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It was as if time had stopped. The following day in their Defense Against the Dark Arts class, it was as if the clock wouldn't move. The couple changed their seats and they couldn't even look at each other because they knew it would just hurt too much. Aubrielle moved back into the Ravenclaw dorms the same night as the fight and mostly kept to herself. If she chose to talk to someone it was either Emolly or Nielah. Other than that, she completely shut herself out from everyone else and tried to wrap her around what she had just done to the best thing that had ever happened to her.

Neville wasn't much better. He slumped around the school and didn't get any sleep. He cried a lot, not caring what people though of him, and looked like an absolute wreck. Whenever Ginny asked him how he was, he simply replied with a grunt. He stopped eating almost all together and didn't shave which caused him to get some serious stubble. It seemed like their break up affected the entire school. Everything seemed dark and depressing to almost everyone in the Army.

But the lessons had to continue on. They couldn't afford to stop them just because of a broken relationship.

(Thursday, October 30th)

Whether he wanted to or not, it was Neville's turn to teach the next lesson. He put on a brave face and walked in front of everyone, including Aubrielle. He snuck a glance at her while she was talking to Emolly and instantly felt the familiar ache in his chest. She still looked gorgeous, as always, with her dark waves in a high ponytail. She looked freshly showered and her skin glowed a beautiful pinky olive color. He wanted her back so badly but he knew that it was too soon to try something. All he could do was watch her from a distance and pray that she would come around.

He stood up in front of the group and they all quieted down. They were all anxious to see how he would teach after the split.

"Hey guys. So today's lesson involves learning the stunning spell, Stupefy. This spell is extremely useful because it's a great way to fight without actually killing, which is what the Army stands for. This spell, based on how hard you fire it, can knock your opponent unconscious or simply confuse them for a while. It blows them off their feet as well so you can use it as a get away spell too. For this one, since the spell can actually do some harm, we're going to do today's lesson a little bit differently. Since the victim of the spell flies backwards, and we don't want a million collisions, we're going to form two lines. All the boys over here…and all the girls over here please."

The students shuffled into two long lines with a practice strip in the middle of them. Ginny and Luna took a spot at either end of the space and pointed their wands at each other. The members took a couple steps back, afraid of being hit by a rogue spell, and watched as the two witches stared each other down. They were all waiting for someone to make a move, and Luna finally shouted at her friend.

"Stupefy!"

The curse whizzed towards the red head and hit her square in the chest. She shot backwards and hit the ground with a hard thug. She gripped her forehead as Luna walked over to her to help her up. The witches smiled at each other, knowing that it was all for a demonstration, and stepped aside so two more students could try.

"Well…what are you waiting for? Lets get the duels underway. One from each line…let's go!"

Everyone looked around at each other. They really didn't want to be the first ones to go. What if they embarrassed themselves or got their asses kicked by a younger student? After standing around for some time, Emolly finally stepped into position, feeling that her spells wouldn't let her down. The boys looked from one another. Figuring that he could take the blonde, Dean stepped across from her. Little did he know, she was a lot better than anyone thought. He smiled at her playful while she gave him the iconic Slytherin smirk. They bowed to each other slightly before raising their wands. Neville made sure to state that the duels should not get out of hand.

"Remember, we're all Army members. Please try to not harm each other too severely."

Emolly turned her head to Aubrielle and winked before lifting her wand a little higher.

"Stupefy!"

The spell traveled towards Dean with great speed and hit him with incredible force. He spiraled backwards and landed face down on the cold floor, which knocked the wind out of him. He gasped for air and finally stood up once he found his breath. He turned, shocked, to see Emolly snickering at him. He made a mental note to never mess with the blonde again and took the walk of shame back into formation.

The students went on like this, stepping forward and taking turns, until almost everyone was done. Aubrielle felt a twinge of pride as she watched Nielah send Marcus Belby to the wall behind him. She gave her sister a hard high five when she returned to her spot in line.

After all the wizards had gone, Neville finally stood in the boys' spot, needing some practice himself. He waited for a female competitor and gulped as he saw his ex-girlfriend walk out across from him. Everyone was silent as they watched in anticipation.

