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Okay, here is chapter 12. Sorry it took me a while to get up. My brother made me delete this chapter by messing with the mouse and I did save it. Anyways, I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 12:
A Walk by the Lake
I walked through the halls of the school, my nose buried in a book. Cedric and I had tired to figure out the clue unsuccessfully. We had checked out many, many books from the library but none of them seemed to help. I sighed; closing the book I was reading. I was going to dump my stuff at my room and then go for a walk around the school grounds. Cedric didn't feel the need to be hovering around me 24/7 because people had started leaving me alone, which made things so much easier on me.
I walked to the portrait hole and muttered the password. It swung open and I stepped in. There were only a few people in the common room. Everyone else was probably outside, making the most of this gorgeous day. They might as well. Christmas was fast approaching and with Christmas came snow that came with freezing cold weather, which is part of the reason I'm taking a walk. I walked up to the girls' dorm and threw my bag on my bed. I looked out the window, which had a perfect view of the black lake. I shivered a little. I turned around and headed down the stairs. I was taking them two at a time when I ran into a muscled chest. I looked up to see who it was and my green eyes met a pair of gray ones, belonging to only one person.
"Cedric, watch where you're going, would ya?" I scolded. He laughed at me.
"Me? I wasn't the one taking the stairs two at a time," he laughed some more. As hard as I tried not to, I cracked a smile and giggled.
"I'm going to go for a walk," I said, still smiling, as I made my way around him.
"Actually,"-I turned to face him- "I was wondering if you wanted the go for a walk with me by the black lake,"
"The lake?" I asked. Okay, I admit it, I am deadly afraid of the black lake. There's a giant squid living down there and who knows what else you know?
"Well, you don't have to come," he seemed a little hurt at the thought of me not going on a walk with him.
"No, no I'll come," I said. "I'll meet you in the common room," I continued, noticing that he still had his books. He smiled before continuing up to the boys' dorm. I walked down to the common room to wait for Cedric. Okay, I guess the lake can't be that bad. I mean, it's not like we're going to go swimming in the monster hole- I mean lake. It didn't take Cedric very long to ditch the books-except for one-and come back to the common room and we started our walk.
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"I don't think that's what it is," I said, closing the newest book that had been borrowed from the library. Cedric sighed, tucking the book under his arm.
"Well, then what is it?" Cedric asked.
"I don't know!" I answered. "Maybe they're going to torture you by dragging their fingernails on a chalk board and glass and other stuff." Okay, that seemed far-fetched but I couldn't think of anything else. Cedric laughed. "You try to come up with something better," he laughed again. I smiled.
My eyes wondered over the lake. It looked so peaceful. If you don't look under the water, that is. It was a death trap down there! There were probably monsters constantly brawling down there. There was a couple standing in the shallows, their pants rolled up to their knees, splashing each other. I shuddered and looked away, looking straight ahead. I didn't want to see them get pulled under by that giant squid! I don't know how people could be so careless when it came to their lives. Or maybe it was just me being over dramatic. That was often the case most of the time but I couldn't help it. I was an overcautious chicken.
"The water looks great today, doesn't it?" Cedric said. I rolled my eyes. To a person who didn't think of all the dangers that lurked beneath the peaceful black surface, yeah it would have been nice. But to a person all too aware of the dangers, it looked, well, dangerous.
"No, it really doesn't," I replied. "It looks…dangerous, for lack of a better word. Like a black abyss ready to suck your soul out first chance it gets!" I heard him snicker. Okay, maybe I had gotten a little carried away with the abyss thing. "I'm just afraid of the lake, okay?"
"Why?"
"Because there's a giant squid and who knows what else down there! And…" I trailed off. I couldn't tell him that! It was the most embarrassing thing ever! No one knew about that except my family.
"And…what?"
"Nothing," I said, shaking my head.
"C'mon Chloe,"
"No, it's embarrassing!"
"Please,"
"You'll laugh,"
"No I won't,"
"That's what they always say and then they end up laughing," Cedric jumped in front of me, causing me to stop.
"I promise, I won't laugh," he doesn't give up, I had learned that in the time I spent with him. I sighed. There was no point in fighting, he would keep pressing and pressing.
"Fine, I can't swim, okay?" And just like I thought he would, he started laughing. "You promised you wouldn't laugh." I hissed.
"S-sorry," he said still laughing. I glared at him. "You can't swim?"
"Never have, never will," I said, as I made my way around him. "My parents tried to teach me but that was a huge failure. Now I'm deadly afraid of drowning," he laughed some more. I swear, he had a laughing disorder. "Would you stop laughing," I said, laughing a little myself.
"I'm sorry; it's just…funny,"
"Oh yeah, me and my swimming disability, hilarious,"
"Oh come on Chloe, you have find some of this funny," a small smile spread across my face. My parents always said that I was hilarious when I tried to swim.
"You haven't seen me in the water," I said, smiling. His smile became wider.
"Is it amusing?"
"My parents think it is I just find it down right embarrassing."
"That's something I have to see,"
"Well, you're going to have to talk to my parents about it cause I don't plan on going swimming anytime soon." He laughed, causing me to smile and laugh a little. We continued our walk ranting about all the homework Snape had given us for tonight. Evil little Slytherin house master.
A little short I know. This is also on my possible rewrites along with chapter 10. Anyways, R&R please!