Black Love - Fantastic Beasts

Part 21

Terry moves around on his bed.

He can't steer his mind away from what happened before.

Casey seems to avoid him, much to his dissappointment.

Terry can't seem to understand the reason. He simply wanted to befriend with Casey. In fact, he had waited for six years to mutter his courage to ask Casey to be his friend. He always looks at Casey silently when they have the same class. He even stalks Casey silently when Casey had her morning stroll along the Black Lake. He also notices how Casey always try to avoid people, especially from touching her. And for Terry, that is simply cute.

Perhaps Casey had a social anxiety but still, she is cute.

Terry quickly shook his head. He isn't suppose to think that way. Casey hates him. He knows it from the way Casey acts towards him. Who would ever fall in love with an insufferable gorgeous prat like him? Terry sighs while running his hand through his black hair.

*****

Terry wakes up the next day with a new spirit.

He'll have a Quidditch match with the Slytherin and this is his chance to show Casey how cool he is, he wanted to make Casey feels bad for refusing to be his friend.

So this is his plan, he would play the game so charmingly fantastic as he always do. But this time, when he catches the snitch, he's going to make sure he smirks at Casey.

And so the game begins, when Terry first enter the pitch, his eyes wander around to see where Casey sits. But to his dissapointment, Casey can be seen nowhere.

Somehow Terry plays the game half-heartedly. Although Gryffindor wins at the end, Terry doesn't bother to celebrate it with his fellow mates.

He rather wander around the lake that night, hoping that he could meet Casey and is able to ask her what's going on.

Why can't Casey accept him as a friend?

He doesn't ask for more, a friend would do.

Isn't that the first step of a relationship?

Terry's luck is on his side that day.

There, sitting under the tree, Casey is casting a few spells to create a small fireworks around her.

And to Terry's amazement, Casey is smiling. It is so beautiful that Terry thought he could have cried at the moment.

Then Casey unknowingly turns around and catchs his gaze. She is so shock to see Terry. But Terry can't seem to go away. Instead he walks towards Casey who is now hesitantly stands and watches him.

"I didn't see you at the game Black..."

Casey simply shook her head.

"I don't really... fond of quidditch..."

Terry is so shock to hear that. He never thought one could ever hate quidditch. Casey however manages to catch Terry's thought so she quickly corrects herself.

"I just... hate places with lots of people..."

Terry smiles at Casey's answer. Somehow that relieves him. He thought that Casey might hate Quidditch because of him. At some point, Terry is sure that he is so full of himself, thinking that Casey's world revolves around him.

Casey is about to walk away when Terry suddenly speaks.

"Do you hate me?"

Casey unknowingly looks at Terry when she heard the question.

"I don't..."

Casey senses Terry's confusion at the time. He was wondering why Casey keeps on trying to avoid him all this while.

"I'm sorry... I just... I never had a friend before... I don't know how..."

Terry quickly smiles at Casey's answer. His heart skips a beat when he looks at Casey's innocence.

"It's okay... I just thought you hate me..."

"I don't... I can't hate you Potter..."

Terry lights up at Casey's answer. A warm feeling floods his heart.

"Then, I'll teach you... I'll be your first friend..."

Terry said confidently while stretching out his right hand, hoping for Casey to take it. Casey however just stand there, amazes at the whole situation. She never had a friend before. Besides, knowing Terry's real feelings towards her, she wonder whether that would be a great idea.

But before she could answer to that, an owl flying towards her, dropping a letter which she quickly catches.

Casey looks at Terry hesitantly as if asking his permission to read the letter. Terry simply nods. He awkwardly retrieves his right hand.

But, as soon as Casey read the letter her face turns so pale. And before Terry could ask anything, Casey had apparated to somewhere unknown, leaving the letter on the ground.

Terry quickly takes it and read before letting out a confused sigh.

I need you now.