Week Name/Date/Time: "Lost and Found" / Sunday, November 13th, 2005 / 1:37 pm
Location: Gryffindor Common Room
Open to: Soren
Currently Involving: Jackie
Jackie thought she was over this. This depressingly-blah bludger-to-the-gut feeling that revolved around a certain seventh-year Hufflepuff. After all, it had been over three weeks since she told him her feelings, and she thought - for the most part - that she was fine. School work and quidditch, and working on her top-secret potions for the DA, kept her mind pretty focused off the subject of her heart. And though no one came out and told her this, she knew everyone thought it was 'just a crush' - and as such, she should be able to get over it fast and get back to her normally happy self. And she was. At least, she thought she was.
But today, this morning, he told her something... something that caused the feelings to resurface, the ones she had buried and thought she had moved past. He told her that he liked someone... else. And it hurt... a lot. More than she would admit.
Jackie shook her head, as she sat on the window sill in the Common Room, looking out past the colored glass and towards the grounds below. She leaned her head against her knees and just stared out, the quiet room giving her solace as most of her housemates had gone outside to enjoy the last day of the weekend. No, she told herself. She shouldn't be thinking about herself. She should be thinking about Emmy. The older girl was still missing, and Jackie was still worried. Yes, her thoughts should be on her friend and she prayed she would soon be found. She sighed. This - her feelings - were trivial. They didn't matter. She'd get over them again, and things would be fine. She sighed. If only things were that easy.