Liberosis (A Marauders Era Fanfiction)

Nine

I jerk myself awake with tears streaming down my face . Another nightmare. Go figure. I pull myself out of bed and grab a jacket and my wand and head out. I know where I'm going. I walk out of the common room rubbing my eyes. I finally reach the top of the astronomy tower still sniffling.

"Elly is that you" I heard a familiar voice say. "Oh no what's wrong come here" Reg says pulling me into his chest. I start sobbing from a combination of my dream and the fact that I hadn't realized how much I missed Reg till I was in his arms. When I stopped crying he sat me down and asked again what was wrong.

"I just had a nightmare" I said looking down.

"but you were pretty much better once you got here you didn't start crying till you hugged me" he said pushing my hair out of my face.

"I miss you" I said my voice breaking when I said it. He pulled me to him again.

"I'm right here now Elly I'm so sorry I haven't been recently but it's for both of our safety" Reg said. "I will try my best to be around more but I don't want you in danger because of me you're in enough danger from still hanging around with my cousin" he said.

"I talked to Cissy about it and told her I didn't want to be involved and that was true but I just miss you all so much you're like my family and I'm losing you" I said "Plus Bella won't even talk to me anymore she refuses to associate with me because of me being a blood traitor" I finished.

"Don't mind what Bella says right now she's in a weird place it's like she's been brainwashed" he stopped to think for a second "scratch that she has been brain washed they are trying to do it to me and Cissy too but we have held onto the good, my brother taught me better than that and Cissy is too strong to be swayed"

"Then why are you two pretending, you could go to Dumbledore he would help you, protect you, you could come live with me or go to the Potters like your brother" I almost begged.

"It's not that simple Elly, we don't have it as easy as Sirius did he could just leave and be free of it all, with us being Slytherin we would be tortured everyday in our house, we could get away for summers to one of your houses but what about the rest of the year when we have to deal with death eaters in the making trying their best to kill us any time a teachers not around" he said quietly. I could here the desperation in his voice like he so badly wanted to take my advice but knew he couldn't.

"I understand that Reg but please promise me to continue to see the light don't let them corrupt you. Maybe once you leave Hogwarts you could come live with me and then you wouldn't have to worry about any of it, we could run away to America or something" I said making us both laugh.

"Okay enough with the heavy stuff lets talk about you and my brother" he said smiling a knowing smile.

"Oh my god I swear if one more person asks me about my relationship with one of those boys I am going to move to mars" I said rolling my eyes and letting my head hit the ground as I fell back.

"At least I only asked about one of them" Reg said laughing and laying back beside me.

"Only because you want me and him together so you will be my brother" I said poking him in the side.

"Okay first of all I'm already your brother and second of all I will always be team Sirena" Reg said serious on the first part and pretending to be on the second. "Now spill what's been going on with you two lately" he asks.

"Nothing really" I say. 

"You mean to tell me there has been no confessions of love since we last spoke" he says.

"Well what do you expect I've told you a thousand times we're just friends" I say.

"You know that there's more than that going on you just can't admit it to yourself, friends don't call each other love and get upset when you are all over other guys, whether or not you love him he is in love with you El you would have to be blind to not see it" he says.

"Then I guess I'm blind because I don't see it" I say. "Anyway what about you any people catching your eye" I ask.

"Nope" he says quickly blushing.

"Oh yes there is spill now" I say rolling over onto my side and propping myself up on my elbow.

"Okay fine, so there is this guy" he starts I squeal a little he gives me a look and I nod for him to continue, "His names Asher he's a Hufflepuff, we have Care of Magical Creatures together" he says acting like that's all he's gonna say.

"I think I know him isn't he that blonde that's always hanging around the Black Lake" I ask and he nods "Oh he's cute do you know if he likes guys" I ask.

"I think he does, it sometimes seems like he's flirting with me but he does have sort of a playful personality so I can't really tell" Reg says looking distraught.

"Well I'm sure he already is head over heels for you then, what do you like about him" I ask.

"Like you said he's cute, well I would say more like dreamy, and he's funny and sweet and I am always so excited to see him I could talk to him for hours and not get bored" he says with a far off look in his eyes.

"Oh so you're like in love, wow" I say and he hits my arm.

"I didn't say that" he says.

"You didn't have to your expression did for you. It's okay though from what I can tell he seems like a good guy. So when are you gonna make your move" I ask pushing his arm playfully.

"When you make a move on my brother" he deadpans.

I laugh, "You really don't give up do you, well that's never gonna happen so I guess you'll die alone" I say.

"Nope my money's on you being together by the end of seventh year, I would say sooner but you're both so stubborn plus those other two may get in the way some" he says.

"Okay that's it I'm done with this conversation good luck with Asher I'm going to bed" I say giving him a hug and walking off. On my way back to the common room I start thinking about what he said. Of course I don't like Sirius. We may act like a couple sometimes but I'm that way with most of my guy friends. The more I think about it the more angry I get. Why do people always put their expectations on me. They want me to be with this guy or that one or no one. Can't I decide who I like without people trying to tell me. As I finally reach the common room I run into someone. I look up and see Sirius. Are you fucking kidding me.

"Hi love what are you up to" he asks me pushing my hair out of my face. I push his hand away.

"Don't touch me and don't call me that we're not a couple stop acting like it" I say my voice shaking with anger. I see something in his eyes break and he starts to tear up a little.

"Okay fine give me back my jacket then" he says his voice also shaking though I can't tell if its with anger or sadness. I rip the jacket off of me and shove it into his arms then turn and storm up the stairs to the girls dorms. It takes everything in me not to slam the door behind me but I don't want to wake up the other girls.

Maybe I shouldn't have been so harsh but he needs to understand that we aren't a couple. Almost all of my guy friends act like we are dating and I just feed into it. I need to stop because someone's just gonna end up hurt. 

A/N: I hope you like this chapter. I debated on whether to leave the fight in because it wasn't planned but I decided that I should because it does fit well with the story. If you want check back in on the playlist I update it a lot. Thanks for reading!