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The next day Charlie was feeling left out and nervous, the boys had not gotten back to her about the so-called-plan; she wasn't sure how she was going to put up her own end. Sitting at her classes, shaking her legs, pulling her hair back, she lost her contacts from touching her eyes so much that she had to wear her glasses. Faye, who happened to be distracted by the ideas of the Halloween ball, wasn't noticing Charlie being so nervous. Not saying a word to Faye or anyone, her mind was buzzing with strange ideas that the boys might do.

Passing Fred at the Hall she tried to stop him to talk to him, but he ignored her. At this point Charlie would be impatient but, she kept to herself since the plan was not set in stone and for one thing was that, she didn't want to be involved! It was now or never. She couldn't back out, even if the boys wanted her to.

Walking to the next class she turned the corner when Ann stopped her, Charlie didn't' say anything. Taking a step to the right she continued to walk when Ann said, "Do you have a date for the Halloween ball?" Charlie slowly turned around and shrugged her shoulder, "No." she answer her. Ann wore a smile of accomplishment, "I'm sorry to hear that. I guess you're not as lucky as me! After all," she said in a fake tone, "Going with the most handsome man in school can get you pretty far!" Charlie smirked at this comment, "You mean boy!" telling her. Ann didn't like the comment, though she was surprised when Charlie knew whom she was referring to, "Boy? He's not a boy. I can assure you." Charlie wasn't looking for competition today, she was just being modest . . . in her own way; "He's still a boy to me. And he will remain that way until he can prove himself otherwise." shrugging her shoulders. Then her face turned into a big smile, "Until then, have fun with your date. While I steal other girls dates. After all, you're a pro at it!" informing her, while Ann wore looked like she was ready to throw something at her.

Turning around she broke into a run to her class, running up the spiral staircase with haste. Half way up the stairs her glasses fell of her face and all the way down to the bottom. Charlie aggravated by her unfortunate accident, she walked down the stairs to get her glasses. However, she had a hard time going down the stairs forgetting how bad her eyesight was. Missing a step, she fell on her butt, cursing herself and the stairs. Running her hands on the wall, slowly making her way down.

Just below was Cedric, who was on his way up the stairs when he had just stepped on her glasses; Charlie who happened to have heard the crunching sound said quietly to herself, "That's just great!" Quickly Charlie made her way down without tumbling down. Cedric picked up the glasses and looked up the stairs to see who's it was, but he couldn't see anybody. Though he could hear someone coming down the stairs, so he walked up the stairs, hopefully to return the glasses. Charlie of course, was blind as a bat but, her sense of hearing was really good. The footsteps were loud enough for her to know that someone was there, "Hey, whoever that is, you wanna be a buddy and help me?" she asked. Cedric knew it was Charlie, however, he stayed silent. Walking up the stairs to meet up with her, he saw that she was struggling to come down the stairs, while her one hand was reaching out in front of her to touch the person.

"How bad is the damage?" she asked the stranger, but he didn't say anything as he continued to walk up. Cedric watched her with a keen eye; he could see that she was at her weakest, unable to see what she was doing or what was happening. Then she closed in on him, reaching for a hand, he reached for hers. Charlie looked relived, "Ah, thank you! You're a big help." telling him. Squinting her eyes to try and see whom it was, her eyes sight was blurry, and she couldn't make out if it was a girl or boy. "Can I have my glasses?" asking the stranger, Cedric slowly turned her hand and laid it on his, placing the glasses on her hand. Charlie gave a big smile as she felt the glasses to see what the damage was, "Boy, you don't know how much of a help you are! I'm literally blind with out my glasses. Ever since I lost my contacts, I had to use my glasses again." trying to explain to the stranger. Yet Cedric didn't say a word.

