Be mine

Chapter 10| Eli's decision

Was she sorry?
What exactly?
Was it the kiss or that she didn't love me?

The more I racked my brains about it, the deeper the pain seared into my heart.
I wanted it to stop.
However, there was no end to this stinging.

Sobbing loudly, I ran the last few meters to my room and stormed into it.

Tears streaming down I slammed the door and leaned my back against the wood.

Exhausted, I closed my eyelids and let the experience happen again in my mind.

I just couldn't figure it out.

Was she just playing with me after all?
No, HB's emotions seemed too real for a game.

Then what was the reason she left?
Was it because she was my teacher?
If so, why did she kiss me in the first place?

She could have stopped there too.
Why did she only realize at the end that it was actually forbidden to make out with a schoolgirl?

When the next explanation occurred to me, an unspeakable stab went through my chest.

It could also be that her guilt towards me caught up with her.
That would explain her tears and her tender goodbye.

Why did she kiss me
Presumably she did this out of reflex.

With people like Miss Hardbroom, who constantly hid their emotions from all eyes, something like this could happen.

Which in turn meant for me that my love remained unrequited.

Maybe she liked me, but from the look of it, she didn't feel the same.
Otherwise my teacher would not have stopped at the end.

Speaking of which.
I had to go to detention!
What time was it?

Immediately I opened my eyelids and stood motionless.
All of my things were scattered around my room.

Somebody was here.

What did the person want from me?

No!
Hopefully it was still there.
I froze myself and stalked to my bed with pounding hearts.
I picked up the mattress and blindly felt along the bar.
When I felt what I was looking for under my fingers, I gently pulled it out.

I breathed a sigh of relief.
I almost thought it was gone.
I quickly slipped this flat object into my school robe pocket and pushed the mattress down.

I put all my things back in their places and then looked at the alarm clock.

Now get out of here quickly.
It was almost seven o'clock.

I looked around one last time and left my room.

To be on the safe side, I closed the door with a spell that was supposed to protect my room from uninvited guests.

Not that that happened again.

With mixed feelings, I marched towards the potions laboratory.

How should I behave in HB's presence now?
Should I pretend the kiss never happened between us?

Or was it better to erase everything that had to do with Hardbrooms from my memory?
Then at least I wouldn't have to think about her anymore and would be free from all the pain.

The tears ran down my cheeks again.
In no case did I want to forget my true love.

But only in this way was it possible to protect my heart from breaking.
So I made up my mind to brew the forget potion later after going to bed.

The closer I got to the lab, the more beads of sweat formed on my forehead.

I knocked tentatively on the door.

,,Come in!"

I pulled my eyebrows down in amazement.
Since when did Miss Hardbroom  sound exactly like Miss Cackle?
Surely I just imagined it.
Why should my headmistress be in the lab?

With my heart pounding, I opened the door and stepped into the room with a dull feeling.
Hopefully I was strong enough not to burst into tears in front of my teacher.

,, Good evening Miss  Hard ..", but I stopped in the middle of the greeting and blinked a few times in surprise.

It had been Miss Cackle after all.
What was she doing down here?
My gaze wandered on.

Not only the director, but also Miss Drill and Miss  Hardbroom stood in the laboratory.

They all stared me in the eye with extreme solemnity.

I swallowed.
Did i do something wrong?

,,Am I inconvenient at the moment?" , I uttered nervously and wanted to leave again, but the icy voice that took my breath away every time, kept me from leaving the laboratory.

,, Oh,no, you have come to the right place Elisa Sprucehill! We have a few questions for you. Especially Miss Cackle. "

I looked at my potions teacher in confusion.
,, Questions? But why? "

Her cold look hit me with full force.
It felt like someone had punched me in the stomach with their fist.

Damn it, it hurt.

Every second that HB looked at me like that, I became more and more likable to the forget potion.

What did Miss Cackle want from me?

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