"You'll miss me, right?" Cedric asked, sitting as close to his boyfriend as he dared on the bench in their compartment, not wanting to be in reach of the Goth's possessive cat's claws "You'll write to me too?""I'll be seeing you in a week!" Jack scoffed with an exaggerated roll of his eyes while rubbing Dragon's ears "By the time my owl makes it back to England from China it'll time for the Yule Ball!"
"Psst! You're supposed to lie!" Cedric's friend Kate 'whispered'.
"And that's why you don't have a boyfriend" Tim snorted "Lying is the worst thing you can do in a relationship"
"P-lease~" Kate smirked, dragging out her words dramatically, flicking her hair over her shoulder in a 'sassy' manner "You know nothing. Little white lies are fine, it keeps a relationship interesting"
"Bollocks!" Donald snorted, throwing a handful of chocolate frogs at the brunette "Girls aren't like that. They don't play games like that!.. Right, Red?"
"Why are you asking me?!" Jack asked, throwing his hands up in the air "I'm gay. Not a girl!"
"Yeah, and Jack likes me too much to lie to me" Cedric grinned, placing an arm over Jack's shoulders, only to be scratched by his cat "OW!" he cried, snatching his hand back.
"Dragon? What's wrong? Are you alright?" Jack asked, picking up the tomcat and looked over him worriedly.
"Him?! I'm the one hurt!" Cedric pouted, sucking his injured finger.
"It's a scratch" Jack waved him off, tapping the cats nose to see if he had a temperature "He might be ill! He's never lashed out before! Dragon's normally so cool and collected!" he panicked, all the while Dragon continued to glare at Cedric with a look that clearly said 'Don't touch my property!'
"You seem alright... Eep!" he squeaked, quickly putting Dragon back down, realizing he'd been manhandling him "Sorry"
"Why does it feel like that owner-pet relationship is the wrong way around?" Donald whispered to Tim who nodded back grinning, finding it hilarious.
"Seriously though, Cedric" Jack began, continuing to stroke the silky black fur "If you cant even handle my cat, how do you plan to deal with my mother? Oh, and she'll be sending you an invitation to our annual New Year party"
"You're from China, right? So which New Year are we talking about?"
"My mom's a socialite; we celebrate both just to have more parties" Jack shrugged "We'll be back at Hogwarts during Chinese New Year so it'll probably be on January 1st"
"That must be fun" Cedric smiled fondly, the sting in his finger finally fading "Your parents always throwing parties. Never a dull moment in the Spicer home I guess"
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Hidden Talent
FanfictionSick and tired of the constant humiliation in the Xiaolin world, Jack discovers a secret about his family lineage and finds a way to really shine. Coming into his family inheritance, will Jack fit in at this Magical world as a 'good' student or will...