Amber Brooks (Alexis Bledel)
Rachel Gilbert (Sophie Turner)
holly Rosebird (Emilia Clarke)
Moosh Monroe (Julianne Hough)
Celine Howard (Bethany Joy Lenz)
Margot Stevens (Ashley Benson)
ale Roberts (Troian Bellisario)
Laura Summers (Zooey Deschanel)
Albie Tyler (Chyler Leigh)
Ade Matthews (Blake Lively)
Aline Johnson (Karen Gillan)
Atie Anderson (Leighton Meester)
Zoe Woods (Amanda Seyfried)
Nicolas Gordon (Topher Grace)
Maria Grey (Shantel VanSanten)

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Jess Mariano (Milo Ventimiglia)
Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale)
Clark Kent (Henry Cavill)
Sawyer Ford (Josh Holloway)
Derek Hale (Tyler Hoechlin)
Alex Karev (Justin Chambers)
Robb Stark (Richard Madden)
Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley)
Castiel (Misha Collins)
Toby Cavanaugh (Keegan Allen)
Klaus Mikaelson (Joseph Morgan)
Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer)
Isaac Lahey (Aaron Johnson)
Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder)
Steve Rogers (Chris Evans)
Meg Masters (Rachel Miner)
Seth Cohen (Adam Brody)
Caroline Forbes (Candice Accola)
Lydia Martin (Holland Roden)
Emily kiti cha enzi (Emily VanCamp)
Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki)
Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley)

Chapter 4: Hate This & I'll upendo You

The inayofuata morning Rachel stumbled down the stairs to the Gryffindor common room to find Isaac there talking to Toby and Stefan. They appeared to be angry.
"Who got your panties in a knot?" she asked as she reached them.
"The Slytherins", Toby said.
Rachel rolled her eyes. "Oh, will wewe just shut up? I didn't get the fight last night. If you're so desperate to compare each other, why don't wewe all pull down your pants and I'll take down the fucking measurements?"
At this the boys blushed a little. Rachel gave them an amused smile. "Yes, last night was completely unnecessary. But let's get past that, shall we? We were having so much fun before."
"Before what?" holly asked as she walked down the stairs to the commonroom.
"Before the boys decided to see which one could be the stupidest."
"Ah", holly alisema knowingly. "Nic is a Slytherin, and he seems nice."
"Meg is nice as well", Rachel alisema sharply.
"No one is bashing your friends", Stefan alisema calmly. "We were mainly talking about Klaus."
"And Damon", Isaac said.
At this Stefan sighed. "He's my brother."
"And an asshole."
"Shut up, all of you", Margot alisema in a tired tone as she got down the stairs. "We're gonna be late for breakfast."
Just as they were walking down the stairs to the great hall, Clark caught up with them and walked over to Rachel.
"Hi", he said.
"Hi. You're talking to me. Why?" Rachel asked, not even looking at him. In all honesty she was getting bored of looking at him. Amongst other things.
At this Clark went silent. "Are wewe okay?"
"Yes", Rachel sighed. She tried to think of something to say to him. "There's the ball coming this winter, isn't it?" It was true. It was some new tradition.
"Yes", Clark seemed surprised she spoke of it.
"You should take someone tall", Rachel said. "Because you're tall." Then she realized that she was tall, too. Somehow she just didn't have the energy to deal with this, so she said: "Okay, bye!" and then ran after Sam, leaving Clark confused.

Klaus and ale were having a similar conversation on their way to the great hall.
"We should never have come", Klaus alisema as they walked.
"You're right, wewe shouldn't have", ale said.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Klaus snapped.



"You started a stupid fight because you're a stupid idiot and now the other idiots don't want to hang out with us anymore", ale alisema angrily. "Can wewe just not act like a total asshole for one whole day? Can wewe try?"
"So it was my fault?" Klaus asked in disbelief.
"Robb hit you, yes. Accidentally. And then wewe started to bicker. On purpose. So yeah, your fault", ale said, walking off to the Slytherin meza, jedwali alone.

Albie entered with Laura. They were talking about the upcoming Quidditch tournaments when Neal walked over to them from the Slytherin table.
"What?" Albie asked right away. Everyone was a bit tense due to the bickering the siku before.
"Can I talk to wewe for a moment?" Neal asked.
Laura raised her hands in defeat and walked over to the Hufflepuff meza, jedwali alone.
"She doesn't like me", Neal said, turning back to look at Albie.



