Chasing Shadows || Draco Malfoy x OC

Year 4- Ch. 52

It had been another ten days after the article came out and Céline would spend a lot of her time with Cedric, much to many girls disapproval. She knew that he was a popular guy, but for the last ten days she saw just how popular he was. She saw that most girls who had a crush on Cedric either gave her murderous glares, or were crying from a broken heart.

Daphne would often chant to her to ignore it, as they were just jealous that Cedric chose you over all of them and that they'll get over it. For the most part, Céline was able to ignore it and truly enjoy her time with Cedric, whether it was during meal times or little study dates in the library. He would try to spend as much of his free time as he could with her, which wasn't a whole lot, seeing that he had a few newt-level classes this year.

She didn't mind though, when she wasn't spending it with Cedric, she tried her best to still be there for Harry, who was having a miserable time since the article came out. It was mostly her house that would make sneering comments as he passed.

"Want a hanky, Potter, in case you start crying in Transfiguration?"

"Since when have you been one of the top students in teh school, Potter? Or is this a school you and Longbottom have set up together?"

She would roll her eyes and chant next to him "Ignore them, they're not worth it. Ignore them, they're not worth it."

"Hey-- Harry!"

"Yeah, that's right!" Harry said, as he stopped abruptly finally having enough of the comments, "I've just been crying my eyes out over my dead mum, and I'm just off to do a bit more..." Harry, Céline, and Hermione all turned around.

"No-- it was just... you dropped your quill." It was Cho Chang. Céline recoginzed her as one of Cedric's friends. She was really nice girl, and got along with her. She also was on the quidditch team for the Ravenclaws.

Harry's face turned red. She held out the quill and he took it back.

"Oh.. right-- sorry." he muttered.

"Er... Good luck on Tuesday." She said shyly. "I really hope you do well." She walked away in the opposite direction. Céline and Hermione both look at Harry who looked incredibly embarrased.

They continued walking around the corner without another word.

Hermione also had her fair share of sneering comments, but she held herself gracefully. Not once had she told any one off. She simply ignored it.

"Stunningly pretty? Her?" Pansy had laughed to her friends one day a bit after the article had come out. "What was she judging against-- a chipmunk?" Her friends cackled with her. Céline glared at her roommate from across the table in potions class that day.

They were in the library, and Hermione was mumbling grumpily about how stupid Harry and Ron have been acting, and how they should just make up and start talking again.

"I didn't start this," Harry said as he wrote on his parchment paper, "It's his problem."

"You miss him!" She hissed at him, as she eyed the librarian, hoping she wasn't too loud. "And I know he misses you---"

"Miss him?" Harry whispered, looking at her incrudlously. "I don't miss him..."

Céline rolled her eyes as she flipped the page of her Ancient Runes book. She knew it was a lie, she could see he wasn't enjoying himself as much with the two of them, as he would if Ron was with them.

Hermione and Céline had been trying to help Harry with the summoning charm he's been struggling with and finally settled in the library thinking maybe he just needed to read more  about it to get a full grasp on how to do it.