((Closed `till Rheese joins!))
Stacey say out by the Lake. Her arms were wrapped around the knees and her short hair blew around her face from the wind. She had asked Rheese to meet her out here; he had been gone a long time and she wanted to know why.
She really wanted to talk to him. He had been one of her best friends. Right before he left it had almost become more than that, but that was then, and this was now. Her eyes glimmered blu eas she heard footsteps.
Rheese was a wreck at the moment. Earlier thet day Stacey asked him to meet her out here by the lake and he knew why....she wanted some answers.As he got closer to the lake he saw her sitting there. Before he went out he made sure he had his story striaght. He snuck down there as best as he could and covered her eyes and said"Guess who!"
Stacey smiled and pretended to not know who covered her eyes. "Uhm... Jackie?" She asked, saying the first name she thought of. She pulled out of Rheese`s hold and turned to smile at him, her eyes bright blue.
"What took you so long?" She asked.
"Oh uhm...I was uhm....taking a nap you see and I woke up and remembered I was supposed to come down here yes that's what took me so long."Rheese said trying to cover up his lateness with a really lame excuse."So why did you ask me to come down here?"Rheese asked as if he didn't know.
Stacey could feel that the reason he gave wasn`t the true reason he was late, but she didn`t want to start off pushy. "I wanted to know why you disappeared, Rheese." She said softly after a moment. "You just disappeared. I didn`t know what happened to you. You could have been dead." Her voice slowly sped up a little.
"Do you remember the last time we spoke to each other and how I told you that my mother died and why I was a first year instead of a third?"Rheese asked remembering every single thing that happened. Stacey was the only person Rheese had told during his earlier time at Hogwarts.
Stacey nodded slowly. She was a fifth year now; fifteen years old, and engaged. She pursed her lips and looked at Rheese, her eyes full of questions. "You were gone for two years, Rheese." She said, swallowing a lump in her throat.
A tear rolled down his cheek as Stacey said it. He quickly wiped it away and continued the story."Well with my dad at work all the time my younger brothers had no one to watch them all day he only hoped that no one would find them.Well my mom was an auror that put many dark wizards away. First they got her then they got Zach the youngest of my brothers."This time Rheese started sniffling and more tears started rolling down his face."So dad asked me to come home without hesitation I went by the time I got there it was to late the muggle police had found him dead in an abandoned house. So after that my dad went utterly mad and the authorities put him in St.Mungo's. With Collin only eight it was my decision what would happen to him. I had no other option to put him in an orphanage where he would hopefully find a new family."Rheese fell to his knee's crying uncontrollably." I'm so sorry Stacey please forgive me?" Rheese said and with that he started to run to the forest....
Stacey was standing in an instant, she followed Rheese into the trees. She took him by the shoulders and hugged him tightly.
"It`s okay, Rheese, it`s okay. You don`t have to apologize about things like that. I understand; my dad was in the Order and everyone on his side of the family was killed, except him. Rheese, it`s okay."
She began rubbing his back as she spoke. Her voice was soft and her eyes were glassy with tears.
With everything Stacey had said he knew he was going to be okay somehow as long as Stacey was there he would be okay."Stacey I know you had to be worried but I had so much on my mind I just wasn't thinking." Rheese said in a sorry tone of voice.He started to calm down more and then asked." Well now that I've told my story it's your turn whats happened with you in the last two years?"
Stacey froze, her left hand withing veiw. She took a small step back and took a deep breath. She wrapped her hands together, hiding her engagement ring. "Well, Rheese... I`m engaged." She lifted her left hand now.
Rheese stood there with his mouth open in shock. He was happy for her, but he also felt jealousy creeping up inside him. He quickly forgot about and said. "Oh my god thats....thats amazing I'm so happy for you Stacey!" Rheese said with excitement."Who's the lucky guy?"
Stacey gave a small smile. "Aiden Gray." She felt bad; before Rheese had gone, she had really thought that they would be more than friends. But then things happened...
"Yea..." She said softly, lowering her hand.
Rheese saw how Stacey had gone from excited to almost sad. Rheese knew what she was thinking ,but did not bring it up. "Stacey whats wrong you should be happy".Rheese said with excitement
Stacey`s smile got bigger. "I am happy, I got one of my best friends back." Her eyes lightened a little.
Rheese smiled a little he didn't know if it was because of what Stacey said or because she had believed every single thing of the lie he told. He had to admit the crying was real when she brought it up,but he thought she would catch him at the lie at how he recovered so quickly but she didn't. Rheese knew that she could not learn the truth now that she was engaged or it would end her relationship with this Aiden. Rheese went to go give her a hug , but hen saw the ring and instead held out his hand for her to shake it, "Thanks Stacey you've been a lot of help".
Bucky saw a boy sitting with Stacey and thought he was kissing her from the door to the entrance to Hogwarts castle,Bucky ran up to the two and grabbed Rheese by the scruff of the neck and said "Back of pal this chick is engaged" and through him back into the forest.
((Bucky, shut up and quit posting in another person`s personal subject.))
Stacey smiled. She could tell something wasn`t right, but she didn`t say anything. She shook his hand, wondering what was up with the formal act. "I`m glad t help you, Rheese, you`ve been a great friend to me for a long time."
"Ya so whats Aiden like?" Rheese asked curiously
(It never said it was personal maybe you should write it before you go telling me of)
Stacey shrugged. "He`s perfect." She said simply, remembering the last night before Rheese left.
"Well Stacey instead of standing around here all night you wanna go do something? Has anything changed? I have been gone for a while." Rheese asked looking at her with curiousity.
Stacey smiled crookedly. "I haven`t changed a bit. What do you want to do?" She asked.
"Not you you crazy person the people. Have there been any questions about where I went because I don't want to go back up to the castle and everybody hate me."Rheese said laughing
Stacey smiled. "Actually, not very many people noticed you were gone." She said softly. "I did, of course, but other than me there were only a few other people." Her voice trailed off as she got rarther along.
"Stacey there's something wrong your not acting the way you used to what's wrong? Is it me do you want me to go?!" Rheese was starting to raise his voice. It killed him to do this, but it had to be done.
"No!" Stacey exclaimed. Reflexivly, she reached out and put her hand on his arm. "Please, don`t go. You just got here." Her voice got softer. "You don`t know what I`ve bben through since you left to take take of your family." Her eyes turned a dark grey. "I have changed a lot in some ways. But I am still the same inside."
"Well what's wrong with you you've been acting strange ever since I told you."Rheese said in a loud voice. He threw his arm away from her grasp and waited for an answer.
Stacey tilted her head. "I haven`t been acting weird, Rheese, I`ve just gotten a little more mature. You have no clue what I`ve been through since you left."