"No one does. Not right now", Albie said.
"Oh, spare me. Why does everyone always side against us?" Neal asked angrily. "Besides, nothing even happened."
"Because Aline stopped it. If not, then Klaus would have started a fight, wewe know he would have."
"Do I look like Klaus?" Neal demanded.
Albie actually smiled at this a little. "In a certain light."
The joke made Neal smile, too.
"I was wondering..", he said. "If wewe wanted to, sometimes, wewe know.. I don't know, I just.."
Albie looked at him in confusion. Was he actually stammering?
"If wewe wanted to hang out."
"And do what?" Albie challenged him. "It's not we can exactly go anywhere au anything on our free time."
"We could go to the forest", Neal smiled.
"The forbidden forest?" Albie chuckled. "Nice idea for a first date."
"Is that a yes?"
Albie blushed. "I did not say that."
"That was a yes", Neal said, leaving with a smirk on his face.

Rachel found Aline and Robb sitting at the Ravenclaw meza, jedwali and somehow found herself walking over to them instead of her own table. She felt sympathy for the cute Stark.
She, of course, saw Robb looking over at the Hufflepuff table, where Celine was.
"You look like a hurt puppy", she alisema as she sat down in between him and Aline.
"I do not", he said.
"You do."
"You do, Robb", Aline admitted.
Robb blushed, turning to his food.
"So the Slytherins hate us and we hate the Slytherins, huh?" Rachel smirked. "Just like it was before."
"It's not that simple", Aline said. "And all of this because Robb couldn't keep his eyes on the road."
"Shut up", Robb snapped.
Aline spotted Isaac walking in and stood up to meet him, leaving Robb and Rachel alone.

"Hey", Aline alisema as she reached Isaac. "Still mad at me?"
Isaac smiled at her a little. "There's no reason to be mad at you."
"But at the Slytherins?" Aline asked, crossing her arms.
Isaac groaned. "Why defend them?"
"Why not? The whole point of this school after the Battle was that we are all equals. We should not fight amongst each other."
"I thought the whole point of this school is to learn magic", Isaac said.
Aline rolled her eyes. "I'm just saying, don't judge Klaus too harshly. Everyone has bad days."
"That group always has bad days", Isaac said.
"Ale is our friend."
"I know."
"So shut up."
And so Isaac did. He just glared down at her. Then he suddenly spoke: "Jess Mariano has a thing for you."
Aline blushed. "No, he doesn't."
"He does."
"No", Aline alisema quickly. "Not anymore anyway."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Isaac asked, trying not to appear too interested.
"Nothing", Aline said, and with that she was about to walk off back to the table, but she saw that Robb and Rachel were talking, and she felt it was good for Robb to think of someone other than Celine for a change, so she went to talk to the girls at the Hufflepuff table.
She sat inayofuata to Laura just as Albie walked back to them.
"What was that about?" Laura asked.
"What?" Aline asked. "Did I miss something?"
"I think Neal asked me out", Albie said.
Aline chuckled. "Well, that's good. He's cute."
"But he's a Slytherin", Laura alisema in a fake dramatic tone. "It is forbidden."
Albie blushed. "I didn't even say yes, but he... took my protests as a yes."
Aline and Laura both laughed at this.

Back at the Ravenclaw table, Rachel couldn't believe how fun it was to talk to Robb. Right now, he was making the most hilarious face that she had ever seen.
"What do wewe mean, wewe don't like the Beatles?" he asked after a few sekunde of complete shock.
"Well, I don't know. The muziki is good wewe know but it's just too... cheesy" replied Rachel while cutting the last piece of her waffle.
"But... But it's classic!" he replied, still shocked.
"I know! Aline used to bring her records with her everytime we all went somewhere for the summer." she smiled at the thought of all the times, the girls would sing and dance around while listening to them. "It's not bad, it's just not my thing."
"Come on! I want to hold your hand is like the best upendo song ever!" Robb said
"I want to hold your hand seriously? I thought wewe would have alisema All wewe need is love." Rachel alisema smirking
"Nah, I want to hold your hand has a much zaidi powerful image I think." alisema Robb smiling
"For me it has an equal amount of cheesiness" As it turns out, she found that she loved to tease him.
Robb couldn't believe what this girl was telling him. How on Earth could someone find the Beatles too cheesy? He decided he would onyesha her how great this song was.

“Oh please, say to me; You'll let me be your man; And please, say to me; You'll let me hold your hand” started to sing Robb while grabbing Rachel's hand.
Now it was Rachel's turn to be surprised.
“Shh. Stop singing!” she alisema laughing when she saw that a few people were staring back at them.
“Okay I will.” alisema Robb, laughing as well “But see, this song is great”
“Fine. Whatever.” replied Rachel still smiling.
At that, there was an awkward pause as they realized they still hold each other's hand. Feeling suddenly very uncomfortable, Rachel started coughing so she could have her hand back. Not wanting to let Robb have time to say anything, she raise up and spoke very quickly.
“Hum... I forgot my Transfiguration book in my room. See wewe later.” and just like that she ran away, leaving Robb confused.