Aubrielle really didn't know what came over her, but as soon as she saw Neville step out, she knew she wanted to duel him. She had so much emotion stored up in her and who better to release it on than the boy who hurt her? She locked eyes with him for the first time in days and felt hollowness inside of her. Yes, she was the one to end it, but that didn't mean that she didn't still care about him. She loved him and she prayed that they would eventually get back together. It just seemed that at that point in her life she couldn't handle a relationship with everything else going on and his loud-mouthed conversation sent her over the edge. She looked at him to find him hurting. She could just tell. He wasn't taking the split well at all and since when did he have facial hair like that? It looked good on him…

'No! He hurt you. Be strong Aubrielle. It's not time, not yet.'

They ceremoniously bowed to each other and held their wands up. Sure, Neville didn't want to injure her, but he was mad at her for breaking up with him. Why shouldn't he let her know how he was feeling? He glanced at her with a new determination in his eyes. 'Lets do this.'

"Stupefy!"

Aubrielle unexpectantly hit the ground, hard, as the spell hit her. She immediately stood up and fired back at him.

"STUPEFY!"

Neville let out a yelp as the curse rocked through his body. His back hit the stone wall behind him and he fell to the floor was a crash. It took him a little bit to stand up but Aubrielle never lowered her wand. Ginny gave Luna a worried look and the two witches watched cautiously with the intent to step in if things got out of hand. The wizard got to his feet and stared at the Ravenclaw with awe. There was a lot of force behind that last spell that he hadn't expected. She glared at him and if looks could kill, well he should have been lying in a coffin right then and there. He pointed his wand at her defiantly, showing her that he wasn't going to let her bully him. And now, he wasn't going to use the simple spells that the Army had learned so far.

"Protego!"

Aubrielle gasped as the spell hit her in the chest. She crumpled to the ground and twitched as the painful curse took its effect on her. Ginny looked at the witch, mortified, before turning to look at her best friend.

"Neville!"

Aubrielle, still on the ground, raised her wand at the wizard. She wasn't going down without a fight.

"Confundus!"

Neville staggered backwards until he ran into the portrait. The Room started spinning and a sharp ringing was echoing through his ears. Aubrielle slowly stood to her feet with her wand still raised high but Ginny and Luna had had enough. Luna looked at her fellow housemate and frowned.

"Expelliarmus."

Now that she was disarmed, Neville wobbled forward a little and rose his wand to get one last spell out before Ginny or Luna could notice him. Before he could even wink, however, his body froze up and he was back on the ground.

"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!"

Both Luna and Ginny spun around to see Neville frozen behind them. His wand arm was extended and Ginny realized that he had planned on attacking Aubrielle even though she was unarmed. The red head then turned to look at who had hexed him. Standing in front of the seventh year Ravenclaw was Nielah Song. Her eyes were practically glowing with hate and she kept her wand pointed in Neville's direction. She walked forward towards him and recited the counter curse.

"Rennervate."

He heaved his chest as his body regained control. Nielah crouched down and swiped his wand out of his hand before he could even move. He gawked up at the younger Song sister angrily but she was shooting dangers with her eyes back at him.

"You're a bloody coward! You were going to hex her even though she didn't have her wand. I expected so much more from you Neville."

She chucked his wand at him forcefully and it hit him in the chest with a thud. She took Aubrielle's wand out of Luna's hand and retreated back to her sister. Emolly joined the both of them and the trio walked out of the Room and into the hallway. The other students dispersed, getting the hint that the lesson was over. Ginny turned back to look at Neville, who was in shock and still on his arse. She hated to admit it but Nielah was right. That was such a cowardly thing to do. She knelt down next to her friend and he propped himself up on his elbows.

"What was that Neville, huh? I know this is the last thing you want to hear, but I'm with Nielah. That was a spineless thing to do and you know it. What's gotten into you?"

Neville stared at the sixth year as he tried to sort it out in his own head. She was right. They were both right. He had let his emotions get the best of him. He would never fight someone unless it was fair and they had their wand. He felt his eyes tear up.

"I don't know Gin. I'm not being me."

"No, you're not, and you need to fix it."

She stood up and walked to her bed, leaving him on the ground. He slumped back over and let his head hit the floor, not caring about the pain. Without Aubrielle it was almost as if he were lost. He realized that he was only happy when he was with her because it gave him something to look forward too. His body craved her all the time. Her touch, her smells, her tastes…and he physically ached when his longing couldn't be fulfilled. He missed the little things like running his fingers through her dark waves or hearing her light and cheerful laugh. He missed having her lay next to him at night and listening to her rhythmic breathing. He missed hearing her hum her choir songs or go on about some fancy potion she had mastered. He missed looking into her rich hazel eyes and getting butterflies, as if it were the first time he had ever seen her. And lastly, he missed kissing her. He missed the passion that erupted in his body when he met her soft lips with his. Gods he missed kissing her.

