Lie To Me

Part 43

Kit King
It had truly been the worst week of my life.
Draco was in the hospital.
Snape was on my back about learning specific charms.
Harry tried to talk to me any chance he got.
Fred broke up with me.
It was almost too much to bear.

But I could avoid Harry and I could do the charms, and Draco was recovering.
But I couldn't avoid Fred.
His letter just told me to meet him at the Three Broomsticks.
When i got there he was sat in the same booth we had sat at last time. He had a stern look on his face and barely looked at me when I got there and sat down.
"Hi?" I said and he finally looked up at me.
He wasn't himself, and in his place was someone harsh and cold.
"You have no idea what's happened do you?" He asked and I frowned.
"No."
"Our house burned down Kit."
"Oh Fred Im so sorry!" I said and covered my mouth with one hand and put my other hand on his arm. He shook my hand off.
"It was burned down by your goddamn parents Katerina!" He said raising his voice.

All I could do was stare at him with my eyes wide. I couldn't say anything. But what did I have to say? I wasn't there and had no part in it. I loved that house. It was my home last summer.
Tears pooled in my eyes and it was his turn to frown.
"Why are you crying?"
"Because I felt so at home there last summer. And I just feel so sorry for your family." I sniffled.
"Don't act like you didn't know it was going to happen." He spat and I gasped.
"Excuse me?"
"Ron told me everything. How you've been hanging round Malfoy since you've been back at school. And how you're all over him. He said that you two were probably discussing how your parents were going to burn it down."
"Draco is in the hospital did he tell you that? Did he tell you that Harry was the one that put him there because he used a spell that cut Draco open? I said to all of you I didn't want him hurt. Of course I'm going to be worried about him! Harry's had it out for him since day one." I said.
"Why do you care about Malfoy?"
"Because he understands having parents like mine. He understands and experiences what I go through." I said.
"Well Ron says-"
"Ron has been trying to break us up since we started dating!"
"It's too big of a coincidence that you and Malfoy get friendly again just as your parents burn our house down. Ron thinks it and he's my brother and I believe him." He said and I sat there with tears in my eyes and my mouth hung open.
"Draco and I aren't friendly! I haven't spoken to him!"
"I'm ending this Kit. I can't be with you knowing that you could have been involved and especially knowing that your parents go around burning innocent peoples houses." He said before standing up and walking out without another word.
All I could do was sit there and watch him leave. I looked around and there were people watching me. I wiped away the tears and stood up from the booth.
"Nosey gits." I said at the group that were watching.

I marched all the way back to Hogwarts tears streaming down my face.
I didn't stop the tears from coming.
How dare he.
How dare he lie.
How dare he ruin the best thing in my life.
As I got back to the castle I knew my eyes were red and my hands were shaking and I knew people were watching me.
But I didn't care.
They could watch all they wanted.
They weren't in the great hall so the next logical place was the Gryffindor common room.

I got to the common room and grabbed a young Gryffindor student by his robes.
"Let me in." I demanded.
"B-but you're a Slytherin." The boy stammered.
"Let. Me. In. Now." I said and the boy nodded before saying the password.
The door flew open and I let go of him before marching inside.
I scoured the room and spotted the three sat there in the corner on armchairs.
"Kit? How did you-" Hermione began as I reached them. Not that I let her finish.
I grabbed Ron's tie and pulled his face closer to mine.
"Kit!"
"How dare you. How dare you lie to him like that. You know Draco and I weren't close at the time of your house burning. And you bloody well know that I had nothing to do with it! How dare you make him think that I did!" I cried.
"Kit calm down." He said with wide eyes.
"You lied! You're a liar! You've taken away the one person that actually gave me light in my life!" I yelled.
I felt a hand grab the back of my jumper and start to pull me away, but I held on to his tie.
"Don't you get that I love him?" I cried before letting go of his tie.
I turned and saw that it was Snape dragging me out of the common room.
But I didn't care.
I had said what I needed to say.
If any of them came near me I would curse them.