As she was running up the stairs, only remembering on the 4th floor that she hadn't actually forgotten her book, she realized that she was blushing.
"Oh, for the upendo of God", Rachel muttered, disgusted with herself.
"What has God done now?" she turned around to see Damon Salvatore looking at her.
"Created you."
"Ouch. And I thought we were all supposed to be friends", Damon said.
"We were. Until your bff decided to attack-", she then remembered Robb and let her voice trail off, ready to walk away when Damon spoke again.
"You know Atie, right?" he asked.
Rachel snorted. "Is this a school au some fucking lovefest?"
"You tell me", Damon snapped, referring to the blush that still covered her cheeks.
"I know Atie", Rachel said, wanting to change the subject. "And wewe know Atie. We both know Atie. What lucky people we are-"
"Not all of us Slytherins are horrible people, wewe know", Damon said.
Rachel smiled patiently. "Did wewe know I know Stefan?"
"Yes."
"I upendo Stefan. He's my friend. Has been for years. So I've known wewe for years, too, but something tells me this is the first time you've even paid attention to me enough to learn my name. If wewe even know my name. And it's only because wewe want something from me. Advice with Atie. Well, Damon, let me tell wewe something", she looked at him angrily. "I don't think all Slytherins are horrible people. Just you", with that she walked off, heading back to the great hall.

Just on her way back to the great hall, Rachel almost ran into Moosh and Alex as they were walking out.
"Impossible to walk three feet without running into someone", Rachel made a mild joke. "What's up?"
"Well, we've got Transfigurations with wewe guys now", Moosh said, grabbing her arm.
"I didn't even finish my waffles", Rachel said, remembering suddenly.
"Yeah, I saw wewe run off like a headless chicken", Alex said.
"Says the headless ass."
"Okay, let's all stay civil now", Moosh smiled. "So, the game last night was-"
"Annoying. Those Slytherin-"
"Can we stop talking about the Slytherins?" Rachel groaned. "What's done is done."
They stayed silent for a while, simply walking.
"There's the winter ball coming this year", Rachel found this to be a good icebreaker. For a moment she wondered why she hadn't used it with Robb, and then she remembered that with him she hadn't needed an icebreaker.
Alex turned to look Moosh at this, but Moosh remained oblivious, simply nodding. "I think it's gonna be fun."
"Yeah", Rachel alisema in amusement, exchanging a glance with Alex. "You know who you're gonna bring?" she turned back to Moosh.
"Nope."
At this Alex turned away, pretending to find the floor they were walking on very interesting.

They took their seats as they reached the class, and Rachel looked around to see where she'd sit. She saw Aline sitting at a half-empty table, so she sneaked to sit inayofuata to her. Only to realize that Robb was at the table, too. Of course he was. They were best friends.
"Uh, hi", she said, quickly trying to gesture for Sam to jiunge them at the last kiti, kiti cha of the table, but he'd already found his seat. Then she saw Isaac and made the same gestures. Apparently the idea of sitting inayofuata to Isaac made Aline uncomfortable, for she blushed a little.
"So...", Rachel said, finding the awkard silence awkward as Isaac was the last one to jiunge at the table. Gladly Aline saved the situation.
"Robb tells me wewe totally bashed on the Beatles", she alisema with a disappointed glare on her face.
"Oh, I did not bash on them", Rachel said, looking at Robb, who smirked a little.
"In our eyes anything but being a fangirl is bashing", Aline said.
"I'm not a fangirl", Robb said.
"You are."
At this Rachel smiled, turning to include Isaac in the conversation with her same-old icebreaker. "Are wewe going to the winter ball?"
Isaac gave Aline a small glance at this, but then shrugged. He was still a bit annoyed. "I'm not sure."
"Are wewe going?" Aline asked.
Rachel gave her a dry smile. "No one is going to ask me, and just as well. I can't dance anyway."
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure no one is going to ask me, either..", Aline alisema quietly, and no one had time to say anything else before the teacher showed up and the lesson begun.
Still that wouldn't stop Rachel.
"What do wewe mean kwa no one's gonna invite you? What about Jess?" she asked Aline surprised.
"Shh. wewe know how I always get detention for chatting during this class. Just pass me a note au something." whispered Aline
"What are we? Twelve?" alisema Rachel. "Just tell me what happened with Jess." Suddenly she felt Isaac tense beside her.
Turning her head to her friend again, she noticed a bit of anxiousness in Aline's voice.
"Look. I don't really want to talk about it right now." Aline started while looking nervously at Isaac above Rachel's shoulder. "Later." she added as Professor Lightwood made her way to their table.
"Miss Johnson, chatting again I see" she alisema pulling her glasses up.
"Sorry, professor" muttered Aline slowly, zaidi annoyed than actually sorry.
"It would be okay this time, just partner up. Miss Gilbert wewe will work with Mr Stark and as for you, Miss Johnson wewe will work with Mr Lahey." and at that she walked away.
"See. I told wewe she hates me." alisema Aline, raising from her chair so she could swap with Rachel. "Oh, kwa the way, wewe have to tell me at what time is your Quidditch practice tonight. Maybe we could patrol together later."
"Oh my god, I totally forgot about that" confessed Rachel. Suddenly she stopped moving as realization sank on her. She had to spend two whole hours with Bruce Wayne.

