"Do I smile or..." she asked.
"Smile! It looks good on you!" Cedric answered quickly, without hesitation.
The Gryffindor looked down and blushed.
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(goblet of fire ~ deathly hallows)
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Prefects had few duties on the journey to and from Hogwarts, apart from taking care of the first years and making sure everyone was safe. They were the only ones to wear the school uniform, so they were easily recognisable. On their robes they wore a prefect badge in their house colors.
They had their own carriage, right at the front of the train, Aria expected to find the compartment empty when she arrived.
Sliding the door open, she was greeted by only one other person.
"Well well well... You didn't tell me you got prefect!" Cedric said, sitting up and looking at her in disblief.
Aria smiled, shutting the door behind her, "What can I say? I'm a woman of many talents." The boy sitting across from her looked at her, "And what are the other talents, if I may ask?" he questioned. "I have no idea." Aria responded with a laugh at the end, Cedric smiling at the girl sitting across from him. "So Diggory, what are your talents? I'm sure you have many." Aria asked. "Well, I am the captain and the Seeker of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team..." he responded with a sarcastic grin.
Then he started digging around his bag, looking for something. He pulled out a paper bag and turned it upside down, so the items fell out of it.
"Do you collect them?" he asked, motioning to the chocolate frogs on the table. Aria looked at him, "I used to.. then after one summer, I got a phobia of the real versions, not the chocolate ones." She said with a disgusted smile.
"Well... do you want one, or should I hide them?" Cedric asked. "No you don't have to, I open them only on special occasions. And I think my first day as a prefect, could be considered as one!" Aria said in a sarcastic way.
Cedric gave her one of the packages and they opened them up together. After both of them had devoured their frogs, they lifted the cards up and compared them.
"I got my first Helga Hufflepuff! Wow that's so cool!" Cedric said excitedly. "I got the founder of my house, on the first day l am a prefect for it? That's insane!" He said with excitement. "Congrats Cedric, that's wicked!" Aria said happily. "Who did you get?" He asked.
"I got Celestina Warbeck! My parents adore her, so I pretty much know all of her songs." She responded. "Really? Can you sing me something?" Cedric said. "Oh no, I don't know how to sing." Aria responded, with a shy smile.
Cedric wanted to correct her, but her eyes landed on a gift bag siting on a chair beside her. She grabbed it and placed it onto the table. Aria looked up and was met by Cedric's eyes, they were looking at her back in curiosity.
"My mom gave this to me, right before I opened the door. She said, 'make memories' or something like that." Aria spoke with a huge smile on her face.
"Well, open it!" said Cedric eagerly.
Aria looked into the gift bag and took out a big pastel purple box. On it was a note, it said memories in a beautiful handwritten font. Aria took the lid off the box, there was yet another note on top of all the tissue paper. She grabbed it and read:
