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Chapter 11: Breakaway
A/n: Here's a short chapter for you, a little fluffiness between two characters. And I know you're probably guessing who, but don't jump to conclusions yet. The song is by Kelly Clarkson, called Breakaway. Hence the title of the chapter.
A/n: Normally, I would use italics for lyrics of songs, but I can't figure out why when I use a lot of italics it makes the rest of my chapter in italics. So for now, the lyrics are in bold.
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The common room cleared out slowly, everyone started to go to bed. Pretty soon Julia was the only person left in the common room. She wandered around, looking for something to occupy her time. She stumbled across a wizard's equivalent to a muggle CD player that someone had left, along with his or her CDs. Julia looked through the selections, seeing what variety this person owned. Then she came across one CD that she owned. Yes, she owned muggle CDs, mostly presents from her grandfather, who was obsessed with muggle objects. Julia put the CD in the player and pushed play so the first track would play. The music started up and she turned it down low enough so no one could hear it, but loud enough so she could hear it. She began to sing along with the song, closing her eyes and pretending like she was singing in front of thousands of people.
Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I just stared out my window
Dreaming of a could-be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray
Trying not to reach out
But when I'd try to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I pray
I could breakaway
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes `til I touch the sky
I'll make a wish
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget all the ones that I love
I'll take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jet plane, far away
And breakaway
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes `til I touch the sky
I'll make a wish
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget all the ones that I love
I'll take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Someone heard her singing, though he didn't know who it was. He got out of bed and went downstairs to the common room where he saw Julia pick up a quill and used it as a microphone. He sat down on the last step and crossed his arms across his knees and smiled as he watched her sing.
Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging around wild indoors
Maybe I don't know where they'll take me but
Gotta keep moving on, moving on
Fly away, breakaway
I'll spread my wings
And I'll learn how to fly
Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye
I gotta take a risk
Take chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget the place I come from
I gotta take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway, breakaway, breakaway. Julia loved that song; she always thought it fit her perfectly. She
always wanted to breakaway from her large family, go out into the world and make something of herself. She turned and
jumped for she had seen who was watching her. She put her hand to her chest and snapped,
"Blake James Potter, you frickin' scared the hell outta me! What are you doing down here?"
"Ok, easy with my real name here, you want people to find out who we are? And I'm sorry I scared you. I heard singing, and thought I'd go see who it was." Julia took a deep breath and exhaled.
"Is this what you do by yourself, sing for an invisible audience?" Blake said, teasingly.
"Shut up. Don't make fun of me."
"I'm sorry. I'm not making fun of you. You actually have a nice voice." Julia smiled halfheartedly.
"Yeah right." She shut the CD player off and sat down on the couch in front of the fire. Blake got up and sat beside her and turned to face her.
"No, seriously. You do, the song was pretty."
"Thank you," Julia said softly. She looked up at Blake, who was still looking at her. She yawned and leaned her head on his shoulder. He put his arm around her and they sat looking at the dying fire. Blake put his hand below Julia's chin and tilted her head up. They both leaned in, and were inches away from a kiss, but someone cleared their throat. Julia sat up quick and they tried to look like nothing was going to happen. They looked to see who cleared their throat and saw it was Hermione, returning from wherever she was at. Both Blake and Julia blushed and stood up and Blake bid both women good night and headed for the boys' staircase. Later that night, when Julia was sure all the girls in her dorm were asleep, she went over to her best friend's bed and pulled back the curtains. She shook Lily awake, and being a light sleeper, woke up without any trouble. She turned over and rubbed her eyes.
"What time is it?" she said sleepily.
"Still dark. It's two o'clock."
"What do you want?" Julia took a seat at the foot of Lily's bed, while Lily sat up.
"You know what the weirdest thing was that just happened?" Julia whispered.
"What?"
"I almost kissed your brother."
"You what?"
"I almost kissed your brother."
"Why?"
"I don't know, it was just a moment thing. It was weird. We were sitting in the common room in front of the fire, and I was leaning against him, and then we just, almost kissed."
"Why didn't you? What stopped you?" Julia leaned around the open curtain at Hermione's bed, saw she was asleep, and dropped her voice to a softer whisper.
"Your mother walked in." Lily laughed softly. Julia laughed too.
"I guess it's the irony of it all. Even when we're back in time your mum still walks in on her son about to kiss a girl. But anyways, that's all I wanted to tell you, so go back to sleep."
"Hey, so what is this then? Are you two…official or something or what?"
"I don't know. I'll figure it out later. I'll let you know."
"Ok. Good night, Jules."
"Yeah, see you in a couple hours, Lils."
A/n: Here's a short little fluffy chapter for y'all. I had planned from the beginning that these two would have a "moment" such as Julia put it. It doesn't resolve the cliffie, but don't worry, it's in the next chapter, I promise you!! So that's what'll get you to review, cliffies!! I should put more in!! (*Gets prepared to duck flying objects thrown from readers*) Joking!! Hope you enjoyed this chapter, please review!!!
Husker-fan-2006
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