The Seventh Year **Princess**

[Veronica White]

Veronica was through her first week in her seventh year. She clearly stood out from the crowd of the other students and the seventh years. She was pretty, social, clever and friendly and a seeker. Her birthday was approaching in a few days and she was excited this time because she was becoming of age. She would miss this school after her graduation but she was glad by thinking that she would always have Joshua with her. The person that mattered the most in her life and whom she loved. Apart from being all good things Veronica wasn't the normal 'good' type.

Although she was a seventh year she would pull pranks and tease others often and never get caught. The transfers where in light for being the best chaos makers but no one knew this place like the ones who called it home and who belonged here like herself. Today, dressed in her school uniform yet looking just her pretty self she smiled mischievously because she had a plan.

Veronica was offering free sweets anonymously and these sweets were made in America which she had received through special orders from a prank store. None of the Europe and New Zealand markets had these sweets and she had put up some boards announcing that a person was offering sweets to everyone on the occasion for their birthday. In an empty classroom, the sweets were placed in a nicely decorated bowl and the whole classroom was decorated as if it was someone's birthday. What the victim would suffer was something she knew but could not imagine until she saw for herself. She was safely waiting for her first victim in a near by girl's lavatory from where she would know once a prey approached.

 

[Lawrence Andrew Cavell]

Just a few days after his vacation in Italy, Enzo decided to roam around the school. He obviously didn't care if he was once again absent from his class or what. Holding a baseball in his right hand, playing it as a child. Enzo was staring aimlessly at the ceiling for no reason, at the same time recalling the things that happened in Italy. How he wish he could spend time with his little sister. He then noticed a girl in uniform, somewhat waiting for someone. As he walked nearer and neared he stared at the girl and recognized her. "Veronica?" he gasped. Enzo wanted to turn around and just simply forget what he saw but still he didn't hesitated and went to hear. He was now standing beside her, Enzo just gaved her a wave and smiled at her, wating for Veronica's response.

 

[Veronica White]

Veronica was getting a little impatient seeing that no one had walked into her trap for ten minutes now. Bored, she stood in her hiding place, her arms folded over chest with a slight frown on her face. When she peeked again, only to see that someone was waving at her and called out her name. Enzo, she thought in her head. She didn't want her friends to get victimized and this younger boy had enough trouble thanks to her in the past. She came out of the lavatory with a uncertain smile on her face. "Oh, hi Enzo" she greeted him as her eyes scanned the corridor making sure that no one was there. She noticed that he had grown taller and muscular since she last saw him. "How were you holidays?" she asked him.

 

[Lawrence Andrew Cavell]

Enzo played it cool as he smirked a bit back at Veronica. "You know the usual, seeing my relatives in Italy and stuff" he said as tried not to stare at her. Somehow it was kind of awkward and all, still Enzo stayed there. "You? I mean How were your holidays?" he asked her as he stroked his hair with his right hands. He was obviously checking out the girls passing by the corridor.

 

[Veronica White]

Veronica smiled as Enzo mentioned his holidays were the usual.For her it would be very extraordinary if she were to go to Italy because she had never been anywhere except Bulgaria and New Zealand. However this holiday had brought her something different, China. "My holidays were awesome. I went to China with my best friend, Sally Kuang. She has a dozen of cousins and siblings and it was all fun" she informed him with a grin as she remembered the past month were she had enjoyed a lot.

She watched him looking at the girls who were passing in the adjacent corridor. She raised her eyebrow as a smirk played on her lips. "Are you just planning on flirting with one of them or are you still single?"she asked him with a chuckle. Maybe if he asked one of the girls on a date they were bound to say yes because as she remembered one of her conversations with a friend who was telling her that Italian accent and kissing was very attractive to many. She looked at the corridor where they stood, it was all decorated according to her plan of prank. She hoped Enzo wouldn't question it.

 

[Lawrence Andrew Cavell]

"China? Zhongguo renmin feichang huanying" he said to her as he glanced back at Veronica. "Sally Kuang? Hmm Zac's sister I guess. he thought as he was smiling at Veronica for no reason. "Speaking of Chinese people Raffy's has one" he mumbled hoping Veronica didn't hear that. Enzo heard Veronica's sarcastic question. "Both"he stated with charming smile as he was annoying her. He then noticed the odd decorations and stuff. Enzo pointed out and and stared at Veronica grinning. "You did this?" he questioned.

 

[Veronica White]

Veronica stood there surprised as Enzo spoke something in what seemed like it could be Chinese. The words that followed later made no sense to her either. "Since when did you learn Chinese?" she asked him amused to discover Enzo having this skill. She laughed as Enzo replied to her question, she wasn't surprised of his attitude and behavior as she hadn't expected him to change. Her cheeks flushed as Enzo did ask her about the decorations. She wasn't going to lie to him so she begun "Well...yes." She had never been caught in act or admitted her pranking behavior to anyone before so this was a bit awkward for her. "It was meant to be a prank...the free sweets are from a joke shop in America" she explained knowing that he wasn't a type of guy who would turn her in.

