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A/N: So, yes, another chapter. Thanks for the reviews/alerts/favs. They are greatly appreciated and make me want to keep writing. So please keep them coming! Feliz Navidad!

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Someone Like You

Chapter Two - Just Another Day, Or So It Would Seem

"True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked." -Erich Segal

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Cedric sat in his Charms class, feeling somewhat bored. He flicked the back of his quill as

Professor Flickwick explained the importance of the leftmost muscle in the index finger when performing spells. Yeah, so it helped you tap the handle. But was it really necessary to spend a whole class talking about it?

One of his mates nudged him. "Ten says half the class is asleep in fifteen minutes." he gambled mockingly.

Cedric smirked. "You're on." he sat back, getting relaxed for a long bleak discussion. Generally he liked all his classes, but there were those few exceptional days...

Flickwick had barely begun his lecture, when the door of the classroom slammed open. Everyone turned around to see who was coming in. It was the new student with dark hair, who was looking particularly flustered.

"Sorry, professor, I got lost." Kate said in between gasps of breath.

"Very well, then." Professor Flickwick. "Please take a seat. As I was saying..."

He continued his lecture as Kate slid into the desk behind Cedric, and next to Angelina Johnson, who Kate had met before. They had hit it off; they both loved Quidditch and were competitive, so it all worked out.

"Kate! Good morning." Angelina smiled and whisper. "Don't worry, you didn't miss anything."

Kate smiled. "Good morning and thanks." She pulled out her books, ink, and quills, but when she found out the topic of the day's lesson, she found it was probably unnecessary to have done so.

Cedric hardly knew anything about Kate; only that she was a Gryffindor and a sixth year, like him. And that she was new, obviously. So he paid little attention when she entered class late.

The class, surprisingly, passed quite quickly. Maybe it was just that way because Kate had been doodling on a piece of paper. She noticed several people, including Angelina, and the Weasley twins who were sitting kitty corner from them, were asleep. Then they were dismissed.

Kate had Divination next. She said goodbye to Angelina, who had Defense Against the Dark Arts next.

Kate wasn't quite sure which tower the divination classroom was in, so she ran up several flights of stairs. Glancing at her watch, she knew it was getting late, and she didn't want to be late to class again...

She ran to the next flight of stairs to a tower. She began running as students around scrambled to their classes, signifying that class would begin soon. A rush of panic ran through her, causing her to scramble as well.

She couldn't be late to another class! What would her teachers think of her?

She reached the next landing, but groaned when she saw there were even more stairs. Her heart was pounding and she was nearly out of breath...

A few students passed her, running up the stairs. She was flustered. She wanted to ask what class they were going to, but she was too short of breath.

Then...trip.

Kate completely missed her footing. Her toes slipped down the steps, and she felt herself falling backwards...

Oh great, she thought. I'm going to die on my first day of school.

But then she felt an arm slip around her back and catch her. She caught her breath and closed her eyes.

When she opened them again, she was looking into perturbed grey eyes. Kate felt herself go quite pale and then blush in embarrassment.

"Watch your step," her catcher advised, in a somewhat mocking tone of voice. He smiled at her as he helped her to her feet.

Kate was very, very embarrassed. This was definitely not the way she wanted to begin the school year. She straightened herself up.

"Er...thanks." Kate muttered, looking at the stairs quickly. It only made it worse to look into his eyes.

She began walking very quickly up the stairs to get away from the awkward situation. How stupid she was, she thought. How stupid she was to fall down the stairs! How stupid she was to run up the stairs in the first place! Now she had made a complete fool of herself in front of someone she didn't know.

"Hey!" He called up after her, running to catch up after momentarily standing bewildered on the steps.

He reached her side. Kate stared forward, her cheeks burning. "Are...you okay?" he asked insistently.

"Err...yeah." Kate answered quickly, not daring to look at him.

He looked at her closer. "Do I...know you?" he asked apprehensively.

"Uh...no. I don't think so." Kate murmured, still looking at the stairs.

He tried to look into her eyes. "Wait...you're the new girl, aren't you? The transfer?" he asked pleasantly, half smiling.

"Um, yeah, thanks me." Kate muttered, feeling weirded out. People she didn't know seemed to only know her as the new girl.

"Oh, right then! I'm Cedric Diggory. Nice to meet you. And you are?" he introduced politely.

Kate finally looked at him. It was kind of hard to introduce herself without looking at him. That may actually be worse.

"I'm Kate Lowe." she replied.

"So, these stairs are quite a job, eh?" he teased.

"What?" Kate asked, befuddled.

"You tripped." he said matter-of-factly, making Kate feel like an idiot.

"So?" She responded forcefully, walking faster.

"Err...nevermind." Cedric shrugged it off.

They were silent. Kate was become quite irritable. What was his deal, anyway? She didn't want to be his friend, especially after the way they had met.

"Why are you talking to me?" Kate sighed, slightly angered, turning on the spot and facing him.

He looked taken aback. "I was trying to be nice to you!" he argued defensively.

Kate was not in the mood to be bugged. Especially by a member of the opposite sex. "By teasing me?" she spat.

"Oh, good lord. Your Spanish, aren't you?" Cedric remarked wittily.

"What's that supposed to mean!" Kate snapped back.

Cedric smirked, raising his eyebrows. "What class to you have next, anyway?"

"Divination. Why?" Kate simmered.

Cedric began sniggering. "Well, it's a shame this is the astronomy tower, then."

Kate scrunched up her face in anger and frustration. She didn't say anything, just bit her lip. Cedric stood there, smiling cockishly at her.

She outbursted then, spinning on her heel, stomping down the stairs, and shouted Spanish swears.

Cedric watched her disappear down the stairs. He chuckled slightly, then turned, going into his class.

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What's the deal with my brain?
Why am I so obviously insane?
In a perfect situation
I let love down the drain.
There's the pitch, slow and straight.
All I have to do is swing
and I'm a hero, but I'm a zero.

Hungry nights, once again
Now it's getting unbelievable.
'Cause I could not have it better,
But I just can't get no play
From the girls, all around
As they search the night for someone to hold onto.
And I just pass through...

singing...
Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhhhhhhh.
Singing...
Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhhhhhhh.
Get your hands off the girl,
Can't you see that she belongs to me?
And I don't appreciate this excess company.
Though I can't satisfy all the needs she has
And so she starts to wander...
Can you blame her?

singing...
Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhhhhhhh.
Singing...
Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhhhhhhh.

Tell me there's a logic out there.
Leading me to better prepare
For the day that something really special might come.
Tell me there's some hope for me.
I don't wanna be lonely
For the rest of my days on the earth.
Oh..!

solo

Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhhhhhhh.
Singing...
Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhhhhhhh.
Singing...
Ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Perfect Situation - Weezer

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A/N: Yay, chapter two is done! Huzzah! Please, please, review! It would mean so much to me. Yay for the love-hate relationship.

And by the way, Cedric is a sixth year in book four, despite popular belief that he's a seventh year. I don't know just how this quite works with his age, but in PoA, it notes he's a fifth year. I'm not positive if it ever says in GoF what year he is, but I'm sure he is a sixth year. Nyeh.

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