Damn You - Part 3: Confusion & Fury by Cerulean Leader
A/N: Erm… Hey, guys! –peeks out from table slowly and smiles sheepishly- Hehehe… Sorry for not updating sooner. I was busy with school and stuff along with me having a brief Writers Block session. -.-'
This chapter is shorter than the others, unfortunately, as I couldn't really think of anything else to happen. This story will end soon.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything about or within Harry Potter, no matter how much I did. Though I do own a collection and Harry's, Dumbledore's and Voldemort's wand...
Now enjoy!
"Alice, talk to me." he murmured, pulling her back towards him.
Finally opening her eyes, she looked into his mahogany eyes as her long tendrils framed her pale face.
He repeated his request multiple times quietly, before she finally gave in and motioned him to sit on her bed. "Take a seat, Jamie. This might surprise you…"
He obeyed, looking at her in confusion. Sitting down on her ruffled sheets, he crossed his legs on the soft mattress before looking up at her. "Explain."
"I… It's hard to actually tell you. I'm not sure how you'd react…" she sighed, putting her face in her hands as her shoulders hunched in defeat. James was about to get up again to comfort her, but he stayed on the bed.
"Isn't that why you were going to tell me?"
Nodding, she slowly looked up. "Just don't freak out, okay?" she whispered. The teenager tilted his head to the side, motioning for her to continue.
"I… I-I'm-in-love-with-you!" she shouted in a rush tone, that James didn't seem to pick up on.
"Huh?"
"…I'm in love with you."
His eyes widened, as he sat their frozen on the bed. He couldn't believe it; his best friend just told him that she was in love with him. He didn't know how to react, so he quickly got up and ran out of the room, leaving Alice's teary gaze to follow his retreating figure.
She started to cry, trying to choke back a sob. She had promised herself that she wouldn't cry over him, but here she was, crying too much that she almost choked on her own breath.
Her heart ached for him, and now it felt as though it had shattered into a million pieces. "James…"
James ran straight out of the tower, dodging fellow students. He still couldn't believe his ears. He needed time to think.
Many of the girls who fancied him yelled his name to get his attention but all he heard was Alice's voice, yelling his name like she had done many times before she had started acting so upset.
"James! James! James! James!"
Her voice was haunting him now, as was her face. He couldn't get her out of his mind as he rushed through the maze of the castle towards the Entrance Courtyard.
Thank Merlin no one was there. He stood beside the pillars, leaning against one as folded his arms with his head back, trying to get his mind off Alice.
But it was no use.
How her face crumbled at the sight of how he reacted, how she didn't do anything to stop him from leaving but a measly whisper of his name…
"Argh!"
He was so confused about how he felt about her, on what he was supposed to do…
"Dammit, Alice!" he growled, grabbing a nearby pot and throwing it at the stone floor on the other side of the courtyard. Grabbing his wand, he started to cast spells generally used on an opponent for duelling at the pot in fury.
After a few minutes, he finally stopped, panting. He stared at what he'd done, the scorch marks on the ground and near the entrance.
"James!"
He whirled around to see none other than another one of his cousins, Lucy this time. She was more sympathetic than Dominique, even though she had even worse temper.
Her azure eyes locked on his ones, trying to search for an explanation. "I thought you liked her; we all did."
"Why does everyone think that, Luce? We're best friends—"
"—who love each other?" she asked, gesturing to Gryffindor Tower. "She's absolutely head-over-heels in love with you, James. How could you not see that? And now you're in denial about yourself."
"And what about you and Lorcan? I believe you'd be in denial as well, young one."
"Don't bring Lorcan and I into this." Lucy snapped, her mood changing. That was another thing about her; she was very sharp and snappy with everyone.
"Well, what am I supposed to do? I don't even know if I like Alice… Oh, what the hell. Maybe I do, okay?"
"Tell her!"
A/N: I hate Writers Block.
Anyway, hope you liked this… extremely short chapter.
And I just had to add in a snippet of Lorcan/Lucy! Hehehe, I love them two together.
But then again; "Happiness can be found in the darkest of times if only one remembers to turn on the light."
No idea how that is relevant but eh…
Word Count: 689
Bleach, so short! D;
Read and review if you still care about it… xD
~CL
