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Unbeknownst to the scene unfolding at the end of the staircase, Demi continued to make her way back to the Gryffindor common room. Once in the privacy of her bed in the deserted sixth year girls’ dormitories, Demi let out a long, deep sigh. She felt so incredibly stupid. How was it possible that now, nearly three months after Kalder had ended their relationship, she still harbored some feelings for him? Of course, there was anger and bitterness and plenty of hurt to go around. But if Dem was truly honest with herself, she knew that she still loved the guy. Hell, there was even that dumb, unresolved sexual tension of having been so close yet so far to consummating their relationship… Would that have made things worse? Or would it have prevented the breakup in the first place?

As she lay mulling over these rambling thoughts, he absentmindedly twirled the key pendant in her fingers. Even after the breakup, she hadn’t taken off the necklace he’d given her, thinking that the moment she did it meant things were final. And God only knew how [i]stupid[/i] she was for keeping some sort of hope.

Demi let out yet another frustrated sigh. Damned be the day in which she fell in love with Kalder Sigourney.

[color=mediumorchid]“Please don’t tell me you’re still moping around because of Siggy.”[/color]

Demi shot up from the bed and into a sitting position upon hearing the familiar voice coming from the end of the room. Her face broke in a close-lipped smile at the sight of [url=https://healthyceleb.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Naomi-Scott.jpg]Jomana Hadid[/url] making her way towards her. Out of the few people that could make Demi feel better at the moment, Jo was the top name on the list. The girls had met in the train compartment back in their second year, and had been inseparable since.

As if the company of the her best friend wasn’t enough to lift her spirits, it was what Jo said after that proved just why she was one of Demi’s most beloved people in the world.

[color=mediumorchid]“I noticed you left the feast without touching any food and before we had a chance to catch up, so I brought you some snacks and took the opportunity to spend some time with my favorite American girl.”[/color]

Demi was actually grinning now. [color=darkred]“Have I ever told you just how much I love and appreciate you, Jo?”[/color] she told the Arab girl, giving her a big hug before eagerly digging into the snacks that had been brought to her: freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies.

[color=mediumorchid]“I love you too, Dem. And that’s why it makes me so bloody mad that you’re still so into that idiot.”[/color] Jomana chastised her American friend, picking one of the cookies on the plate and taking a bite while staring sternly at Demi.

Demi shrugged, taking a few seconds to finish chewing and swallowing her cookie before replying. [color=darkred]“Kal’s not a [i]complete[/i] idiot.”[/color] she said in a small voice, taking the last bite of her first cookie and grabbing another. She purposely avoided Jomana’s burning stare while focusing on her key necklace. [color=darkred]“He likes to pretend he’s this arrogant, entitled prick when in all truth he’s just a big, soft teddy bear whe you get to know him.”[/color]

Jomana raised a warning hand, mouth still full of cookie while glaring at her best friend with an intense look in her brown eyes. [color=mediumorchid]“Don’t you go defending him, Demetria!”[/color] Jo chastised Demi again, slapping her friend’s hand away from her key pendant. [color=mediumorchid]We’re talking about the guy who broke your heart into a million pieces.”[/color]

[color=darkred]“Trust me, I haven’t forgotten about it…”[/color] the blue-eyed girl replied sullenly, taking a bitter bite off her cookie.

[color=mediumorchid]“Well good! You shouldn’t. What you [i]should[/i] be focusing on now on is on how you’re this beautiful, bloody badass young woman who deserves so much better, and how you’re going to show our pal Siggy what he lost when he made the ridiculous mistake of letting you go. [i]That’s[/i] what you should be focusing your energies on. You’ve done enough moping around for your own good. We both know you’re bloody damn better than that.”[/color]

The sounds of students arriving to the common room and dormitories began to fill the formerly quiet location, and both Demi and Jo let out a sigh. Although annoyed at being interrupted, Demi was secretly glad about it. It meant that the subject of Kalder would be dropped, for which she was thankful for. The brunette was forever grateful for Jomana’s pep talk and her tenacity for wanting her to bounce back better than ever, but all Demi wanted right now was a distraction to forget Kalder existed.

[color=darkred]“I guess we should head on down before they start asking any questions, huh?”[/color] Demi asked Jo, finishing off the last cookie in one bite and wiping the crumbs off her bed.

Jomana nodded, standing up to her full height of five feet four inches. [color=mediumorchid]“Correct. Let’s go before they snag the good seats by the window. I’ve got loads to tell you about my summer break, and I don’t plan on sleeping until I do.”[/color]