Had you? II Harry Potter II Part 1

Chapter five

Celia

The weeks have passed and Hermione was the only one in our friend group who had a yuleball date. Ron and Harry were way too scared to ask a girl. And I was also scared to ask Harry, and it is not like I imagined in my dreams to get asked to a ball. It is very clichéd, but I always wanted to get asked by the boy, and not me to ask the boy. Every day I woke up I hoped Harry is going to ask me, but each day he didn't, my hope faded away. And as the day came we have done tasks in the great hall, Ron and Harry have started a bet, who would get a date first. My hope has come back, But it was a mistake.

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In the evening Harry was laying desperate on the couch in the Gryffindor common room.

"Is everything fine?" I asked worriedly.

"Not really, I don't have a Yuleball date yet and the girl I wanted to go with already has a date" he answered while looking at the ceiling.

Ouch, he wasn't even thinking about asking me.

2 minutes the common room was completely silent. I was watching Harry and he was watching the ceiling. Come on Cecilia! It was your chance to ask him!

"Harry?"

"yes?"

"Listen, I have a solution, what do you think about that we ---" as I said that I got interrupted by Ron and some Gryffindor girls.

"What happened to you?" asked Harry.

"He asked Fleur Delacour to the yuleball" Ginny answered for her brother. I ignored them and I was thankful that fate stopped me from asking Harry, he would have said no anyway. After a few minutes of thinking, I paid attention to Ron and the others again. I only saw Harry talking to the Patil sisters and Ron almost crying. As Harry came back and said that he got him and Ron a yuleball date, I only wanted to cry.

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The next morning I walked downstairs, but I could hear some girls talking about me.

"Can not believe harry asked you two to the Yuleball" said a female voice.

"Me too, but I'm so glad. I thought he's going to ask Celia or Hermione" answered a familiar voice. It was probably Padma's voice.

"Don't be ridiculous, she is just way too tall! What is she? 5'8? 5'9? And she's friends with Malfoy, Harry's enemy. And she doesn't have the perfect body. Yes, she is Skinny, but her body type is ugly. I can promise you guys that she's only not extremely ugly because she is stupid rich, she wouldn't be anything without her money." The female voice said again.

I didn't know how to feel. It would be best to ignore her, but it made me sad. Usually, I'm strong and don't need the opinion of others about me.

As I walked ahead I could see who said those things about her. It was the blonde-haired, short girl with blue eyes and a good reputation. Ruby Carrington. Ruby Carrington? One of the meanest and most basic girls in our school. I ignored them and walked away.

"I think she heard us" said Parvati.

"don't piss yourself, I don't care. She's in love with Harry, remember, he's yours"

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As class started I decided to truant in the corridors. At least during the first periods, I was upset.

I had no date
Harry was going with one of the Patil sisters
I got body shamed
I'm scared that everyone would think about me that way
And
I just had a bad day

I sat down on the floor and tried to calm myself. Suddenly I heard steps and I acted like I'm searching for something. The steps were getting closer and louder. Every step I heard made me more nervous. I already could watch my life go by. If a teacher would have found me I'd be dead. This was a mistake. Dear God, please save my life if you're real. The steps were only across the corner. The steps were fast so it only could be Severus, which made it worse. The person was now right in front of me, but it wasn't Severus Snape, it was Draco Malfoy.

"You asshole!" I pushed him.

Hey! I did nothing wrong! I'm just late. It's not my fault that you were sitting there on the floor!" he defended himself.

"What are you doing here, anyway?" he asked.

"Dying" I replied emotionless.

"Well, then I would say we can go to the astronomy tower there I can help you dying" he grinned.

"You're so funny Draco" my voice was sarcastic.

"What's going on with you?" his voice sounded worried.

"I don't have a date for the ball" I decided to not tell him about Ruby. It's not that big of a deal.

"Then you have the honor to go with me to the ball" he was so in love with himself.

"This isn't an honor" someone had to tell him.

"It is"

"But, it's not"

"I could have every girl I want you should be honoured that I chose you!" I wanted to slap him, but I couldn't.

Written on the:20th September 2021
Words:893

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