Chapter…whatever this is:
Hearing the faint sound of his alarm clock in the background of his dream, Albus realized that it was time to wake up. Today was Saturday, and yet he was awaking early. It was Halloween: Quidditch Face-Off Day.
As he sat up in his four-poster, stretched and yawned, he remembered his dad saying that he might come to support him. Albus wished that he wouldn't. He didn't need to embarrass himself in front of a whole crowd of people, especially if his dad was present.
After groggily pulling on some of his more comfortable clothes, he walked down the steps to the common room, always buzzing with a certain excitement, even if it was 6:00 in the morning. Out of instinct, he moved over to the notice board and read the daily events, not caring that the annual candy-eating contest was taking place that night. Albus decided to eat an early breakfast, so he would have time to come back to his dorm and change, hopefully finding Scorpius in the process.
On his way down the staircase, he bumped into the person he least wanted to talk to at the moment. Yet, he greeted her as if nothing unusual was going on between them at all.
"Hey, Freddie. What's up?" he asked, more tiredly then he had wanted.
"Nothing," she replied, continuing right past him without a second glance his way. Her perfectly kept red hair fell down her back, her bangs pulled back in a headband. Freddie was actually very attractive. She didn't really wear that much make-up, since she was sort of a tomboy, but a considerable amount of guys liked her. Knowing this, Albus despised her, and was determined to beat her in the contest.
Getting really into the contest for the first time this whole week, Albus stormed into the Great Hall, his best possible game face plastered to replace his own sweet, caring one. As soon as he entered, there erupted a deafening cheer from his half of the Gryffindor table. The pleasuring noise was mixed with various tones of "BOO!" from the other half of the table, obviously out to support his cousin in the match.
At the table, he found Scorpius and Rose sitting in front of two mugs of cider, clad in their Gryffindor scarves and hats.
"What are you guys doing up so early? You guys deserve some sleep!" Albus exclaimed, shocked that they would get up this early just for him.
"Man, we wanted to support you. We know that there's nothing more important to you then this contest, even though you don't want to admit it," Scorpius answered as a good friend.
"We'll support you in everything you do. That's what friends are for," Rose replied reassuringly. The glazed-over, entranced look was on Scorpius' face again, but, with way too much on his mind, Albus didn't give it a second thought. He needed to concentrate.
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You'd think, from the excited vibes going through the school due to the fact that it was Halloween, and because of the match, that the rest of the school would be feeling jolly. Wrong.
Lilac Finnigan was sleeping very soundly. She had had a particularly good day yesterday, because she went to Hogsmeade with her boyfriend George, and he had bought her a beautiful necklace for her upcoming birthday. She vowed never to take it off, and, as she slept, she absentmindedly held the snowflake charm protectively within her closed fingers.
People really read her wrong. Since most of her classmates were the children of her mother and father's fellow classmates, they always assumed her to be exactly the way her mother was. Her mom, Lavender Brown-Finnigan, was one of those girls that were considered a prize to the boys. It was a privilege to date her, and if you so much entered her train of thought, you were sky-rocketed into popularity.
Lilac was the complete opposite. Unlike her mother, Lilac was lucky to have two friends, Freddie and Jess, who just so happened to be popular in their grade above her. It wasn't her fault that she was pretty popular, too. Also, although this might come as a shocking statement to some of her classmates, George was her first crush, her first boyfriend, and her first kiss. She genuinely liked him, and that's why she was upset.
After the mishap between George and Jess in DADA, George had never been the same knowing that Jess liked him. He was becoming way nicer to her, and Lilac didn't really like all the attention she was getting from him. She loved Jess, and her, her, and Freddie had been closer than sisters for their whole lives, but she was really starting to envy her.
As all this was making its way through her jumbled and confused brain, she heard a rap at her window. Wiping her eyes and stretching she got out of bed, vaguely noting that it was 6:30 on a Saturday.
She got to the window and realized that it was an owl that was trying to penetrate its beak through the paned glass window. She opened it to let him in, removing the letter that was tied to his leg. She noticed the untidy scrawl on the front of the envelope as her boyfriend's handwriting, and ripped the paper quickly to read the note. It simply read:
Hey Li,
Meet me at the Astronomy Tower in about ten minutes. I want to tell you something. Don't be late; I have to judge the stupid Quidditch face-off and defend my sis.