Rachel stood up from her kiti, kiti cha and pushed Aline a little, encouraging them to change seats. "You gotta work with Isaac."
"Right", Aline said, a bit distracted. She got up and sat inayofuata to Isaac, giving him a smile.
Rachel sat inayofuata to Robb and sighed. "Fuck this world."
"What?" Robb asked in confusion.
"I just remember I have Quidditch practice with a very uncomfortable partner", Rachel shook her shoulders. "I don't even know what his problem is", she then realized that Robb probably didn't care. "Let's just do this thing."
Meanwhile Aline and Isaac were trying to turn a practice book into liquid. Some really good students had already managed to turn their vitabu into water and now water was dripping on the table, but Aline couldn't really focus. She wondered if Isaac had listened to her and Rachel talking about Jess and if he cared.
"So, who are wewe taking to the ball? If you're gonna go, I mean..", Aline asked quietly.
"I don't know. I honestly haven't thought about it at all", Isaac said.
Aline nodded quickly. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm just gonna stay in and maybe read au something", she gave him an awkward smile.
"Why wouldn't every guy in this ngome want to ask you?" Isaac asked, and he sounded so genuine that Aline blushed.
"Stop it."
"No, I'm serious. You're the best choice there is and anyone who doesn't know that is an idiot", Isaac said.
"Then why won't wewe ask me?" Aline suddenly found herself asking.
Isaac smiled at her shyly. "I never alisema I wouldn't. Winter isn't here yet."
"But it's coming", Aline said. It was true. Winter was coming.
"It is", Isaac said. "But first come the Hogsmeade visits. And the Quidditch games."
"Have wewe been working on your game?" Aline asked playfully.
"I have. Maybe wewe should come and watch me practice sometime", Isaac smiled playfully.
At this Aline blushed, turning back to trying to do the actual assignment.

Meanwhile the Hufflepuffs and the Slytherins were in the history of magic lessons and everyone was basically asleep. It was the same every lesson.
Celine was sitting inayofuata to Ale, and she looked around in confusion. "Do wewe know where Bee and Neal are?"
ale looked around as well and shrugged. "Maybe Bee's sick au something. And Neal is probably skipping."
Celine shrugged. Could be.
Laura was sitting inayofuata to them, trying to focus on the lesson while actually just drawing nonsense in her notebook when someone tapped her shoulder. She turned around to see Klaus looking at her from the kiti, kiti cha behind her.
"And what could wewe possibly want?" she asked sharply.
"I was just wondering if wewe were curious to know where your friend was", Klaus alisema lazily.
"And where is our friend?" Celine asked in amusement.
"Out. With Neal", Klaus alisema with a smirk on his face.
Celine and Laura exchanged a look. Bee was skipping because of Neal? That didn't sound like her.
"I bet that was just an excuse to get someone to talk to you", Laura said.
"Not just someone", Klaus smiled. "You in particular, love."
At this Laura turned away, trying to focus on the lesson again.

Neal and Bee were outside the castle, walking on the edge of the lake.
"I can't believe wewe talked me into this", Albie alisema as they walked.
"A promise is a promise", Neal said.
"But I didn't even promise anything", Albie alisema impatiently.
"You did so", Neal said. "You may not have alisema it out loud, but wewe did promise."
"So you're a mindreader now?" Albie smirked.
"So wewe admit wewe wanted to go out with me?"
At this Albie actually laughed. Neal was funny. And charming. And handsome.
"I, uh..", she shook her shoulders. "I haven't been on that many dates, I gotta say."
"Neither have I", Neal lied.
"Liar."
"How did wewe know?" Neal smiled in amusement.
"You definitely look like a guy who goes on a lot of dates", Albie said.
"Why?" Neal asked in confusion.
"Because you're hot", Albie smiled.
"You're hot too and wewe don't go on dates a lot", Neal said.
At this Albie blushed, saying nothing.
Neal knew she didn't believe him, but it would take time convincing her, so he just stayed silent as they walked on. It felt nice. Right, somehow.

