Secrets and Dirty Deeds
By the Barefoot Pianist
Chapter 24
Carmen rubbed the back of her head while walking out of History of Magic. She had fallen asleep – once again – and had fallen off her chair when hearing the word 'assignment' and hit her head on the floor. Apparently, hearing from Pansy, that she had been snoring, but – as always – Binns was completely oblivious to that fact. In fact, he was completely oblivious to the whole snore/sleep-talk/fall-off-chair/hit-head-on-floor ordeal.
So by the end of the lesson, a slightly bad-tempered Carmen walked out, followed by Daphne and Jade. Their assignments were meant to be done in pairs, and because she had been visiting La-La Land, she was without a partner. "Hey Daphne," she said. "Have you got a partner?"
"Yeah, sorry. I've already paired up."
"Never mind. Plenty of fish in the…"
"Huh?"
Carmen's eyes widened looking at the approaching figure behind Daphne. Her face reddened and she ran to hide behind Jade's back. "Keep walking… just keep walking," she instructed to Malfoy in a whisper behind Jade. But Jade had had enough.
She yelled at her when Malfoy had stalked off. "Stop hiding behind my back! Gees, you're such a coward sometimes! He," she said, pointing a finger at the offending back that was walking away, "Is a gay… I mean, guy. He," she pointed at him again with vigour, "Is human. He," she pointed the third time, so hard her arm could have fallen off, "Is nothing special or scary, yet you act like he's a fire-breathing giant chicken on a rampage!"
"Right," Carmen said, and took a deep breath. She focused on a point on a wall, looking as if in deep concentration. "He is a guy… he is human… he's nothing special…" she said to herself, all the time taking deep breaths. "Guy… human… special… not special… special… not special…" she was starting to confuse herself.
"Not special… not special… not…"
Tap tap.
Carmen nearly jumped out of her skin. But she almost jumped out of her skin – twice – when she saw who it was.
"Got a partner?" Malfoy asked.
Carmen switched to her 'fight or flight' mode and put up two fists. "Get away!" she said shrilly.
Malfoy put up his hands to defend himself, "Wow, calm down, Carmen. I'm not going to attack you or anything."
"You kissed me, thus you shall never be trusted…again!"
"Huh?" he looked puzzled. "Oh, you mean Christmas? Struth, that was a long time ago..."
"Why did you do it," she interrogated him.
At this, he just laughed. "What else are you bloody meant to do when there's a mistletoe branch floating above your head?"
"Be quiet," she snapped at him. "I know martial arts and I'm not afraid to use it!" Malfoy couldn't suppress a snort. "What?" she asked.
"Nothing," he said quickly. "So are you going to answer my question?"
"Yes, I'm already paired up."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Who?"
"Elsa."
"Who?"
"Elsa."
"Ooh, Elsa." He paused. "Isn't she the imaginary girl?"
"Yeah, so?"
"How is she going to help you with your assignment?"
Carmen stood silent and defiant, trying to find some sort of explanation.
"Well?" Malfoy asked. Eventually, Carmen got frustrated and mock punched him in the stomach.
"Fine! I'll be your stupid partner!" and she ran off down the corridor.
"Fine! Be that way!" he yelled after her. "Wait a second…" he said, realising that his comeback wasn't really up to scratch.
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