Chapter 5: Christmas at home Pt I
Jade roamed around the shops of Hogsmeade, trying her best to ignore the thoughts that kept on creeping into her head. She fought back the tears that threatened to spill, and the malevolent thought to kill Derek Malfoy. Suddenly, Christmas just didn't seem so glamorous. She entered the quill shop. She needed a quill that she couldn't suck on and enjoy. Looking around, Jade noticed the rather beautiful array of quills. She bought a gold and black quill, and her eyes quickly spotted something silver. She immediately turned to it, and saw a book. Jade headed over, intrigued(and angry because they reminded her of Derek's eyes)to the little object.
She saw that it was a book. Apparently, a magical diary that had a linking charm to another diary. Jade looked at the linked diary, and was glad to see that it was in blue. She thought that she would give the silver diary to Derek, and read whatever he wrote. While she felt a bit guilty about it, but she needed to know how he felt, what his thoughts were, and what his actions were going to be. The owner gave her a slightly suspicious look, as though she thought Jade was going to use it for evil.
"I caught my boyfriend cheating with my best friend."
That one simple sentence seemed to tear at Jade's heart, and her eyes threatened to push forward the tears. The woman nodded sympathetically, and she even knocked off the price a bit. Thanking her generously, Jade shopped around a bit more before heading to the Three Broomsticks. With a painful pang, she realized that this was where she and Derek had their first date.
Jade nearly cried at this thought. It seemed that everything today was reminding her of the man that she had given her heart to. However, neither Amanda nor Derek were in the Three Broomsticks, so Jade ordered a butterbeer and sat in a booth by herself. A waitress came over.
"Hey, aren't you that girl that came in here a couple of months ago with that Malfoy? Where is he?" Jade smiled sadly.
"I don't know. We broke up." The waitress looked horrorfied.
"Oh my gosh miss, I am so sorry." Jade smiled through her pain.
"It's alright." The waitress looked around.
"So, what's your name anyway?" The waitress asked curiously.
"Jade Potter." At this statement, the woman looked even more shocked.
"A Potter and a Malfoy? Well, your father must've been having kittens!" Jade laughed, and was surprised. She hadn't laughed in a while.The waitress looked satisfied, and Jade had just noticed how young the waitress was.
"What's your name?" Jade asked.
"Oh. Stacy Smith." Stacy said. Jade smiled, and extended her hand.
"Well, it was nice seeing you again Stacy. If you see my ex-boyfriend again, poison his drink. Especially if he's with a pretty girl with long brown hair and blue eyes. Especially if he calls her Amanda." Stacy grinned wickedly and nodded.
"So, what happened?" She asked.
"Amanda was my best friend. I caught her and Derek snogging." Stacy looked angered. "Poison it is!" She declared. Jade laughed.
"Anyway, Stacy, I must go. But I promise I'll be back soon!" Stacy nodded eagerly.
"Oh, please do!" With a tinkling laugh, Jade left the warm restaurant and trudged back to the carriages.
Malfoy,
Enjoy your present. Don't come over my house, don''t talk to me. Don't even LOOK at me. Goodbye.
Jade Potter
On the whole, Jade had to congratulate herself as she sent out Derek's present(wrapped in red and gold) with that note. Sighing, Jade bundled up as she packed her things for a week home. Artemis, seeing how distraught her master was, nipped her gently on the finger before she spread her wings, and flew away to find Malfoy. Jade knew that she was going to sit with her friends, but she was going to have to avoid Amanda. Whenever Jade thought of her former best friend, she felt a painful squeeze in her heart.
She had honestly thought that she loved Derek, and Amanda knew that. Jade scoffed as she angrily folded a turtleneck and slammed it into her suitcase. However, Malfoy was a handsome man, which was why Jade had been so surprised when he had been staring at her, and when he winked at her. Jade knew that there were so many prettier girls, and why in sweet Merlin he had picked her had been over her head. But now... Jade angrily pinched the bridge of her nose to keep the tears from falling. Just like everything else was. Her life, her friends, the man that she loved...Jade could no longer stop the tears.
Immensely glad that none of her roommates were in the room, Jade cried her heart out, cried like as though her very heart was breaking, which it was. 10 minutes later, sniffing and with red and puffy eyes, Jade stood up. She went over to the mirror, and charmed away the puffy and redness. The sniffing she could blame on a oncoming cold. Nodding her approval, Jade wanted to grin. The old her was back. Finished packing, Jade shrunk her suitcase and stuck it into her jacket. She walked out of Hogwarts and boarded the train.
Glancing through each compartment, Jade walked into one when she spotted her friends. All of them smiled at her, including Amanda. Smiling at everyone except for Amanda (who's smile seemed to slip) Jade sat down next to Giovanni. She then pulled out a book that she had shrunk to fit into her pocket, and began to read. After awhile of reading, she got tired. Yawning, Jade leaned her head on Giovanni's shoulder, and was asleep a couple of minutes later.