The lesson with the Gryffindors and Ravenclaws was finally over and Aline was happy to notice that Isaac was no longer angry with her. She felt calmer, suddenly.
As she spotted Rachel exiting the classroom, she ran after her and alisema "So at what time wewe can patrol with us?" while pointing at Robb who was standing near by, waving Isaac goodbye.
"I don't know, I have to meet up with Bruce for Quidditch and who knows how much time this will take" sighed Rachel.
"That's okay, as soon as wewe finish wewe should grab Stefan as well so we could all go together." alisema Aline smiling while walking towards Robb's spot. While grabbing him, she yelled back at her friend "Good luck with Bruce!" and at that she walked away along with the other students.
As Rachel saw her friend disappear into the crowd, she felt a weird feeling overcome her. Like her gut telling her that she was about to screw something up. Though, she wasn't sure why she had this feeling. Chasing this idea from her mind, she started walking towards her inayofuata class.



At lunch, Ade was so tired. She had spent the whole siku running around the ngome because her schedule was so messy. She had Care of Magical Creatures one saa and then a class in the Astronomy tower the next. How on Earth could someone kuvuka, msalaba the whole ngome in only ten little dakika and not onyesha up late? She sure regrets now that all the Time Turners that ever existed were destroyed during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries back in 1996. It sure would have be handy. Suddenly she started wondering about the awali night and the talk she had with Dan. He was so sweet, so perfect in the dim light that she found herself blushing at the thought of how intensely he stared at her. Of course, the Slytherin boys had arrived at this very moment and the moment was gone. Oh how badly she wanted to kiss him back then.
She felt a hand squeezing lightly her arm, turning around she found herself faced with no other than Dan Humphrey himself.
"Speak of the devil" she thought
"Hey! How are wewe doing? Done anything good today?" Dan asked very fast, while seating inayofuata to Ade. He was very agitated, a fact that Ade found very odd. Dan was just not the type to get hyper.
"It was not bad." she replied slowly "Are wewe feeling okay?" she asked while taking his forehead's temperature with the back of her hand.
"Yeah. Never been better." replied Dan avoiding her eyes.
"Okay... Hum so what's up?" replied Ade, not sure of what to say.
"Nothing really. Just a good day, wewe know." alisema Dan smiling nervously.
Both fell silent for a moment. For the very first time, Ade felt very strange around Dan and this worried her. Was he hexed au something? As she was about to ask him just that, Dan rose up from his chair and asked what has been on his mind all siku long.
"DoyouwannagowithHogsmeadewithme?"
"What?" replied Ade, not understanding what was happening at all.
"This weekend they let us go to Hogsmeade, wewe know. And I was just wondering if..." He took a deep breath and was about to finish his thought but Ade just took the matter in her own hands.
"I would go out with you? On a date?"
"Yeah." replied Dan, blushing a little.
"Yes." she answered with a wide smile.
"Really?" Dan said, smiling too now.
"Yes, really." she assured him. "I have to go now though, wewe know class. But see wewe later" she added while raising up from her chair as well and kissing him quickly on the cheek.
Dan just stayed in the middle of the Great Hall, touching the spot that Ade had kissed, unsure of what to do next.

"I am not lying", Stefan said, trying not to laugh. He and Celine were in front of the door that led to Potions class, their inayofuata lesson. "I am telling you, 15 times."
"Damon has gotten wewe two arrested 15 times?" Celine smirked. "I do not believe you."
"Fine, 14 times. Lexi was to blame that one time", Stefan smiled.
"And wewe had time to do all this during the summers?" Celine chuckled.
"Well, I don't really have that many Marafiki except Damon."
"What? Of course wewe do", Celine alisema in disbelief.
"None that keep in touch."
"Well, I will keep in touch inayofuata summer, I promise", Celine smiled.
"The year's just begun. wewe won't remember your promise", Stefan said.
"I will."
Just when Stefan was about to respond in some way, Rachel and Sam walked down the stairs to the dungeons.
"Oy, Stefan, wewe and I are going on patrol duty with Aline and Robb after my Quidditch practice."
Stefan groaned. "Patrol duty.."
"Yes, patrol duty. Shut it. wewe can spend the entire time talking about your angsty writings to your diary if that'll make time pass faster for you", Rachel alisema before standing inayofuata to Celine.
Celine snorted and then nodded. "You do like to talk about angsty things."



