I'm glad I got a lot of people reading my stuff. Now all I need is a response! Without people's responses I can't go on. Though I have one fan who keeps me going, I'd like to hear from the rest of you.

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Charlie was now in Professor Valence office; he was rummaging around his office, looking for his first aid kit. Charlie watched him as he looked around, "I know it's around here!" he was growling to himself, as if he was angry for a whole different reason. Going into his closet he started pulling boxes out, he was trashing his office, "Ha! Got it!" he said. Opening a brown carpetbag, he started taking items out. Gauze, iodine, bandages, etc.

Charlie's eyes were filled with tears, trying to wipe them away; she didn't realize how much she was shaking. Grabbing a chair he dragged it close to hers, putting down his items, he said, "You're alright Charlie! Just relax." Charlie tried to breathe in and out but it was hard. Moving her hair back from her face so he could take a good look at her, she was so stressed out.

Taking off his robe so his sleeves wouldn't be in the way, he bolted out of his chair, "Water! I need water!" he told him self out loud and ran to the nearest sink, which was near his bedroom. Disappearing for a while Charlie felt like she wanted to cry. She didn't know why she wanted to cry, it wasn't the pain, it wasn't because she was shaking in fear, and it wasn't any of that.

Professor Valence then came back in the room with a basin and towels, sitting close he reached to her hands that were on her neck, "I want you to take it off slowly." directing her. Charlie tried to avoid his eyes so he wouldn't know she was crying, but tears were running down her face, he knew she was crying. Slowly she took it off, wincing at the pain. Very gently he raised her chin with his hands, "Now don't move," he told her in a calm tone. Grabbing a towel, he wiped the blood from her neck, trying to pinpoint where her wounds were. Moving in closer to her, he slowly wiped the blood from her neck on her left side. Charlie closed her eyes, thinking how weird it was for her mother's former boyfriend cleaning her wounds.

Just then the door bolted open, Charlie and Professor Valence both jumped. Valence thought it was Poppy, "Poppy! There you are!" he said, but was mistaken when it was Cedric, angrily he said, "Get out of here! You're suppose to be with Ann." Cedric didn't care, he walked to Charlie to look at her, "Are you alright?" he asked her. Charlie just nodded her head, she still didn't say anything. Professor Valence again said in an angry tone, "Get out of here! I told you to stay with Ann in the hospital wing! Where's Poppy?" Cedric seemed to have stood his ground, "She's no there yet. Professor McGonagall excused me." he said in a firm tone. Professor continued to wipe the blood from her neck, "Well then I'm excusing you for the night, now go!" he told him. Cedric remained where he was, "I'm staying here if it's all the same to you." telling him in a polite but demanding tone. Professor Valence stood up from his chair, his chest puffed out, he wore a look of anger on his face, "I said, you're excused! Now, get out!" he yelled at him. Cedric was quick to fire back, "I'm staying here until I know Charlie's going to be fine!"

Charlie watched them from her seat, she wore a look of pain, and she didn't want them to argue. 'I'm not that important! Would you guys relax!' she thought to herself as they argued.

"I can write you up for insubordination!"

"Fine! Just make sure you have my last name right, it's Diggory!"

"I'll be sure to do that! It's all your fault she's in this mess."

Charlie then stood up and finally said, "Stop it!" her voice was cracked but she could be heard though she started to bleed more. Professor Valence was quick to help her, "Don't talk-" he tried to tell her but from the look on her face was disappointment at both of them. Grabbing the towel from his hand she placed it on her neck and wiped the blood off. Whispering to them she said, "Don't I have a saying in this?" checking the towel to see how much blood she had left, "You don't have to fight over me! I'm not that freaking important!"

Cedric and Professor Valence looked at each other; they were both fighting for her waiting to see who would win her over. Reaching behind her neck, she felt the wounds, placing the towel behind her neck she wiped it off while wincing in pain.

Someone knocked on the door, "Come in!" Professor Valence shouted. It was Professor Dumbledore, he entered the room with a certain presence that made them all calm down, especially Valence. Walking towards Charlie he placed his hand on her shoulder, "Are you alright Charlie?" asking her. Nodding her head at him she finally smiled, feeling a like she didn't need to cry anymore. Turning his attention to Valence, "We seem to be having difficulties with our nurse." he told him, "I'm afraid she's had too much to drink and she's unstable to work for the night." Charlie walked to him and tapped him on the shoulder, "What about Ann? What's going to happened to her?" she was now able to talk clearer and louder without bleeding. Professor Dumbledore then smiled at her, "She's going to be fine. It's nothing serious. Professor McGonagall is taking care of her as we speak. The only thing I need to worry about is, who's going to clean your wounds?" telling her in a concerned tone.

Cedric stepped in, "I'll do it sir!" he said automatically but Professor Valence was quick to shoot him down, "No, I'll do it. I suggest you go back to your room and get yourself cleaned up for the night, you've done enough Cedric." this gave him the opportunity to get Cedric out. Cedric then sneered at him, "I think I'll stay here sir. Escort her back to her common room when she's ready, if it's not too much trouble." trying to tell him in a nice tone but bitterness was there. Professor Valence wasn't going to win so he had to give up, for now.

