Chapter 3:

ANNOUNCEMENT: I HAVE DECIDED TO CHANGE CHRISTINES CHINESE NAME. I THINK ZHAO LIN. SOUNDS NICER. BESIDES, ZHANG QIU IS CHO CHANGS CHINESE NAME. SORRY. APOLOGIES. HA.

She couldn't be bothered with him anymore now that her cold/flu had been cured (she just drank the whole bottle the next morning). She ignored him (and still detested him and his o so perfect character) and focused on avoiding him, and getting O's and E's for all her homework and essays. She skipped meals (especially lunch) just to spend an hour in the library studying for the Mid-Term tests, but she didn't mind, she once didn't come out of her room for five days without food, apparently, she was on strike as she didn't want to come to Hogwarts.

" Good morning everyone, I have an announcement to make," came Professor Mcgonagall's crisp voice, slicing through the cold air, awaking people from their sleepy stupor, " We have a school play coming up this month, and we will be casting the play written by William Shakespear, the famous wizard who published his plays in the Muggle world as a muggle himself. The list for signing up will be posted just outside the great hall. If not enough people sign up, we, the teachers, will start picking students according to the character whom they suit most. That is all," she said, ignoring the loud groans made by the entire school. The exception was a group of Ravenclaw girls (including Cho Chang) who were giggling excitedly and pointing to Cedric Diggory and a few girls from different houses who cast hopeful looks at him.

Christine merely rolled her eyes and carried on reading the ingredients of The Draught of the Living Dead potion. Little did she notice the group of boys surrounding Cedric look at her, and then back at Cedric, talking in hushed tones, looking and pointing at her. Cedric merely joked along and hit them jokingly. She couldn't stand all the giggling (by the girls) and laughing (by the boys) in the great hall, so her infamous temper took hold. Slamming the book shut, she caused many people (and to her great amusement and satisfaction, the group of fawning Ravenclaw girls) to jump and look around in fright. Walking out of the hall, annoyed, she noticed a lot of girls gathered outside the great hall, apparently trying to sign up for the part of "Juliet". And someone, (to Christine's amusement), had taken the liberty to put Cedric's name under the column "Romeo". She headed for the Charm's classroom when she was stopped, by Ced-er-ic. When he came running out of the hall, (after Christine), all the girls shrieked in laughter as someone passed a comment.

"Hey," he said, finally catching up.

"Get lost Diggory," she replied in her usual cold voice usually reserved for him.

"My friends, they didn't mean anything, the pointing was just a ridiculous-"

"Look, I don't care what your friends think of me. The Grumpy Eurasian Beauty? The Hogwarts Grouch?" she said, naming some of the nick names given to her by jealous girls, " I have no time, for imbeciles, HONESTLY." She said, turning her back on him and walking away.

"I don't know what he sees in her,"

"Yeah, I mean, she's really pretty and all, but she's so mean and cold!"

"He deserves someone better, like Cho Chang,"

"Yeah, I know, I mean like, she's also a seeker for her house quidditch team, and she's pretty,"

"SHUT. UP!" screamed Christine at the group of girls, "I PERSONALLY DO NOT CARE ABOUT CEDRIC'S LOVE LIFE, WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER, AND HE CAN GO FRENCH MISS CHANG FOR ALL I CARE."And with that, she ran to Charms.

With those few sentences, she spent the day ferociously dotting the i's and tearing parchment with her strong force of handwriting.

How dare those bitches say that I'm actually attached to CEDRIC DIGGORY. Those crazy skanks. I WILL get my revenge. Some how, some way.

And with those thoughts and snatches of the scandalous remarks haunting her mind for two days, she set her mind to harming the group of girls who passed those remarks at her. For the next week, there where rumours about many people getting sabotaged into auditioning for the play (like Cedric), and rumours that Cedric actually got in without auditioning. This made a hundred more swooning girls rush to audition for the play, including some extremely short first years. Only a handful of girls like Christine hadn't signed up, because like her, they had pride.

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Christine walked past the great hall (with a book in her hand, reading while walking) where the auditions for Juliet took place the next week, only to hear a distressed seventh year grumble at the rest of the panel, saying that the girls auditioning are overly dramatic and only auditioning because Cedric got the part as Romeo, and that non of them have ANY talent at acting. Interested, she looked up and walked into the great hall. She wanted a good laugh at those girls desperate for Cedric's attention. A good, cruel, laugh.

"Hey you!"

"Huh?" Christine replied, looking around.

"Yes you, from Gryffindor, come over here, you haven't auditioned for the part of Juliet right?"

"Uhh….no, I didn't even bother signing up,"

"She has the looks, yeah……why not……" the seventh year whispered to her fellow panel of seventh years who were in charge of the play.

"Get over here, stand there, do you mind reading some lines for us? Well, you have no choice. If you don't, you will have to answer to Professor Mcgonagoll,"

Christine set her book down on the table, tsk-ing very loudly, and walked over. Then she noticed the same group of Cedric's admirers who scandalized her for the past week, casting dirty looks at her as she strode grumpily over to the panel. Then Christine realized that this could work to her advantage of cruel vengence.She was handed a script and was asked to read it, facing Cedric. She narrowed her eyes as she looked at him.

"Ummm…..Less scowl….More glaze….Okay, go whenever you feel you're ready,"

She let her eyes skim over the short script given. It was at the Capulet's feast where Juliet was supposed to meet Paris...

Romeo : (cedric) If I profane with my unworthiest hand

This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this.

My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand

To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.

Juliet: (christine) Good pilgrim, you do wrong with your hand too much,

Which mannerly devotion shows in this.

For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,

And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss…

Chrstine put on her best front and dramatized only to a certain extent. She acted well, causing the girls sulking at the back of the hall to scowl loudly. She was about to act out "Siants do not move, though grant for prayers' sake", which Romeo in turn would say "Then move not while my prayers' effect I take", where by Romeo would kiss Juliet. But to her relief, next to Romeo's last line, there was a (press forhead against each others and turn from audience). She blessed the person who wrote that in and said her lines.

Juliet: (christine) Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake.

Romeo: (cedric) Then move not while my prayer's effect I take.

He moved forward and pressed his forehead against hers, causing the girls at the back scream and gasp in horror and jealousy. But she withdrew quickly, looking away with the same cold expression pasted on her face.

"Well done girl, you have the part for Juliet, (more screams from the girls at the back), now we can all wrap up and go to sleep, here's a script of the play, the next rehearsal is in a weeks time, same day, same time, I want the first three chapters memorized, and students from a wizarding school in China will be visiting us on the day our play "takes effect", so be well prepared, night all," the seventh year girl who Christine realized was the director by looking at her script.

"But I don't want the part!"

"Well you must except it, or you get detention for defying a prefect's order," she said, pointing at her badge.

That was when Christine realized how much the prefects abused their power, ignoring Cedric, she looked at the girls who were whispering and pointing in her direction viciously, she gave a satisfied smirk and said "I told you I'd get my revenge," she said, before whispering, "losers".

Hey people, sorry, I made a mistake, I wanted to do this chapter whereby both Cedric and Christine actually joined a debate club. But I am currently studying Shakespear's RnJ , and thought this would make a pretty good idea. Sorry for not updating for the past few days. I needed inspiration and well, this chapter about the play isn't exactly good inspiration. Cos like MagmaRose told me, Christine's character is really tough to write. Sigh, please update people, and please give me feedback if this chapter is going well, I could do well with some suggestions though. Your reviews are really encouraging ((, I'll try to update soon, but please review. ((: