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Leo

Shortly afterward, we returned to the astronomy tower where the others were waiting- but tried to act like they weren't. I took my seat beside Elaine, and Brooke obviously got the unspoken message to leave us alone, since she went to sit between Remus and Peter. Elaine didn't so much as look up as I sat down, her eyes focused on the bracelet she was twiddling between her fingers. "You gave me this," She murmured, and I nodded, already having recognised it from afar. Even if my eyesight wasn't as good as it was, I'd be able to pick out the gift no matter what.

"I know." She didn't speak for a second, instead choosing to unclasp the bracelet and hold it up to show me the Latin inscription I already knew to be hidden on the underside of it.

"I got Sirius to translate it when I first noticed it a few months ago," She said, pausing for a second before letting a quiet sigh slip from between her lips. "You broke that promise tonight." She pushed away from me, moving to go sit between James and Sirius.

I felt Brooke's eyes watching me but didn't bother to look up- surprisingly, it wasn't her that sat down beside me, but Remus. "You okay?" I stared at him flatly. "Sorry." I shook my head.

"It's fine, Remus." I pulled my knees up to my chest, resting my chin on top of my crossed arms.

"I know you don't want to hurt her- either of them." I shook my head.

"I don't want to hurt anyone, I'm just... so confused."

Remus nodded understandingly, placing his hand on my shoulder. "I think you might be a little mentally compromised." I raised an eyebrow at him- his words, and more precisely, his calm tone that didn't fit said words. "You clearly love Elaine, how the hell are you confused?!" He exclaimed in a hushed tone, no longer calm, and I winced.

"Because I don't want to hurt her. Elaine's a human, she's fragile- with Brooke... I don't have to worry as much. And I like Brooke as well- a lot! I just... God, I'm so confused." I threw my head back, blinking back tears of frustration.

"Oh, of course. You have two beautiful girls crushing on you, it must be so hard for you." I stared at him blankly, and he sighed. "Sorry, Leo. It's just... other than your 'heritage' and your family problems, you just have it so much better than most."

I arched an eyebrow at him darkly, almost in disbelief at how dismissive he was being. "I can't date anyone or even get close to them, I can't have kids for the fear that they'll be like me, and on top of that, my own family wants to kill me because they think I'm a monster! Also, I'm very close to losing my best friend, so, forgive me for having it 'so much better'." Remus watched me with sad eyes for a moment before he finally opened his mouth again, but I cut him off before he could actually say anything. "Look, I'm just a little frustrated that no one understands what I'm going through."

"I know, Leo- I just don't know how we can." I shrugged tersely and shot him a smile that I feared was far weaker than I would've liked.

"It's alright, Remus, I'm used to it by now."

He was still staring at me when I stood up, and turned my attention toward the other member of our little trio. "Elaine. Flight lesson?" She didn't look happy about the prospect, but she agreed nonetheless, and I followed her out the door.

"So where are we going?" She asked a minute or two later, her curiosity apparently finally having won out over her anger with me, and I raised an eyebrow at her.

"I told you- flight lesson."

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This chapter has had edits made to it on 24/3/24 - formatting, and reconfiguring sentences so they make more sense.