Jo's PoV:

TW: Reference to suicide/abuse

Amazing. I was about to be "outed" by the only other queers (to my knowledge) in school.

Fan freakin' tastic.

Maybe I could pull a Hannah Baker and just end this hot mess.

"Jo!" Oh no. It was that annoying chick, Elise, from yesterday.

I turned around, giving her my best, "what do you want?" Face.

"Jo, do you wanna walk with me to Potions?" No, I'd hate to.

"Sure, I'd love to." I said monotonously.

"Great. Let's go," I trudged behind her. "Jo! You know what Slughorn does when we're late!"

"No, I don't. What happens?"

"Uh, 15 points from your house! Now pick up your feet and go!"

We dashed down the halls, and into the lower level where Potions was held. And Elise was right, Slughorn threatened to take away points, but due to her fantastic negotiation, we were off the hook. We took seats next to each other.

"Okay class, although this is an advanced potion, you are an advanced class, so today, we are going to take a crack at Amortentia. Now, could anyone tell me what that is?"

Some random kid from my house got it right, and we had to open our textbooks and begin making the potion. Elise was a potion whiz, and made it perfectly on her second try.

"Smells like, rose perfume," she paused and took another sniff. "The smell after rain, and fresh tortillas."

"Lemme smell it." I leaned in and took a whiff. "Chinese takeout, mint shampoo, and trees."

  Elise snorted next to me.

  "What??" I exclaimed rather loudly, catching the attention of Professor Slughorn's glare.

  "It's just...Jay uses Peppermint Shampoo." She said, grinning.

  "Stop playing. We both know that I'm not in love with him." I was mad. How dare she ship me with a boy I don't even know!

  She raised her eyebrow, still doing that funny little smirk. "I ship it."

  "God, no!"

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  On our way to the library, our go to spot to hang out with friends, Elise teased me about liking Jay. "You're in love! No homo." She giggled. That giggle is freaking annoying.

  We passed a bathroom with a tipsy sounding girl singing/yelling, "I wanna dance with somebody!" (WINK WINK maybe I'll put some recognizable characters in here ;) ) And we laughed at her, and I felt slightly thankful to finally have someone to make fun of drunk girls with.

  As we approached the library, someone called to Elise, "Looking fine! You should smile!" She stopped dead in her tracks.

  What happened next was a blur. Elise drew her wand, marched over to the Slytherin catcaller, and pressed her chestnut wand against his neck. "What did you say?!"

  "Ya know, smiling would look real nice-" he began, but she yelled some sort of spell, and the boy was propelled backward, into a stone wall. Elise marched off triumphantly, not waiting for me to catch up.

  "Not bad, Ellie." I said, using a nickname that had popped into my mind.

  A look of terror grew on her face, and I saw tears welling in her eyes. "Do not call me Ellie."

  I frowned. "Why not? Elise?" I called after her, but she'd sprinted into the nearest bathroom. Unfortunately, Hogwarts didn't have gender-neutral bathrooms, so I usually had to pretend to be one gender, like put on girly makeup. But in this circumstance, I just dashed into the Women's bathroom.

  I heard her mournful sobs, but Elise had locked herself in a stall. "Elise? Please let me in." I pleaded.

  "Why should I? I don't even care anymore! Just-just go tell the rest of our friends that I'm not coming today."

  And so I walked out of the bathroom, and turned the corner to the library, where I found Jay and Laura sitting there, reading a large book. "Guys, it's Elise, she's in a bathroom, crying because I called her Ellie."

  The two looked at each other and frowned. "Why's (666 WORDS!) that?"

  "I haven't the slightest idea."

SHE'S JUST
Elise in the Bathroom, Elise in bathroom at Hogwarts...
Sorry for a bit of a cliffhanger, new chapter will be out super soon. Sorry again for so many references, there will be plenty more.

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