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7. NO HARD FEELINGS
"Daphne! How are you?"
"Acceptable Diggory. Acceptable."
Cedric seemed to understand. He was smart, after all. And he sort of suspected that something was wrong with Arithmancy…He opened his mouth, but did not speak immediately.
"Well, it's not my fault; you could have asked me about my preparation in Arithmancy. Never had top grades, ever."
Daphne had a mixture of shock and rage painted all over her face, sharpening her usually soft features. "And when exactly was I supposed to find out?!?" she screamed.
The boy thought about something along the lines of 'you didn't ask', but seeing the Slytherin girl with her 9 inches yew wand aiming at him, he reconsidered, and decided to keep his mouth shut.
"Shall I turn you into a snail, Diggory?" she asked, grabbing him by the tie (she seemed fond of it, Cedric thought) and pushed him against the stone wall of the Great Hall. He could read the message in her eyes, something sounding like 'you are so dead, Hufflestuff'. "Heard you're pretty good at Transfiguration, so I suppose you'd enjoy being Transfigurated…plus, a snail would suit you, their nervous system is not as advanced as the human's, which would be good for you, if I beat you up the way I intend to."
He swallowed, refusing to think about the sadistic ways in which a Slytherin could hurt you. "Come on Daphne, don't be like this, I'm sorry, really, I really am." he said, earnestly. Cedric was not so sure, though, that sincerity would be enough to convince her to simply put her wand away and settling it with a 'still friends, no hard feelings, and no damage done'…also because they were not that, hum, friendly, before…
"No, Hufflestuff; now you're not sorry enough" she hissed, her eyes hard and cold.
"Greengrass! Stop it!" a voice shouted.
Daphne turned lazily to stare at the Chang girl, not really interested.
"Oh Chang, stop it, or else?" she commented, amused, when the other girl looked away, not standing her fixed glare.
Cho clenched her fists; how much she hated the arrogance of those Slytherins…and that Greengrass…she really had a hard time standing her. How could Roger be with her?! Oh, looks, sure.
"Or else, we'll go call a teacher, Greengrass. And no, it won't be Snape." Hannah Abbot added.
Daphne smirked. "Do as you please, like I care" The Ravenclaw smart ass girl could not even stand her glare. And all that Hufflepuff could think of was 'I'll call a teacher'. Oh, brave, indeed.
She looked back at Cedric. He was nice to look at. Nicer than Chang and Abbot, at least.
Bah, it was pointless.
He was not even funny to provoke.
She was there, a wand at his neck, and he sure as hell knew that she was so going to use it, that she wouldn't keep back or anything…after all, she never had before.
But he?
All he could do was staying perfectly still, standing right in front of her, and not moving his grey eyes away for a millisecond, as if he knew something that she was still missing.
Daphne had never seen grey eyes before. She found them interesting; therefore she focused deliberately on them. The pupil was like a black dot in the middle of a poll of…no, it was not grey. Gray is way grayer.
That was a weird shade of blue. Yes, exactly, that was not light blue, that was not sky blue, it was a greyish shade of blue, but it was so not gray. Sea blue, like, the dark blue color the sea has when the sky is clouded and the water surface looks cold and leaden. Athena, the goddess of the Greek mythology, had "sea-gray" eyes, the girl thought. She had read a lot about Greek and Roman myths, because of her name, and her mother's fixation.
Wait.
That was off topic, she noticed.
She was mentally blabbering nonsense about his eyes color in her head. Again, pointless. God, was she bored.
The Slytherin wondered if the boy who was staring back at her as if nothing was happening could have ever guessed what was on her mind.
…Draco could have, he was good at Legilmency.
Whatever.
Cedric was still staring back. Sometimes he wondered if Slytherins were genuinely arrogant by default, or if it was just striking a pose.
Hm, Daphne Greengrass seemed really the 'I'm arrogant and moody and I'm better than you' type…again, he thought that slapping her would have been a rather normal reaction. But Cedric Diggory would never, never ever hurt a girl.
For a few seconds, he noticed that Daphne seemed lost in her thoughts.
He grabbed his wand, and was about to move hers away…
"Diggory! Greengrass!!" professor McGonagall screamed, running down the corridor, followed by Cho and Hannah "10 points less to both Slytherin and Hufflepuff! Oh, Merlin, what did you think you were doing?! A duel?! For Merlin's beard Diggory, you're also older and wiser than Miss Greengrass!"
Daphne petrified with a glare the two girls, promising a silent revenge.
"Wands away! Now!" the teacher commanded, and the two obeyed, not so willingly.
"You two are in detention, AND" McGonagall said, shutting the Hufflepuff boy "and I'll have a not so quick word with professors Snape and Sprout, boys. I am really disappointed."
"But!" Cedric seemed not to agree with the old lady, while Daphne was just silent and still.
"NO BUTS! You two will have 2 parchment scrolls written on the importance of the respect between the four Houses, and professor Binns will correct it, and yes, Miss Greengrass, the mark will count!"
Now, now, Daphne was disappointed. Quietly, as if she was talking about the weather, she smiled politely and spoke.
"But Madam, I do respect the Hufflepuff house" she glared for a moment at Cedric, who had audibly snorted at the girl's statement "it's Cedric Diggory I do not respect"
McGonagall sighed. "Mr Diggory, Miss Greengrass, I hope I made myself clear. Now, do behave the both of you. And Madame Pince will see you in the library at 6, for your detention. No delays will be tolerated."
Cedric noticed that Daphne was looking at him.
"You're a bore, Diggory" she stated.
Haha, well? Oh no, if someone expects Daphne and Cedric to fall in love and kiss like there's no tomorrow during detention, that's so very wrong…and unlikely, I would add.
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