Professor Dumbledore looked at all of them and said, "I think that is all for now. Until then I will see you all tomorrow." eyeing up Charlie the most. Nodding to everyone, he left the room.

Charlie then gave a sigh, she felt disgusted by the way both of them were acting. Shaking her head at them she went to the basin to wash her hands from the blood. Grabbing her hair she slowly pulled it up into a bun, Cedric and Professor Valence watched her, as if they were waiting for her to ask for help. Once her neck was exposed from behind, they could see the exact marks of where Ann dug her nails. Valence closed his eyes in disgust, while Cedric looked away, it looked really bad. Charlie traced the wounds with her fingers, counting as she placed her fingers where Ann had dug in. Feeling the scratches in her neck, she counted how many times she was cut.

Taking off her glasses she wiped her forehead with her arm, she was still shaking that she dropped her glasses. Professor Valence picked her glasses, "You better sit down. I'll clean it up for you." he told her, Charlie quickly shook her head, "Where's the bathroom?" she asked him in a quiet tone. "You need to sit down and-" Professor Valence was reluctant to tell her, but Charlie slammed the towel, "I want to see!" her voice cracked, but she was demanding. She was about to cry again since her eyes were glossy, but held back. "It's on the left, through this door." he pointed it out to her as he took a step back.

Walking through the door she disappeared. Professor Valence quickly turned to Cedric, "When I told you to leave, you should've left! You're just making this harder on Charlie!" he said in furious tone. Cedric argued back, "How am I making this hard on Charlie? I'm just here to make sure she's going to be fine. Is that too much to ask?"

"It's all your fault that this happened!"

"My fault? How was it my fault?"

"If you kept you hands on your date, none of this would of happened. Ann wouldn't have attacked her and she wouldn't be bleeding!"

"She pulled me on the dance floor! I told her no-"

"But you still went! How hard is it for you to tell her no without giving up so easily? You danced with her, you put yourself in that position, you played the both of them!"

"Ann was gone for half-and-hour, I didn't know if she was alright! Did you want me to got to the girls bathroom to check? Beside it wasn't my idea to go with Ann in the first place-"

"Then you're an idiot! You didn't have the decency to tell Charlie no and keep your hands off of her-"

"Why do you care with what I do with Charlie? I couldn't resist! She convinced me to do it in the first place! She pulled me on the dance floor-"

"I don't care if she pulled you onto the dance floor, you were getting a little too close to her and that's what caused Ann to flip out and attack her. You're smooth act caused all of this to happened-"

Then the door slammed open, Charlie stood there with hands on her neck, "Where's Professor McGonagall?" she asked them in a calm tone. Cedric said, "She's at the hospital wing." Charlie nodded her head, "Good. Because I'm not having either one of you help me out." she told him while storming out of the room. It was obvious that she heard their argument. Professor Valence was quick to stop her by grabbing her by her waist, "No, no, no! You're staying here until I clean those wounds." Charlie wailed, "Get your hands off of me!" snatching his hand away, so he blocked the door, "You're not going anywhere!" he told her.

Charlie then stood there feeling trapped, ready to cry again, "I can't go on like this if you two are going to fight over me! None of you own me! You hear me?" her voice was starting to get louder, "I'm not that fucking important, that you guys need to argue over me!" she said with fury. Eyeing Professor Valence she said, "I'm sorry, I'm not my mother! I'm not her! I can't be her! She's dead! I may look like her but I'm not her! I know you loved her and I'm sure she loved you too but I can't be what my mother was! She's gone Professor. She's fucking gone. My mother was better then what I am now. I'm just this-" stuttering while trying to find the right words, "This-big train wreck waiting to happened!" she was yelling with whatever force she had.

Then she looked at Cedric, "I'm sorry okay! I'm sorry that any of this ever happened, I just wanted to make sure you had a good time but I can see that they think you were being a player, which made you look bad. You didn't do anything wrong. It was my fault. There won't be a next time and I promise you!" she said in a firm tone.

Feeling the searing pain on her neck again, she wanted to get cleaned up but she needed to get some help. "I need to take a shower. I feel like I'm in a bad zombie movie." she said as she looked at her clothes. Professor Valence didn't seem to agree with her, "I'll get your wounds patched up then you can get yourself cleaned up. Now sit." he obviously wasn't happy with Charlie. Charlie looked at him then at Cedric, Charlie knew that what she had said about her mother wasn't the best thing. The eerie silence in the room made Charlie realize that she had made a mistake to blow up at him. Charlie looked at Cedric, "Cedric, can you get my wand? I think it's still in the Great Hall." she asked him as she sat down on the chair. Professor Valence was waiting for Cedric to argue back with her about staying, but he just nodded his head and headed for the door. "Take your time!" Valence hollered before Cedric closed the door.

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