The Stare Off!
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The only thing that is more annoying than someone throwing spit balls at you is them staring at you. Especially when you have no idea who they are.
Harry sat in the large room quiet as possible while Ron tossed notes to his brothers and Hermoine studied… as usual. He looked around a moment and then back at his papers. Wait a minute. He looked back up. There at the next table was a fifth year just staring at him. Did they realize who he was? Did he have something in his teeth? Did he look funny? Was it because he broke his glasses again? He looked down trying to avoid eye contact. For some reason he felt a strange urge to look up. He wanted to know if they were still looking at him.
They were. Staring right at him. No emotion on their face. Just open eyes looking directly at him.
He looked down again. What did they want? He could ask… but it was so awkward. Plus he wasn't allowed to talk. He could mouth the words… Would they understand him?
He looked up again. They were looking down. Oh good. Then they looked back up again at him.
Ugh!
This went on for the entire time that they were there. Finally the teacher dismissed them. It was then and only then that the person stopped staring at him. Harry sighed and then looked at Ron. "Did you see that?"
"See what?" Ron asked.
"That guy, he was just staring at me the whole time we were in there." Harry pointed to the guy who was picking up his belongings to leave.
"Dunno, why not ask him." Ron suggested.
Harry knew he could do that but it was awkward to do so. Harry would just let it go. Hopefully it didn't happen again.
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This has actually happened to me… it was so awkward. Have you guys ever been stared at during a class or something for no reason that you know of? My guess is the girl who was staring at me was just being spacey… but who knows. Leave a comment if you have ever experienced this. XD along with a review of course!