"Oh, I do not, stop being so shallow", Stefan blushed a little.
"Everyone's shallow compared to you", Sam pointed out.
"True", Celine said.
Before Stefan had time to protest in any way, a girl with brown hair and beautiful blue eyes walked down the stairs, looking rather lost.
She looked at the four students in hesitation for a moment before walking over to them.
"Hi, sorry", she said, sounding a tad shy. "Is this where the Hufflepuffs are supposed to be?"
"It depends on what grade wewe mean", Rachel said. "We're the 5th."
"Oh, crap", the girl groaned. "Any idea where the 6th should be?"
"New here?" Celine smiled sympathetically.
"Yes", the girl alisema with an awkward smile. "I'm Maria. I transferred from Beauxbattons."
"Oh, that's awesome. So you're not all french snobs there, then?" Rachel asked.
Celine sighed. "I'm sorry, my friend doesn't know how to filter."
"Stuff it, Celine", Rachel snapped before turning to Maria, offering her hand. "I'm Rachel, that's Celine and those two are Stefan and Sam."
Maria shook her hand and smiled. "Nice to meet you."
"I think the 6th graders should be at Transfigurations right about now", Sam alisema after they'd all shook hands.
"Oh, thank you!" Maria smiled and then ran off.
"She seems nice", Celine alisema after she was gone.
"To wewe everyone seems nice. But yeah, she's nice", Rachel said.



ale was just on her way towards her lesson in the greenhouses when she almost ran into Toby. He was on his way to the dungeons. He was late as well.
"Watch where you're going", ale muttered, but then realized she shouldn't try to make the Gryffindors and Slytherins fight any zaidi than they already were. "I mean.. whatever."
"You dropped this", she was just on her way when she turned around to see Toby holding her textbook.
"Thanks", ale said, grabbing the book. She hadn't even realized she'd dropped it. "I.. I'm..", she figured she should apologize to someone who was actually Robb's friend. "Sorry about the clash last night."
"It wasn't wewe who acted like a brat", Toby alisema simply.
"No, but it was my friend", ale shook her shoulders. "Anyway, so, yeah, sorry." With that she walked off, not realizing that Toby was still looking after her.

During the last lessons of the day, Alex was almost snoring into his desk. Moosh groaned and kicked his leg to keep him awake. They had Defense against the Dark Arts.
"Let me sleep", he muttered.
"No", Moosh alisema simply. She pinched his arm when he was about to close his eyes again. "This is important."
"Everything's important, we're at school. I'm just tired", Alex yawned. He then remembered what he wanted to ask Moosh and bit his lip. "I, uh, wewe know, we can go to Hogsmeade this weekend and.."
Moosh chuckled. "And?"
"And.. Oh, shut up", he snapped when he saw the smirk on Moosh's face.
"You want me to come and hold your hand while wewe drink butterbeer?" Moosh kept on smirking.
"I'm going back to sleep", Alex announced.
"I'll go with you", Moosh alisema after a moment of silence. That surprised Alex, but he pretended he hadn't heard, still trying to sleep.

Aline was just on her way back to the Ravenclaw tower when she heard someone shout her name. As she turned around, she saw Isaac standing further away from her.
"Hey", she said.
"Hogsmeade, this weekend. Are wewe going?" he asked.
"I suppose, if the others are", Aline said. "Why?"
"I just.. I'm going."
"I'd expect so, you're one of the others I was referring to", Aline smiled a little.
"Do wewe wanna go with me? Or, well, I don't know, come to the Three broomsticks with me au something?" he asked nervously. "As friends, I mean. Friends."
Aline smile a little. If he would be asking only as a friend, he would not seem so nervous. But she nodded. "Yeah, sure, if we've got time", with that she walked off, feeling a bit happy. She headed upstairs to her room to rest a bit before the patrolling.

Albie had realized that she and Neal had skipped the entire day. She should feel a bit zaidi guilty than she was actually feeling.
"You know, maybe I underestimated you", Neal alisema as they walked back into the castle. "I'd have suspected wewe would not dare skip school."
"I don't like the fact that wewe underestimated me", Albie said. "I'm capable of a lot zaidi than you'd think."
"And I'll look mbele to seeing it", Neal smiled, and just when he was about to ask her something, Klaus and Damon walked downstairs to the hall and Klaus shouted: "Neal! Food. Come on", he said, referring to dinner.
Neal turned to look at his Marafiki only for a second, and when he turned back, Albie was already ready to walk away.
"I had a nice time", she alisema simply, suddenly wanting to find her Marafiki desperately. She headed for the Hufflepuff tower before Neal had time to say anything else.

