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The Wall:


The first day of classes passed without anything exciting happening. When she was in the library doing homework that night she realized that Rook wasn't in any of her classes, the school had finally decided to not put Slytherin with Gryffindor, so she didn't have any classes with Elle either, which she noticed right away. This bummed Kenn out, and she sighed.

"Hey, Kenn, you ok?" Elle asked from her usual spot next to Shane at their study table.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Kennedy lied looking down at her book.

"Ok, but you don't sound like you are, you sighed liked your really depressed." That was Shane, he normally finished Elle sentences, which always made Elle smile because it showed he knew what she was thinking.

"No, really I'm fine, thanks though," Kennedy added with a smile. Kennedy went back to doing her homework, everyone else shrugged and followed suit. Knowing her, they knew hat unless something was really wrong she probably wouldn't tell them what was wrong, although Elle did make a mental note to ask later.

School went on over the next few months and Kennedy still thought about Rook's dashing eyes, but never saw them, except in going back in forth from place to place. She wasn't ever alone with him and was never able to talk to him when she was near him. This fact really did put a damper on her mood. She was still friendly, happy, and ready to carry a good conversation, but she kept hoping that one day, in the near future, she would be able to strike up a good conversation with Rook, if she saw him that is.

Before Kennedy knew it, for time had flown so quickly, the coming weekend would be a Hogsmeade weekend. Kennedy adored Hogsmeade and her mother often took her there, but when at school she always went with her little group of friends.

She wanted her and her friends' names to be the first on the list for going to the incredible little city, so she raced to the sign up sheet immediately after the last class got out on Friday. When she was passing a particularly dark alcove, right around the corner from the sign up sheet, she looked into it only imagining what evil monsters could be lurking within its depths, one of her pass times. She stopped and laughed imagining a giant fuzzy green monster with bad teeth and breath to match, humongous hairy feet that would make anyone cringe, and then that same monster singing "Ring Around the Rosy". She was had begun walking again when she was suddenly pulled into the dark alcove and couldn't scream for help because of a particularly large hand covering her mouth. She was pulled close to a rather tall, lean shape that she didn't know what it was exactly. She was horror struck and cursing her imagination because she was frightened to death, almost.

"Hey, Elle told me you always wanted to be the first on the sign up sheet, she was right," a soothingly familiar voice whispered in her ear, "I was hoping to catch you on the way there. I guess I got what I wanted, eh?"

Kennedy was finally able to speak as the hand moved away from her mouth. She turned around to look at her favorite brown haired boy, "Hey Rook! How are you? Yeah, I like to be the first one on the list," Kennedy was actually glad it was dark here because she was blushing, yet again.

"Sorry if it seemed like I was avoiding you for the past few months, I've tried to talk to you a couple of times, but every time some one else came up to talk to you." Rook whispered. Regret obvious in his voice.

"Well, you could have said you needed to talk to me, I probably would've gone with you in almost any situation, save for if someone came to tell me one of my parents was dying then, well, ya know..." Kennedy smiled up at him, not really sure he was able to see.

"Actually, I find it quite rude and arrogant to interrupt other peoples' conversations."

"Arrogant?" Kennedy wondered. That was odd and she had never heard of anyone thinking interrupting other people was rude. What an interesting idea, he certainly has some insight in that brain of his... she thought to herself.

"Yes I think it's arrogant to walk up to someone already in a conversation and say 'Hey, come talk to me because I'm better and what that person there is saying isn't as important as what I need to say to you.' " Rook said in a mocking tone that made Kennedy giggle.

"I suppose your right, I never really thought about it that way before, hmm...., I may have to rack your brain for more incredibly philosophical insight, Rook." Kennedy said while trying to contain her need to laugh to a degree that was at least partially under control.

"Sounds like a plan to me," Rook said while smiling down at her, "but anyway the reason why I pulled you so jerkily into this dark alcove we now stand in is because I was wondering if you'd like to go to Hogsmeade with me?"

Kennedy now smiled, "I'd love to,... but wait ... I've always gone with my friends, so I'd have to ask them if it was ok. You don't mind do?" Kennedy was now very nervous and didn't want to blow the chance to go out on her first date with a guy she really liked.

