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Life started off complicated for young Eleanor Ross after being born to a muggle mother while showing her magical capabilities at an early age. Growing up in a household where her mot...
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The amount of tension was enough to suffocate an entire room following the Second Task. After learning that Cho had been Cedric's "prized" person, Marnie had distanced herself from the group, only talking to Eleanor when the girls were alone. Of course, it left Cedric awfully puzzled by the sudden coldness that had been thrust upon him, especially when he and Marnie had been the closest they had ever been over the years. But when it came to him asking Eleanor what was going on, Eleanor felt she was stuck between a rock and a hard place.
On one hand, she felt like Cedric had led Marnie on, especially if Marnie's claims of flirting and almost kissing in the Common Room were true, but at the same time, she felt like her friends had been going about their feelings the wrong way. And while they were both young and nothing was to be taken as life or death while they were still in school, if things had developed any further, Eleanor knew the ones to be truly hurt would be Cho and Lee.
When Cedric tried to hint to Marnie that she was acting distant, the iciness to her tone when she relayed that she was spending time with Lee was enough to shiver the warmest of bodies.
With an upcoming trip to Hogsmeade, Eleanor had a feeling that she wouldn't be accompanied by her best friends that weekend. She figured she was going to make plans with Fred before either one of them could ask her to take their side in the matter, but before Eleanor could find Fred, it was Harry who found her first.
"Ellie," he greeted, looking somewhat flustered, " can I talk to you for a moment?"
Days since the Second Task had not been kind to Harry either, whether it was Rita Skeeter's latest article, where she falsely claimed that Harry and Hermione had once been an item, only for Hermione to toss Harry aside as she became infatuated with Viktor Krum. It didn't help that Rita had claimed that Hermione's only ambitions came from collecting trophies of famed boys, but allowed comment from Pansy Parkinson of all people, who had the audacity to call Hermione "ugly."
The entire article had left a bad taste in Eleanor's mouth and she couldn't even be bothered to finish it, knowing it was a load of rubbish from start to finish. It was bad enough that she didn't care for Hermione and Viktor dating but for Rita to paint Hermione in a bad light as if her dating life was anyone's business to begin with.
"Of course, Harry," Eleanor answered him with a warm smile, "what's on your mind?"
"It's about the upcoming Hogsmeade trip," Harry told her, " I was wondering if you made plans already?"
Her mind travelled to where she was going to ask Fred out on a date, but at the time, Harry's expression seemed hopeful that she was free. Knowing the amount of stress Harry had been facing within the term alone, Eleanor shook her head no.
Immediately, Harry's eyes seemed to brighten and he was smiling finally. "Great! It's just... remember that scarf that you loaned out?" he asked in a whisper. "Well, someone would like to return it to you."
