CHAPTER TEN
How had it come to this, all had been great with Scorpius. So sure they weren't together yet but she sensed that it was close, she liked him. Didn't he like her? Or was he just playing with her? But now she didn't care because she hated him, for what, he would never know now would he. All had been great till yesterday. But then I guess I should tell about it so you get what is supporting my thoughts. I rolled over in my bed to press my face on the pillow and wanting to scream, and I did. Jeal and Dani had left but not without wondering why I rather spend all day in bed then go out. Because I didn't want them acting all happy in front of me. Thats why. But to the point.
I was walking in Hogmaede with Jeal and Dani having fun and laughing out loud when is seen walking with some other friend without Scorpius. Jeal and Dani thinks if weird and ask him over.
"Where is Scorpius Mike, did he not come" Jeal asked. She had always thought that Mike was a idiot, but a cute idiot.
"Yeah he did, but his with Maddie. I think they're on a date" he said not looking extremely happy about that. Jeal hit him in the head. He rubbed his head.
"What do you mean on a date with Maddie. That impossible" Jeal said.
"That all I saw, Maddie just asked him this morning and he accepted just like that" he turned around when someone called his name. "Later" he said to the girls and ran up to his other buddies.
"What is Scorpius thinking, seriously. He hates her, doesn't he"? Jeal said, that last part a whisper.
"Let it be Jeal, if Scorpius likes her, oh well. At least grandpa wont kill him" Dani said. Lily remained motionless. It didn't seem that Scorpius hated Maddie, but it didn't seem that he liked her either. Did he like her without being obvious about it because he was nervous, and it seemed that he like me but was it just in a friend way and I was the one who had pushed him to far. Thinking of all the time we have spent together, and that was forcefully if you thought about it, Lily couldn't see what any of it meant. To needed a distraction.
"Hey Dani, how is your grandpa by the way"? And that led to another conversation forgetting all about Scorpius, or so she thought.
"Ahhh, really Scorpius and Maddie" Jeal brought up when they were at Honeydukes Sweetshop.
"Jeal just forget about, you know Mike his an idiot maybe he misunderstood" Dani said, and Lily wished that the had, but then she saw for herself the truth. Outside the window. Scorpius and Maddie were walking with their arms linked and he was laughing and smiling. That was not a look of dislike or boredom. That was a face of likeness and not bored. Jeal and Dani had their backs to the window so they didn't notice them walking by, and Lily wasn't going to say anything to them. Paying for their sweets, the girls walked outside only to run into someone. They looked up to find Mr. Jaeger. Yeah sure, every girl was still obsessed with I'm and thought themselves in love with him except Jeal, Dani and Lily. Why, maybe because of his obvious dislike for Scorpius.
"Hello there girls, what are you all doing"? He asked with a small smile on his lips.
"Not much" replied Jeal. He looked at Lily, but she looked away.
"Oh, Miss Potter, might I have the pleasure of asking you to join me for butterbeer" ? He asked and my eyes flew back to him. WHAT?
"Ah, I don't think so. I could not just possibly leave my – "
"No its okay Lily, Jeal and I wanted to go back soon anyway so you wouldn't miss out on anything. Go have some fun" she leaned in close to me and whispered "Its the first time a guy has asked you on a date since Alex, go and have some fun with a guy for once" and Lily scowled at her. Even though Jeal and Dani didn't like Mr. Jaeger the same as the rest of the girls, they didn't dislike him either. Turning her face towards Jaeger, Lily gave him a tiny smile. No escape.
"Sure Mr. Jaeger" and he smiled even bigger.
"Well, we will see you soon Lily. Bye" and both Jeal and Dani stated walking away. Jeager held out his arms.
"Shall we" and it was not a question. Not to be rude, Lily linked her arms with him and he led the way to the Three Broomsticks.
"Mr. Jaeger, why ask me to drink a butterbeer with you all of a sudden"? Lily asked not bothering to see his face.
"Travis" at this she looked up at him and he was looking at her. "I once told you you could call me Travis".
"Mr. Jaeger, I don't think I would feel comfortable with such formality" she told him, and he gave a small chuckle. Hopefully he wouldn't insist on her calling her by her fist name like he had done before without permission.
"Thats okay, but once you do please call me Travis. This whole Mr. Jaeger thing make me feel much older then my 19 years" just what he said last time, thought Lily. They walked in silence the rest of the way to the Three Broomsticks. Once inside, they found it to be packed with students, and they found a small table by the back in the shadow. He ordered two butterbeers and they started to drink their drink.
"Would you care to answer my question now Mr. Jaeger"? He raised his eyebrow and Lily did not have the urge to lower his eyebrow, maybe because it reminded her of Scorpius. Thinking of Scorpius, Lily looked to the window and see if she could see him, but could not. She started to look at Jaeger when her eyes saw a blond head. And it was him since Maddie was across from his and his back was to her so Maddie could see her and Jaeger, but he could not. She signed in relief, not knowing why.
"Lily, did you hear what I said" and at the sound of her name, Lily looked at Jaeger. Had he just said her first name?
"What"?
"I said that the reason I asked you to join me was because of last time. We didn't get our walk during the lake party and this seemed like a good idea" she nodded. They drank their butterbeer in with a small conversation. Once they were done, they both stood up but Lily needed to go to the bathroom, so they agreed to meet outside. Once she was done and walked into the bar-place, she saw Maddie and Scorpius kissing. And he wasn't pulling away, he was still. Lily walked out of that place as fast as she could with out seeming obvious. She took a deep breath once outside. Jaeger walked up next to her, he had been sitting down on the bench next to the building.
"Would you like to go somewhere else"? Asked Jaeger. She said yes to distract herself from what she had witnessed. Later on, again he asked her if she wanted to go somewhere else. NO. She didn't want to go anywhere else with him or without him or with anyone. She just wanted to be back in her dorm where there was no way Scorpius could go in so she would not have to look at him. She shook her head.
"No thank you, I rather just go back" she said quietly when all she wanted to do was go and scream at Scorpius. But then he would think her crazy because she had no reason why. "I'm tired, so goodbye Mr. Jaeger" she started to walk away when he caught up with her.
"At least let me walk you back" and she nodded at least allowing him this. They walked back slowly and talking, he helped her some with her German and it wasn't till they got to the stirs that led tot he dungeon that they stopped. She turned around and faced him.
"Thank you Mr. Jaeger, I had a good time" a good time, not a great time she thought. He smiled.
"Your welcome. I hope we can repeat today some other day" he said and he walked a step closer to her, his hands going to her face where he brushed some hair away form her face and behind her ear. He leaned in and Lily saw all this coming, not knowing what to do, but she didn't move, let him do all the work. He lips touched hers and Lily closed her eyes automatically and Scorpius face came to her mind. But then she knew it wasn't him when the kiss become unpleasantly forceful and she didn't like it and didn't want to feel it anymore. She backed up, only to miss the floor and go falling backwards down the stairs, or she would of if a pair of hands hadn't caught her. Opening her eyes, she found a pair of silvery eyes looking at her, and the were not happy eyes. The person eyes were pissed, and the eyes blond to no other then Scorpius Malfoy.