"I don't mind, I'm happy to oblige," he bowed, "and I respect your loyalty to your friends." He grinned. "Thanks! Well we better go, shouldn't we?" Kennedy said and Rook nodded. They walked out of the alcove and talked about all sorts of different things on the short walk to the sign up sheet. Both enjoyed each others company. They signed there names and Kennedy put down three extra besides her own, even if she didn't go with them, they would still want to go.

"Ok well, I guess I'll see you later Kennedy," Rook smiled at her and turned to go back to his common room. Kennedy went immediately to the library to talk to her friends. She really wanted to go with Rook, but didn't want to break to tradition without the OK from her friends. (chapter) Kenn decided to pick up the pace a little instead of moseying she would "walk fast", but really she was sprinting. She was running to the table in the back of the library and almost hit it when she blurted, "Guys, I got a question."

Elle looked up from her Defense Against the Dark Arts and smiled like she knew what Kennedy was going to ask, but there was no way she could've, right? "Yeah, what is it Kenn?" She grinned innocently; Rook had said that he had talked to Elle, what was the point in asking if Elle already knew the question because she knows me Kennedy asked herself. Great, just great, I already asked if I you ask my friends. They knew about this before I did, didn't they? Thought Kennedy.

"Well... You know how we've always gone to Hogsmeade together?" Kennedy asked.

"Yeah," everyone answered in unison.

"Well... I was kinda sorta asked to go by someone else, so I was wondering if you guys would mind?" She blurted, then sat down to wait for the jury to give their jurisdiction.

Elle beamed, Autumn smiled, and April smirked. It seemed to like they had all been in on it to Kennedy, but that wasn't possible, even though Elle, April, and Autumn was in the same house as Rook.

"So he finally asked you? I was wondering when he would, he was really shy when he asked us to help him with what to say to you, but I suppose that's just him being a guy, right?" Elle smile widened as she said that.

"You knew! And you didn't tell me? You knew that I was wondering if he really liked my 'cuz he hasn't talked to me since we were on the train. That was almost three months ago!" Kennedy was shocked. Why does the world always have to conspire against me? She thought. She found the answer out very shortly after this thought, from none other than Shane.

"Well, he didn't want anyone to know. He had trouble asking us for help," Shane smiled at Elle, "but in the end he figured he had to ask for help. He is very shy, like Elle said. He thought he'd been incredibly forward on the train, and he was embarrassed to talk to you. He thought the plan we made for him to ask you made him seem very forward, too," He shrugged and went to working on his Transfiguration homework.

"Apparently he did it anyways, so I think we've done him some good," said April, smirking.

"Wait, Rook, shy? He always seems so cool and collective around me. Most people get all stuttery and nervous around the person they like. Hmm... Ok I'm confused." Kennedy no longer understood what was going on. Her friends had known about this the whole time and they had kept it a secret. She understood why they had done it, but Rook being shy, still didn't register as normal to her.

"Ok so, basically, your telling me that you knew about this the entire time and you never told me, which I don't really blame you for. You guys have problems with this sort of thing. You helped him plan it and I never found out? I'm so confussled. If one of you doesn't explain this very instant I swear I will... I will... Well I don't know what I'll do, but mark my words it won't be good. So cough it up." Kennedy gave a mock stern look to everyone sitting at the table.

Elle decided to take the lead and tell the story, "I don't think you want the long version, I warn you it is very long, so I'll tell you the short, sweet version. Rook came to us," Elle motioned to everyone around the table, "for advice on how to ask you out. We gave our assistance and he thanked us, we planned the whole thing out to almost exact times and then we waited.

Basically we had the whole thing planned since the first month of the term. If you think about it, it really is sad that we know you so well to know exactly were you'll be, at what time you'll be there, and what you'll most likely be doing there." She smiled sweetly and everyone started to laugh, including Kenn and Elle.

Kennedy put her head in her hands, on the table. Rook had known her schedule since the beginning of term, that had probably been how he had avoided her so well. They're entire plan was unfolding in front of her. They had planned down to minutes, this was rather mindboggling. "So I guess you guys don't have a problem with me going to Hogsmeade with him instead of you guys." She tried to smile, and failed drastically. She was smirking instead.

"Oh no! We encourage it!" Autumn, usually quiet and collective, grinned and almost shouted, in a library, no less. This earned a glare from Madame Pince, the librarian. Kenn thought it was amusing and interesting at the same time. Right now she had bigger fish to fry than the conservative Autumn almost shouting in a library. She had to find Rook, tell him she could go, then run back here and jump up and down and do that girly high- pitched, annoying squeal thing, earning her another glare from Madame Pince. This was something she never did and found it very hard to believe she was actually planning to do such a thing. Kenn shook her head to dissipate this thought from her confused brain.

