Dandelions

10

Maya POV

I had not seen Pucey go without talking for minutes, yet today I managed to keep his mouth shut for nearly two hours. I had an inkling a bend over would cause the pervert to slip into a limbo, turned out my hypothesis was spot on. The look on his face had been priceless. The Perperup potion came along well and we both received an A grade.

After potion class, I skipped to the greenhouse for Herbology with Professor Sprout. Herbology calmed me, it functioned as a de-stressor in my day. As I entered the greenhouse I spotted a pair of identical gingers waving vigorously at me. Involuntarily a smile spread across my lips. Scenes of cuddling with George last night flashed across my mind. Wrapped up in his arm last night I felt a strange sense of security, I had absolutely no doubt in my mind, that's where I belonged.

"How was Quidditch practice?" I asked as I squeezed my body between the tall twins.

"Glad you asked. Someone was so stimulated by the end of it, that I caught him blowing off steam in the men's room. If you know what I mean," came Fred's reply as he wriggled his eyebrows at me. I feel I could relate to the feeling, I had returned from the Quidditch field many a time high on hormones.

Color rose in George's cheeks, which slowly spread to his entire face. He hung his face low in an attempt to hide his blush. I had never seen him blush so profusely my entire life.

"What is going on Georgie?" I whispered as Professor Sprout began the class. I needed less than a quarter of my total concentration to nail Herbology.

"Tell her Georgieeeee." Lee Jordan mocked. I had not noticed Lee standing beside us.

"I missed practice thanks to our late-night talk. I can't believe you didn't wake me up in time." He hissed into my ear. "And Wood was pissed."

"Huh?" I was so confused. "You get turned on when Wood is angry? Wow, I didn't see that coming."

Lee and Fred broke out into a fit of laughter.

"Shut the fuck up woman! It was not Wood." George spat.

Then who was it? We spend the night together cuddling, did something happen when I was asleep?

George slowly lifted his eyes from the table and looked across the room.

"Who was it?" The suspense was killing me. Never before had I seen George so speechless, the boy never hesitated to tell me anything.

His eyes were still fixed on something across the room. I traced the trajectory of his vision. It landed on none other than Katie Bell.

Oh no! This can't be happening to me. Not on the first day of school.

"What happened with Bell?" My heart rate increased, and I was losing patience. My worst nightmare was about to become reality. I had to hear it from George's mouth. It was time to rip the bandage off.

"What happened with Bell?" I repeated. George just stared at Katie the color on his face rising with each passing second.

"He is not going to tell you anything. Had to get truth serum into his system to get the details. A naked Katie Bell tried to punish him in an empty Quidditch locker room." I had heard enough.

This is a joke, right? Please tell me it is not true.

I looked up at George, clutching onto a thin thread of hope. We belonged together, how could he not see it? George's eyes were fixed on Katie. The end of his lips was curling upwards. My stomach churned. So it was true, I was about to explode. My eyes began to fill up but George was too preoccupied to even notice. My arms were shaking and my legs threatened to give up. I knew I was losing the love of my life, my best friend and there was nothing I could do.