Time for the lies to stop: Tabitha, Erik, and Kara

[Desiree']

Erik and Kara walked up to the Hufflepuff portrait hole. He looked at her and said "Take a deep breath, this will be okay."

He reached out and knocked, very loudly. He kept knocking until someone poked their head out. It was a small first or second year girl who had very bright blond hair.

"Were looking for Tabitha Angel, is she in there?" Erik asked her. He gave her a big smile. She seemed to blinked at him then returned the smile.

"I can go check to see if she's her for you." The girl said. She closed the door and Erik turned to Kara.

"You ready?"

[Katie]

Kara watched Erik's every move and then when he turned to ask her a question, she stared at him nervously.

"Nice touch there Erik,working the charm on the youngings. Add one more to Erik's Groupie List." She replied trying to be funny.

Kara then felt butterflies in her stomach. "Okay now I'm getting nervous. But I'll be alright. You're right, it's still now or never. However if you start to think that I'm going to lose it, feel free to shut me up. I'm really stubborn and can get mad easily especially dealing with this drama." She replied with a sigh.

[Desiree']

"Yeah, I thought I would charm her to get our way." Erik said laughing.

The blond girl poked her head out "I told her Erik Phantom was looking for her, and she said she would be right out." The girl said and smiled at him again.

Eirk looked at Kara and rolled his eyes. After a few more minutes Tabitha came out. She gave Erik a smile until she saw Kara and the smile slipped off her face.

"Oh, Kara, hi, I have been meaning to talk to you." Tabitha said.

[Katie]

Kara laughed at Erik admitting to using his charms. She had to admit, he was very handsome, but would never say it out loud. Besides she had Ethan and her mind would never change about him.

"Gee I wonder if that's the trick to use from now on. Just say the words of Erik Phantom and things might be interesting." She commented with a laugh.

Kara then watched Tabitha step out of the portrait hole and smile at Erik, but then frowned when she saw her. Interesting, she thought. She then raised both of her eyebrows as Tabitha told her that she wanted to talk to her.

"Oh really Tabitha? What would you like to talk to me about? Let's see we can start with the first rumor of Ethan supposedly hitting on you. Ethan would never do that to me. He loves me! Why would you make up something like that? Because admit it Tabitha it was you and no one else! Also not only have you brought Ethan, Erik and myself into this whole mess. You have brought it Carlisle. Are you doing this to ruin mine and Carlisle's friendship because you were jealous? Well congratulations, you succeeded." Kara found herself getting really mad and then took several deep breathes.

"Now start explaining Tabitha. Erik and I have all day and we are not leaving until you tell us why you would start this rumor about us, if you did. If not we want to know who you heard it from. Names and everything. This almost ruined my relationship with Ethan. Almost. Ethan believes me, thank Merlin. And tell the truth for once." Kara said very sternly at Tabitha.

Kara wanted answers and she wanted them now.

[Desiree']

Erik smiled at Kara, when she got going, she really got going!

Tabitha crossed her arms over her chest. "Okay Miss snippy, you want to know the truth? I did start the rumor of you and Erik, you shouldn't be hanging out with some guy when you have an amazing boyfriend, that you don't deserve. Ethan should be with someone like me, beautiful and smart. You are only plain and boring." Tabitha said as she glared at Kara.

"I can see that you have slipped Ethan some kind of love potion, and I shall be taking it up with the Headmaster." She said pointing at Kara.

Erik got really upset and stepped closer to Tabitha. "You are only beautiful skin deep, but what counts is inside you and it is as ugly as anything I have ever seen." Erik said angrily. "Kara is unbelievably gorgeous compared to you!"

[Katie]

Kara snorted while laughing. "Oh please Tabitha get a bloody grip on yourself. Ethan doesn't like you nor will he ever like you. And if you seriously think he'll realize how beautiful you are, dump me and then fall to his knees at your feet wanting you, then you have serious problems that need to be resolved. Don't flatter yourself Ethan will never like you and once Carlisle finds out you started it all, then he'll drop you like a fly. If it's one thing Carlisle can not stand, it's liars and you Tabitha are one. You will always do whatever you need to do to get what you want and I gurantee you something, what goes around, comes around." Kara snapped at her about Ethan.

"I may be plain and boring, but compared to you, I'm a saint. As least I don't pretend to be something I'm not. I knew you before your little 'makeover.' The old Tabitha would never hurt anyone. Nobody likes the new if you call it improved Tabitha. Nobody does." She retorted.

Kara then raised both her eyebrows as she moved a step forward towards Tabitha. "Dumbledore doesn't have time to deal with melodrama, but I dare you. Go right ahead and go to Dumbledore and tell him everything. About the lies you told. About the drama you started. And how many people have been deceived by them. Dumbledore is not stupid or deluded like you are right now Tabitha. He has more important things to do like protect all of us from Dark wizards and Death Eaters. Hell even You-Know-Who. Yeah go right ahead and when you have Ethan, Erik, myself and everyone else against you, except for Carlisle, then you'll see who you can really trust or not." She snapped getting really angry. She hadn't felt this angry in a long time.

"And for your information Tabitha, I never had to use a love potion on Ethan because we had chemistry the first day I met him! He likes plain, boring, nice girls, not girls who are full of themselves. Get over it, move on with your sad pathetic life."

Kara then towards Erik who she could tell was impressed by her. "Thank you Erik, that's nice of you. Would you like to add anything else in there?" She asked him curiously

[Desiree']

Erik smiled at her. "Very nicely done Kara, but your not plain or boring...but we'll talk about that later." He said as he rounded on Tabitha.

