iii. greed
He closes his eyes at night, and pictures that hair, those curls. He can see her face, smiling at him, and he's greedy enough to want it.
She has better things to do with life. She's always mothering Cho, writing home obediently, getting smashing grades. She shouldn't be bothered with his affections, and yet all he wants is her, her, her, her.
He's got to stop this vicious cycle of desperate want. He wants to just scream it off the rooftops, because he hates holding it in, he hates that she doesn't know and probably doesn't care, and he wants to ask her out but how can he, how can he when that's lustful and greedy and he needs to stop?
He'll stand in the Astronomy Tower and yell her name at the stroke of midnight. "MARIETTA EDGECOMBE!" he'd say, over and over, and then when everyone was awoken and the teachers had started, started to come up and grab him and admonish him and detention, young man, what were you thinking? At that time he'll add, "I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, MARIETTA!"
And she'd hear and hide under her blankets and turn red and avoid him for the rest of his life, for the rest of eternity, and his heart might break but at least the world would know. At least he wouldn't have to hide it anymore.