"I was hoping the practice would be cancelled cause the weather is so crappy", Rachel complained as she, Sam, Z and Isaac were walking towards the Quidditch field.
"What are wewe talking about? The sun was shining all siku and it's still pretty warm", Z said.
"She's scared of what dramatic notion Bruce comes up with this time", Sam alisema simply.
"Shut up."
"You are, though. That's at least the image I've gotten from wewe all day."
Rachel snorted, saying nothing. He was right, but a part of Rachel also wanted to skip the practice so she could go patrol with Aline and Robb. She didn't know why.
"It makes no matter", she alisema simply. "We're here to play. Let's just play."
But she didn't think of how awkward it would be to see Clark and Bruce waiting for them on the field, watching her intensely as they approached. Of course it was awkward. The last time she had spoken with the two boys, it didn’t really end well. But she was definitely not going to have some heartfelt conversation with Bruce au flirting bullshit with Clark. Not now, not ever.
"The Hell with them" she thought.
And she sure made them understand that as she ignored their stares and just went to free the balls so they could start practicing. She hoped they got the hint, she was in no mood to put with their crap again. Fortunately for her, the boys just straddled their ufagio and took off.
ale was upset. And worse, she didn’t know what to do. She had been in the library, working on her homework for an saa and a half now and she didn’t understand a thing. She thought of tearing her paper apart but the thought of giving up made her even angrier.
"Stupid assignment." she mumbled under her breath, while letting her head bang loudly on the table. She felt hopeless.
"Divination must have been something made up in order to torture students. It's the only explanation.", she thought with a sigh.

"Hey" alisema Toby while approaching her table. "Sorry to disturb you, but it seems like wewe could use some help." he added with a smile.
"I didn’t know someone could actually understand something about this crap." she said, raising up her head so she could see his face.
"Well I’m no expert, but I can help." He said, still smiling.
"You can't be worst than me. But why are wewe helping me?" she asked. She didn’t mind, she was just curious.
"Do I need to have a reason?" he asked, a bit surprised kwa her question.
"You’re a Gryffindor. I’m a Slytherin. It’s practically messing the Nature’s rules" ale alisema with a mocking tone.
"Turns out I like to fraternize with the enemy." He alisema smirking.
ale was taken aback kwa his answer. She never saw him as someone that could be blunt, yet alone tease.
"Now let’s start this assignment, shall we?" he added and at that she just smiled.

Rachel was very content. They had played very well, and she knew they had their chances of winning the Cup this year. As Z was the only one remaining in the locker room with her, Rachel felt even better since she didn't have to spoke with either Bruce au Clark. Nothing non-Quidditch related anyway.
"Ray, hurry up. I have to meet up with Steve so we can study" she alisema smiling widely.
"Study huh?" alisema Rachel with a smirk. "Is it a code for something else?" she asked while raising her eyebrow.
"Shut up!" alisema Z, laughing now.
"Just kidding. I have to patrol tonight anyway, so wewe don’t have to wait for me." alisema Rachel, shrugging her shoulders.
"You don’t mind?" Z asked. As she saw her friend nod, she rushed to hug her "Thank wewe so much! upendo you!" and she left.
Rachel was glad for her friend, she seemed really happy. As she walked out of the locker room, she felt a bit anxious but she didn’t know why.
Suddenly, she felt someone grabbing her shoulder. Jumping back she screamed.
Realizing it was just Bruce, she just cried "What the hell?"
"Sorry if I scared wewe but I needed to talk to you." he said, clearly sorry.
Rachel closed her eyes. She was so not ready for a conversation right now. She tried to steady her breath and heartbeat and opened her eyes once again.
"What do wewe want to talk about?" She sounded tired and she hated it.
"I feel like you're avoiding me. I just don’t understand, I thought we were good. " alisema Bruce calmly.
"We are." ray said. "I just can’t deal with this right now."
"Deal with what?" asked Bruce surprised.
"With you. With me… With us." tried to explain Rachel.
"What about us?" asked Bruce, so low that he was almost whispering.
"We're in this super complicated mess and I just don’t know what it means." alisema Rachel, already ready to walk away. "I don’t want to know."
Bruce sighed at this. "Look. I like you. I know wewe like me too. What’s complicated with that?"
There was a short silence after he alisema that. But Rachel knew she had to say something, so she thought it as well could be the truth.
"Sometimes you’re just so moody! wewe get mad, wewe bitch, kahaba at me with no reason then we start bickering. At the end, we’re just angry at each other and I don’t know what I did wrong. Seriously, the whole thing is  just so damn frustrating!"
After realizing what she had just said, she oddly felt free. Like she had been holding back this so much that it had created a pressure she didn’t even know existed.
Bruce remained silent after this. Rachel was glad that he did. Without giving him time to reply something, she kept talking.
"That’s why I’ve been avoiding wewe I guess. I can’t deal with this right now, I won’t. It’s the beginning of the year. I just want to be with my friends, have fun. So I think we should interact as little as we can until I figure this out okay?" Seeing that he was not going to answer, she just walked away with the feeling that everything was finally right.

