Chapter Fourteen - Rivalry

“Didn’t you tell me you had insecurity issues?” Kira murmured to me.

I smiled and nodded my head.

“Then why do you seem to enjoy all the guys staring at you?” Kira joked.

“Because they’ve probably never seen tanned legs before… plus, my mixed features look fawesome,” I said. Fawesome was a censored version of fucking awesome.

Kira, Jordan, and I were walking to the Great Hall and sat on the near empty benches of the Slytherin table. It was around 7:30 A.M. and Jordan had woken up twenty minutes ago.

“So!” I clapped my hands together. “What’s on our schedule today?”

“Well…” Kira hummed. “Since school doesn’t officially start until tomorrow, why don’t we explore the castle?”

“Ooh! I want to find the Room of Requirements,” I giggled.

“That’s entirely fiction,” Connor retorted.

I jumped at the sound of his voice and he sat next to me. “That’s not entirely creepy,” I murmured. Jordan almost choked on her apple juice. “What about the Whomping Willow?”

“Fake,” Celes called out in a melodic voice. She sat beside Kira, in front of Connor and smiled a greeting at everyone.

I studied her and bit back my jealousy. “Did anyone ever tell you you’re the sexy female version of Draco Malfoy?”

“Mm,” Celes nodded. “Someone said something like that last night.”

Kira started laughing and nudged Celes with her shoulder.

I raised an eyebrow and thought, Something’s going on around here…

“So,” Connor smiled. “How would you three like to get the official Hogwarts tour by the best prefects ever?”

I mimed looking around. “Well, where are they?”

Jordan and Kira started laughing and Connor scowled at me.

“I’m just kidding, jerk-face,” I rolled my eyes.

“Why are you mean to me?” Connor asked me.

“Why were you mean to me?” I shot back.

“I was not mean to you!” Connor growled.

“Dude, you freaking insulted me yesterday, saying I had no friends.”

“It was a joke!”

“Yeah? So was your mom.”

“Ooh, burn,” Jordan said.

Connor threw up his hands. “You know what? I just can’t get through to you. You’re just so freaking stubborn.”

I held up my index finger. “I prefer the term hard-headed. And for your information, I don’t like jerk offs like you.”

He folded his arms across his chest. “I guess your types are the pretty boy’s, huh?” He nodded from behind me and I turned, seeing Race walk towards me.

“Better him than you,” I sniped angrily. Jordan, Kira, and Celes were watching our rebuttals back and forth.

“You don’t know what you’re getting yourself into,” Connor warned me.

Race reached us and he touched my elbow. “Hey. Want to walk around the castle together?”

I heard a thump and turned to Connor. He was angrily rubbing his knee and glaring at Celes. They gave each other pointed looks and Connor just shrugged, a grin playing on his lips.

“Have fun, Charlie,” he said sarcastically.

“Fuck you,” I whispered loudly. I turned to Race. “I’m sorry, I already agreed to get a tour with Kira and Jordan.” I motioned to them and smiled apologetically to Race.

Kira spoke up. “Hey, Charlie, you hate being ignored, so if you get a one-on-one tour with Race, he’ll give you all the attention you need. So why don’t you go?”

I smiled and slowly nodded, holding Race’s hand to help me out of the bench. As I was walking away with Race, I heard Celes sharply say Kira’s name.