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Chapter 21 - Clara
"Hey, Hermione!" Clara called after spotting her friend in the corridor. Hermione turned to see who was calling, and smiled when she saw Clara hurrying towards her.
"Oh, hi, Clara," she said casually.
"Hi? Now you say 'hi' to me? I haven't seen you for about a month! What have you been up to?" Clara asked, a little more dramatically than she had expected.
"Oh, you know. This and that. I've been busy, with exams coming up and stuff. I'm sorry I haven't seen you much," Hermione, her tone still too casual for Clara's liking.
"Hmm, okay. I popped to the library a few times. It's not like you to not be there 24/7," Clara said, her eyes narrowing.
"Oh, well you must have kept missing me. I've been in there a lot with Harry and Ron recently," Hermione said.
"Ah, okay. Well, I... uh, I have to go. Just wanted to say hello," Clara said awkwardly, before turning her back on Hermione and walking away.
Her friendship with Hermione Granger had gone a little bit rocky recently. They hadn't talked at all for a long time, and Clara wasn't happy about the fact that she was nowhere to be seen all the time. She was spending more time with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley than she used to, and Clara could help but feel a twinge of jealousy.
She thought it best to leave it for now, however, as the end of year exams were rapidly approaching, and she only had this weekend left to cram in some last minute revision. She headed for the Ravenclaw common room, knowing that John was revising up there.
When she got there, John was sitting on the floor by the fire, as every other seat was full. She came and crouched next to him. "We should go to your dorm, it'll be quieter," she whispered. John nodded and followed her up.
"I think it's extremely unfair that the girls can come in our dorms, but we can't go in yours," John said, carrying his Potions textbook with him to his dorm.
"I don't understand why they do it, to be honest," Clara said, with mild confusion.
"I do, but we're way to young to be doing any of that." John said, screwing up his face in disgust.
"You always know the details, John. You definitely have a pretty dirty mind," Clara said, shaking her.
"Yeah, it doesn't mean I enjoy it," John said.
"I never said you did," Clara said defensively, holding up her arms.
"Why are we even having this conversation?" John asked sitting on his bed. "We're supposed to be revising." John held up his textbook.
"Alright, I'll go fetch my stuff." She left the boys' dormitory and made her way to her own. She really wasn't in the mood to revise, so she lay down on her bed and dozed off for a bit. She dreamt of exams and ticking clocks, and when she woke up she thought she was going mad. These exams were really pressing on her, even though she knew that they meant nothing. She sat up, and looked around at the empty dorm.
She checked her watch, and noticed that it was time for dinner. What a tedious day it had been, and it wasn't even done yet.
The first day of exams was upon them, and Clara felt in no way prepared. She had gone over some things but there was a lot she had yet to revise. She had made the courageous decision the wing it, although she knew that that never worked. She was relying on her 'Ravenclaw wisdom' would help her out, but she wasn't expecting anything amazing.
Her first exam was Herbology, which turned out to be pretty easy. They had to name some diagrams of magical plants, and list some of their uses. She had a vague memory of some of their lessons, which was enough to help her scrape through. John seemed fairly confident at the beginning of the test, but he looked a little grim as they walked out of the classroom together.
"I bet you did fine, John. You're probably just feeling paranoid after your first test. You'll get used to it," Clara said, trying to make him feel a little better.
He smiled, nodded and kept on walking. She knew he was still worrying though. The rest of the day followed a similar pattern, and it turned out to be really boring. Once the first day of exams was over, John and Clara decided to hang out by the lake.
"Ah, finally... I'm so done with exams," Clara said.
"Yeah, thank God for that. I just want them to al be over already," John said.
"Don't you think it's gone quickly though? This year is nearly over," Clara said, watching the clouds.
"Yeah it has. The first day we met on the train is still fresh in my mind," John said.
Clara looked over at him. "Same actually. That was a good day."
"Yes it was."
Sorry that this chapter is so boring... :(