First duel (Merula Snyde x Slytherin female reader)

Breakfast

It was a beautiful Saturday morning. The weather was perfect, I had all my homework finished, and was ready for a nice Merula-free day. I got dressed and went to the Grand Hall for something to eat.
Rowan caught up with me and we ate breakfast together. She wasn't being annoying today, so I could tolerate her. I was still thinking about why Merula was always so mean. It couldn't have just been because her parents were in Azkaban... Something was missing.
I saw something from across the table. It was Merula. All the way in the end of the table with Emo-God Ismelda and Dumb-Bunny Barnaby.
Today, for some reason, Merula looked great. Something about her was so stunning to me.
"You don't like her," I told myself. "You hate her. All you do is HATE her..."
I guess what I said wasn't in my head because Rowan had asked, "Huh?"
"Nothing." I said briefly.
Rowan continued her long talk about trees. My head had been so filled with Merula lately. Everything was about her. Maybe just talking to her would be nice for once? Just so I could see why she was rude. Not to just gaze in to her magenta eyes and have a laugh.
I just realized the Quidditch tryouts were today at 12:00. I wasn't gonna tryout, but I wanted to watch. I finished breakfast and went down to the dormitory to chill for a bit, then I went down to the Quidditch stands. Today were the tryouts for Slytherin beaters.
I watched the tryouts. The first beater hit a bludger across the whole entire pitch. Hopefully she was chosen for the team. The fifth person who tried out for beaters had superb aim. He hit it directly at the target. When he did that, I heard someone yell,
"WOOO!"
I looked over and saw it was no other than Merula, again.
"Why're you rooting for that beater?" I yelled across the stands. Merula completely ignored me. I asked the question again.
"He's better than anyone else, (last name)." She called out.
I wanted to wait until I could talk to Merula in the dormitory. I wanted to see what was really up with her, and if we could become potential friends... And maybe even more.