When Jade was asleep, Natalie looked around seriously at the compartment.
"You guys, Jade's went back into how she used to be. I'm worried." The smart brunette said. Amanda nodded in agreement.
"I know. Did you see that glare that Jade shot me when she first walked in?" Amanda shuddered.
"It was scary." Giovanni nodded in agreement.
"Manda, did you do anything to make her mad at you?" Amanda racked her brain.
"No, not that I can think of." She admitted.
"It all started a week and a half ago, the morning after I had detention with Vizen." Amanda said.
"Oh yeah! How did your Potions detention go?" Natalie asked. Amanda groaned.
"He had me in his office until 10! Ugly git!" The three of them laughed.
"Anyway, it looks like her and Derek must've had a fight. He's been shooting her lovesick looks, and she's been bluntly ignoring them. In fact, I haven't seen that far-away look in her eyes in a long time." Natalie observed quietly.
Amanda started to laugh.
"Those two! Fight! Please Nat! They're inseparable!" She sniggered.
"They probably had a fight over who was better looking." The three friends laughed at that. However, Giovanni stopped quickly, for fear of waking Jade up.
"No, it must've been more than that. Jade's been better ever since she met Derek, not Malfoy. For her to turn into how she used to be? It must've been big." He said, his fists clenched with anger. Amanda, Natalie, and Giovanni thought hardly.
"Y-you don't think Derek cheated on her!" Amanda cried, her blue eyes alighted with anger. Giovanni almost stood up, the result that Jade's head slid from his shoulder to his lap. Neither of the girls noticed. Sighing, Giovanni stroked Jade's midnight dark hair.
"Oh Jade, what happened?" He whispered, leaning down and kissing Jade's temple. She smiled and snuggled into his lap, whispering,
"Derek." In a broken voice. Amanda's eyes narrowed. She knew that Giovanni and Jade only considered themselves as brother and sister, but she couldn't help that oh-so-familiar stab of jealousy. Giovanni looked up, and his eyes locked with Amanda's. She broke it, blushing. Giovanni smiled while he absentmindedly stroked Jade's hair again. They let her sleep until the train began to slow.
"Jade..." Giovanni whispered. Jade's eyes slowly opened, and, only half-awake, she smiled at all of them. Then, she got up, and suddenly remembering that she had smiled at Amanda, became stiff. When the train slowed to a complete stop, Jade was the first one to leave the compartment. Giovanni watched her go with sad eyes. He didn't like his new best friend. He missed the way Jade used to act. Giovanni sighed. Whatever fight the couple was having, they'd better patch it up soon. Otherwise, Jade would be as cold as she was now for the rest of her life.
Jade sighed as she stared out of her window, sipping her mum's homemade hot chocolate and watching the snow fall. R.J was absolutely adorable, and was full of smiles. A familiar wail went out through the house, and Jade chuckled. She put down her hot chocolate, and went into R.J's room. She picked up her baby brother, sat down in the rocking chair, and began to rock him back and forth. Jade began to sing softly to him, completely unaware of what she was singing until she listened to the lyrics. It was then her eyes filled with tears.
This was the song. Her and Malfoy's song. Looking down, Jade noticed that her baby brother was asleep. Smiling slightly, Jade put him gently back into his crib and covered him back up with a blanket. She went back up into her room, looking out into the foggy window. Jade hated thinking about him. He hurt her so bad, so why was she missing him so badly... Jade took another sip of hot chocolate, relishing the taste. Nobody could make hot cocoa like her mum.
The eldest Potter sighed wearily and rubbed her eyes. She hadn't been sleeping very well. Her dreams were more like memories of her and Malfoy, and it was hurting her emotionally. All Jade wanted to do was forget Malfoy, but her heart wouldn't let her. She had just figured out that this sharp jab that she felt inside her chest whenever she saw him was telling her how much she missed Malfoy. But she didn't want to miss him. "Jade?"Jade turned at the sound of her name, and saw her mum standing in the doorway. Her mum, Jessica Potter, was rather pretty.
She had brown hair and eyes, but had a model-look to her. However, her mum hated preppy people, so if you called her a model, or said she was jockish or snobby, then be prepared to be thrown through a wall. Jade smiled tiredly. "Hi, mum." She said wearily. Jessica crossed the room and sat on the butterfly chair that was near Jade(who was sitting on her rather large ledge on the windowsill) and frowned at her eldest daughter.
"Jade, what's the matter?'' Jade looked into her mum's warm, understanding eyes, and told her the whole story. She hated it, though. She hated being so weak to tell people her problems. Jade NEVER did that. Stupid Malfoy. He was changing her whole life! After Jade told her mum what Malfoy had done to her, her mum sighed, and ran a hand distractedly through her hair.
