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It was now the 27th of October, Marnie was walking to the Great Hall with Atticus for lunch. She saw a crowd of students standing by a wall. The last time this had happened it was the Chamber of Secrets.

"What's going on?" Atticus asked.

Marnie shrugged.

"It's an announcement about the competitors in the Triwizard Tournament." a familiar cheerful voice responded.

She turned to see Lee. Her heart skipped a beat as she looked into his milk chocolate brown eyes.

"Oh, hey Jacobs." he smiled at her.

This was the extent of their interactions since school started full of awkwardness with a hint of sexual tension. The only problem was that he had a girlfriend so there shouldn't be any sexual tension but there is.

Marnie walked up to the wall and examined the notice. It had the names of the possible competitors from both schools.

Kyle Rivers

She smiled. She hasn't seen him since their brother since Scott's birthday. She walked away from the wall. Lee had lost interest and left.

"Anyone interesting?" Atticus asked.

Marnie nodded. "My stepbrother is coming."

"That's cool, can't wait to meet him."

"You can't wait to meet who?" Jaq asked walking up to her friends.

"My stepbrother is coming for the tournament."

Jaq nodded. "Is he cute?"

"If he wasn't my stepbrother, I think I would be attracted to him."

"But not as much as you are to Lee." Atticus teased.

Marnie blushed. "But sadly for you he's in a relationship with a muggle girl named Sasha."

Jaq nodded as they sat at the Ravenclaw table. The food appeared on their plates and they started to eat. After lunch, it was time for Muggle Studies. She walked to the classroom. This was a double lesson. So, she finished around five and it was time for dinner.

After dinner, she walked back to the Ravenclaw common room.

It was now three days later, it was time for Durmstrang and Beauxbatons to arrive. Durmstrang arrived first.

"Blimey, it's him!" she heard Ron Weasley exclaim from the Gryffindor table.

She briefly glanced over and unintentionally caught Lee's eye. He smiled at her. She smiled back. They continued making eye contact.

"Please welcome Beauxbatons!" Dumbledore exclaimed.

The girls flounced in and all the male attention turned to them mainly the beautiful blonde at the helm. Marnie searched the small crowd of boys and found Kyle. The Beauxbatons students sat the Ravenclaw table.

"Hey Marnie," Kyle greeted his stepsister.

She smiled. "Hey Kyle, it's nice to see you."

"You too."

"This is Atticus, Jaq and Clara."

Kyle smiled at his sister's best friends. "It's nice to meet you."

"You too."

"This is my best friend Elia Hansen."

"Nice to meet you, charmed I'm sure." he said in a Dutch accent.

"Who was that was blond girl at the front of the line?" Atticus asked.

Elia groaned. "That's Fleur Delacour."

"What's wrong with her?"

"She's my ex-girlfriend we dated briefly last year. She broke up with me and I'm still a bit bitter."

Marnie nodded. They continued eating and chatting. After dinner, Elia and Kyle went back to the Beauxbatons carriage while Marnie and company made their way to the Ravenclaw common room. They sat on the couch.

"Kyle is nice." Jaq remarked.

"He is. He's a great big brother to Brett and Scott. Part of me is jealous of how close he is with them."

"It's understandable, he's grown up with them while you just met them last year."

"I suppose so."

"Elia seems nice too."

The three girls walked up to their dorm.