautiful. As I said before, more like you every day.

She was why I agreed to teach you how to sword fight. Last year I got caught sneaking off campus to see Rachel. McGonagall said that I had to take Muggle Studies as my punishment. I thought it was strange. When she asked me to help you train, she said that it was apart of a deal. I could go off campus to see her at any time when I didn't have classes or had to train you. That's why I agreed to train you.

Have a happy birthday, Kaylee.

Love,

Draco

Hermione,andJesse,had not come back at around twelve. Few people were in the common room. Ron, Chris and Ginny. "How much does getting your navel pierced hurt?" Ginny randomly asked.

"For me, it felt like a bit of a pinch. You can't actually even see what's happening because your laying down. They just tell you to breathe in and hold it. And after a couple minutes it's done." Chris said.

"Cool." Ginny said.

"Where could she be?" Ron said.

"Maybe she is in the library." Ginny suggested.

"Hey." Hermione walked in right then.

"Where were you?" Ron asked, "I was worried."

"Oh I'm sorry, Ron. I fell asleep in the library. I'm sorry I got you worried." Hermione apologized.

"It's okay. I'm going to go to bed." He kissed Hermione goodnight and went upstairs.

"I think I might also go to sleep. Unless you want me to wait for Jesse with you, Chris." Ginny said.

"No, it's okay. Go to sleep."

"Okay, Night." She went upstairs.

"Where did Jesse go?" Hermione asked.

"To go get drunk."

"It's his eighteenth birthday."

"You are so blind Hermione. He didn't move to California just because Katherine wanted to get away from my problem. It wasn't because of me that he moved. Jesse was in a rehabilitation center. He was an alcoholic. He was in and out for two years. When he got out he went to look for me. That's why he couldn't contact you. He wasn't allowed to owl because it was inhabited by muggles. The thing that kept him going was you. He loved you. But now you are with Ron, so he's off to god knows where getting piss drunk."

"How come I never knew?"

"I honestly don't know. You are the smart one. You should have been able to figure it out. He kept a flask in his pocket. You could always smell alcohol on his breath. Every time he cheated on you, he was drunk. He always had a hangover. How come you never knew?"

"Because, I'm just to irresistible." said Jesse, from the shadows.

"How long have you been there?" Chris asked.

"A few minutes...I think...Bloody hell I could have been here for hours and not know it." Jesse laughed.

"Why are you doing this to yourself, Jesse?" Hermione asked.

"Why am I doing this? You really want to know? You. That's why I do everything, isn't it? I finally get it together. I got it together for you! But that didn't make one damn difference. You only saw the jackass that you knew three years ago. So I thought that if you really think I'm the guy I was before I left, I might as well be. You're with Ron now, so apparently, I am worthless. My feelings, everything I've done, all that I've given up. To you it's all worthless. You think because you're all smart, beautiful, clever, and all that, it doesn't matter if you just screwed someone over. You don't care if you hurt someone. You obviously don't care about anyone but yourself."

"We never would have broken up if you would have admitted your feelings, Jesse."

"Apparently that doesn't matter. You had feelings for Weasley the whole time."

"Jesse I'm sorry."

"For what? What are you sorry for, Hermione? Are you sorry for me? Are you sorry for leading me on? Are you sorry for me being an alcoholic? Or is it that you're sorry that I'm such a mess?" Hermione was silent. "Which is it Hermione?" A tear slid down Hermione's cheek.

"Why are you doing this Jesse? Does it make you feel better to know, that I am suffering? I am broken hearted. Is that what you want to hear? Do you want me to tell you that I am breaking up inside every time you speak to me? Is that what you are trying to do?"

"Yes."

"Good job." Hermione ran up to her dorm. Chris followed. Jesse would pass out later.

(A/N: As I said before, someone reviewsbefore New Years, you'll get another chapter before NewYears. Someone listened.Now it's pretty easy to figure out who Rachel is. Little bit of a surprise about Jesse in there. Now, questions to answer when you review: who's rachel? will chris and draco get back together? Will Jesse stop drinking? Will Ron and Hermione stay together? Tell me what you think in a REVIEW! Happy New Year! See ya in '06! Maybe even before then...wink wink L8R! Nikki)

mae is cool: Hey molly! first off, thanks for the review. I really appreciate it. Second, I'm sorry to say that your guess was wrong. What exactly is Hermione's secret person?