Finally Rachel reached the Owllery and spotted Aline and Robb already waiting for her.
"Sorry, I'm late." mumbled Rachel, walking in their direction
"Are wewe okay?" asked Aline "I was worried..."
"I'm fine. Let's go." answered Rachel walking past her friend without bothering slowing down au even stop.
Aline knew better than to just asked what happened. It had to be Bruce-related, she was sure of it. Yet, Rachel was not someone who would share her emotion with people, no matter how close she is to them. So Aline silently followed her friend.
Robb, on the other hand, had no idea of why Rachel was this upset. But he knew that if Aline was not doing anything about that, she had to have a reason.
As they were reaching the main doors that lead to the Quidditch pitch, Aline spotted a silhouette about thirty feet away from them.
"Is that Jess?" she asked while walking toward the door.
"Seems like it" answered Robb.
"What the Hell is he doing here all alone?" alisema Aline.



"Does it really matter?" asked Rachel, a bit annoyed.
"Yeah. Every student must be in the ngome at this hour" explained Aline turning her head to her friends. "I'll check this out, wewe two keep going. I'll meet wewe later." and at that she went out.
"It's just the two of us now" sighed Rachel "Come on, let's make this quick. I just want this siku to be over." she groaned as she started walking towards the nearest stairs.
Aline walked directly towards Jess, who was leaning against the ukuta and taking a drag from his cigarette.
"The talk on the streets is that that's bad for your health", Aline said, referring to the cigarette.
Jess smiled a little, but it wasn't a flirty smile like he used to give her. It was a tad awkward, actually. "I don't care."
"Liar", Aline snorted, grabbing the cigarette and throwing it over her shoulder. "Look, I-"
"Let me guess, wewe wanna be friends?" Jess asked, a little amused.
"Yes", Aline said. "I do want to be friends."
Jess chuckled. "I figured as much."
"What, are wewe like in upendo with me au something?" Aline snapped. "Why are wewe being so stubborn?"
Jess tried to say something, but couldn't. Aline was right. He was just being stubborn. And proud. "I.."
"Yeah", Aline smiled a little. "You and I would never work and I doubt you'd be even interested to try. You're not getting out of this in any way where wewe could gain another girl to have a one-night stand with. So it's friendship au nothing. Take it au leave it. I know you'll probably leave it, cause wewe don't care enough to be friends, but wewe could try. It's not like you've got too many Marafiki as of now."
At this Jess nodded after a small moment of silence. "I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"For kissing you. It was stupid", Jess rolled his eyes. "I didn't-"
"I know", Aline interrupted him, wanting to be done with this conversation. "I know. So, can we be friends?"
Jess sighed. "I don't know. I'll just.. talk to wewe later. I should be in the common room, anyway", with that he walked off.
Aline groaned, watching him walk away.

"And three zaidi floors to go..." sighed Rachel as she finished to patrol the 4th floor with Robb still following her silently.
"I'm sorry your siku sucked so bad" He alisema nicely.
Rachel stopped walking. "I'm uigizaji like a total bitch, aren't I?" she asked feeling suddenly bad.
"I wouldn't use the word 'bitch' but I can tell that you've had a bad day" alisema Robb smirking.
Rachel snorted at this. "Why are wewe apologizing anyway?" she asked "It's not like it's your fault au something"
"I know. But I don't like to see wewe upset."
"Why?" she asked while turning around so she could see his face. "It's not like wewe care. Before yesterday, we didn't even speak to each other"
"I actually do care." answered Robb with a small smile "You're a great person, I'm really glad we got to talk zaidi lately"
"I highly doubt that" alisema Rachel resuming her progression in the corridor.
"That's because you're stubborn" stated Robb while grabbing her arm and pulling her closer to him "You are funny, smart, strong-willed, beautiful and a huge pain in the ass. But ones that we kinda like" he continued smiling widely
"You like having a pain in the ass?" asked Rachel, smirking.
"You know what I mean." alisema Robb, laughing a bit now.



"I'm kinda afraid I do" she was still grinning.
"Oh shut up" alisema Robb, pulling her in for a hug so he could erase that smug look on her face.
Rachel found herself liking this hug very much. Maybe a little too much. But at this point she didn't mind. He was hugging her, supporting her, saying those wonderful things (even if she believed them to be untrue) and he smelled really nice.
"Are wewe seriously smelling him right now?! For God's sake, stop that now!" she thought as she mentally slapped herself for her stupidity.
She detached herself from his embrace and smiled at him. Oddly she didn't feel embarrased au blush like she thought she would.
"Thanks Robb, you're an awesome dude. wewe know that?"
Robb didn't answered, he just smiled at her and put his hand on her shoulder as they walked towards the stairs once again.
"Come on, let's go rest. At this point I highly doubt that Aline is going to jiunge us."
"Right" alisema Rachel, suddenly remembering her friend. "I wonder what happened between her and Jess."