knee socks

chapter twenty

a/n: these past days i've just been writing like my life is depending on it. like today I haven't even left my room, and i've got an exam tomorrow morning i haven't revised almost for (praying for myself rn). this said, I hope you enjoy this part.

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When Alex tried to see Eve before leaving to hangout with Miles, the girl had already left the Hospital Wing. He ran to the courtyard to take a carriage, when he bumped into Nina. "Hello Alex, where are you headed off to?" she asked meekly, still a little bit impressed by how mad he was after he found she had locked Eve in the Archive's room. "Fine, not looking forward to talk" He said, looking the other way. However, it looked like there was only carriage available, and he had no other option than to sit next to her. "So, who are you going to see?" she pressed "How do you know I'm going to see someone?" he questioned "I know your outfits Alex, and that's not a staying-in-outfit" he chuckled at this and looked out the window.

"Look Alex, I know I've made lot's of mistakes in my past, but I swear I've changed. I'm not one bit the person I was back in Hogwarts. I'm now a dedicated, loyal person, who has her priorities ordered and knows what she wants" she said softly, unbuttoning her jacket and showing her cleavage. "Ah, you'll be sorry to hear you're not the first woman this week to try to persuade me with her cleavage" he humoured, remembering one of the Beauxbaton's girls that had come to see him at the end of a literature class, who had insinuated herself so much, that he had threatened to call Mc Gonagall if she didn't leave the room that instant. Nina's face turned sour and she quickly buttoned her jacket again. "Nina, we have an ... interesting history, to say the least, but we're over. We have been for a very long time, and while I accept that you've grown, I don't want to be in contact with you, all right?" he said, looking straight into her eyes as they entered Hogsmeade "I don't want to be your colleague, or your friend, and much less anything romantic. So if you'll kindly leave me alone" he said, walking out of the carriage and leaving the woman cold as ice. 

Maybe he had been a little bit too rude, but he couldn't help it. He remembered the type of person he was when he became infatuated by her, and felt nauseous. He walked faster towards the Witch's Pub, where Miles was already waiting for him. Thank God.

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Eve couldn't help but giggle as the three girls in the room danced and sung. They were all getting ready for the party, which started around 8.00, and at 7.30, they didn't have much time left. She ran into the shower, being the last one in, and feeling the cold water on her body. She had been very scared that morning, who else might know about her family? The whole school? "Stop being so paranoid" she told herself, drying quickly and plugging in the hair straightener.

As she came into the room in her underwear, the girls were already finishing their makeup looks. They all looking amazing, wearing pretty short dresses and cute makeup looks, Hermione looking the best in her opinion. She ran to her bed, were she had laid out the dress she'd bought earlier.