"Well, I gotta go do something, I'll be right back, maybe." Kennedy got up and wandered out of the Library. She didn't realize her friends were smirking as she left, for they knew she was going to try and find Rook before lights-out.

Kennedy was wondering where someone like Rook would be at the time of 8:03 at night at Hogwarts castle. She was thinking to herself that if she'd been smart she would have asked her friends were Rook would probably be, but she had been so anxious to see him again and tell him she could go with him, that she hadn't thought about this. This is crazy, I completely forget things like that when I think about Rook, something that doesn't normally happen to me, Kenn thought. She realized she saw him head in the direction of his dorms when they had signed the sheet for Hogwarts. She was disappointed and looked at the ground not realizing she was going to have to turn soon. She ran into a wall and blacked-out, falling backwards. She felt strong hands catch her before she could hit her head on the stone floors.

She awoke in the Hospital Wing, in a bed in the middle of the room, in front of a window that was blowing fresh, cool night air onto her. She looked at her watch and it read 1:57 which meant she's been out for at least four hours. She hadn't the slightest idea why she was there. Madame Pomfrey came bustling in carrying something that looked, like most other healing potions, completely vile.

"Here you are dear, take this it will help with the headache and bruising," said Madame Pomfrey, pouring the vile smelling (and probably tasting), purple liquid into a small cup just big enough to hold the medicine.

"Madame, why am I in here?" she asked eyeing the liquid suspiciously.

"Why don't you remember, deary, you ran into a wall, how I'm not sure, but you did," she said holding up the small cup for Kennedy to take.

Kenn sat bolt upright, "I WHAT?" she asked completely at a lose for how that could happen.

"Yes you did and that nice Spencer boy brought you here," she pushed the cup into Kennedy hand.

"Rook?"

"Yes, now enough talking, not enough drinking, go on drink it before I force it down," she ordered, obviously irritated.

Kenn realized she did have terrible headache. So she looked at the cup and took the whole thing in one drink to get it over with. She was surprised by how inaccurate she had been about the particular liquid. It wasn't vile, at least not just, it was vile, revolting, and made her want to retch. She felt like the world was swirling around her and then when it slowed down she fell back asleep after a thought, I'll have to thank Rook...

She awoke and realized she needed to brush her teeth. They had a thick layer of slime on them and she became aware that the sun was somewhere in the middle of the sky, the clock in the room confirmed that it was the next day and that it was 1:11. It was Saturday and the school would be going to Hogsmeade the next day. She hoped she could get out of the hospital wing before then and be able to go on her date with Rook.

Kenn heard someone walk in and looked to the door to see who it was, she was greeted by those worried light blue eyes. His brown hair, chiseled features, and lean slightly muscled body all gracefully walking towards her bed. She still wondered about those awesome eyes as she looked at him, she smiled at him as he came nearer.

He smiled back and sat in the chair next to her bed. He immediately showered her with questions, "Are you alright? Did you break anything? Does your head hurt? I'm so sorry I didn't get there sooner, but I turned the corner, saw you hit the wall, and ran as fast as I could to prevent you from hitting your head." He was obviously very concerned and Kennedy liked it. She liked his concern, attention, and his compassion. She was still very confused by this whole running in to a wall idea, but she was shocked he had caught her.

"Th-thank you, for catching me I mean," Kennedy whispered.

Rook blushed and shook his head, "No problem. Well, anyway, I just wanted to make sure you were okay. If you don't mind I'd like to stay here and talk to you for a little while."

"Thanks, and I'd like you to stay." Now they were both sitting there red as a tomato, but Rook was a slight darker color because of his tan.

They talked about all sorts of things ranging from books, to music, to their pets. They talked for and hour when Rook got up and said softly, "I'm glad your okay, but I'm afraid I have to leave now. Rest up, don't move, and get better!" He smiled and walked to the door, leaving Kennedy to relax in her uncomfortable hospital bed. She sighed and went to sleep.

A/N: Isn't Rook a good guy? Yes i think it's weird that she ran into a wall too but it's funny cuz what kinda weirdo runs into a wall???? ok well please review!!!! thanks!!!