Perfectly Imperfect || C. Diggory

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 || 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥

"Oh my god, do you see Parkinson right now? She's not even trying to hide it!" I whispered to Jenn.

"Hide what?" Jenn asked, her mouth full of cereal.

"She's totally in love with him!" I cried.

"Who, Cedric?" Jenn asked, finally swallowing the heap of cereal in her mouth.

"Yeah! Don't you see her gawking at him?" I asked, annoyed.

"Ugh, she really does try to take every guy. Last year, before Draco and I were together, she knew I liked him and flirted with him every time I saw them. It was so annoying." Jenn huffed.

"Right?" I scoffed.

"What are you guys talking about?" Cedric asked, sitting beside me.

"C-Cedric, Hey!" I exclaimed.

"Morning, love." He replied, awkwardly. "So what are you guys talking about?"

"Oh, well, I just noticed Parkinson keeps looking at you, and when you came up behind me, I got startled."

"Oh, I didn't notice." Cedric blushed. I frowned.

"Yeah, well," I said, annoyed. "she's been doing it for a while now. Come on, Jenn, we've got to go to the washroom. Together." I motioned to leave the Great Hall.

"But-" I widened my eyes at Jenn. "r-right the washroom. Together."

I took Jenn's hand and led her, quickly, to Myrtle's bathroom.

"I can't believe it! He likes her, and he's dating me!"

"What are you on about?" Jenn asked, confused.

"Cedric, my boyfriend, likes Pansy Parkinson!" I exclaimed.

"I don't know about that. What even gave you that impression?"

"He blushed when I said she was staring at him." I replied.

"Well he could have just been... flustered? I don't know. Maybe talk to him about it?" Jenn suggested.

"Maybe. I mean we just cooled down from after the whole Harry-Georgina situation." I exclaimed. Jenn pursed her lips.

"Forgot about that. Well, I don't know. Just do whatever you think you should do."

"Yeah." I muttered and walked away. Jenn sighed.

***
I sat in Herbology as Professor Sprout talked on. I couldn't take my mind of Cedric and Pansy.

If anyone can take Cedric away from me, it's Parkinson. She's beautiful... and extremely manipulative. I felt intimidated by her, and any other girl who liked him.

"Y/n, Neville? Are you ready to present your project?" Sprout asked. I suddenly snapped back to reality.

"Oh- um, yeah." I sighed.

"Are you alright?" Neville asked.

"Yeah, I'm okay." I told him. "Okay, so we chose Gillyweed because... well why not?" While presenting, I got really awkward and nervous. Neville noticed and took over. After the presentation, I watched everyone else's . Cedric's presentation was great, but I was unintentionally staring at him with a smug look.

I wasn't exactly mad at him, just worried about him leaving me for Pansy.

He sat beside me at lunch and tried to talk to me.

"Y/n?" He asked. "Are you okay? You seem upset."

"No, it's okay." I looked up from my plate and noticed Pansy staring at him once again. I shook my head angrily and Cedric spoke up once again.