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Pardon My French

Harry's Point Of View

December 9th

Who is he?
Why is Gynie being so surprised?
Do they know each other?
Why is she holding on to my hand so tightly?
Is she OK?
Is she scared?
Is she furious?
What is happening?
Why is Elizabeth looking at me that way?
Did she know about Gyns and I?
Did she know I was here?
Why is nobody saying anything?

A indefinite amount of questions are going through my mind, all being left unanswered.  The only thing that I can do is to look at them, because I don't understand a single thing of what is going on.  My eyes run from one to another, but after what seems like a long moment of awkward silence, Gyns steps towards Mark and gets on the tip of her toes to kiss his cheeks.

"Virginie?  Est-ce que je peux te parler un moment?"  I think Elizabeth asks her sister to talk and, by the way she pursues her lips and the gaze she gives her, it hints me it wouldn't be a good idea.

Gynie isn't acting naturally and I would give everything to be in her head right now.  She looks at me furtively and I know something is definitely wrong.  I need to do something.  I can't just stay on the sidelines.

"Gynie and I were actually going to take a walk in the forest, do you want to join?"  I ask to be polite, but I want to be alone with her to discuss what just happened.

She looks at me again, visibly overwhelmed, but she plays along with me.  She snuggles back to my side and I shield her shoulders with my arm.  Why wouldn't she want to discuss privately with her sister if something is wrong?  I have no clue what is the issue here, but I know Gyns and, by the way she bites the inside of her cheeks, it means something is bothering her.

Mark and her sisters stay silent and look at each other.  Even though I feel like Mark would actually take my offer, one glance at his girlfriend makes them ultimately shake their heads.  I smile to both of them and I quickly tug on Gyns' hand to hurry some privacy and explanations.

We put on our boots and coat and I pull her outside with me.  I tug her hand as she seems still in shock of what happened inside, barely moving if I wasn't guiding her.  But what actually went on inside? 

I walk into the woods, not knowing where I'm going at all.  But a quick look back to the house makes me stop when I know they can't see us from the inside.  I turn around to look at Gynie, lost in her own head, her eyes looking everywhere without focusing on anything.  Her mind seems to be running a million miles an hour and I worry about interrupting her, but I really want to know what is going on.

She turns her back to me and paces quickly and nervously, making lots of steps on the snow, melting under the feet.  She is getting into her own head, poisoning her thoughts.  She sighs loudly quite a few times until I realise that they are actually quiet sobs.

"I can't believe she would do something like that to me. I can't believe it. She is such a bitch. She is a selfish traitor that betrayed every sister/girl code on earth. I can't believe this is real. This is a joke. It must be. Why wouldn't have Mom told me about this? This is crazy..."

"Hey, hey..." I murmur softly to the horrible things she says about her sister. "That's not a way to talk about your sister. Whatever it is that she did, we both know you don't mean that..."

"Well, pardon my French, Harry, because, right now, I hate her. I really do. I fucking hate her.  I have this raging fire inside of me that just makes me want to scream. God!  I can't believe she would stoop this low.  She is a fucking traitor and an awesome manipulator.  Don't you dare fall for her charm!  She has her way to get under my skin, but that's just disrespectful.  I already have enough to stress about in my life as it is, I definitely did not need that."