Hopeless : Sirius Black's daughter Book 2

Relationships

I apologised to Harry for slapping him but it didn't end well. He kept trying to tell me to be wary of Blaise, so I just walked away.

The next week was terrible. I avoided Blaise and steered clear of him. It also broke my heart to see Cedric walking around hand in hand with Cho, so I avoided going behind the greenhouses too. I spent a lot of time with Ginny, pranking and teasing her about Neville but unfortunately she returned the favour.

"Honestly Miley, I can't believe you refused to go to the ball with Harry. You could have had a lot of fun." she said.

"He ditched Parvati and spent all night with Ron! That is not my idea of fun. I had fun, I mean I danced with Cedric-" I started.

"Hello girls." Well speak of the devil.

"Hi Cedric. We were just talking about, um a Potions um, assignment. Just that, not yout." I said aware that my voice was high pitched.

"Ookay. Listen, I need to talk to you. Will you come to you know where?." he said.

"I'll be there at four." I said smiling. He returned it with his dazzling one and walked away. The scent of his cologne lingered after him. It smelt so captivating.

"Earth to Miley! Girl, you have got it bad for that guy. I thought you were avoiding him?" she asked.

"I was but he's too hard to resist." I sighed.

Four o'clock found me behind the greenhouse, reading Moody's book. The book was clearly old and worn out. On the first page was scribbled: "This book belongs to R.D.C Read it and die." Honestly school children are stupid sometimes. I opened the following page but it was blank. Somehow I just knew I had to put my thumb at the center of the page. I felt a sharp pain as blood was drawn from my thumb onto the page. I would have screamed but I was too shocked as words appeared on the page.

CONTENTS

How to make a blood covenant

How to master your powers

How to bind your powers to another.

How to bind a Seer's life to a blood bearer

How to further your powers

How to deal with the curse of a bound Eye

How to tap into darker depths of the Eye

I stared at the last one in shock. Did it mean dark magic?

"You came." said a voice behind me.

"You said I should." I said back standing up and putting the book away.

"You've been avoiding me." Cedric stated. It wasn't a question but I still answered.

"Yes."

"I've come here every day hoping to see you. I really miss you." he stepped closer. I was almost sure he could hear my heart pounding. His proximity made me shiver but I tried to keep my resolve.

"Really? Because every time I see you, you'll be too busy holding her hand." I said.

"You refused to go on a date with me." he whispered coming even closer. I tried to form a coherent thought but my mind was frozen.

"I had no choice." I heard myself say.

"What about now?" he said and even though everything in me was screaming to walk away, I closed my eyes. I felt his lips touching mine and every part of me tingled. I felt hot all over but it was a good kind of fire. It seemed to fill me from the inside out. I felt like I was drowning in his flames. It felt so good.

My first kiss.

Then I did the right thing and pushed him away.

"How dare you do that?" I screamed.

"I'm sorry. I just had to, and honestly, it was beautiful." he said.

"It was my first kiss!" I said.

"Oh? Was it good?" he asked anxiously.

It was perfect. "You have a girlfriend. I won't let you use me like this. Just stay away from me!" I shouted picking up my book and storming off.

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"How could you do that Miley? I knew you shouldn't have gone to him!" said Ginny that night.

"I know. I should have pushed him away earlier." I said.

"Don't pretend like you didn't want him to kiss you. So how was it?" she asked.

"Wonderful, breathtaking, sweet, perfect..."

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I couldn't avoid Blaise any more once the holiday ended. Honestly, I really didn't want to any more. I knew that Blaise liked me a lot, so maybe I shouldn't have led him on. The truth is, I liked Harry and I really liked Blaise. A lot. But Cedric was something else. The way he made me feel was too much for me. I had to get over him because well, he was taken. ASAP.

So that day during Care of Magical Creatures while Professor Grubby Plank (where was Hagrid?) spoke about unicorns, I sought out Blaise.

"Hi Blaise." I said and he turned.

"Camilla! You are talking to me." he observed

"I'm sorry I-" I started.

"Its fine. I figured you needed time to think. Did you?" Blaise asked.

"I have to be honest with you Blaise-"

"Is it Potter?" he asked.

"What?" I asked back.

"Then it must be Diggory. I'm not stupid Camilla. I know you like him." Blaise said.

He was actually making it harder. Blaise was usually overconfident and his insecurity hurt me. I couldn't hurt him

"No it isn't that. It is these weird mood swings I have. I don't want to hurt you." I said (maybe I should say, lied).

"I've been on the receiving end of your mood swings a couple of times. I can handle it." he said.

"But-"

"No. Don't shut me out. I want to help you. Just give me a chance." he said. Maybe being with Blaise would help me get over Cedric.

"Okay." I said.