A/N: Here you are guys, another chapter for my wonderful readers. I'm so so sorry for late posting, but I had internet problems. Yes, I know. Internet problems. -_- OMG something really weird happened to me that day. I went to the hospital for an ultrasound of my throat cause my thyroids were swollen. So I went and lied down on the table thingy and the nurse came and lifted my shirt up and tried pulling my pants down! She lowkey thought I was pregnant and I'm just like NO I AM STILL A PURE VIRGIN CHILD OF GOD! Yeah… so other that, I'd like to make a special shout-out to FortyFandoms, who is one of the biggest reasons that I continued this story. MUAAAH!
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'How about the Great Lake?"
"Good idea, I feel nauseous around him", I replied to Sam, who after putting up with my whining about Marcus, who was the same as the whole of last week, had finally decided we needed some relaxing time.
It was a good thing too. A whole week of PDA, ignoring me and being a brat and I felt like breaking down into tears. I missed my best friend. A lot. So as Sam and I walked to the Black Lake to unwind for the weekend, I felt myself curse the girl. Barely a day into school and she messed with his brain. Or was it a day into school? What if they had been talking all summer and he just hadn't told me? Again I felt that sense of betrayal that plagued me since Marcus lost his mind.
"Snap out of it!"
Startled out of my thoughts, I looked up at Sam who was glaring at me. "What do you mean?"
Rolling her eyes, she said, sounding beyond exasperated, "You're thinking about that dickhead again and I'm sick of it. Either snap out of it or go sulk in the dorms!"
Raising my hands in surrender, I gave her a smile and nodded. "Sorry you're right. Hey Sam?"
"Yeah?"
"Why aren't you with Cyrus right now? I mean I'm beyond grateful you're here, but I assumed you'd prefer his company rather than mine?"
Abruptly stopping, she gave me a pointed look and spoke, "Now how did you manage to think up things like that? I love both of you equally!"
"Soooo… you hanging out with me rather than your boyfriend has nothing to do with the fact that he has Quidditch practice right now?" I replied with a cheeky smile.
"I-I I mean… oh do shut up!"
Reaching our destination we settled ourselves in the shade of a large tree on the banks of the lake. Sam took out some sandwiches she had packed and we quickly descended into a comfortable silence. However, the peaceful quite was short lived. The sound of voices and the crunching of leaves reached our ears as we looked around for the source of the disturbance. Unfortunately, the sight wasn't a welcome one.
Kenny Cragg,I thought with a grimace.
A Gryffindor, the Quidditch team Beater, prefect, a teacher's pet, topping in most classes and a scumbag through and through. Now judging from my previous reactions to the girl and now to Cragg, you'd think I was a mean, judgmental person. I, in fact, would like to believe I'm the opposite of such a thing. However, Cragg earned himself a special spot on the 'Extreme-Dislike' list. This is mostly because of the fact that he hates Hufflepuffs. Why, you ask? I don't really know. Since my first year, Cragg has deemed me a worthy victim and thus, labeled himself my biggest tormenter. After I befriended Marcus, he still tried picking on me, but Marc scared him away and for the previous year, Cragg had indeed left me well alone. So it was for this reason I nearly wet myself as he walked towards me. Smirk, check. Entourage, check. Wand out, check. Yep, I was screwed. I immediately regretted not bringing Ada along. You see, the result of my deductions was, that our dear bully Kenny had a crush on my friend. Now, admittedly, there was no proof, but I had noticed that whenever she was around, he restrained from jinxing me. However, probably due to my rotten luck, Ada was currently busy in the greenhouses, elbows deep in caring for some plant or another. "Well well. Would you look who it is? Harper Grey, loser extraordinaire! I must say, the highlight of my summer was probably the fact that I didn't have to go through the torture of seeing you everyday", he leered from a few meters away.
Still seated on the ground next to Sam, (who was staring wide eyed at the Jerk King) I tried to act confidant and said, "And yet it seems you're the one who always seeks me out."
