Heart's Desires [ Adrian Pucey ]

Part 3

"Hello, Antoinette," he smiled at me.

"Hi," I smiled back. I finally started walking away when he said something.

"Where are you going? If I may ask"

I felt nervous but responded, "Um, back to the girls' dorm. I don't want to bother you, so I thought I-'d go back."

"You don't bother me."

I had no idea what to say. I just stood there looking at him.

He suddenly got up and started walking over to me. I froze, he was soon standing in front of me, I could see him very clearly, he was basically towering over me.

"Homework?" He looked down at my parchment

"Yup," I tried my best not to get nervous as I looked down at the parchment in my hands.

"What homework is this class for?"

"Defense against the dark arts" I was trying to hide my face by looking down. I felt like he would think I look ugly up close. I tried not to think about my flaws.

" How 'bout we do it together?"

"Alright." I gave a small smile. I was happy because I would be able to spend time with him. The problem was that I was very insecure and awkward. Those times I would make up fake talking scenarios, but they were finally coming true.

We started walking over to the nearest table. He pulled out a chair for me.

"Thank you."

"No problem" He smiled at me as he said this

He helped me with some questions I wasn't sure about, and I did the same with the things he didn't know. It had been an hour since we started doing homework, but it seemed to go extremely fast. We actually barely did do any homework most of the time. We were talking about our interests and personal life. I tried not to be awkward during this time, but I couldn't help myself at times. Sometimes I realized that I was staring at him, and vise versa. When this did happen, it was a bit awkward, and we would usually end up laughing after a few seconds.

"I noticed you working on a portrait. I've never seen anything like it."

I was flattered by this compliment. I didn't know what to say back. I was staring at his hands while trying to think of something to say. "Thank you...yeah, I've been trying to draw my cousin."

"She must mean a lot to you."

"Yes, she died when I was 8."

"Oh shoot, sorry I didn't mean..."

I cut him off. I wasn't sad about this. I didn't want him to think he'd upset me. I felt like an idiot for saying this.

" No, no, don't worry about it." I tried changing the subject before it got tenser. "So um, I'm looking forward to seeing you play during the next quidditch match."

"Really?" he seemed happy about this question. I was happy to see this reaction from him.

"Yes, of course." I was blushing at this point. I could feel my cheeks blazing. I tried hiding it. But I think It was obvious to him.

Adrian smiled at me " Your um, cheeks are red." he smirked.

I tried my best not to get nervous, I was feeling sweaty, I had to say something, and it accidentally came out.

"It's because you make me nervous."

I instantly regretted saying this. I felt so embarrassed. Before I could say anything else, Adrian had already started talking.

" I'm glad I do." he looked into my eyes and smiled.

I felt even more fluttery. I had no idea what to say.

All of a sudden, Marcus had come in.

"Oí Adrian"

Adrain shifted views " Oí!"

Before they could say anything else, I had got up to leave, but then Adrian got ahold of my hand and said, "Goodnight, Antoinette."

I smiled nervously and responded, "To you too, Adrian.. "