"Hey, what's wrong?" Jake asked. "Why're you crying?", he added. "I'm not crying.", I replied annoyed. Why couldn't he just ignore me like Lola or Ashlee. Why was he so...observant? "Hey, you can tell me, you know?", He said. That was not how I expected things to go. He wasn't telling me why he was avoiding me so why was he expecting me to open up? So, I stayed quiet and decided to fix my hair. I tied them up, trying to make Jake give up. I so not wanted to reply. "Hey, answer.", He said, a tinge of impatience in his voice. Should I tell him about the deal or not? I was almost about to tell him but then bit my lips. He couldn't know. Not if he wanted a nice life."It's nothing, really. I'm worried, and I'm just looking out for you.", I replied lying. I felt ashamed about hiding things from him when he had been so kind but I cared for him, though I would never admit it. "Yes, but why were you crying, exactly?", he repeated the question. I felt like shutting him up but controlled myself. "None of your business", I replied curtly. "I'm going then.", he said turning to go. I so wanted to tell him about my birthday but then again, He wouldn't be able to come. After having a quick debate in my head, I replied with an "Okay, okay, I'm sorry, just come back." I rolled my eyes, I didn't want him to ever think like I cared a lot."Whatever. I am gonna go to the Burrow after a week or two to celebrate my birthday with my family-", I began to say but Jake cut me off. "Oh, Ron's home?" I just nodded. If only he would let me talk. "Oh." I said. "Do you think I could come too-", and I had enough. Here I was, going till the limit to save his life and he was ruining it totally. I slapped him, not too hard though. "You idiot! Your father-you'll get in trouble again!", I said, changing my sentence mid-way. "Father won't disown me though. He needs me to be a-I mean, I'm still his son, so yeah. He can shout at me, he can hurt me, he can do the hell whatever he wants to. It won't bother me a bit, he's always like that-", he began to say. "Why do you want to go to his house anyway?", I asked confused. " Firstly, Ron's my friend. Second, Harry's there, isn't he? I would like to see them again. Also, you just mentioned that it was your birthday.", he replied. I might have just turned red at that moment. How could I zone out that fast? I thought. "Oh, Alright.", I said trying to play cool. Great, he had not noticed my embarrassment. "It's not my fault if you get disowned though", I said. Even though I had said fine, I was making sure he was not coming to the Burrow. Only Ron knew that I was at Malfoy Manor, and if I arrived there with Jake, Harry would want to get back at me so bad and I did not want to get in that situation.
