slytherin princess

chapter eight

The Hogsmeade Trip was a much needed distraction, but it didn't come without its problems.

On Halloween, Lyra had woken up late and was rushing to meet her friends, and so she passed Luna Greyback in the corridor. 

Luna growled at her as they walked past one another and spat out the word, 'slut'

"Shut it ginger" Lyra snapped back and walked off, Luna growled as she walked away.

"What's up with you?" Pansy asked as Lyra finally arrived in the courtyard,

"Greyback growled again, and decided that I'm a slut because her best friend asked me out" Daphne and Pansy scoffed.

"She's just pissed Diggory has a thing for you and not her" Daphne stated, smiling slightly, putting her arm around Lyra's shoulders. "What are you doing about that anyway?"

"Ignoring him, I don't like him" Lyra answered, Daphne and Pansy nodded approvingly.

"Good, you deserve better than a Mudblood loving Hufflepuff" Pansy smirked as the trio made their way toward the village.

They ventured to the clothing store, Honeydukes and Zonkos before heading to the Three Broomsticks. Lyra and Blaise went to the counter to the drinks.

"Yeah we'll have eight butter beers" Blaise smiled at the barman, who simply nodded and began to make them, "what's all this Cedric Diggory stuff?" He asked her, Lyra groaned.

"He keeps asking me out and it's really annoying because I do not like him- why do you ask?"

"Because he's walking over right now" seconds later, Lyra felt a tall presence standing behind her. Cedric Diggory was annoyingly tall, she turned around to look at him.

"What?" She folded her arms, glaring slightly.

"I was going to offer to buy you a butterbeer.... But I see you've already ordered" he smiled, chuckling slightly and running his hand through his hair. Her glare remained. "Can I buy you a cauldron cake instead?" He offered,

"No"

"Please...."

"No, get it into your head I don't like you!" She shoved some money across the counter, grabbed the butter beers and walked off. Blaise hurriedly grabbed the remainder of the drinks before following her.

"That was mean" Blaise chastised,

"He needs to get it into his head that I will never go out with him"

"There's this thing called letting someone down slowly?"

**

Lyra took longer than her friends did to pack up, so she told them she'd meet them outside.

"Hey" Cedric Diggory came over and sat down next to her, Lyra groaned.

"Can't you just leave me alone! I don't like you" She went to stand up but he held onto her wrist. It sent a shiver down her spine, her wrist growing hot under his touch. For a moment she froze, not knowing what to do.

"I know you don't like me now. But, I'm hoping to get you to like me..." he whispered, her eyes met his and for a fleeting moment her face softened. A small smile grew on his face, "so please just let me show you that I just want to.... Be there for you and be in your life" her mouth fell open, and she suddenly regained her composure,

"In your dreams" she pulled her wrist out of his grasp and walked away, Cedric Diggory watched her as she left. She glanced back at him, their eyes met as she left the pub.