 

[Lawrence Andrew Cavell]

"Since Birth" he replied sarcastically. "It's one of the languages I speak at times"he said as he was still staring at Veronica. Enzo enjoyed watching Veronica getting all surprised and stuff. He also noticed the distress in her voice as he spoke to Enzo. "Too bad that looks tasty, but too obvious" he said to her as he was teasing Veronica. Enzo didn't care if Veronica was finding for trouble or she just wanted to be noticed. "So, How are you? It's been a while since I had a chat with you." he said to her waiting for her reply.

 

[Veronica White]

Veronica smiled watching Enzo use sarcasm more than it suited him. She wasn't bothered by the staring because she received much of that by many, some stared to admire, some stared from jealousy, the later were mostly girls. She laughed as he teased her saying the prank was too obvious. "Maybe next time you could help me out with some not-too-obvious pranking ideas" she said to him with a smirk playing on her face. "I'm fine, actually was never better" she told him truthfully. She had been very fine especially after discovering that she was in love with her boyfriend. "My NEWTs results came out better than I expected, my holiday was great and now I can't wait to graduate" she told him happily. "What about you?" she asked Enzo as she looked once again at the girls who were parading in the next corridor. "I still can't believe that you're single" she teased him.

 

[Lawrence Andrew Cavell]

"I'll think about it"he said as he laughed slightly. As Veronica spoke Enzo couldn't help not to stare at the girls passing by them. "Good for you, I'm stuck here for like two years. Except if I would be accepted at Hogwarts" he sighed. He heard that Veronica couldn't believe he was single, even Enzo couldn't believe it either."Yeah me too, sucks right?"he said to her as he was trying to smile but it failed. It wasn't easy for Enzo to be single, he wants to care about someone rather than his family and himself.

 

[Veronica White]

Veronica smiled as Enzo said he was stuck at Durmstrang for next two years. As he spoke about Hogwarts a chill ran through her as she remembered her mother's plot to shift her there for her seventh year. She had prayed to Merlin and thanked him that she wasn't accepted there because she loved Durmstrang over Hogwarts any day of her life. Of course it wasn't that way for many other so she just kept her mouth shut and flushed the idea of advising Enzo of not choosing Hogwarts. "I wish I would have the match maker mind then I'd find you your perfect match" she said with a smile as she took out some chewing gum from her bag and offered him. "Don't worry, this one is fine" she told him with a wink as she ate one herself. She started walking as she said "Let's go have lunch, I'm starving"

 

[Lawrence Andrew Cavell]

Enzo could sense something was wrong with Veronica when he said he wanted to transfer to Hogwarts. "Yeah"he said to her when he heard the matchmaker idea thing. Somehow he wanted her to with him but Enzo knew that will never happen. As Veronica handed her the chewing gum he looked at her and said"Thanks, I'm good" Enzo wasn't fund of gums. "Lunch" he whispered unsure if he would accept the invitation or rather decline the offer. Enzo looked at Veronica's face again and though "Why not? You are friends after all, c'mon it will be normal and fun" a voice in his mind talking. "Err, sure just lead the way" he said to her still unsure if it was the right thing to say or do.

 

[Veronica White]

Veronica was not sure of what was going on in Enzo's mind but she wasn't going to try to figure out, if he would want to tell her about it he would do so himself. She smiled as he agreed for lunch and she started walking down to the hall. It had been ages since she had lunch with a friend because she was always with Joshua nowadays and was neglecting her friends and that wasn't the wisest thing to do. She hoped that she could spot a girl and maybe pair her up with Enzo but she doubted the skills of her matchmaking, she could still try. She wanted him to be happy. "So how has your fifth year been so far?" she asked him as they entered the hall, a few heads turned their way but she ignored them as usual. "OWLs creeping you or you aren't the academic person?"she asked wondering if all Professors had creeped the fifth years about OWLs already like they usually did and what effect that would have on this year's fifth year batch.

 

[Lawrence Andrew Cavell]

"The usual, all subject pass" he said to her. Enzo was the type of guy who would miss his classes and didn't appreciate school but somehow he always pass and at time even gets a high grade. In was normal in his blood but still it was unusual for others. He didn't bother or cared about the academics stuff, that was for her little sister Ashe who wanted to be on the Top."Not really" he replied being modest and all. Fifth year was like last year only better. "How 'bout you? Same question" he asked her as he smiled.

 

[Veronica White]

Veronica smiled at the way he answered. He wasn't all that into academics, the way she had thought. "My OWLs were okay, passed in everything except Astronomy. I had expected more but well it was near my break up with Zac so I couldn't concentrate" she explained him as she found a good spot for them on the table and took a seat. "NEWTs were sweet, I got three Outstanding, Two Exceed Expectations and passed in the rest" she added with a smile. She looked at the table it was filled with many items as usual. She served herself some roasted chicken and salad and took her first bite. The taste was great and the flavors of the spices added was really showing itself in her mouth. She sipped some lemonade and asked him "What's your favorite kind of food?"

