Soul mates

Soulmate shit

*Third person*

It was their last few chances practice before their GCSEs and so all language students were brought together to practice.

*Hermione's POV*

Ahhhhhhh how can it be here already?! It only seems like yesterday that I was choosing my options and dreaming about taking my speaking exam. I am still dreaming about it but, instead of it being fun and easy, it has turned into a troublesome nightmare. I am not prepared for this! There is way to much pressure riding on my shoulders to do well, to make my family hopefully as proud of me as it is of its French ancestors.

All the French students were brought in for a practice one afternoon after school hours. It was unusual as the teachers pairs each of us up with someone else from a different class. To 'make sure we are confident speaking to anyone and not just friends or teachers'. I was unfortunately paired with someone who hadn't bothered to turn up today. Her name was Pansy Parkinson, she is known as a troublemaker so I must admit although annoyed I was also rather relieved.

I ended up practicing with another pair for today and then tomorrow the teachers are going to try and persuade her to actually come. Isn't that just brilliant? said no one ever!

The next day I turned up and there she was sulking in a seat at the back of the room. Well isn't this going to be fun?

*Pansy's POV*

The teachers basically forced me into coming here today. Why should I bother? I mean it is going to be my grades, it is my choice, I don't care about how the school might be affected if I don't do well, I am leaving for goodness sake!

Oh wow my day just keeps on getting better! I am partnered up with the nerd. She walks over to me and completely ignores me at first like she is as annoyed about it as I am, which I am pretty sure is impossible by the way.

"Hey." I mumble just to attempt to acknowledge her and to make it seem like we have started to practice.

"Look I really don't want to be here so as long as you don't make me say much feel free to yap away in French at me for as long as you want." She looks down at something on her wrist and then looks up and nods. I suppose she has come to terms with the fact that I don't work for anyone if I don't want to, let's face it I have a reputation for it all over the school.

*Hermione's POV*

As Pansy said hey I felt a tingling on my wrist. It was strange, like part of a connection had started, it felt like stitches had started to form but there is something stopping it from fully connecting everything together.

I look down at my wrist as she continues to mumble about to working and only being here by being forced to by teachers, I see the word 'Hey' that has been scribbled on there earlier by Harry burn red quickly and then dull down as soon as she stopped talking. What it happening?

I resolved put what just happened out of my mind and started to repeat and go over french phrases to myself before asking the question that has been playing on my lips for a while as she seemed almost upset. "À quoi penses-tu ?"

She looked up at me surprised. I suppose she hadn't thought that I could see through the fact she was being a rebel to disguise her unhappiness. I am friends with Harry for goodness sake, he puts on a hero act when something is wrong, they just put up a wall to stop people from noticing but, being around the 'Golden boy' all of the time has taught me things I never thought I would need to know, like how to see through someone's wall and tell how they are really thinking.

It had taught me that not everyone finds it easy to express things and that some people find vulnerability a massive weakness so try their hardest to hide it, but I have learnt that everyone does have a weakness that will show at some point. From this I realised that Pansy had a wall and it showed when she talked about grades, parents and teachers, it was clear to me now that she hates disappointing people and that to avoid it she will allow herself to be dragged into situations such as this revision lesson. Now I just have to find out why she hates to disappoint when she is known for being loud, annoying and most of all a pain to teach. What is it that makes Pansy tick?