𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭 ; 𝐂𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲

Chapter 19- A long talk

I lay awake. It's 5:30 in the morning and my eyes feel like they've never taken a rest. I look over at y/n. I brush her hair out of her face, her chest moving up and down softly. She looks so peaceful.

I pull on some pajama pants and walk down to the common room and make a cup of tea. I sort through the selection of tea bags and open a packet of breakfast tea. While I wait for my it to steep I go back into my room and get some paper, an envelope and a quill. I walk back down and sit in front of a stone coffee table. I dip my quill and think for a moment.

Dear Father,

I'm writing you this letter not to scare you but to inform you of what happened. I'm ok now but at the last quidditch game I was attacked by a dementor. Y/n, the girl I told you about pulled me away and we both ended up falling but we weren't injured. Hufflepuff did end up losing the game though. Also, I miss you a huge lot and I can't wait for holiday.

Lots of love,

Cedric Diggory.

I place the letter in an envelope and lay it back on the stone table. I must wait until the owlrey is open again to give butterscotch some rest.

"Ced? Is everything ok?" I look up at Elsie, who's standing outside of the girls dorm.

"Yeah." I look down. She walks over to my tea and puts three sugars in it.

"Three sugars, just how you like it."

"Thanks Els." I say and bring the mug to my chest.

"What are you doing up? You never get up this early. Especially on a Saturday." She smiles.

"I don't know. I feel guilty, I guess." I say.

"Why?" She asks.

"I was angry at her for like a second and then she waltzes into a party and I can't even control myself. Where did that anger go? I just feel so... Out of control." I bury my face in my hands.

"Why were you mad at her in the first place?" She asks.

"We don't really know each other at all and everything is just happening so fast. I think I was jealous that Malfoy knows her better than I do." I say.

"Have you ever asked about her personal life?" I look down.

"I don't think so."

"It's ok Ced. You two just met. Just ask her about her life and everything will happen naturally." I nod.

"What are you doing out here?" I change the subject.

"Zach and I uh. Did it." I scrunch my face.

"You did not have to tell me that." I say.

"Hey. You asked." She looks away.

"What? What is bad?" I ask.

"Eh. I don't think either of us were ready for it. I just hope it doesn't change our relationship." I nod and take a sip of my tea.

"You've been writing Amos again?" She looks at my letter.

"Yeah. I always write him when I want to be distracted."

"You're so lucky you have a good relationship with your parents." She says.

"I'm grateful for my dad, but I miss my mum. So much. She's kinda the reason I was so out of control last year." I reply.

"I get it. Being here feels like my only escape. My parents are never there and I grew up looking after my little brother. Practically being his parent. I like being away but not knowing where he is and what he's doing makes me terrified." She brings her knees to her chest.

"I'm sorry I didn't know."

"I never told you, dummy. The good thing is, he's coming here next year and just knowing that keeps me sane." I walk over to her.

"I swear if you give me a pity hug I'll kill you." Despite her words I give her my best bear hug.

"Ok, ok, off." She rolls her eyes and smiles.

"You should probably try to get a little sleep." She says.

"Yeah. Thanks for talking with me."

"No problem Ced. See you at breakfast." She starts to walk out of the common room.

"Wait, where are you going?" I ask.

"The library. Snape is making me do an extra project. I hate that now he teaches two of our classes." She rolls her eyes and leaves. I walk back to my dorm. Y/n is still sleeping and it seemed awkward to get back into bed. I get a blanket and lay side ways into my arm chair.

Y/n's POV-

I wake up with my head throbbing. I check the time and it's almost eight am. Cedric must have gotten up and slept in the arm chair across the room. I hope I didn't snore or anything. I silently put on my clothes and go back into the common room. Almost the whole common room is full and about twenty heads turn to me. I look away and swiftly leave. I look down at my costume from last night. I have got to get changed. I start running through the halls and eventually down to the dungeons.

"Who's common room did you come from?" Pansy says, still looking down at The Daily Profit in her hands.

"I have no idea what your talking about."

"Fine don't tell me. You obviously had fun though." I glare at her and head back to my dorm. I change into some comfy shorts and a t-shirt with the Slytherin crest on the back. I go back down into the bathrooms and wash last night's makeup off my face. When I go back out, some of the boys from the Slytherin quidditch team have joined Pansy.

"Hey y/n!" Pucey pats the seat beside him and I sit.

"Professor Trelawney is mental, isn't she? She makes us read the stars like that can tell us about our future or something." Flint rolls his eyes.

"Wait we haven't done that yet." I try to join in.

"Oh yeah, we did it on Friday you'll probably start that lesson next term." Warrington says pulling out a cigarette.

"It's kinda fun though. We usually just make up stuff and she gives you an A. On Friday I said I'll have an encounter with seven legged beast and she didn't question it one bit." Lucian Bole adds on and we all laugh.

"I bet you ten bucks she tells Potter that he's in grave danger!" Flint makes her same wide eyed face.

"I mean, he usually is." I say and they all laugh again.

"What are you lot going on about?" Draco bursts out of his dorm.

"Professor Trelawney and how insane she is." Pucey says and Draco nods.

"Oh hey, y/n." Draco looks down at me.

"Hey Draco." I give him a confused look.

"Can I talk to you?" He purses his lips.

"Sure." I get up and we walk into his dorm.

"You remember after the quidditch game you were talking about how it has been you and Diggory since September?" I nod.

"And then I didn't say anything," I nod again, hoping he doesn't say anything stupid.

"I just feel like I can be open with you. I was just wondering if you could like me more than Diggory." He smiles wide.