Cedric eventually was caught when he went to class, by Professor McGonagall who was not the least bit amused by it

Cedric eventually was caught when he went to class, by Professor McGonagall who was not the least bit amused by it. It would have been necessary to send him to detention for his actions but she had a feeling that there was something wrong with him. Eventually she sent him to Madam Pomfrey, who easily dismissed him due to him irritating her. So he was left to go back to class with his trousers on and the class left to laugh at him.

It left Charlie to now think why she was acting like this, she knew she wasn't herself and neither was Cedric. As if the roles had been switched and she was not prepared for it, no warning signs whatsoever. Sitting on the grass outside of the Hogwarts School, she tried to think of how she had changed. Just in the middle of her thoughts, an annoying voice from behind called her name. Not bothering to turn around she knew who it was, "Yes, Ann." answering her in a dull tone. Ann who was near her said, "What did you to him?" Charlie was gazing into the distant sky, "Wasn't me." saying in a calm voice. "Obviously you did something to him!" she stood next to her with her hands on her hips, while Charlie looked at the shapes of the clouds, "What if it wasn't me, what if it was you?" asking her. Ann scoffed at the remark, "How could I possibly make him like that?" this time Charlie looked at her with a look of dignity, "You drive him to madness." Then Charlie frowned at the comment, while contemplating, 'Is it true? Is it really the madness that's driving him to become like this? Or was it the hit?' then she stood up, "Or was it just me?" she said to Ann, when she really meant it to herself.

Forgetting about Ann, she entered the Herbology room searching for Professor Valence. "Professor!" she called out to him, but the room was silent for a while, "Professor." she tried again, still no answer. Suddenly she felt someone touch her shoulder, making her jump and quickly turn around, it was Professor Valence, "You called?" he told her. Charlie who was quick to say something bad, "Damn it! Give me a warning would you?" Professor Valence just shook his head, "Can't do that. It's the element of surprise. Now, what can I do for you?" he asked as he made his way to his office. Charlie followed, "What happened when we collided?" she asked him, Professor Valence stopped and turned around, "We? I didn't collide into you?" he said promptly. Shaking her head at him, "No, no. Cedric and I!" correcting herself, with a puzzled look on his face he said, "You came here to ask me what happened?" Charlie shook her head, "I'm hearing three or four different versions, I don't even know which one is true. I wanna know what happened from the beginning." asking politely. Giving a big sigh he sat down on the nearest table, "Well, what do you know?" asking her, "Not much, just him falling down on me."

"Let's skip the ugly parts and just cut to the chase, Cedric was in a bit of a rut, the bludgers were close to hitting him that it could of caused damage to his health. It was turning out to be an ugly game, everybody was just getting brutal, especially Slytheran! As if the game wasn't getting worse, the crowd was ready to kill each other, they kept calling each other Barbies- " he stopped short when Charlie gave a small chuckle, "What's so funny?" he asked her, shaking her head at him, "I remember that part!"

"You do?"

"Yeah! I think that was the reason why I went running up the stairs. To stop them from saying that."

"Why did you want to do that?"

"It was ridiculous. Long story short, it's not even a curse word."

"Anyways, Cedric was distracted by something when he got hit by the bludger, causing him to fall from his broom-"

"And into me."

"Yeap!"

"What happened after?"

"Hagrid and I carried the both of you to the hospital wing- "

"Was he unconscious?"

"No, he was knocked out too."

"So he wasn't up at all. Neither was I?

"Stone cold knocked out."

Charlie was silent while she looked out the window, Professor Valence watched her as she continued to think. Sitting down across from him, slouching her body she covered her face, "What's wrong?" he asked her. Uncovering her face, "Who's winning?" she asked him. Taken back by her question he said, "Who's winning what?" Charlie stood up, "This! This whole thing! I don't understand what's going on! Who's driving who mad? Is it me? Or him?" asking him as if he would understand. Professor Valence was trying to understand her, but he remained silent while she ranted on.

"How long have we've been at it? Since the beginning of the year!" she answered her own questions, "Why did we get into it? I don't even know! I can't even remember? Oh, here's a better question, when was the last time we had a decent conversation?" she asked Professor Valence, but he didn't answer; just sitting there with his arms crossed he watched her. "I can't even- Wait! I know! I remember when! He came into the Griffindor Common room, yelling out my name, telling me he wanted to talk. Then you know what he did?" she asked him, Valence just shook his head, as if he was remotely interested, "He started singing!" she told him in a matter-a-fact tone. Valence now wore a surprised look, "When was this?" asking her, "After our detention with you. Cedric started singing to me and I had to shut him up, so I followed him to some place and we agreed to talk. And when we talked-" she was cut short when Valence just raised his hand, "Skip that. What else happened?"

Charlie took a breather, "Okay, so we agree that we'd be blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, etc. etc. etc." Professor Valence waved his hands in the air to stop her, "Wait, wait. What's the blah, blah, blah?" Rolling her eyes, "He was talking about trying to understand me and being all sentimental- But that doesn't matter!" she changed the subject quick, "Then I get his girlfriend- whom he says is not her girlfriend, but I think they are. That sly little git- " Valence was quick to clear his throat out loud, to make sure she was watching what she was saying, "It's like I can't stand to see her! She just burns me up. Every time she talks about him like they're dating. But he denies it! I don't understand why he's lying to himself. Why don't they just date? If they like each other so much, just date her! So we can stop all there rumors about us!" asking him. Nodding his head she continued, "She makes it an appointment to tick me off, especially when I'm in a bad mood. It's like she can read me when I'm angry! Cedric on the other hand, he knows how I feel more then anyone. He can read me, which is a bit . . . " she slowed down, "Scary." she finished.

At this point Professor Valence just watched her until he stood up, "I think this is more then hate." he told her, Charlie shook her head, "No, it's exactly that." he told her. Chuckling at her, "Charlie if you are really as smart as you look, don't think too hard." patting her back, while Charlie gave him a grim look, "No I'm serious! It's not hard at all, you just make it hard on yourself." telling her. For a while Charlie looked like she understood, but again wore a grim look, "Open your eyes and keep your mouth shut. That's all I'm gonna say." he told her as he left the room.

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More is yet to come. Right now it's under good construction. Though I will be needing some feedback! I would appriciate it.