"Well, this is certainly a surprise." Jessica stared seriously at Jade.
"I highly doubt that Amanda would do that to you." Jade's temper flared up immediately.
"Are you saying I'm lying to you!" She accused. Jessica's eyes narrowed slightly.
"NO, Jade Lily Potter, that is NOT what I'm saying. What I'm saying is maybe you should talk to Amanda about that night. You might find the answer different than what you would expect." With that, Jessica got up and walked out of Jade's room, closing the door behind her.
"Go ahead!" Jade yelled to the closed door.
"Give me useless advice! I don't even know what you mean!'' Jade threw a purple flower pillow angrily at the door, and suddenly drained of energy, got up and plopped down onto her bed. Perhaps she should take her mum's advice. But how much did her mum know about the situation? Amanda could also lie to her. Jade sighed. She would just have to take that chance. Getting up, Jade walked over to her desk, and sat down on the chair, frowning. She then grabbed a piece of parchment, a quill, uncapped her bottle of ink, and started to write.
''CHRISTMAS! HAPPY CHRISTMAS!" Jade moaned as she rolled over. Melissa was running around the house at 6 in the morning. Well, Melissa was about to die... BANG! '
'JADE! CHRISTMAS!"Jade lifted her head and glared at her younger sister.
''MELISSA! OUT!" She said, repeating Melissa's rather annoying tone of voice. Melissa glared at Jade and put her hands on her hips.
Jade rolled her eyes.
"Well, someone's grumpy this morning. Who hasn't gotten a proper shag?" Jade almost choked.
''MELISSA GET OUT OF MY ROOM! MUUUUM!" Jade yelled. Melissa glared at her sister again before running out of the room. R.J began to scream at the top of his lungs, and Jade almost groaned. She put a Muffliato spell on her room (her birthday was a couple of days ago) and smiled at the silence. She then promptly fell back to sleep.
"JADE LILY POTTER! WAKE UP!" Her mum yelled throwing open the door. Jade screamed and fell of her bed. Jessica began to snigger, and Jade glared at her.
"MOTHER! DID YOU NOT NOTICE I WAS ASLEEP!" Jade said, huffing angrily. Jessica smiled innocently, and flounced out of the room. Now quite angry (she had more dreams of Malfoy) Jade headed to her bathroom. She took a long shower, and came out, feeling more awake. She then got dressed in a rather pretty red dress. It came to her knees, and had straps that went around her neck. The top was sparkly. Jade put on chandelier earrings and black stilletto's.
She also put her hair up into a bun, and put on some makeup before she was ready. Sighing wearily, Jade went downstairs. She smiled as she thanked her parents for the presents, and she opened presents from her friends (even Amanda's, although that was to go in the garbage later).Then, Jade opened Derek's present, and the letter. She didn't even open the present or the letter. She would open those later.
Faking a smile, Jade went back up to her room, and sighed as she opened Derek's present. What it was almost made Jade cry. It was a Promise Ring. Holding back tears, Jade opened the letter.
Dear Jade,
I know you hate me right now, and I can't express how sorry I am in a letter. Therefore, the minute you finish this letter, I shall be portkey-ed into your room. Along with it shall bring the honest truth.
D. Malfoy
Jade sighed. She leaned against the wall, and tried her best to stop the tears from coming. Clutching the bridge of her nose, she opened her eyes as Derek Malfoy was, indeed, portkeyed into her room, holding a stone basin. He smiled slightly when he saw her. Jade frowned coldly at him. She held her hands behind her so that Derek wouldn't know that she was, in fact, wearing the Promise Ring he had sent her.
"Jade..." he whispered lowly. A slight shiver went down her spine at the way he was looking at her with those silver eyes.
"Jade, I've come to bring you the truth, and peace of mind."He said. He showed her the stone basin.
"It's-"
"A pensieve. I know what it is. My dad has one." Derek nodded.
"This is a memory from your friend Amanda, the day you thought she betrayed you. In fact, it isn't all that you think it is, trust me. You would be able to know if we'd fiddled with the memories. I put Veritaserum in her drink, which is why I know she was telling the truth.You'll be able to tell that she's drugged with that potion, and there is no way your best friend would lie to you. " He smirked. "Besides, she's in love with Belly-button boy." Jade almost laughed.
"Don't talk about Giovanni like that." She said, glaring at him. Derek sighed, and much to Jade's surprise, nodded.
"Since we're getting married, it's only fair that I'm nice to your friends whilst you're around." Jade scowled at the last part, but nodded, albeit unhappily.
"Alright then, Jade, ready?" Jade nodded, and was immediately sucked into the Pensive when she put her face close to it, Derek at her side.