YES, i know these chapters are extraordinarily short, but this is about the farthest that I've gotten through a story. LIke, in all my stories, most of them are unfinished after only a few chapters, because I lost interest or someone flamed it. Yep, I've gotten flames and boy are they mean! Whatever, and so, thank YOU FOR ALL THE REVIEWS, i love you all, and this is the next chapter.
Read on, reader.
Catrin's face was exceptionally pale now. "I-I know that your grandfather was Voldemort."
"Shhh!" I said. "Muffliato!" I said, casting the spell around us." When I turned back to her, she was still there, her pixie face still determined. "Alright, Catrin, how did you find out?" My heart was thumping so hard that I felt as if it was going to pump its way out of my heart.
"I-I overheard you talking to yourself one night," she stammered, brushing a strand of her hair away from her face.
"Who've you told?" I asked, panicking. "Any of your friends?"
Her face twisted into a small smile. "I don't have any friends."
I regarded her with a secret sadness. I felt so sorry for her; I knew what it felt like not to belong. But how could I have never noticed her? Sure, she was small, but that was unforgivable of me. I mean, how could I be so selfish?
"Oh," I said. "I'm sorry. But did you ever tell anyone?"
"No," she said. "No one would believe me anyone. I'm the loner. I'm the weirdo. You're the popular one."
I was stunned. "Me, popular?" I asked, starting to laugh harshly. "I got cheated on in the middle of a dance, in front of everyone."
"But you handled it better than I could ever," she said. "And you pranked him back. I think I would have just shrunk back into the shadows. Like I always do," she added. "I guess I'm worthless. I'm not the top in the class, not the funniest, the prettiest, or even the most popular. I'm the least popular. I don't have any friends." With that, she waved her wand, and I started as the Muffliato charm shattered around us. She went to her bed and drew the curtains around her.
I lay back in my bed, thinking. This girl obviously had a difficult life, and seventh year had already started. But it was only in the middle of November.
Here I'd been, the past week, thinking that my life was miserable, whilst her life was much more difficult. At least I had James, and Lexi, and Roxanne and now Lisle. She only had her family-and I wasn't even sure if she had her family. What a pathetic roommate, I was, if I didn't even know if she had a mum or dad.
But that could all change.
I smiled to myself as I began to think.
Everything could change for Catrin.
"G'night Catrin," I called over to her bed.
There was a pause before her timid voice wafted over to me.
"Good night Addison."
I really like Catrin, and she's going to become a BIG part of the story from now on. Almost as big as characters like Lexi, Roxanne, and Lisle, in fact.
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