At this, his smirk turned into a toothy grin. "True enough, true enough. You see, I'm actually here to ask you something. The thing is Grey, I heard from a little birdie, that you're snake friend finally saw some sense and ditched you for that, frankly hot chick. Is it true?" after ending, he held out his wand like a mike and looked at me expectantly. Feeling his words caress my doubts and whispering to them to come forward, I quickly tried to reign in my emotions. I wouldn't let him gain the satisfaction of seeing me sad. I just wouldn't. Trying to distract myself, I studied the features of the lion in front of me. Grayish-blue eyes that looked like a storm waiting to happen, pale skin dotted with freckles, a medium sized nose and short, dark hair. I wouldn't lie, he was handsome. But his picture was tainted by all the times he'd made me hate my house. Made me think that I was dumb and not worthy to be put in any house that mattered, in his words. "What's wrong? Lion got your tongue?" he sneered as his friends, rather lackeys, laughed at his pathetic joke.
With an effort, I brought myself to roll my eyes. "Nope, just wondering what to say to someone as stupid as you."
Sighing, Cragg looked almost disappointed. "I came here for entertainment, and you can't even be decent enough to give me a good comeback. How typical. Guess I'll just have find someone more fun than you", he said while slowly raising his wand.
My eyes widening, I quickly scrambled to my feet, trying to get my wand out before he could use his. But to no avail.
"Aqua Eructo!"
A jet of water made its way to me, too fast and too powerful for me to dodge, soaking me from head to toe. I must have looked like a sight. Dripping and shivering, the mascara Sam had forced me to wear running down my face like a cliché breakup scene. I looked up to see the Gryffindors laughing their heads off while Sam shouted at them, something they weren't really paying attention to. All this while, I just tried to stop the tears from flowing as Marcus' words rang in my head. I had been crying because Cragg's friend had made my hair blue, when Marc had hexed them all to kingdom come and knelt down beside me. He had said "It's okay Harp. They're not gonna bother you. Never again. I'm not going to let them. You're safe."
I felt anger, red hot anger flow in my veins as a thought about my friend's promise. Breathing hard, I raised my wand and pointed it at the prefect before me and spoke clearly. "Flipendo!"
Immediately, Kenny was knocked to the ground causing his friends to stop their idiotic laughter and try to help him up. They all looked up at me, and I could tell what their intentions were, but I was two steps ahead. "Protego!" "Cantis!"
I felt a surge of pride for myself when Kenny suddenly burst into an out of tune song and even as his minions tried to hold their laughter in, I marched to Sam, grabbed her elbow and started heading towards our dorms before Cragg remembered to hex me back. Crossing the corridors, I wasn't really looking where I was going, my tears blurring my vision. Even though I was feeling great about myself for fighting back, Marcus' promise haunted my brain along with Cragg's words. I suppose I had been waiting for him to ditch me along time ago, deep in my heart. He didn't need me. Why would he? He was an influential, scary Slytherin. I was a Hufflepuff who was only known for being Marc's friend. Suddenly I felt Sam's grip on my arm vanish and found myself crashing into a solid chest, then falling to the ground. Hard. "Harp?"
Looking up, I couldn't decide whether to cry into his shirt or slap his idiotic face. He looked concerned, his brows furrowed. "What's wrong?"
Before I could answer though, Sam spoke up. "What happened? Seriously? Oh you know, the typical. Running into your regular bully and getting hexed and you know the best part? Her best friend is nowhere in sight!" she practically screamed at Marcus.
His eyes were wide and relief flooded me (as much as I hated myself for it) when he gave me an apologetic and truly sorrowful look. However, before he could say anything, I heard the girl speak up. WHY DID SHE ALWAYS HAVE TO SHOW UP WHERE SHE WASN'T WANTED?! "Oh dear, I knew Hufflepuffs were odd, but I didn't know they took dips in the Great Lake for fun."
Anger made my vision red, but I was set on seeing Marc's reaction to this. If it was anyone else, he would have made them grow antlers, but now, the only reaction I saw was his eyes hardening and became devoid of any emotion. Then, his face twisted into a… sneer? "I know right. Come along Rose, we should probably let her go to her dorms. She's making the corridors all wet", and with that, he walked away.
This time, I didn't even try to hold my tears in.
A/N: So guys, I imagined Kenny (Jerk King) looking like Asa Butterfield. What did you guys think? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REEEVVIIEEEEE! Maybe Marcus will give you a kiss. *wink wink*
Marcus: …No
Me: He's just joking. *whispers to Marc* do you want reviews or not?!
Marcus: *sigh* fine. I'll give you a damn kiss. But nobody, I said NOBODY will hear about this!
Me: *rolls eyes* so dramatic…
(Also this is unedited so be nice)