"I suggest you go and tell Carlisle what you did, because he will know about this, Kara, Ethan and I will tell him about what you said."

Tabitha just glared at him. "You will both be sorry!" She screamed at them. She turned around and went through the portrait hole.

"Well, what should we do about Carlisle? Should we really tell him, or let him work it out on his own? He's bound to know about her."

[Katie]

(ooc: Wow I really thought this would drawn out, but that's okay! I still love it. I really liked typing out Kara's speeches haha!)

Kara was completely shocked when Tabitha screamed at them and went back into the portrait hole. She turned to Erik when the door slammed.

"That was easy, not much of an ambush though. Damn and I had plenty more to say to her too. Now we both know she's going to run to Carlisle and tell him everything. He's in his free period right now. We should tell him, but I'm afraid he won't believe us. A part of me wants to tell him, but the other part says that he needs to find out on his own." Kara replied sighing out loud.

"I don't know Erik. Carlisle's smart, he'll be really unsure about the whole thing. As a guy what would you do?" She asked him curiously.

"By the way thanks again for sticking up for me. I know I'm plain and boring, but it came from her and that made me so mad." She replied with a low growl.

[Desiree']

Erik put his arm around Kara for a brief hug. "Of course I'll stand up for you if what she said was wrong, and she was wrong."

He sighed. "Well, it depends on how much he likes her. I mean you and Carlisle have been fighting for a while now, so he might think that your just trying to win him back and spread lies about her. I don't really know him, he might believe Tabitha over us."

[Katie]

(ooc: I got the approval of Sam to get Carlisle in there, want to still do it?)

Kara gave him a smile as she hugged him back quickly before pulling away. "Thanks Erik. I'm glad to know that I am the only one besides Ethan who thinks she's a little nuts. You know she was the one who told him about the rumor of us? Now I know that she wants him, but the great thing is I know Ethan would never get with anyone like her. He doesn't like girls like that. So that is a big relief." She replied with a laugh.

She then sighed knowing that Erik was right. "You know you're probably right about Carlisle. She's got him wrapped around her little finger and that probably he would just possibly ignore me entirely. I want to be wrong, but I don't really know anymore. It's just amazing to me that someone could manipulate another human being with feelings and brains to do whatever she wants him to do. Scary actually." Kara commented.

[Desiree']

(ooc: Of course!)

"Well I wouldn't worry about that, we will get Carlisle back from the dark side eventually." Erik said.

"You know, I never could understand how guys could change so much when their dating someone, what's the point if you can't be yourself?" Erik asked her.

[Katie]

(ooc: Sounds good, I'll bring him in)

Kara laughed. "Yeah the dark side that's funny. I hope you're right that we can. I don't want this to really ruin our friendship forever. He said it was over really when the 4 of us got into it in the Great Hall during Dinner. I'm sure you were there, the entire school was." She said groaning a bit.

"I don't get it either Erik. You're asking the wrong person. Girls change even more for guys than I could ever imagine. I told Ethan from day one, look this is who I am and I'm not going to change anything for him. I wouldn't want him to change either. I wouldn't want you, or any of my friends to change just because their partners want them too.....oh Merlin's Beard." Kara said gasping in shock.

There in front of them walking up the stairs to the Hufflepuff Common Room was Carlisle. He then glanced up and stopped shortly when he recognized Kara and Erik standing there.

[Desiree']

Erik smiled and nudged Kara gently. He would walk up to him and talk to him, but he didn't think Carlisle would appreciate that.

"It's okay Kara, go talk to him." Erik said quietly in her ear.

He stood back up and smiled at Carlisle and walked over to him. "Hi, it's nice to offically meet you, I'm Erik." He said sticking his hand out.

[Katie]

Kara took a deep breathe as she watched Carlisle raise both of his eyebrows as he walked towards them.

"Erik...." She whispered to him gently before he reassured her it would be fine to talk to him. She knew Carlisle, Erik didn't.

She then watched with wide eyes as Erik walked up to Carlisle.

Carlisle kept his eyebrows raised, why would Kara and Erik Phantom be together outside of the Hufflepuff portrait. Well here was his chance to find out. "Hello Erik, I'm Carlisle Butler." He said introducing himself to Erik as he shook Erik's outstretched hand.

He then turned towards Kara. "Hello Kara." He said.

Kara took a deep breathe and let it out her nose. "Hi Carlisle." She said softly turning to Erik with a nervous look on her face.

Carlisle glanced at both of them. "What is going on with you two? Is the rumor actually true Kara?" He asked them curiously.

Kara's eyes went wide. "We're just friends Carlisle, since when did you start listening to rumors? I love Ethan, I would never hurt him unlike some people." She commented.

"Oh don't start with me Kara, why are you two outside the Hufflepuff portrait door?" He asked curiously looking at Erik for answers.

[Desiree']

Erik could hear the coldness in Carlisle's voice, but he wouldn't get mad at him, because he wasn't in the right mind since Tabitha was poisoning his mind with trash.

"Well actually Carlisle, I know we don't really know each other, but since this whole ordeal, I thought I might get involved and help." Erik said with a sigh.

He looked at Kara and she seemed to give him a little nod. "The rumors are not true about us. Kara just happen to stumble upon me when I was recovering from a broken heart, and she befriended me, and has helped me a lot. I have gotten to know Ethan, and he is a good guy."

Erik took another deep breath. "Were here to talk to you, about something important. Kara only has your best interest in mind, and we both have something to tell you about Tabitha."