Georgie
Not Love, Georgieor Yours, Georgie Not even a See ya later, Georgie This made her feel slightly worried inside, but she let the feeling pass. Regarding his note saying to be prompt, she dressed as nicely as she could in preparation to meet up with George. She brushed through her silky brown hair, thanking Merlin that it chose that morning to cooperate with her, and putting on the friendship bracelet that Jess had made her when she was six; she happily skipped down to the common room, out the portrait hole, and down the steps. Realizing that he said the Astronomy Tower, and not the Great Hall, she turned herself around, skidding on the floor, and ran directly to the tower.
She stopped just outside the steps to the tower to conjure a mirror and make one last effort at making herself presentable. She was smoothing out her hair when she heard footsteps behind her. She quickly disintegrated the mirror, and turned around like nothing unusual was going on.
"Hey George! You look great!" she exclaimed, too enthusiastically. She ran to greet him, but realized the look on his face and acted as if she was just running away from a spider on the wall.
"Hey Lilac," he said drearily, his form of a pleasant response at a time like this. He never called her Lilac; it always was Li, or Flower, or Sweety, or some form a pet name. She knew whatever news this was, it was not good.
"Why did you need me to see you here? Is something the matter?" Lilac chose to play stupid. She didn't like the look on his face and she felt that if she repeated it, then the mood would only worsen.
"Uhh, listen. I need to talk to you. Yesterday was so much fun, and I'm really glad that we've been going out Lilac."
"Me, too!" she exclaimed, relieved that that was all the news was. "Is that all, because – "
"No, that's not it." Realizing that they were still in view of other people, since they were still in the hallway, they relocated to a more suitable place: the tower itself.
It was a cold morning, the vernal equinox having made its debut on the Earth only two weeks previously. Lilac sought warmth from her boyfriends, but he surprisingly didn't accept the excuse to hug her in broad daylight where people could see them. Lilac, growing more and more confused by the second, demanded an explanation to his strange behavior.
"Listen, I really have had a great time dating you these past weeks, and you're special to me. But, I think our relationship is moving a little too quickly for my liking. I need some space. It's definitely not you; it's me."
Recognizing this as a break-up line, Lilac promptly burst into tears. How could she have gone from the luckiest girl in the world, to being dumped, in a whole 24 hours? This wasn't fair. What did he mean it was moving to fast? It was going at least 30 mph down a clear interstate, and, if anything, she longed for it to move faster. She really liked George. She didn't deserve this kind of treatment. No, that couldn't be the reason.
"There's someone else, isn't there?" Lilac asked, completely defeated, making a point of it in the question.
"No! No, no, no, why would you think that?" George asked a little too quickly.
"Well, we've only been dating for about two weeks, not even, and it couldn't be moving to fast. If anything, it's dragging! Besides, you haven't been the same since Jess's confession, and you can't say that you haven't been seeing her in a different light," Lilac said knowingly, but with not a hint of jest in her voice. She was long past depression. She was actually starting to feel angry.
"I wasn't seeing her in a different light! Well, it definitely made it harder to talk to her, but other than that…"
"No! Just admit it George: You like Jessica Thomas."
"Ugh, fine. You caught me. But, that's not the reason I'm severing our ties."
"Then what is, George? I really liked you. Now, I see that you're a semi-two-timing, imbecile!"
"Imbecilan," George muttered under his breath. Choosing to let this weird comment slide, Lilac simply left George standing there, freezing, in the Astronomy Tower, to think about and take in all that had just happened.
Fuming, Lilac stormed back to her dorm to change clothes. She could never wear this outfit again; it had sadness stains all over it, and actual tear ones, too. When she reached Ravenclaw Tower, she answered the riddle correctly, and ran up the steps to her dorm room. For the rest of the day, she cried herself to sleep, no matter how much fun people were having around her. She noted that the Quidditch faceoff was that day, and that she should be out supporting Freddie, but she was too weak and sick to her stomach to stand up. She officially knew then what it was like to be dumped, and it was not a good feeing.
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Yeah, well, I was going to continue this chapter with the faceoff, but generously decided to let my other half write it (I know, I'm so nice!). Well, hope you all enjoyed the juicy breakup in this chapter. Sorry for anyone who was for Gilac, or against Gessica, but my other half and I both agreed that Lilac had to go. So, send a review! Tell us what you think! Remember, we love you!
Hugs and Butterflies,
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