Harry Potter : Next Generation

Chapter 22 Rose

Any normal girl would've been ecstatic at the end of June, summer hols were only a few days away and all OWLS and classes were over. I, however, was no normal girl. I was not out laying by the Black Lake with my friends because I was a little preoccupied with sobbing into my pillow after he broke up with me. You know who. Actually, considering the fact that my entire family literally fought against the real "you know who" I guess you don't... know who. Anyways, Damien had broken up with me immediately after we finished with our testing and at first, the crying had started because I hadn't understood why. We'd been spending even more time together lately leading up to the exams. We were constantly studying together... and then I realized. Studying. I was a Ravenclaw, Damien was failing most of his classes. In all honesty, I don't know what I'd ever seen in him, I mean I've always been more into the smart, slightly nerdy type. It didn't take much thought to put two and two together. He was using me, he had been the whole time (well, hopefully not the whole time but I'd be foolish to think otherwise since I had no reason to give him the benefit of the doubt) . In reality I was just his tutor whom he got to snog on the side. And I'd fallen for it! I had thought I was smarter than that, or at least smarter than him, but in the end I'd fallen for his stupid little act.

When he broke up with me, he claimed he needed to focus on his life now. That he was graduating Hogwarts and I would still be here and it would just be too hard. When I told him we could at least stay together over the summer he said he was trying to get a job early. He said that he was confident that he could get a great job now since I'd helped him so much and he was sooo thankful. Thankful my arse! Sure he was thankful, thankful my family and I didn't figure it out before he took his NEWTS. So as much as I wasn't normally one for revenge, he had it coming now. Did I mention my family knows a lot of people?

"Rose?" I heard Melanie's voice from outside my four poster bed, "we know you're in there. Do you want to talk?"

"I'm fine. Really" I told her.

"Rosie, we can hear you in there, and we know you're not fine." Alyssa said.

"Fiiiiine" I groaned, "come on in." I opened the curtains just a crack for them to crawl onto my bed.

"Rosie what happened?" Iris asked as Alyssa curled up next to me on my bed and lay her head on my shoulder. I giggled.

"What?" Alyssa asked, confused.

"Nothing" I assured her, "it's just that, Albus always tells me that you like your personal space and don't like PDA, but whenever you're with us you're always laying or leaning on somebody."

Alyssa blushed. "Sorry."

"Anyways" Melanie interrupted, "don't avoid the question Rosie."

"He broke up with me" I told them, "and I think he was just using me to get his grades up. He said something about it being hard since I would still be in school for two years, but if you think about it, he only asked me out after I attacked him on New Years."

"Well he must've liked you at least a little bit" Alyssa attempted to reassure me, "otherwise wouldn't he have just asked for tutoring?"

"Logically yes Lyss, but I'm sure he didn't mind getting snogged on the side, by a Weasley no less" Melanie reasoned.

"Wow thanks guys" I said sarcastically, "that was really reassuring."

"Sorry Rosie" Alyssa said , "you know I have a hard time with that, but really, I do believe that  he must've liked you at least a little bit. We all thought there was something there.

"I'm okay though" I told them, "really. And I love that you guys want to help, it means a lot."

Sorry guys didn't realize this was so short. I'll do at least one more chapter though hopefully that will make up for it.

"Of course" Alyssa said to me, "And whenever you need us, we'll be there, no matter what."