Wow something longer this time.
Second Year
"It's your, not you're. Y-O-U-R, not Y-O-U apostrophe R-E. That's such a trivial thing! How could you make such a mistake?" The guy I was criticizing belonged to Hufflepuff, the house of loyalty. If I were to offend him, make him dislike me, I would immediately make myself an enemy of one house! No one would want to talk to me and I wouldn't be tempted to change anything!
This person, my chosen victim, seemed to be very popular. The stereotypical Prince Charming. It probably would be hard to offend him, what with me being a generally nice person allergic to insults and him being an extremely nice person; but hey, everyone has their breaking points, no?
"Definitely is spelt D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y, not D-E-F-I-N-A-T-E-L-Y, Honestly..." I was just a random, nosy person that came to correct his work and insult him while doing so. Well, mildly insult him; I couldn't be extremely, unconditionally mean for the life of me. Even so, if I were him, I would have hit myself a long time ago. I knew I was being insufferable annoying, but he still hadn't said anything to me, nor could I see his facial expression in order to confirm if I was successfully irritating him.
Finally, after lots of criticism and insulting side comments from me, he was finished with his essay. I had to commend him for his tolerance, really.
Then, he turned to look at me. And smiled. I stopped myself from twitching as he spoke to me in a grateful tone. I wouldn't have been able to spot all those mistakes by myself." I watched in horror as his smile grew wider. "Hey, could you help me correct my work next time too? If you're not too busy, that is. I can help you with the things you don't understand in return."
"Faced with such a sincere expression, my mask of nastiness melted away and I could only nod my head dumbly. The boy gave a cheerful laugh. Gosh, this guy was nice to the point of idiocy. I really can't bring myself to be mean to such a nice person.
"Thanks, again." He held out his hand for a handshake. "My name is Cedric Diggory, what's yours?"
Oh bloody hell.
Author's note:
Right. Cedric Diggory. Couldn't resist, really. Also, it's a bit annoying that both Word and Chrome don't accept British English. Spelt and Spelled and the same damn thing.