Just an Acquaintance

t h i r t e e n

Nanny Plum pov

There stood the man that had clouded my every thought. You would think this would be a romantic moment. The perfect rom-com scene.. The part after one faithful night, drama, tears but then he shows up and all you feel is pure joy because you realised that you could never possibly love someone else like you love them..

Well don't get your hopes up because none of that even slipped my mind.

All I felt was pure rage, how could he stand there so.. okay? Just the usual normal glance, the signature smirk and the ever knowledgeable eyes.. How could he be so okay when all my scars healed that night but were now bleeding, slowly dripping with the faintest sound.

We stand in silence not knowing how to go about the situation. I realise that it was bound to never work out. We were cursed. Too many differences and I should've known that it was not the others who would shatter all my hopes.. but us..

I look him in the eye after unbearable seconds.

"Well do you plan on handing me my property anytime soon?" I say in my usual snarky manner, lifting my eyebrow.

Then he stutters. HE ACTUALLY STUTTERS. Fumbles on his words, bewitched. Not once in my life have I ever witnessed The Wise Old Elf stutter and the fact that it was because of me flooded me with pride. I was finally in control again, like I belonged.

I tilt my head and innocently ask "Sorry I couldn't make that out, would you mind repeating it?"

Cedric droops his shoulders and swiftly hands me my wand. Gives me a slight nod. I am aware that this interaction has been quite unexpected already but when I say you wont believe what happens next.. I mean it.

He runs away. He actually just turns around and runs.

I could barely compose myself and I just laughed, laughed so loudly that I could wake the whole town up. Men always acting as if they are in control but crumble at the slightest showcase of power is quite exhilarating.. So this moment changed my perspective of the entire situation. I'm a strong woman with amazing qualities, anyone would be lucky to have me. He was going to have to fight for me and for once stand up and be a 'man'. I was done being a pawn in his chess game, what he did not realise was that even being a 'pawn' I could still win the game.

And I was ready to call checkmate.

A/N

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