Lina went on with her secret crush for Terry for quite some time. The school year ended, summer holidays past, and a new year began. She was fine with him not knowing about it, and she was fine loving him afar when she wasn't busy reading. She liked watching him in potions class, since he now sat right in front of her. The back of his head was perhaps one of the most appealing things she'd ever seen. His hair looked so soft and shiny, and Lina wanted to wrap the curls that brushed the back of his neck around her fingers.
Shaking her head, she focused on her book once again. For some reason, she was finding it harder to focus on the Tuck family, and had an urge to look back up and just stare at the back of Terry's head all class.
She thought back to long it had been since she'd first seen Terry. It had been roughly ten months... She wondered how long this would last. She'd fully expected these feelings she had for him to go away after a few months, but now it had almost been a year. She wondered if they would ever go away..
At the back of her mind, she wished they would stay forever.
Terry couldn't help but feel like he was being watched, though when he looked around, everyone was always focused on their own work. He tried shrugging it off a few times, and focusing on his draught of living death, but he couldn't shake the feeling.
Finally understanding, he sat up straight and twisted his torso around to look behind him. He found himself looking into a pair of big, brown eyes. These eyes belonged to a very pretty face, one with wavy dark brown hair framing it. The girl was a Hufflepuff, according to her tie.
He could tell immediately that this girl wasn't usual. He was looking right at her, had caught her staring at him, and yet she didn't look away. She didn't blink, or blush, or look embarassed at all.
Rather, she tilted sightly to the right, causing her hair to bounce attractively, and looked at him curiously.
Terry opened his mouth to say something, but class ended and she was gone before he got his chance.