Heirs to Something Greater

5; The Perfect Prefect

Professor McGonagall had stopped me on my way out of the hall and told me to have someone in my house show me around Gryffindor common room and around the school before curfew. She had glanced at the twins that were with me and they had both nodded.

"So apparently I don't get much choice in who I choose?" I had made sure the professor was far enough away before asking them. The twins had taken the responsibility of mentor over me before I even had the opportunity to choose anyone.

"Nope."

"We'll show you around and make sure you get familiar with the castle."

I had already gotten my backpack back from them and wanted to give Juliet her bag before going on the tour and parting ways. I wasn't sure if I would be seeing her again that night and wanted to make sure she was comfortable. "Hey I'm gonna go talk to Juliet first, can you just wait out in the hall for a second?"

They both nodded and walked through the doors. Juliet was still seated with a few girls, the seats across from her were empty, since most of their tables members were gone. She saw me walking towards them and waved me over. Even the girls next to her smiled at me.

"Hey I just wanted to give you your bag before I leave. McGonagall said I needed to choose someone to show me around so the twins have accepted that position." I handed her the purple backpack across the table and she grabbed it and set it under her stool.

"Oh Cedric will probably show you around since he's a prefect." One of the girls sitting next to her looked down the table. I followed her gaze to see Cedric still sitting with some of his friends, talking and laughing. His smile brought warmth to my chest.

"Uh yeah sure!" She smiled slightly at her friends before looking across the table back at me. "Thanks for bringing my bag."

"Yeah of course, are you doing okay?" It was a little awkward to ask her right in front of her friends but I didn't know another time that I would ask.

"Oh yeah, I'm good. Glad to be here." She smiled and her friends chuckled next to her. "Are you okay in Gryffindor?"

"Yeah definitely. The twins are nice to have, aside from the constant teasing." They were nice to have, and the teasing didn't bother me that much.

She raised an eyebrow at me and smiled, "You mean the Cedric teasing?" Of course she had to bring it up right in front of her new friends.

I rolled my eyes and couldn't help the smile that rose on my lips. "Yeah...that teasing."

"Wait! You like Cedric?" The girl with brown braids that sat on the left of Jules asked me with worry and excitement mixed on her face.

Thankfully, Jules cut in for me. "More like Cedric fancies her." I smiled awkwardly at her save.

"Ooo the new Gryffindor and the Hufflepuff, how exciting!" I was afraid she was going to start clapping and bring all the attention in the room to us.

"Uh, yeah...anyways, I should get going. I have the twins waiting in the hall, I just wanted to make sure you were comfortable." I stood up from the bench with my legs sliding across the smooth wood.

"Yeah I'm all good! I'll see you later Adeline." As I went to blindly turn around I saw her eyes widen for only a split second. I didn't have a fast enough reaction time to stop my already moving body and I slammed into another figure. I could see the flash of yellow and black as I stepped back to regain my composure. I looked up into the face of a smiling boy. The familiar smiling boy that made my chest warm.

"Sorry Adeline, I was coming to get Juliet for the tour." He was laughing a little in between his words and it only made my pulse quicken. When I didn't say anything he spoke again, "Are you okay?"