𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔; 𝑺. 𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙞𝙭

𝒮𝓃𝑒𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒾𝒸𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒮𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃

The day seemed to drag as I knew what as awaiting me this evening. That evening in the great hall was awkward the mindless chatter and giggles were louder than ever before, as I sat with Percy at a random bench as we conversed over a few pumpkin juices. The Hufflepuff's were more than welcoming much to my surprise, as a few of them spoke to me about classes and such. Throughout the whole ordeal, I again noticed Sebastian's glaring eyes as he watched our every move.

As I glared at him, my brother was looking at me. I realized I hadn't spoken to him for a few days, the last time I spoke to him was when we arrived that evening. Percy was talking about quidditch and how he was going to win it for the Hufflepuff's. 

"Oh, do excuse me," I sheepishly said. "I need to talk to Theo."

"Oh, of course," Percy beamed, not at all bothered. "Do return if you can."

"Of course." I beamed as I walked over to Theo and sat next to him.

He looked at me and raised his eyebrow. "Realized you weren't a hufflepuff?"

"Oh do shush," I hushed him as I grabbed a plate filling it with some dessert. "I am sorry for the other night."

He chewed his food before responding. "Nothing to apologize for," He admitted cleaning the side of his mouth with his napkin. "I am assured Ominis wants to talk to you eventually, it seems he needs saving from Sebastian and Imelda," Theo glared over at the trio, Ominis had his head resting in the palm of his hand as Imelda was rambling on. "Poor boy."

"Oh god, no thank you," I assured him bringing some cut chicken to my mouth. "I am alright."

"Scared Imelda will rip your head off?" Theo pressed chuckling to himself.

"Why should I be scared of a insecure cow?" I added, bringing a chalice of pumpkin juice to my lips.

"Because she's staring at you right now," Theo mumbled as he concentrated on his food. "Do not look, Sebastian is glaring at you as well, I am assured her outbursts currently is because Sebastian's gaze never leaves yours."

I took a deep breath and held my head high as I slowly brought another piece of chicken to my mouth. "Oh my Merlin," Imelda's high raised voice snapped.

I glanced in the direction the voice came from. "Oh now she acknowledges you," Imelda was wanting a reaction from Sebastian.

"Cut it out." He snarled through gritted teeth as his jaw clenched. She went to say something but threw her napkin on the table and stormed away from the bench, Ominis and Sebastian failing to even care.

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Later that evening, I stayed awake, unsure of whether to go through with our agreement. When the clock stroke half past 10, I decided to sneak out of my dorm, nobody was around to notice me leaving the common room at such a late hour. Getting to central hall was the problem given where our common room is at the bottom of the grand staircase, I took the right hand stair case leading to the statue, I cautiously walked past it up the stone staircase leading to an stone archway.