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The Weasley twins, with Charlie, Faye, and Angelina, Fred's date, walked down together to Hogsmeade. Together they rambled on about what they were planning to get for the holiday's, what they were planning to do, and what they weren't looking forward to when they went back to school. Staying nicely packed, since the cold wind was picking up, they separated by the time they arrived to their destination.

Faye wanted to make sure Charlie was fine, "You sure you don't want to join us? It's no trouble at all. George doesn't mind!" she asked her. Charlie shook her head, "I'll be fine! You go off and have fun. But don't do anything weird . . . and I mean it! Nothing weird!" Charlie quietly told her but in a strict tone. Faye gave a coy smile, "'Course not! Why would I do something weird?" telling her. Charlie raised her eyebrow; Faye knew that Charlie was only looking out for her for her best interest, "Fine. Nothing of that sort!" Faye sighed weakly. Charlie smiled and hugged her, "But that doesn't mean you can't tell me if he kissed you!" she whispered in her ear with excitement. Faye giggled madly and then broke apart to look at Charlie's face, Charlie's face was filled with a big smile. Winking at her she separated from them as they entered Zonko's shop.

Charlie slowly wondered around Hogsmeade, while her classmates passed her, going in and out of different shops, with a look of joy on their faces. On the other hand, Charlie was just content. Content to be alone in her mind, to be with herself and no one else to tell her other wise. A time for her to simmer all the things that has been happening and just learning from it. But all the same she was lonely, as she watched her fellow classmates with someone. From what she could see, there was no one who was without a partner; even the kids who didn't fit in had a friend to go with them. She was lonely.

This was the downside: if there was no partner to share you thoughts with then there's no fun to it. Charlie and Faye used to love doing this whenever they were in Hogsmeade together, but she had no Faye with her. Lately they've been neglecting people watching even at the castle, they've been too busy to even make time for it. They've enjoyed many laughs from the process of people watch, but also, they've had deep thoughts and deep talks. Together they learned a lot about people by watching them and now, it was all Charlie by her lonesome self, trying to learn people.

Charlie sat on a bench, trying to enjoy herself. Smiling to herself and everyone who passed her, while some of them looked back with a blank stare and other looked confused. A group of girls who passed her, looked back at her while shaking their heads. They weren't far from Charlie when she heard them say, "She's the loneliest girl I've ever seen." Charlie caught the hint; she looked like a girl who was desperate for attention or for a friend. Frowning and sighing, she stood up and walked to the Prancing Ponies. Figuring that maybe in a crowded place she might not feel so lonely, some company beside her would be nice. Besides, the wind was picking up and she was getting cold.

Arriving at Prancing ponies, her glasses were getting foggy since it was hot. The big fire was blazing at the chimney, while the place was packed with students moving around the place, sitting down and talking amongst their groups, the whole room was buzzing with the sounds of students laughing and talking out loud. Charlie thought on the other hand that this was too much company. This was the reason why she needed to get out of school; it was the company of too many fellow students that made her mad in school. But now it was just too much.

Charlie took off her glasses to wipe her lenses, she felt someone push her from behind, and Charlie was taken by surprise. Placing her glasses back on she saw that it was Ann. Dressed up in the finest clothing for winter, her cheeks were rosy, her makeup was well done, with her hair elegantly made curly. She looked as if she went the extra mile to look good for Cedric. Charlie's eye's squinted, 'An effort wasted! At least my hair is naturally curly!' she thought to herself.

Ann forced a smile on her face, "Sorry! Didn't see you there. I think you're in the wrong spot! The losers sit over in that corner." Ann said as she pointed to the other side of the room. Charlie sniggered back and said, "Really, I can see that's where you were headed! We'll don't let me hold you back!" taking a step to the side to let her through. Ann gave a small sneer, trying to be genuine in her own way, "So, where's Faye? Isn't she with you?" asking her. Charlie was about to answer but Ann then gave a giddy laugh, "Oh, that's right! Cedric told me that Faye went with the Weasel boy. Leaving you all alone." laughing out loud, trying to make Charlie feel like an ass. Charlie's felt her face turned slightly red, 'Cedric told her that? That idiot!' she thought to herself. Placing her hands on her pockets so she wouldn't punch her, she gave a small smile, "Hey Ann, why don't you do me a favor?" Charlie said in an odd manner trying not to growl but keep calm. She was ready to insult her.

Cedric, who caught a glimpse of Charlie and Ann, realized he had to intervene before they got into another fight. Quickly making his way through the crowd, the crowd started to notice that something was going on.

The place had suddenly turned to silence; Charlie knew that the crowd was expecting a fight again. Then she caught a glimpse of Cedric coming towards them, "Cedric." she said and nodded. As if they were acquaintances. "Charlie." following after her lead. He grabbed Ann's arm, "Come on Ann. Our butterbeer is getting cold." gently tugging her away from Charlie.

Ann looked at Charlie then at Cedric. Then she wrapped her arms around his shoulder, burying her face on his chest, slowly turning her face to her, there was a small smile on her face and it wasn't any smile, it was the smile that Charlie despised the most. It was obvious that she was trying to make Charlie jealous and it seemed to be working since Charlie looked away in disgust. She couldn't see that Cedric was uncomfortable since he flinched a bit when she wrapped her hands around him.

"You're right. Let's go back. Oh by the way, you said you wanted me to do a favor for you?" Ann said, waiting for Charlie to answer and look like an ass. Charlie cleared her throat and slowly said, "Enjoy yourself . . . this kind of break happens once in a while." nodding to her, avoiding Cedric's gaze. Turning around avoiding everyone's eyes, she then hear Ann said, "There she goes Cedric, the loneliest girl in the world." intentionally saying it out loud for Charlie to hear. Charlie wanted to stop and turn around to giver Ann her piece of mind and a fist, but forced herself to walk on. The whole room was buzzing with sounds from students, talking about her. Grabbing a reach of the door, she opened it, getting ready to breath in the cold air that was going to hit her. Filled with emotions of all sorts she knew she had to pull herself together. Once the door was closed she felt like she had just stepped out of hell.

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