Consuming Darkness: Sebastian Sallow

Chapter 60

-Ronnie-

   "Do you guys know which homework assignment was due for Professor Weasley today?" I asked not looking up from the paper I was working on.

   "There is nothing due today," Natty replied. "But that's because there is a quiz tomorrow."

   "All this studying is going to kill me!" Finn moaned next to Natty and fell forward on his book dramatically.

   I chuckled and took a bite of the blueberry muffin I had on my plate. The copious amounts of homework had been a welcome distraction these last few days. I hadn't seen Sebastian in two days, which was odd considering I, unintentionally, had most of my days filled with activities that involved him, including class, meals, and our common room. He hadn't been at practice yesterday either. I took another bite of my muffin and looked toward the Slytherin table to see Ominis walking our way. I had also not talked to Ominis since the meeting with the Keepers. He had said he'd wanted space, and I was trying to respect that.

   That was something else I needed to worry about... I needed to figure out where the relic was. Maybe it was helpful that I had detention on Friday?

   "Good morning," Ominis greeted.

   "Good morning," I replied with a nod. We used to be so close, and now we were offering awkward greetings.

   "Oh hello, Ominis!" Poppy smiled, sounding far less awkward than I did.

   Natty, Finn, and Garreth offered their greetings as well as he took a seat next to Garreth who immediately started a side conversation with him. I wondered if they could feel the tension between us. I had told Natty and Poppy as much as I could about what had gone down between Sebastian and me... without telling them about his affinity towards the dark arts, which meant there wasn't much I could share so they didn't really understand my anger towards him.

   I also was as honest as I could be with Poppy about Ominis, what he had said to me at the party, and that he might be 'interacting' with other girls. She was one of my best friends and I didn't want her to find out any other way. She had broken down to me and told me about how she and Ominis had been hanging out more and she thought that maybe there was something more there between them.

   It broke my heart to see her so sad. Ominis was the first guy she had ever shown any interest in. I wished that Ominis and I were still close so I could talk to him about it, and see where his head was at, but it looked like I would probably have to smack some sense into him. If he didn't plan on being with Poppy he needed to stop leading her on, not that I was going to judge what people wanted to do with their spare time but I was not about to let Ominis break Poppy's heart with no consequences.

   Despite being furious with him because of how he was choosing to navigate his personal life... I wished I could talk to Ominis about all of this, just to get a second opinion on everything, his opinion on everything. He was the only one that would really understand all of it because he knew Sebastian, and me, so well. He knew what had happened last year. We had all gone through it together. He would understand why I felt so betrayed by Sebastian's actions.

   Suddenly I felt something tap into the side of my head. I looked around and saw a paper airplane resting on top of my open textbook. I looked around but didn't see who sent it. I opened it up and recognized the loopy handwriting immediately.

Come meet me in the storage room above the Great Hall.

-S

   I rolled my eyes and crumpled the note up. He disappears for two whole days after we have a fight and now he wants me to be at his beck and call? I resumed my homework, fighting every urge to look around and find where he had sent that message from when another paper airplane lightly crashed into my head.