Hello my lovely readers/reviewers! Here's chapter 5...earlier than usual. You guys are so lucky! It's because I got some great reviews on the last chapter that made me want to keep it up :) So keep reviewing tell me what you think and yes this is the moment you have all been waiting for...duh duh duh Charlie will ask out Cara. Now read on!
"You know Charlie, you're running out of time. If actually want a date, you should ask her like today," Lucie pointed out from across the Gryffindor table at breakfast the next morning. She sat next to Adam, looking apparently over the disappointment she had felt last night. He knew Adam was still regretting throwing in the 'friends' talk, as he had heard it from both Jessie and Adam himself, the night before. Regardless, he didn't want to be reminded that he had promised two of his best friends that he would ask Cara McLaggen to the Yule Ball. He groaned, tuning back in to Lucie's rant.
"I mean if you don't jump on it quick, she'll have a date. Oh Charlie, if she already has a date, you'll end up with someone like Myra Garson," Lucie giggled, gesturing to the heavyset Hufflepuff girl, with an uncontrollable acne problem, sitting across the room, "Oh or even better you could take Emma Prewitt, or even Max." She and Adam collapsed in a fit of laughter.
"Oh shut it you two. You know perfectly well that Emma and Max are first years, so they can't go. Plus they are my cousins! And Max is a BOY!" He looked at her crossly, "I'm asking her today. Today before potions, you'll see," He glared at his friends again, "And I guess I could go with Jessie, if Cara won't with me." He looked up at Jessie who was shaking her head.
"Sorry Charlie. I've already got myself a date," She smirked at the three of them who looked at her aghast.
"Whoa who?" Adam cried.
"Yea, Jess who? You never go with a date." Charlie looked shocked.
"Jess, how long have you had this date? And it better not have been a long time, because not only am I your roommate, but I'm also your best girl friend. Plus I tell you everything. And I mean everything!" Lucie pouted.
"Alright, alright, hold up guys," Jessie looked embarrassed, "First of all, don't sound so shocked, it's not like I couldn't get a date if I wanted one. He just asked me and I thought it would be fun this year, 'cause I haven't had one the past two years. It's nothing serious, its not like we're together or anything. And Luce, sorry I didn't tell you yet, he actually only asked me this morning. You would've been there too, only you didn't want to get up. Serves you right for oversleeping," Jessie glared at her awestruck friends, and then stuck her tongue out. "Oh for Merlin's sake, stop all your gaping, we'll be late for class."
"Wait, hold up," Charlie called to Jessie who had already stood up, grabbing her bag, shaking her head, "You never did tell us who it was."
"Oh right. Sorry," Jessie blushed looking at her feet, "Jimmy Powell," She muttered, blushing brilliantly.
"Jimmy Powell, as in our roommate, Jimmy Powell?" Adam asked.
"Okay guys, I know I was shocked too. I mean Jess never has a date," She looked apologetically at Jessie, trying to convey that she was in fact going somewhere with all of this, "But really stop with the intense examination. Jimmy's a really nice guy. Plus you heard her it's nothing serious. Let her go to the ball with this guy without freaking out on her. Jeez, next time I should go with Owen and see what you guys do." She looked at the boys smugly.
"NO! You can't do that!" Adam shouted, causing a few heads to turn as they walked down the hall. Lucie looked at him questioningly. "Er, well, its just he's such a player. Always off snogging a new girl every week. You're much too special to be just another number on that guy's list." Adam blushed looking down at his feet, noticing Charlie and Jessie had fallen out of step with him and Lucie. He looked up to see was looking at him, a small smile gracing her pretty features.
"Thanks Adam," She blushed, "I wasn't planning on doing anything with Owen anyways. You're right he is too much of a player for me. Plus I already have someone on my mind." She winked.
"Wha-What? Who?" Adam cried, standing in the hallway, his mouth agape, staring down at the floor, for the second time that day. "How come you never said anything?" He looked up, only to discover that she had already disappeared into the classroom with the rest of their class. Adam groaned walking into class and taking his seat beside Lucie, of all people. She just shook her head as Professor Snape began the lesson.
"Alright class. Turn to page 485 in your books," Snape droned on in his nasally voice, "Today you will be brewing a shrinking solution. Read the directions and get started. You have 45 minutes. Starting…now."
"Well I guess I'll get the ingredients," Charlie turned to Cara, his breath catching in his throat. She looked especially stunning that morning, her caramel waves spilling onto the table. The scent of her shampoo was intoxicating. Charlie bit his tongue to keep from saying something he would regret. She smiled up at him with her perfect teeth behind rosy red lips.
"Here, I'll start chopping the daisy roots," She took the roots from him, "Why don't you take the shrivelfig and caterpillars." He nodded and the two of them went about brewing the potion, chatting animatedly.