Then she took out her wand, "Lets see if I can fix these-" she said as she started to point it at what she thought was her hand. It was Cedric's hand; Cedric quickly moved his hand and grabbed her hand that had her wand. "Whoa, Whoa! You might want to let me do that! You can't see where you're pointing that!" he said to her. Charlie forfeits her wand, "Cedric?" asking him but he didn't respond. Taking out his wand, pointing at her glasses that he took from her, "Occulus reparo." he dully said as the glasses repaired themselves. Opening the glasses he placed them on her face, Charlie didn't flinch because she didn't know what he was doing.

Placing her glasses she could finally see and Cedric was the first person she saw. Cedric wasn't smiling but he wasn't displeased. Charlie wasn't angry that it was him or that he was even there, she just felt grateful. Biting her lip, she nodded her head, "Thanks." she said in a polite tone. Cedric nodded too, "You're welcome." still he didn't show any emotion on his face. Charlie couldn't help but stare at him, while Cedric frowned, "What's wrong?" he asked her. Shaking her head she finally smiled, "You're almost there." she said as if she was saying it to herself. Cedric didn't know what she meant, "Almost where?" he asked her. Charlie smile quickly faded, "To class. We're late." she said as she made her way up the stairs while he followed.

An hour later the class ended, the students were making there way down the stairs and into the Great Hal for lunch. Charlie who had her face in a book followed the crowd, while Cedric followed not too far from her. Cedric somehow looked uncomfortable, as if he was disapproving something that was happening. Watching Charlie who was ahead of him, he slithered his way through the people and walked behind her. The book distracted Charlie, not noticing that someone was close. Still Cedric looked uncomfortable, but this time he was shaking his head and saying no to himself; he was fighting with himself but for what?

Cedric wasn't thinking with what he did next, he gently grabbed her elbow and quickly spun her around. Charlie who was taken by surprise dropped her book on the floor. Seeing that it was Cedric, Charlie didn't yell at him but simply said, "What are you doing?" she asked in a puzzled way. Cedric just stared at her and opened his mouth to say something, but he closed it. Charlie didn't know what he had planned but she was slowly becoming agitated because, students were watching them as they passed.

"Cedric what's wrong?" asking as she picked up her book, still he couldn't say anything. He just frowned at her then raised his eyebrows, as if he was talking to someone with the facial expressions, without the words. Charlie was taken back by what he was doing, but she knew she shouldn't be, 'He's still full of surprises!' she thought to herself. Then, it was as if he forced himself to say, "Come with me!" Charlie cocked her head sideways, "To where?" asking him. Cedric now squinted his face, "That didn't come out right. I meant-" he tried to do it again but was stuck.

"Cedric, what are you getting at?"

"I want you to-"

"To what?"

"Come . . ."

"Come where?"

"To the- do you have a date?"

"To where?"

"To the Halloween Ball."

"The Ball?"

"Yeah! Do you have one?"

"No."

"Good!" he slowly said, then in an instant he said, "You'recomingwithme!" Charlie didn't comprehend what he had said; it was too quick and messy. "Say what?" she asked, "Come with me!" Cedric said. Charlie shook her head while she stood there confused, "To where? I didn't even know what you sai-" Cedric rested his hands on her shoulder, "Come with me to the Halloween ball?" saying in a loud and clear tone. All the while the students who were passing by heard him say it, they stopped dead on their tracks.

Charlie's eyes were wide open, her eyes quickly changed color. From the corner of her eyes she could tell that everyone had stopped to watch. Charlie quickly started to laugh and it was a hysterical laughter, "You're funny Cedric! That's a good one!" she told him as she tried to hint to Cedric that he should stop but he didn't. "I mean it! I want you to be my date!" he said in a firm but truthful tone. Charlie now wore a look of concern and continued to laugh to cover it up, "You know what Cedric you're good at this, you should really stop it! Oh, I think we need to go to the library, besides you need that book-" but Cedric wasn't taking the hint.

Avoiding everyone's eyes he looked deep into hers, "I'm serious!" he told her, Charlie quickly grabbed his arm and locked her arms around his, "And I'm serious too! You need to go the library." she said out loud to cover up. Dragging him out of the corridors, her smile faded when she was out of the student's sight. While Cedric tried to argue with her that he really wasn't lying.

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