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Chapter 67: Avoid

Why was it so damn hard to avoid someone in such a big school? This building was huge, I supposed it'll be easier.

Now, let me explain: I tried really hard to avoid Theo , but somehow I always ended up in the same room as him. I got into the classrooms right before the bell rang and ran from classes as soon as they finnished, when we had them with Slytherins. I didn't want to see him, after what he said. This little charade of me pretending not to know him lasted longer than I wanted it to, and I definitely heard things from him I didn't want to. And that made me feel that he changed much more than I expected, and I felt like it was somehow my fault, as I didn't try to find out more about him after he stopped coming at the castle. So I didn't want to see what I did to him. It would be different if he knew who I was. And he tended to be a little reckless, so I didn't really expect him to be wary of how he acts if we were in a room full of people.

Draco's point of view

I didn't know what Theo was doing. I barely even saw him in the past week. When I asked him about it, he mumbled something about chasing down a girl. By now, we had to drag him to the Great Hall to eat, because he was lost in castle plans and everything. I couldn't get it why was he so obsessed with this. All the girls he could be interested in were in Slytherin. It has always been like that. But I decided it wasn't something to worry about, and that it'll pass.

Sel was acting weird too. Not because we haven't seen each other in weeks, I mean, because with the rivalry between houses like it was now, it could've been really dangerous to try and meet. But no, she always seemed to be on a rush to get in and out of classes and sometimes on the corridors. I could swear this school was getting weirder everyday. And that's coming from a wizard.

Selene's point of view

I was currently running through the halls, trying to get to the common room. There were still two hours left until curfew, but I wanted to get out of the unsafe zone as fast as possible. But with my luck…I bumped into someone. This was getting irritating.

"Oh, sorry. I was on a rush."

"It's ok. People seem to always run here. It's weird seeing this castle like this." The person said, attempting to cover a strong Scottish accent and offered me a hand. When I got up, I said it probably was faith. I didn't exactly purposely avoid Evelyn since she came to our school, but I just didn't come across her since the night of the feast. I just stood there like a complete idiot, looking at her as her expression changed from neutral to thinking and finally shock and recognition.

"Oh my God. I can't belive you avoided me for a whole month you complete dimbo. And where on Earth is the other idiot? I've been searching for you two since I got here. Y'all made me think you both left."

"Come on, am I really that recognizable?"

"Well, I do know you better than anyone. Besides, your eyes-"

"Yeah, yeah, I know, I can't change them much. Maybe if you stop yelling Ilel explain. But let's go to the library, its more private."

As soon as we made it to the library, she made me tell her everything. And I mean everything. What happened after she left, about my new friends, about my new powers, about the dreams, if I found out who my soulmate was, and finally, about Theo.

"WHAT?!?! That dumbass got into Slytherin? He wasn't supposed to get anything else than Ravenclaw."

"Shhhhh! Listen Eve, we don't know what happened after he left. From what I know, he attended a lot of the purebloods' parties and made friends there. They spent a lot of time together, maybe even more so than us. I am avoiding him at the moment so please try to not make a scene out of this."

"But what he said was terrible. What happened to our little inncocent Theo? The one who ran to hide with the Thestrals in the woods when I pissed him off? Who we threw pyjamas parties with andwho had far too much knowledge for his age?"

"First, you weren't pissing him off, you were scaring him off. And then again, who knows what happened at those parties? Look, were not looking for trouble with Slytherins, you know that. So please calm down and don't do anything crazy. I know you're not ok with this but we can't solve everything through rage."

"I know that but how can you keep calm when he's done this to you, when he changed like this?"

"He was looking at you."

"What?"

"The night of the welcoming feast. He was right in front of you at the table. And he was looking at you. At first he was shocked. But then, it turned into a smile, and he was thinking of how happy he was that you're back. And that made me realize that maybe he hasn't really changed so much. I mean, look at Draco. He is a stuck up arrogant prat, yes, but all the other things he seems to be, the terrible things people think of Slytherins, its just a façade. I really started thinking this applies to the majority of Slytherins. They're afraid they'll be casted off by their own house and start acting like that. And I can't just chase him away because of that."

"Maybe, but we'll find out. And if it isnet like that, he'll get to know my updated version of scaring him off."

Now that the ball was approaching, most of the girls were running in flocks from one part of the castle to the other chatting about dates and dresses. I just decided I won't have a date. I wanted to take this as a chance to finally talk to Draco and Blaise and maybe to Theo to find out what was happening. In reality, I didn't expectto have anyone invite me to the ball. But I had quite a few boys inviting me. Fred and George were there though, and as the big brothers they seemed to think of themselves as, they chased them away. So I had no problem with that. Now I just had to convince the others why I wouldn't be going to the ball.

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