Title: Butting In & Finding Out
I was sitting at the breakfast table with Paige, Fin, and Belle, when Ethan came up to us from the Ravenclaw table, probably trying to get information on Emma's "love life" from Lucy or Daniel.
"So," he said to me, "How is my favorite Seeker today?"
"Ethan, I'm the only Seeker who's your friend. So why are you flattering me and what do you want?" He looked around a bit and Paige, Belle, and Fin leaned in closer. He finally looked me in the eye, something that worried me.
Greatly.
"I think Thomas is cheating on Emma, and I need you to help me catch him."
My fork dropped out of my hand, and my mouth, a piece of waffle inside, dropped open. He gently closed it, and I finally got my thoughts together. I looked at Paige and Belle, and saw that their eyes were practically jumping out of their heads.
I mean, Ethan might a prat sometimes, but observation and protection are his areas of expertise.
And no one messes with Emma without getting pummeled by Ethan after. And us.
Just then, James decided to make his prescence known. "Hey guys, what's going on?" "Nothing," Belle said before I could. "Ethan just said that, umm, Sara and Andrew finally broke up."
That happened 3 days ago, so we were most likely safe. James hasn't really in society since Queen Bitch started her reign. He just shrugged and sat down, piling food onto his plate. Freddie appeared next to him and started doing the same.
My eyes drifted over to the Ravenclaw table where Emma and Thomas were smiling and laughing at a joke someone said. I sighed dramatically puffing my cheeks out, and turned back to look at Paige, who had the same look in her eyes. "Please don't let it be true."
~Lia~
That night, Belle, Ethan, and I (Freddie, James, Fin, and Paige stayed behind in the common room in case Emma came back from the library too soon) creeped down the pathway to the Black Lake. We had followed after he mysteriously left Emma in the library, and now he was leading us to the Lake.
"What do we do after we find him?" Belle asked. "Just go up to Em and say 'Oh, we're sorry but we followed your boyfriend and found out he was cheating on you?" Ethan and I shushed her.
"Shut the fuck up, Belle!" I whispered to her. "If we catch Thomas cheating, we will break it to Emma, gently. And then we will be there for her when's she's crying and screaming, and then we'll make sure he can never have children."
There was silence for a few moments before Belle said "I like that plan."
"My plan," said Ethan.
I smacked him over the head and countered, "It's my plan, you glory-stealer." Suddenly, Ethan stopped in his tracks, causing me to bump into him, and Belle into me. "Oh. Merlin's. Fucking. Pink. Underpants."
Belle and I looked around him, and what I saw made me sick. Thomas and Sophia Bernards snogging each other so hard they looked like they were going to eat each other alive.
I really tried my hardest to keep my breakfast from coming up. Ethan took a step forward, looking ready to kill.
I grabbed his arm and whispered harshly, "No! We're not supposed to be here remember?" Belle turned around and started walking - well, more like stomping - back to the castle.
"Come on," I said to Ethan. "You can kill him after we tell Em." "Promise?"
I smiled. "On my sister's life."
"Which one?" I shrugged. "Whichever one annoys me tomorrow."
He stood stiffly, and slung an arm around my shoulders, trying to remain in control and walking in sync with me.
"You were right," I said quietly." He sighed.
"I didn't want to be." I hugged him tight and rested my head against his shoulder.
"I know. I'm sorry." We broke apart and started walking again.
"It's okay. I just don't think Emma will be." I smiled softly.
They may act like they hate each other, but Ethan was too overprotective for his own good.
~Lia~
Belle and I walked back to the dormitory to find Emma in Paige's arms, hysterical. I have never in my life seen Emma, of all people, cry like this. Come to think of it, I've only actually seen Emma cry once, and that was second year when her grandfather I had a feeling I knew what this was about.
Belle and I rushed over to her and Paige, and muttered soothing words to her as I rubbed circles on her back. Finally, she calmed down and stopped crying, and now was only emitting small hiccups.
"Em, babe, what happened, love?" I asked, deeply concerned. Don't look at me like that, I may be sarcastic and fun-loving, but you mess with my friends and you just signed your death warrant.
"T-T-Tom broke up with me!" she stuttered. Paige, Belle, and I shared a look with each other. Emma looked up and saw.
"What? "What do you know?" Paige sighed and Belle said gently, "We just came back from the Black Lake, where we saw Tom...and Sophia Bernards...snogging."
Emma nodded sadly. "I knew something was going on. I don't know why I'm surprised."
"Because you thought he was a good person."
"Yeah, but - wait a minute. How did you know he was at the Black Lake?" Emma looked at Belle and me, and we grinned stupidly. She groaned. "Isn't there a rule? Don't butt into your friend's love life or something like that?"
I smirked. "Don't you know by now that we can't follow rules?"
"Can I kill him?" Belle jumped in.
"Isabelle, behave." Paige reprimanded.
And, of course Belle responded in an extremely mature way. She stuck out her tongue at Paige.
And that was how we spent the rest of the night, continuing our childish antics and bashing Tom until we all somehow fell asleep on Paige's bed.
A/N: Read & Review! Any and all comments are accepted =) And again thanks goes out to Jessie and Arielle who keep kicking my ass about this story!