Chapter 8: Year 4

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"It seems vicious."

"It probably is. It's a bloody dragon after all."

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Stunningly beautiful.

Those were the two single words Pugsy kept shrieking in disbelief every time she read over Rita Skeeter's article about Potter.

"Well, she is," Daphne said, defending our mutual acquaintance.

Although I think Daphne considers her our friend.

Some time had passed since that Potions class. Potter had left near the beginning to get photographed and interviewed along with the other champions.

"Where? Enlighten me!" Pugsy shrieked.

"Everywhere you lack it. Which is everywhere." I smirked.

Pugsy aggressively rolled her eyes at me. "Whatever," she muttered.

Not much has changed since the article came out. Weasel still refused to talk to Potter while the girls have tried forcing them to talk to each other. Obviously, they've failed.

Potter's first task was nearing which had Lia nervously fidgeting every day now. I reckon she fancies him.

Like now, as we sat together in the library, she sat particularly close to him. I watched as she occasionally brushed their hands together, whether on accident or not. She'd then proceed to quietly apologize in which he'd smile softly. The whole exchange made me gag. Black noticed too, because she faked having a puking fit, which caused Lia to flush.

I couldn't even get much reading in with Bush arguing about how Potter should talk to Weasel because he missed him. Viktor Krum was in the library an awful lot too, and I wondered what he was up to. Was he studying, or was he looking for things to help him through the first task? Bush often complained about Krum being there. Not that he ever bothered us. It was because groups of giggling girls often turned up to spy on him from behind bookshelves, and Bush found the noise distracting. In all honesty, so did I.

"He's not even good-looking!" she muttered angrily, glaring at Krum's sharp profile. "They only like him because he's famous! They wouldn't look twice at him if he couldn't do that Wonky-Faint thing -"

"Wronski Feint," Black, Lia, and Potter corrected simultaneously.

Lia and Potter laughed softly, both blushing.

Merlin Lia, just snog him already.

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Ahh, Hogsmeade.

The lovely town in which I admit I love to visit. Mainly because it gave me an excuse to leave the castle and get as far away from Draco as humanly possible. Bush told Potter he should come with us because it would do him good to get out of the castle for a bit. Needless to say, he didn't need much convincing.

"What about Ron, though?" he asked us. "Don't you want to go with him?"

"Oh...well..." Bush went slightly pink. "We thought we might meet up with him in the Three Broomsticks...."

"No," said Harry flatly.

"Oh Harry, this is so stupid -" Lia said

"I'll come, but I'm not meeting Ron, and I'm wearing my Invisibility Cloak."

"Oh all right then..." Bush snapped, "but I hate talking to you in that cloak, I never know if I'm looking at you or not."

"You'll have Lia, Rina, and Clarissa," he said.

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