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Summary:

Chapter Eleven – An Argument.

Over the next couple of days, Ariella and Lucas thought that nothing could break them up. They carried on studying together in secret and stealing quick kisses whenever they could. What they didn't know was that they would soon have an argument that would jeopardise their relationship. This argument took place in the library near the restricted section where they knew that they wouldn't be seen by anyone including Ember, Dessy and Khadesia.

"Ari, I think we should cut out CD's from the project. There isn't that much we can write about apart from Muggles use them to listen to music," Lucas told her quietly.

Ariella stopped what she was doing and looked at Lucas with an angry look on her face.

"We're not cutting them out otherwise we have find another type of technology on three days notice. That wouldn't work at all," Ariella replied feeling rather upset that Lucas had even suggested it in the first place.

"So we just write that Muggles use them to listen to music then do we? Ari that would make us lose marks because it would seem that we chose that as an easy option! Do you really want to lose marks and sacrifice our final grade because of some stupid mistake we made?"

"Of course not but we could into more detail about them. Like how they're made and so on. Lucas I know what I'm going on about. Maybe you don't because you have such a tiny brain that only thinks about Quidditch!"

That comment made Lucas angry. How dare she even think that he thought about Quidditch all the time?

"How dare you! I don't think about Quidditch all the time! I think about other things too you know!"

"What like sex? Don't look at me like that! I know what goes through the minds of boys!"

"That's going too far Ari! How can you even think that? Yes I may think about that but I don't all the time! Contrary to what you may think I seem to think about you more than I do other things but I can see that it's a mistake. Maybe we should have stayed enemies. Maybe you shouldn't have tried to be nice to me!" Lucas exclaimed.

Ariella sighed then looked at the book that was lying open on the desk in front of her. To Lucas it seemed as though she was ignoring him. He decided that he had had enough of her behaviour and walked out of the library, leaving her with the whole workload. Ariella watched him walk out then sighed again and decided to finish the project her way. It would be Lucas' fault he didn't get his credit for it. At the moment she didn't know why she had been nice to him in the first place.

Over the next day or so, Ariella and Lucas were both miserable. Ariella went back to the way she was before she met Lucas and concentrated on her schoolwork while Lucas concentrated on Quidditch and wouldn't even mention Ariella's name. This didn't go unnoticed by Blake and Dawn who knew that they needed to get them back together. Blake owled Dawn and asked her to meet him in the Great Hall so that they could talk about Ariella and Lucas. Dawn met Blake that evening and wasn't exactly thrilled to be in his company again. She thought that he was a very arrogant person just like Lucas had been before the project started.

"What's this about?" Dawn asked.

"Well is Ariella as depressed as Luke?" Blake replied.

"Of course she is. She snaps at anyone who goes near her and threatens to stop her working."

"So then we need to get them back together but how? I have no ideas at what to do. I can break people up but I can't put them back together again. I've never had to do that before," Blake told Dawn.

"Maybe we could act as messengers. You know you go to Ari and say that Lucas wants to meet her and I go to Lucas and say that Ari wants to meet him in the library. That way they have to talk about the argument they had and sort it out."

Blake smiled and nodded then said, "So we get them to meet each other in the library?"

"Yes. We find them now and say that they want to meet each other in the library now. Oh by the way, Ari's up in Gryffindor Tower. Get a first year to go in and get her."

"Okay. Luke's on the Quidditch pitch."

Dawn nodded and headed off in the direction of the Quidditch pitch. Once she was there she called Lucas down and told him the message that she had for him. Lucas' face lit up and he ran back to the castle immediately. Meanwhile Blake had given Ariella her message. Ariella had smiled and nodded politely before heading off towards the library. Once she was inside the library, Ariella headed towards the table that she and Lucas usually sat at and saw that Lucas was already waiting for her. Ariella sat down and looked at Lucas.

"So what did you want to meet me here for?" Ariella asked.

"Me? I got a message saying that you wanted to meet me here!" Lucas replied.

Ariella laughed when she realized what had gone on.

"We've been double crossed! Blake told me that you wanted to meet me here and I'm guessing that Dawn told you that I wanted to meet you here. Am I right?"

Lucas nodded slowly then laughed.

"Seems like two people want us to talk about the argument," Lucas said.

Ariella nodded then sighed.

"I'm sorry for saying those things to you Luke. I'm sorry for continuing the project and having the intention of turning it in myself and not letting you get any credit for it. Will you forgive me?"

Lucas thought for a few seconds then said, "Of course I will silly! It was just a minor glitch that's all. No relationship is perfect everyone has arguments! I'm sorry for the things that I said too."

Ariella smiled then got out the work that she had been carrying around with her.

"Here's what I've done. Feel free to change it if you want to. After all you are my partner."

Lucas smiled and took the parchment from Ariella. They spent the rest of the evening in the library trying to complete their project but didn't manage to. They decided that they would have to complete it after the Hogsmeade visit the next day.

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