A/N: Here is Chapter 14! Okay, for the questions: lilyalicezoe was right about who took the essay as was Future Miss Fred Weasley. Marciabarcia was right about who makes an appearance even though I don't think she was answering that question, but she was right anyway. :) Thank you guys for guessing! :)

Disclaimer: I don't own anything dealing with 'Harry Potter.'

I really hadn't believed Henri when he said he was stopping in the library to check out a book. That had nothing to do with what I had asked ("What's your problem?") so I set off in search for him. I checked in the places he usually went when something was bothering him – the kitchens, the Great Hall, the Prefects bathroom, the Paved Courtyard, the Astronomy Tower. But when I saw he wasn't in any of these places, I put in consideration that he had actually went to the library and steered in that direction.

I smiled at the librarian and began the hunt for my best mate. It was around the middle of the library did I hear some frantic whispering. I strained my ears to try and hear more, but it became quiet again. I was about to turn at the next bookcase when I saw that was where the people were. And those people were my best mate and my best mate's girlfriend's cousin.

Making up my mind, I quickly darted from my hiding place to the next bookcase up from said hiding place. From here I listened intently before creeping up and looking carefully around the corner as to not get caught. I could see that Rose was trying to get her parchment back from Henri who had it posed over his head where she obviously couldn't reach it. I smiled. Well, I could be a gentleman again, couldn't I?

I counted out in my head when to make a move. When I got to the number, I moved some books on the bookshelf aside a little so I could see where to reach out. Then I moved closer to the corner of the bookshelf and whizzed my hand out around it. When my hand came into contact with slightly rough surface, I closed my hand around it and pulled back. Luckily, Henri wasn't clutching it too tightly. I smiled and waited for one of them to say something. Not too long after, my best mate's voice came out, somewhat loud and somewhat quiet. We were in a library after all.

"Hey, mate, you cheated!"

I came from behind the bookcase and revealed myself to them. I nodded toward Henri.

"Yes, actually. Yes I did. What're you doing with an essay that doesn't belong to you anyway?" Henri grinned and pointed to Rose who was standing there staring at us.

"It's hers. I was just showing her that we were on the way to friendship when you interrupted." I smiled and placed it upon the table. Henri and I watched as she picked it up, a frown on her face. I looked confused as to why she didn't look happy to have it back when I saw Henri had his wand out. I shook my head; this kid was out of control.

"May I?" I asked her. She looked up, startled, as if she had forgotten we were here. She handed the parchment to me and I pulled my wand and fixed the purple and black blotches for her.

"Thank you," she said happily to me before she turned to glare at Henri. While she turned to pack up her supplies, I glanced over at Henri.

Uh oh.

This was bad – it looked as though he was thinking.

Don't get me wrong; Henri was smart and had plenty of brilliant ideas. The problem? He almost never let anyone in on them and this looked as if he wasn't going to let me in on it. I was going to call him out on it when Rose spoke.

"Oh, you guys are still here? You didn't have to wait; I can make it back to the Ravenclaw common room." Henri stooped down to pick up his backpack while I picked up Rose's before she could.

"No problem at all," Henri said, "After all, we are on the road to friendship. All of us are." He was initially standing on the left of Rose, but he moved so that he was in the middle of us. There he put his arms around us while he had a smile on his face. Rose smiled nervously and I just looked amused.

"You still have to explain some things to me," I whispered to him. He didn't look at me, but he did kind of nod his head.

"Thanks again," Rose said to me as I handed the backpack to her. She smiled at us and we left as she walked into the portrait after the riddle was answered. I looked at Henri and saw he didn't look as though he was going to start talking. That was okay with me; I could force it out of him. I began to nudge him with my elbow. I wasn't going to let up until he said something. He must've found out because he grinned and turned to me.

"Something you needed or were you having some sort of elbow spasm?" I grinned at the familiar words and shrugged.

"I was just wondering if you were ever going to tell me what you deal is. You know you'll have to tell me some time and you might want to tell me now while I'm not in my scandal mood." Henri glanced at me and smiled. We both knew that I wasn't the one for gossip, but it wasn't too late to start, right?

"Okay, okay. I'll tell you – just not here," he said, looking around to make sure we weren't being followed or listened in on. I shoved my hands into my pockets.

"Is it really that embarrassing?" I joked. When he didn't answer, I thought maybe it was that embarrassing and saw something on his face. Something that made me laugh out loud.

"Are you blushing?" I said in between laughs. He glowered at me.

"Well, wait until the day comes when you blush and see what I say." I laughed again, but nodded. That was a great point. But when was I ever going to blush?

A/N: I'm thinking about doing a double post tomorrow. Reviews would be nice! :)

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