chapter fifty; be my valentine? "Just friends, hûh?"
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Lucy Reese Collins
IT'S BEEN WEEKS SINCE OUR BREAKDOWN and today it's Jo's birthday. We have both been feeling better. I walk into the great hall only to see how Lianna and Nathaniel are sitting next to each other. Those two have been getting close lately and it's not fair because Nathaniel and I kind of started dating. Yes, I am using him, but falling for him takes time. It will be fine. "Lianna, darling do you want to move a bit so I can sit down." I say when I arrive at my friends, making everyone look at us. Charles chuckles a bit because he knows what I am doing. Marking my territory. She moves clearly annoyed and I sit down next to Nathaniel. "Good morning, Nate." I smile as I lay my head on his shoulder. "Morning baby-" I look up with a hurtful look in my eyes. "Sorry, honey- I didn't mean to." He always called me baby. That word is only for him. I can feel his eyes on me, but I can't look back at him because I know people would notice it.
"So what are you going to wear to my party?" Jo laughs while looking at me. "I was thinking about a certain dress-" "I hope not the one that spend a night outside." Jo mocks me while chuckling. "No, that one came back in a different color, I don't know what happened with that." I laugh while running my hand through my hair. "Why was it outside?" "Trust me, you don't want to know." I state to Lianna who looks at me. "I am curious too, though." Nate says making me roll my eyes. Theodore who noticed laughs a bit. "Like I said, you don't want to know." I snap at him and directly after I stand. "I am sorry, I think I am going to the kitchen... Oh and happy birthday again, Jo." I say and after I walk away. Bella stands as well on the table of Slytherin, as does Cissy. We meet at the doors. "The kitchen?" "Hell yeah." I smile and the three of us leave the great hall.
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That night I am drinking some firewhiskey while my eyes search for people I know. The party is huge and almost every 5th, 6th and 7th student from Ravenclaw is here. But also some Slytherins, Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs. Someone stands next to me making me roll my eyes and finishing my drink. "Just don't drink too much, before you overdose again." "We didn't overdose on alcohol, Garfield-" "I know." I look up to him. "Did you tell anyone?" "No, of course not, but I am pretty sure Lianna told Nate." "Why would she even do that?" I whisper knowing he can hear me. "If you don't know that you are just stupid." "Wow, thanks Charles." I say as I run my hand through my hair. "She falls for him, Luce. Right now he still thinks he's all over you, but you and I both know it won't take long before he finds out that he isn't in love with you, but with Lianna and when that happens it's over." Silence. "Just remember I am there for you when it happens, you know I love you." I bite my lip and look straight in his brown eyes. "I-" "I know and I am not asking you to choose me, I know you don't feel the same." "But I do," I say quietly hoping he didn't hear me. If he did, he hid it very well. "... But it's not fair it was not her thing to tell him." He says after a small silence. "Who told who what?"