 

[Lawrence Andrew Cavell]

Enzo listened to her, watching her smiling. He was nodding as they walked together until Veronica found a table. He watched Veronica enjoying the food served to them. It was indeed appetizing but Enzo was bit full that day."Favorite Food? Hmmm. Homemade food, I guess. I'm a bit of a vegetarian, partly because of my mom." he stated as he circled his eyes around the place. "You?" he asked her as he grabbed a apple and munched it.

 

[Veronica White]

As Enzo said that he was a vegetarian she was surprised again. Amazed at how much she didn't know about him. "My favorite food is chicken pizza" she said with a smile. "Don't know much about Italians but the best thing that they should be given credit for is the pizza, I mean its seriously delicious" she said with a smile.She did like food and eating and she had many times been asked how she stayed slim after hitting so much. "There's so much I don't know about you" she said with a slight frown. "What's your favorite Qudditch team?"she asked. She was going to interrogate him till she was satisfied because it sucked when he kept surprising her and she had nothing to surprise him with.

 

[Lawrence Andrew Cavell]

"You should go to Italy sometime, it's wonderful there" he said as she smiled at Veronica. Enzo knew that Veronica was somehow amused of him, that was a good start. "Qudditch? I'm not a fan of that sport, my relatives is but sorry to disappoint you but, No nothing really"he said to her as he scratch his head kind of embarrassed to admit to her the truth. Enzo was more of the muggle sports type, he enjoys watching Qudditch but wasn't that impressed at all.He looked back at Veronica hoping she wouldn't react or be offended somehow.

 

[Veronica White]

She nodded agreeing to the idea of going to visit Italy. By what she had heard of the place it was full of historical sites and sculptures and that would be a fun destination for her next holiday, that was if her mother allowed of which the chances were thin. "Oh okay" she said understanding why Enzo wasn't into Qudditch. "You like muggle sports yeah, like football, basketball?"she asked him with a grin. She had played those when she was a child with the village kids.

"My favorite Qudditch team is the Chudley Cannons and then of course I support the Vratsa Vultures, Bulgarian team" she told him with a grin as she remembered the last match of her favorite team. "So what do you do when you are free?"she asked him and drank her lemonade.

 

[Lawrence Andrew Cavell]

"Yeah" answered as he began to stretch his arms upward then downward. "Interesting knowledge"he said to Veronica as if he was teasing her. He then looked at his back checking out the girls beside them giggling. "Oh you know Flirting and stuff?" he joked as he started to face her. He gave her a wide grin knowing that that wasn't all the things he do during his free time. "I like to wander around and read books, maybe sleep under the trees. That's my usual thing here in the Wizard World" he explained as he finished eating his apple. Enzo grabbed the water bottle and drank a few. He stared at Veronica wondering what was she thinking as the two of them were spending some time alone.

 

[Veronica White]

Veronica laughed as he teased her about her knowledge on muggle sports. She looked at the girls giggling as Enzo stretched his arms. "Oh, I know that" she joked back with a grin. She wondered how the girls would respond if he asked one of them to a date, they were giggling and so maybe they found him cute. She heard him say his hobbies as she finished her lunch. "I like reading too, a lot. Which is your favorite muggle novel?"she asked him curiously. "Mine's the Host by Stephannie Meyer. I think its the most awesome fiction story ever" she told him as drank some water and that brought an end to her meal.

 

[Lawrence Andrew Cavell]

Enzo nodded as he was listening to Veronica. "I see, I haven't read that book yet but I heard it was indeed wonderful"he said to her as he stared at her, this time his stare was blank as if he was somehow speechless."England,England by Julian Barnes" Enzo replied with a slight smile. He looked at his watch checking what was the time. He wanted to spend the day with Veronica but there was something wrong about this thing happening. Enzo wanted to break the Ice and just tell her that he needed to go, no reason preferably it was just that Enzo was feeling something. Something wrong.

 

[Veronica White]

Veronica smiled as Enzo said that he had heard that the Host was wonderful, at least he had heard about it. As he mentioned the name of his favorite book Veronica noticed that he looked at the time. She wondered if he had to be somewhere and was getting late because of her. She even had some homework that was due tomorrow. "You have to be somewhere?"she asked him as she wiped her hands in the napkin. "I'm sorry to be keeping you" she said with apologetic smile.

 

[Lawrence Andrew Cavell]

Enzo nodded, his face was blank as he stared at Veronica. "Nice to see you again Veronica" he said to hear as he picked the bottle of water and started to stand up. He then smiled at her and started walked away from the table, leaving the cafeteria.

 

[Veronica White]

Veronica smiled back at Enzo glad that they had a good chat after a while. She got up herself and walked to her dormitory and begun doing the remaining homework with a groan.