He stayed on the ground for a minute or two and wallowed in his sorrow. He looked pathetic and he knew it, but he could give a rat's arse what other people thought of him. The love of his life not only left him, but also was hurting because of him. It tore him apart.

o.O.o

Nielah led Aubrielle to an empty bench along the side of one of the halls. The fifth year sat down next to her sister and let her put her head on her lap. Nielah finger combed the seventh year's ponytail and Emolly came to sit at Aubrielle's feet. All three witches sat there quietly, knowing that words wouldn't do anything at this point. Aubrielle was broken, completely and utterly broken. The light in her eyes had dimmed ever since she had broken up with Neville. What made it worse was knowing that she did it to herself. She was the one that screamed and yelled. She was the one that continued to punish him even though she was holding his wand. She had deserved to get cursed back in the Room. She had done the same thing to him, really. Well, she had given it back to him about half way through the fight, but she had still injured him before that.

The accustomed sensation of crying was soon felt through her body and her cheeks were quickly stained from the tears. She had done so much crying in the last three days. She was surprised that she hadn't run her tear ducts dry by now.

Emolly looked over at Nielah and the two witches locked eyes. As if communicating by telepathy, they both came to the conclusion that something needed to be done. These two needed to talk it out or get locked in a room together (without their wands). They were both so mad at each other that they couldn't face the obvious truth; they needed to be together in order to survive all of this.

Emolly stood up from the bench and started walking back towards the Room. Even though Aubrielle knew she had left, she didn't acknowledge it because she didn't have the energy too. She cried harder. She was downright broken.

o.O.o

Emolly had gone back into the Room and grabbed Ginny. She yanked the Gryffindor out into the hall and started leading them towards the library without even putting the Carrows into the equation. Ginny went wordlessly, knowing that this was about their best friends, and followed the Slytherin to the nook behind the very last bookshelf. Emolly went and sat on the windowsill before looking at the Gryffindor.

"This is stupid and you know it. This break up is affecting everyone. Listen, Aubrielle is a complete mess and I know that Neville is even worse-"

"I know, I know. We need to do something about it. I normally try to stay away from relationship drama but this is absolutely insane."

"And that's why I came to you Ginny. You're his best friend and you know him better than I do."

"Right. Well what do you suggest? There are both so mad at each other that they are willing to inflict pain."

"I don't know. I wish we could just lock them in a room or something…"

"That would end up well."

"…without their wands."

Ginny looked at the blonde. Would that work? No, it wouldn't. Aubrielle would most likely attack the poor kid. She was way too unstable to chance that. Ginny knit her brows together as she thought. Emolly had a point; this split really affected the entire Army. They had to cancel class on Monday due to the fight and today's lesson had to be cut short as well. There was a war right around the corner; they needed their members to be ready. Ginny sat on the desk and looked over at Emolly. They were two intelligent witches, surely that could think of something.

"We need…we need them to remember how great they were together. Together they could do so much, but apart, they're hopeless."

Emolly chewed on her bottom lip as she thought, "That's what I was thinking. If a war were to hit anytime soon, and Aubrielle still wasn't with Neville, well…"

"They'll both be dead by the end of it."

"Exactly. They would be too worried about each other to fight properly. So how do we get them to realize how senseless they're being?"

Both girls grew quiet again. This was a lot harder than either of them thought. Ginny looked over to a distressed Emolly. She really didn't know the Slytherin, but the blonde was growing on her. She was a bloody brilliant witch and Ginny admired her loyalty to her friend. She seemed genuine when she talked and it was obvious that she had a good head on her shoulders. She had said that Aubrielle was 'a complete mess' which surprised her a little since she was the one to dump the Gryffindor. Ginny had to sympathize with the Ravenclaw in a way, however. When Harry had tired to break-up with her for her own protection, she was devastated. She went into a hissy fit until Harry came to his senses. If it really had ended for good, well, she probably wouldn't be much better than the seventh year. When Harry had tried to end it, she brought up his second year (her first) when he had saved her life from Tom Riddle. Knowing that he was the reason for her existence always made them remember how lucky they were to be living and to have each other. It was a bond that only they shared. 'Wait…that's it!'

"I got it! Emolly, I got it!"

Awe more fighting between our favorite couple :( On a plus side, how badass was Nielah in that chapter? Review if you liked it! Review if you hated it! Just review….please.