Its been a few days since Remus and I revealed ourselves to our friends. We have had some time away from classes and that was time well spent on studying.
PSSH, yeah right!
But in all seriousness, I could tell that it was taking the marauders, Lily and Alice some time to get used to Remus and I being together. We haven't had a lot of time to ourselves, so since there was a Hogsmead trip coming up, Remus and I have decided to make it a "Rellie" only trip. See that! Some first years had already come up with a couple name for us. Remus hated it, and I wasn't a big fan, but I used it to tease him often.
There was only one day of classes before the trip and I found myself constantly waiting for each lesson to end, counting down the seconds.
When if was finally time for the last lesson, I was more than ready to get this over with.
When I got to the Charms room, I wasn't exactly surprised to see that I was the first one there. I walked quickly inside and sat down at a table, already setting up my book, wand quill and parchment neatly and perfectly spaced in front of me.
"Wow, neat freak much?" I heard a disgusting voice behind me and barely glanced at Regulus and his friends from the corner of my eye. I saw the young, but short as ever, Professer Flitwick shot a glance at the crowd and they grudgingly made their way to their own seats. Not too soon after, I was greeted with a kiss on the cheek. I smiled at Remus as he pulled out the chair next to me and sat down.
"Some ones eager to start." He said, gesturing towards my supplies.
"Yeah, I just can't wait until tomorrow." I grinned and he winked back.
"Hello friends!" James and Sirius called out to Remus and I, Lily and Alice a few steps behind them.
Alice took the seat on my free side, James, Sirius and Lily at the table in front of us.
"Okay class, today we will be working on-" all of a suddenly the teacher was interrupted by a strange sound coming for the ceiling above his desk.
"My word, what could that be..." Flitwick turned around just in time to see the water pipe above his desk crack, the clear contents inside spilling out and onto all of his things.
"What the-" out of the corner of my eye, I could swear I saw Regulus stuffing his wand back into his pocket.
"Okay! Everyone outside!" Flitwick called over the sound of rushing water. He was mouthing a bunch of spells, doing his best to fix the broken pipe.
My friends and I all gathered our things and rushed out to the corridor. After waiting a few minutes listening to all the students chattering, the Professor stepped out to join us.
"well, since I can't seem to fix it, it's obvious one of you hooligans decided it would be a good idea. Once I find an empty classroom, I will be giving you folks a little lecture about respect. Unless the fool responsible for his decides to step forward?" He gave me and my friends a strange look, like he was accusing us of it. I kept my mouth shut, all most completely sure it had been Regulus. And I defiantly wasn't taking the fall for his actions.
There was no answer from anyone in the corridor. The only sound was the sound of rushing water coming from behind the closed door.
"Professor, I believe there's an empty room downstairs in the North corridor." Regulus mentioned. What was his angle here, first forcing everyone to leave the original one and then suggesting a specific replacement? Something suspicious was going on here, and I didn't like it. I shoot the dark haired boy a signature death glare, and the only sign he saw it was his slightly paled cheeks.
"Well, lead the way ." Flitwick said, motioning to the front if the group with his hand. A couple students grumbled about having him lead us, but he smiled proudly either way.
After a little while of walking hand and hand with Remus and listen to Sirius and James argue about who's the best and worst Quiditch team, we finally reached a new classroom.
Flitwick nodded a thanks to Regulus and pulled the door to the room open. we all crowded into the dark, hardly able to see anything.
"Where is that darn light switch..." The professor grumbled while running his have along the wall. Remus squeezed my hand as Flitwick searched and we all waited in silence.
Finally, light filled the room, and I was temporarily blinded by the brightness. But, apparently I wasn't blinded long enough. A few gasps filled the room as rubbed at my eyes with my fist. I felt Remus lightly tug on my arm and say, "Ellie!"
"What?" I asked, pulling my arm away from my eyes. I wish I had just kept it there.
My mouth hung open as I took in the sight around. Students around me were giggling and looking at me while my friends faces just looked furious.
Covering the walls around us were small sentences, my name everywhere.
Most of them looked like,
"Elektra Bell is a..." And then followed by things like,
"bitch"
"hoe"
"slut"
I felt my eyes sting as I placed both of my hands over my mouth, biting down on my tongue and trying not to let the tears spill over.
Remus leaned over to wrap his arms around me to try and comfort me, but I just moved away, marching across the room towards my enemy.
"Ellie, don't-" Lily reached out her hand towards me, but I just wrenched my arm away from her. I saw nothing but him.
"You did this!" I growled in his face, only inches away from him. He just laughed in response, his friends joining him. Soon it most of the class, except for my friends. I knew how to shut them up.
I raised my arm and slapped Regulus directly across his ugly face causing a loud and sharp sound. Silence fell across the room, wide eyes everywhere, and I turned in a slow circle, meeting the eyes of every human in the room and letting my tears fall freely and silently.
"You all think this is funny, do you?" I spoke loud and clear, not a single falter in any syllable. "Your all just a bunch of asses with low IQs." I sneered, spinning on my heal, marching out into the corridor and slamming the door behind me.
I didn't look back.

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"Ellie!" I could hear him calling for me.
"Elektra Varner Bell, quit hiding!" I moved deeper into my corner at the Owlery. I'm not quite sure why I went here. I think it was because not many people would look for me in this tower.
i squeezed my eyes shut, hopping the voice would just go away.
Foot steps were walking closer and closer to my limp form in the corner. My heart raced.
"Go away!" I screeched, terrified. A face appeared before mine, scared and ugly.
"Finally, I found you!" Fuse go grinned a disgusting grin and peered down at me.
I screamed as a hand grabbed my shoulder.
"Ellie! It's fine! It's just me!" I opened my eyes and found myself looking into handsome chocolate brown ones.
"Remus!" I breathed, relieve flooding through me.
"Of coarse! Who did you think it was?" He looked questioningly at me as he sat down on the floor next to me.
"No one." I muttered, avoiding his searching gaze.
"You had the nightmare again, didn't you?"
I just focused on my feet stretched out in front of me.
"Oh, Ellie..." He sighed and put an arm around my shoulders as a leaned my head on his shoulder. I have been having its type of dream for a while now. The one where Fuego finally decided there was no more games, and just came to take me away. My worst fear wasn't him killingly me. It was him taking me away from my friends and forcing me to spend my life in a lab, constantly being tested on. That was my worst fear.
Remus knew about my reoccurring dream from all the times we've fallen asleep together on the couch in the common room after a long evening of reading. It terrified him every time.
"Look, about earlier..." I cut him off.
"I don't want to talk about what happened."
"We don't really have to talk about I. If you don't want. But I just want you to know..." He took a deep breath and brushed his hair back with his hand. "I promise you Ellie, that from this day forward, I will do my best to protect you. Whether it be from some stupid Slytherines that are just plan assholes, or from some insane murderer on the lose. No one will hurt you on my watch."
I gave him a weak smile and said, "You're the best friend and boyfriend a girl could ever ask for."
"I've always wanted to hear you say that," he said, making me laugh. I leaned in and kissed his lips softly, my silent thanks.
"I punched him by the way." He said after I pulled away.
"You punched Regulus?!" I grinned, not able to believe my own ears.
"Yup. Gave him a nosebleed and everything. I've got detention tomorrow, but I think Flitwick let me off easy, since Black has two weeks." We laughed together, looking around at all the owls, cuddling on the floor. When I woke up its morning, his is the last thing I expected I would have gone through today, but I'm actually kind of glad I did.