SWITCH
Chapter 5
Misunderstood.
"Urgh! That Weasley is an annoying brat! How dare he stole my points right under my nose," Rachel screamed as she freshen up inside the girls' toilet together with the other students after Herbology.
"Just for get about it, Rachel. He's a waste of time and space," Valentine claimed.
"Besides, he was just answering questions. I think you're being too competitive, the points did go to the same house, you know," said Anna.
"You're right, I'm overreacting," Rachel sighed and wiped her face. "Come on, we don't want to be late for Transfiguration."
It was lunch and everyone was at the Great Hall, enjoying the delicious lunch made by the house elves. Rachel and Valentine decided to go to the library while Anna said she rather eat her way until the end of lunch and she was until she saw Heath eating a few table away from hers. She decided to be polite and chat with him.
"Is this seat taken?" Anna asked to Heath, who was jamming his fork onto his plate of bacon. He shook his head and Anna sat down.
"Listen, I'm very sorry about Rachel. It's just that she's a very competitive person. You do understand, don't you?" asked Anna.
"Yeah, I do, Anna," he said and that made Anna smile.
"So, you seem quite the genius," said Anna.
"Yeah, I like to read a lot of books at the Wizard Library," Heath claimed. Anna choked on her salad.
"Oh! You've went there before?" asked Anna. "I heard it was amazing!"
"It is amazing, millions of great books, wooden tables, leather cushioned chairs. It's a wonderful place to be," Heath swallowed his bacon.
"You go there often?"
"Yeah, my father's the Deputy Head of the Department of Magical Creatures. He's also a great Quidditch Keeper. I rarely spend time with him," Heath sighed. "I'm not really a fan of Quidditch. I dislike a lot of the magical creatures my dad works with; most of them bit me badly. I remember once when a baby dragon coughed a fireball at me and my socks caught fire."
Anna laughed.
"That must have been painful!" Anna and Heath laughed some more. "Heath, I never asked you, but why is your hair half brown?"
"Oh! It's my mother. She somehow found a way to dye my hair the night before I came here, it'll go away," Heath touched his smooth wavy hair. "It's normally red."
"Why does she do that?" asked Anna.
"She's a bit weird. She likes me to be a brown head though I don't see why she has to care."
"Why not?"
"Promise you won't tell anyone but my parents are divorced," Heath said. "They were not exactly in love with each other but my mother visits me some times. Once every two years. You can say I lead a horrible life."
"I'm so sorry but what's with you and your mother?" asked Anna.
The school bell rang. Heath quickly wiped his mouth.
"It's great talking to you. Nobody does that. Catch you later," Heath smiled and left. Anna felt very bad about asking those stupid questions but she could not help it. She wanted to know more about Heath.
Half an hour before the bell rang.
"Why do you hate him so much, Rachel?" asked Valentine as she opened the book she found: Spells and chants of 1800. Rachel raised an eyebrow.
"Hate who?" asked Rachel.
"Heath Weasley," said Valentine.
"I just, don't like people who steal things from me," Rachel explained. She found it quite hard to do so.
"Like house points," Valentine said, teasing her.
"No, it's the glory. I don't like Weasley because he stole my glory. I rarely get that," Rachel continued to read. "I win a lot of things, just to please my parents, mostly my father but no, he doesn't even care. It's like he doesn't even know I exist. Now that he's gone, it's become quite a habit. I usually get very angry at the person who steals anything from me."
"What's with you and your father?" asked Valentine nervously. Rachel slammed her book.
"What is this? 900 questions? Look, I don't have a good relationship with my father and that's that!" Rachel took her bag and stomped her way out of the library. Amazing isn't it, how people could do anything just to hide their secrets.