This is my best story yet! I got all those reviews! ^^ And almost 200 views per chapter! :) This MUST go on!
Well, here's chapter 6. Enjoy!
Note: It might be a while (not much, about a week or so) until I publish my next chapter since I'm going on a holiday tomorrow and I'm not coming back until next Monday. However, if I finish the chapter today, I'll make sure I post it before I leave!
Thanks so much again to all my readers and reviewers! YOU guys are the only ones who encourage me to keep on writing!
I also wanted to say yesterday I wrote the whole plan for the story and it's going to be around 25 chapters long, so it's a while until I finish it. Plus, the adventure hasn't started yet! :)
Noah's POV
It was one of my favorite feasts in the year. The school was full with pumpkins and Halloween decorative stuff, and the best was the day after was a day off. And, lucky us, on November 2 Saturday we had our first Quidditch match against Hufflepuff, which was no big deal. From our grade there were three members of the team: Bridgette as a chaser and the Winterton twins, Claire as a keeper and Hugh as another chaser. And it wasn't like they were the best or anything. Hufflepuff was usually last in the inter-house tournament.
But I didn't think about the match that evening. We were in the gardens, after a long, boring Herbology lesson. I was sitting by Courtney, who laughed about something with Gwen. For a second, I got lost in her big, black eyes until Cody elbowed me hardly, snapping me out of my stare.
"You looked dumb," he laughed.
"Said the starer," I scoffed.
I couldn't help but wonder if she'd seen me. But then, I looked at my watch.
"Goodness!" I cried "It's almost eight o'clock!"
"We should be heading back," Courtney suggested.
None of us wanted to be late for the feast. It would have delicious dishes as every year.
We went to the Great Hall, where many of our schoolmates already sat down.
"You're late!" Owen scolded us "We haven't been able to start the feast because of y-o-u evil people!"
I laughed,"Yeah, right Owen."
Soon after we took our seats (why did Courtney keep sitting by me?), Mrs McGonagall rose from her chair and announced the start of the feast, as food started to appear in each table. Pumpkin juice, pumpkin jell-o, pumpkin cream... an all-pumpkin all-you-can-eat buffet was waiting for us.
I served myself some pumpkin juice and various foods I didn't recognize. Or, in other words, I served myself whatever Owen didn't suck into his mouth.
"Hey, do you like the chocolate pumpkins?" I asked to Courtney.
"They're delicious," she answered smiling.
We started talking about food, until I noticed Gwen looking at us. I think Courtney noticed it too.
"What are you looking at?" Courtney asked.
"You two look cute together," she said.
I felt my cheeks burn in a blush, and so did Courtney's.
"Shut up, Gwen," we said in unison.
"Sorry," our friend said.
Devilish girl...
Gwen's POV
Okay, you will think I was mean or something when I said they looked cute together, but I just wanted to help Courtney. When I saw them both blushing in such an exaggerated way, I turned to Cody and asked, "Do you know who is Noah crushing on?"
"Okay, since when are you crushing on him?" he answered.
"Me?" I laughed "Please, Cody. I'm not crushing on Noah."
"Why do you want to know it then?"
"Well, he's my friend...and pure curiosity too."
"I cannot tell you," Cody shook his head "He'd kill me."
"Please, Cody..."
I made puppy eyes and stuck my lower lip out. I know I must have looked ridiculous, but Cody seemed to soften a bit.
"Let's say I told you," he started "what would you give me?"
"Hum...a thank you?" I asked.
"Nope. Info for Info. You tell me who is Courtney crushing on, I tell you who Noah is crushing on."
I hesitated, but nodded.
"Good. Let's meet in the common room, after the feast. Make sure Lucy and Courtney are asleep."
I nodded again.
About an hour later, I met Cody in the common room. He looked awful in his King Kong pajamas. I guess I was not much better in my "Penguins Are Cute" pajamas.
"Cool slippers," Cody pointed out at my bunny slippers.
"Yeah...right," I said.
"Sit down?"
We both went to the sofa and watched the fire in the chimney for quite a time, making a crepting silence in the room. I finally spoke up, "Why do you want to know who is Courtney crushing on anyway?"
"Why do you want to know who Noah is crushing on anyway?" Cody retorted.
"Pure curiosity," I shrugged my shoulders.
Cody raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, as if," he said.
"Hey, he's my friend."
"Well...right. But he's gonna kill me if I tell you."
"So will Courtney..."
I hesitated for a second until I came up with the idea.
"We won't tell a soul," I stated "Not even them, even if it is one of us who they're crushing on."
"You mean Courtney-?" Cody started.
"No," I quickly said. She took a deep breath "and we will not give them a hint we know about it. Understood? Like we never talked tonight."
"Understood," he nodded.
"To make it fair, we will write the names on a piece of paper and then swap them. No matter what we read, we will not tell them."
"It's a fair exchange," Cody mused.
"Let's make it a promise."
We shook our tiny finger and said it was a promise.
"If we ever tell either Noah or Courtney we know anything," Cody said "Let the one who talked burn in hell."
My eyes widened.
"Burn in hell?" I asked "Is it really-"
"Not like you're going to burn in hell," Cody laughed "It's just a way of saying we must not talk. But come on, I want to know!"
I took a scrap of paper, and Cody took another. I scribbled the name in the paper, and then folded it. Cody did the same. We both left the scraps on the table and took the other.
Cody's POV
I must say I wasn't eager to unfold the scrap of paper. If I got to know who it was, I would possibly get mad in telling Noah. But I couldn't, I'd sworn it. And I needed to get over with it. It would be our little secret after all. I slowly unfolded the paper. My eyes widened when I read Noah's name.
"Oh...my...God..." Gwen and I whispered in unison.
I looked at her. We had amazed looks in our faces.
"We have to tell them!" she cried.
"We can't," I shook my head.
"Why not? I mean, they're both crushing on each other! Don't you see that'll do them a favor?"
"No, Gwen," I mused "We must let them know. Fate will make it happen, don't you doubt so."
"Gee, it will be hard not to tell her."
"Same here."
"We'd better burn these now," Gwen suggested.
I took her paper and mine and threw them to the chimney, and watched as they slowly turned to ashes.
"My..." Gwen said "I never imagined it."
"Neither did I."
We sat there in an awkward silence for some time, until Gwen turned at me and asked, "So, mister, can you tell me who are you crushing on?"
I felt my cheeks burn. How the heck were I going to tell her, if it was herself who I loved?
"Please," I said "I don't think about girls. Not after seeing you with Trent."
Gwen sighed, "It's true. He's closer and closer to Bridgette. I-" she stopped, fighting against tears.
I patted her back.
"It's okay, Gwen," I said "It's okay, don't worry. You're way better than Bridgette, you hear me?"
She looked up at me.
"Thanks, Cody. You're my best friend," she smiled "I always like boys who make me feel like I'm special."
I grinned.
Maybe I should look at it from the bright side. I was her best friend, it would be easy once she forgot Trent. And she thought I was a great person. Once she forgot Trent, what could possibly go wrong.
Plan Bye-bye Trent was starting right now.
What will happen next? Will either Cody or Gwen say anything? Who will win the Quidditch match? And the most important, what is Plan Bye-bye Trent? Find out next in Total...Drama...Hogwarts!
-Nikki :)