"Hey Charlie," Cara turned to him after they added the last bit of leech juice, turning their potion a bright acid green, "I was wondering, do you have a date for the Yule Ball Saturday?" Charlie's head shot up, she couldn't be hinting at what she thought she was.
"Er, no, actually." Charlie looked at her, his confidence level rising as she smiled at his response.
"Wow that's perfect." A big grin danced across her face.
"Will you go with me?"
"Do you want to go with Holly?" The two of them spoke at the same time. Charlie looked at the floor and cursed inwardly.
"Oh, Charlie. I didn't mean you and me go together." Cara sighed, shaking her head, "I already have a date. I figured you already knew that, seeing as it's your brother." Charlie groaned, of course it was his brother.
"We don't really talk that much. I haven't really been seeing much of him lately," Or ever. He decided he didn't need to mention that he had been avoiding his brother at school since probably 2nd or 3rd year.
"Oh well anyways," Cara continued on, totally unaware that she had just ripped out Charlie's heart, stomped across it, then shoved the beaten pieces back into his arms, "Would you still go with Holly. You know Holly Cameron," She pointed across the room to a pretty Ravenclaw girl with straight, shoulder length, auburn hair and big green eyes. "She's in our year, Ravenclaw, in my dorm. She doesn't have a date, and I figured you wouldn't have one either," Charlie practically winced as Cara unknowingly took another blow to his ego, "So what do you say. You guys will have fun," Cara wiggled her eyebrows, and Charlie sighed, once again succumbing to her charm.
"Sure, that sounds like fun." Charlie gave small smile, while Cara waved Holly over.
"Hey Charlie, how's it going," The bubbly girl bounced over, "Do you want to meet outside the Great Hall at 7?" Charlie nodded, smiling at the girl.
"Yea, that sounds good. It'll be a good time," While Holly was no Cara; she was pretty, funny, and true to her house, brilliant. Charlie knew that they would have a good time, plus it wasn't like his chances with Cara were totally gone. It's not like she was actually going out with Bill.
As he walked out of the dungeons, Lucie and Jessie fell into step with him.
"So Charlie," Lucie giggled, "We saw you talking to Cara."
"Did you finally do it? Jessie poked him in the side.
"Er, well, kinda," Charlie looked as his feet, "You see, she asked if I had a date and when I said I didn't, she told me that it was perfect. So I figured she wanted me to ask her out, which I did, only to find out that she wanted me to go with Holly 'cause Holly 'didn't have a date' and she knew I'd be single. Then she of course goes on to tell me that she's going with Bill." Charlie groaned as the events of the potions class caught up with him. The girls threw their arms around him.
"Oh that's okay Charlie," Jessie comforted.
"Yea, its fine. I don't think she's good enough for you anyways," Lucie shook her head, "Oh well, are you at least going with Holly. She's pretty cool."
"Yea, I am." Charlie nodded.
"Good, you need to do something other than pine after that girl." It really was no secret that Lucie was a bit fed up with the way Charlie chased after Cara.
"Whatever, whatever. I'm going to stop by my dorm, meet you guys at lunch?" The girls nodded, and Charlie climbed the stairs up to Gryffindor tower, nearly running into someone stepping out of the portrait hole. Charlie looked up into familiar blue eyes and groaned.
"Hey Bill," He stared up at his older brother.
"Hey Charlie, I haven't really been seeing much of you outside of practice. Oh, speaking of which, you were good in the Ravenclaw match last weekend." Charlie smiled awkwardly at his brother. He wondered how they had let things become so strained at school.
"Thanks, you were good, too. Oh, I heard you we're taking Cara McLaggen to the Yule Ball," Bill smiled.
"Yeah, we're really good mates, but I don't know, maybe we'll be more after the ball. She's a really great girl." Charlie winced inwardly.
"Mhmm," He mumbled, "Good luck with that."
"You're going with her friend Holly, right?" Charlie nodded. "That's cool. Maybe we should hang out sometime. We never seem to hang out anymore. It's weird, I feel like I see Fred, George, and Percy, but never you, you know?"
"Yeah, I don't know why that happens," He muttered, though he knew exactly why. Because he didn't want to. "I guess we should hang out more, other than Quidditch practice. I guess I'll see you at the ball. I should go, I told Lucie and Jess I'd meet them in the Great Hall for lunch." He nodded at his brother, then turned to walk down the hall.
It was just so frustrating; Bill had a date with his perfect girl. Bill was the greatest brother to all of their other siblings. Bill even thought that the two of them needed to spend more time together at school. Bill noticed everything. Though it must've made sense, seeing as the two got on fine during the summer and breaks during the school year. Even so, it was just easier to be away from all of Bill's perfectness while he was at school. But somehow he knew that he would be hanging out with Bill and Cara at the ball, because when Bill gets his mind set on something, well then it happens. Charlie groaned again, before turning into the Great Hall and making his way to where his friends sat at the end of the Gryffindor table.
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