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Chapter 6
Shane's POV (September 16)
Why doesn't Austin want me to ask Cassi out? What is so wrong with that? I know everyone thinks that he and Cassi are "meant to be" and everything, but does he have to rub it in my face? No, he doesn't. But there's only one problem with me wanting to ask Cassidy out. She doesn't date. I mean, what kind of freaking 16-year-old girl doesn't date? The one I've decided to fall head over heals for, of course!
Flashback:
"We get way too much homework at this place." Said Lindsay; almost falling over because of the weight of the books she was carrying. Suddenly, another 6th year boy, Tom walks swiftly up to Cassi.
"Hi, Cassidy. How's it going?" He asked smoothly. Lindsay grinned, and Austin winked at Cassi, who elbowed him playfully.
"Hey, Tom, it's going pretty good!" She replied, stopping to talk to him. We all stopped too.
"Look, I was wondering, if you would like to come with me to the dance at the 3 Broomsticks on Saturday." He asked; Lindsay looked shocked that he actually dared to ask her out. But she got over it quickly and burst out laughing.
"Linds, shut up!" Cassi yelled; causing many people to stop in the hall and see whom had been stupid enough to ask Cassidy Granger out.
"I'm sorry, are you asking Cassi out?" Austin asked, elbowing Lindsay hard.
"Um…yes. Yes, I am." Tom said, rather more confidently than I would have been. Cassidy looked so uncomfortable that I thought she was going to say yes just to get out of this mess. But no, that's not how Cassidy Granger does things. She is always truthful.
"Um, sorry, Tom, I um…can't." The crowd started to thin, as the people had been hoping for it to carry on longer than it had.
"That's right, everyone, nothing to see hear!" I yelled, waving people along, glad that there was in fact, nothing to see.
End Flashback.
Now you see how hard it is to ask Cassidy out, especially if you are her best friend. If Lindsay thought I liked Cassi, she would probably loose her head from laughing so hard.
Cassidy's POV
My cell phone rang. My ring tone is 'Beautiful Soul,' by Jesse McCartney. I pick it up, and it's mum.
"You will never believe who I met 2 weeks ago." She said hurriedly. I could tell she was in her car.
"Okay, who?" I asked, wondering why she hadn't called earlier.
"Guess!" She yelled.
"Um…grandma from dad's side?" I asked hopefully.
"No. But you're on the right track." She said, and I could feel her grinning.
"Uncle Fred, George, Percy, Bill, Charlie, Aunt Ginny, Grandpa, Dad?" I asked, barely daring to believe it.
"One of those…" she trailed off.
"NO WAY! Dad!" I shrieked.
"You guessed it!" She sounded very proud of herself.
"OH MY GOD!" I shrieked.
"He's coming to our house for Christmas!" She said.
"I'm coming home I hope?" I asked excitedly.
"Duh!" She yelled.
"Okay, time for my news!" I said, grinning.
"What?" She asked.
"I'm the new seeker on the Gryffindor quidditch team!" I shrieked.
"No way! Harry will be so happy! Wait, he's right here, tell him!" She grinned. A pause, then…
"Cassidy?" He asked.
"Hi, Harry!" I exclaimed. Lindsay looked up from her homework with a questioning look.
"What's up?" He asked.
"I've been made the official seeker of the Gryffindor quidditch team!" I shrieked.
"No way! Awesome!" He yelled. Lindsay suddenly grabbed my phone and started talking to Harry. After 10 minutes, she handed it back so I could say good-bye to mum.
"So, what did he say?" I asked.
"Ron?"
"Duh!"
"Well, not much, he wanted to know all about you really…and he's an auror!" She said.
"Oh, this is so great, I'm finally going to have a father!" I said.
"Whoa, kiddo, not so fast. What makes you think that?" She asked.
"Well, duh, you guys are so getting married!" I yelled.
"Uh, not so fast hun. He's dating." She said in a hushed voice.
"WHAT!" I bellowed, causing half of the common room to jump and stare at me.
"Sorry!" I whispered.
"Yeah…Parvati Patil." She said. I could hear Harry and Katie yell "WHAT?" in the background.
"Wow." I said, leaning against the wall.
"Yeah, shocker, huh?" She asked, sounding as disappointed about it as I felt.
"Well, what if they break up?" I asked hopefully.
"Well, we can only hope. In the meantime, keep your chin up and stay out of trouble!" Mum warned.
"Okay, I'll try. Love you." I said, grinning.
"You better do more than try, girl! Alright see you later." And we hung up.
"What was that all about?" Lindsay asked. She was now watching Shane beat Austin's butt in chess. So, I told her all about mum's encounter with dad, and how I would finally be meeting him.
"Whoa, way cool! Stinks that he's dating though." Linds said when I was finished.
"Hey, Cassidy, can I talk to you in private for a second?" Shane asked. Austin gave him an amused look.
"Yeah, sure." I said, as he led me out of the common room and up to his dorm.
Dun dun dun dun… hehe