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4. RECOUP

Daphne had wasted the whole afternoon looking for that…that…for that Hufflepuff.

She had looked for him in the entire castle.

The Great Hall, the library, the Huffle-thing common room… well, it was not the entire castle, but sure as hell she had wasted her time because of him, and it was in her Slytherin nature to be looking for some kind of compensation.

Of course her notes were not enough.

She thought that looking for him in the entire castle would have been rather useless. And therefore, with the ability to economize that was her pride, she had just sat in front of the Huffle-stuff common room. The blasted boy just had to go back there anytime soon.

And finally, there he was.

"I have been looking the whole afternoon for you, Diggory."

In the dim light of the dungeon she could not see his face properly.

"I have been looking the whole afternoon for you too, Daphne." He replied, calmly, stressing particularly the use of her name.

He smiled.

"I think I should apologize once again for making you fall today, and I hope that the fact that I've been like, anywhere in this castle proves that I do feel sorry for…well, whatever I did. There you go, here are your notes" and he handed the girl her parchments.

She quickly grabbed them and smirked.

Cedric was staring at her, as if waiting for her to do something.

"What?" she seemed quite irritated.

Right. Right. 'Stupid Cedric expecting her to say thanks, thank you or something along the lines' he thought shaking his head.

"Nothing. Now, Daphne, I have homeworks to do. So, I guess I'll see you around. Bye." He waved and was about to whisper the password, when she spoke.

"Oh, no, no, no, Diggory." Her voice was…arrogant, to say the least. The girl moved and was now standing between Cedric and the Hufflepuff common room's entry.

"Excuse me?" the young man was really astonished. What did that mean?!

"You're so not going to leave like this."

"What am I supposed to do, then" questioning the presumptuous Slytherin seemed to do no good, Cedric thought.

"Recoup."

The boy's eyes went wide. "What?!? Listen Daphne, I did a favour to you looking the whole afternoon for you, I could have just waited till you came here and…no, better, I could have left more or less intentionally these notes of yours in the Great Hall, and…"

"Why didn't you?" she interrupted him, hands on her hips, in the most arrogant demeanour he had ever seen on a girl.

Cedric was astonished. "E...E…excuse me?"

The girl fumed in impatience, and flipped her dark hair back. "I said. Why didn't you? I surely did not ask you to look for me."

Now, Cedric was a patient guy. He had proven it in more than one occasion. But…but… really, moving and slapping this girl wouldn't have felt so wrong. She was so…unbearable.

"You just can't bring yourself to say thank you, can you, Daphne?" he sighed, rolling his eyes.

"Thanks are for the losers. Besides, you interrupted me while I was talking about the way you'll recoup me." The girl was taking a look at her notes.

"No, Daphne. No way I'll do…anything you ask me to. I have my homeworks, and I need to be finished with them before training." Diggory shook his head, already feeling that his words would go totally unheard.

"Your problem, not mine." 'Exactly.' He thought rather disconsolate. "There you go, Huffle-stuff." She handed him her notes. "I believe you still have your Arithmancy books of the third year. Well, chapter 6 and 7, the excercices. I already know the topic, it's just that excercices annoy me, and I was not this annoyed before you made me fall. I want them at breakfast. You know where the Slytherin table is." She said, patting his shoulder while passing him.

"Daphne!" he almost cried in frustration. She wanted him to do her homeworks?!

"And I want them to be perfect, Diggory, as if I had them done." She turned and smiled sweetly at him. "Or else…"