Chapter 3

My eyes widened and a finger was gently brought to my lips. I suppressed and scream and flinched back falling off my seat with a thump sending one of my ink bottles to roll slowly across the stone floor. It came to a stop as it bumped into a foot. My eyes followed up the foot to a pair of lean legs leading to a toned torso. As my eyes reached his face I recognized who this mysterious person was. His name was Finnick Ronan Odair and he was in the year above, known for his charm and stunning good looks he was one that folk like me shied from. A Hufflepuff that acted more like a Gryfindor. But as my eyes blue met his green, I realized maybe there was something more. This boy, for some reason had been watching me so closely. This gorgeous boy with bronzed ruffled hair, tanned, taught skin and tall, sculpted shoulders was watching me, alone in the owlry on the first morning of the Christmas holidays when most others like him were tired from the parties the night before.

"Sorry, I gave you such a fright; but really about time you woke up, I've been waiting ages." What? He said it like this was an arranged thing, like I always wake up in the morning with a beautiful boys face just five inches from my own! "Well, I was right; you really just don't speak much. I hoped I could stay and chat but I guess I'll just go."

He made to leave, however I glared as soon as the words left his lips and protested in a rush,

"Firstly, I decided to remain quiet as I assumed you hadn't yet finished explaining to me why you were sat watching me sleep, secondly, why you are in the owlry at all today and thirdly, why you think you could be so rude as not to tell me immediately."

He stared at me intensely for a few second before breaking the eyes contact and laughing. His eyes crinkled and his lips parted to reveal white, shiny teeth. A girl could fall in love with just that smile; it could melt ice. His eyes lit up like sunlight reflecting off water, his voice soft; not taunting. My seriousness left me and I shared with a small chuckle as I collected some of my things together, stood up and smoothed my hair down self-consciously.

"I've watched you for a while Chloe, what can I say? You are very beautiful to watch." He took a step forward and brushed one of my many stray hairs behind my ears. I had never been close to a member of the opposite gender like this before; I could feel his warm breath tickle my nose, his body heat pulsing between us. I remained still, in confusion and shock, as he bent down, gathered up the rest of my things and handed them to me back in my satchel. "I like your owl by the way, and I think Dan does too." He gestured to two owls nudging at each other with their beaks above. One was my Phil, and the other a tawny and brown barn owl with soulful chocolate eyes which I frequently saw keeping company with Dan, I often fed him.

"Wait, so, you've been watching me, stalking me and think it's alright to terrify like that but never say why?"

"I said why, but sorry if you would have rather me ask you permission?"

Not knowing whether to take his words seriously I quietly muttered, "Well maybe you should have," taking the satchel and making to leave through the wooden door to my far left.

He stepped forward to block my way and spoke playfully, "Hey, you should thank me, you could have missed breakfast? Could be frozen without me laying that blanket over you, am I right? Where is my appreciation...?"

I grunted a polite thank you and once again made to leave, "I really must go now, nice chatting."

He leaned forward, as I was faced away, his lips almost touching the nape of my neck and whispered "I'll keep watching you, Chloe. Oh and I may have read some of that diary." His lips brushed my neck briefly leaving me speechless. I stood there, still and dumb struck before turning around briskly to tell him just what I thought of people reading my diary to find him gone. He must have silently left through the opposite door. I said bye to Dan and Phil and left the owlry with an unexplainable feeling that I was missing something, something very good indeed.

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