Heirs to Something Greater (d.m)

12: Nimbus 2001

A/N: Ohhhhh this one is a bit spicy :) You'll love this I promise (still pg13 thought. We're not heathens... yet ;) Enjoy and please try to keep it together

"Adeline!"

I ran towards her, sneaking around other people. She swirled her head towards my direction, smiling at me. I was glad she seemed a bit better this morning, hopefully, my cheering up plan would work.

"Whew, okay. Good morning!" I said when I finally caught up to her. We were just entering the great hall for breakfast.

"Good morning. Someone's cheerful," She raised her eyebrows slightly but continued smiling.

"I feel like it's going to be a good day," I put a little spring in my step and hummed slightly to myself. But I stopped as if the energy was sucked out of me as I realized something.

Harry Potter was sitting all alone. For once, Hermione and Ron stayed distanced further down the large table. I noticed that most of the Hufflepuffs sat together this morning, although Cedric, Pierre, and Lottie weren't inside yet. Adeline and I made eye contact in hesitation, where were we going to sit?

"Harry?" Adeline asked with a bit of sympathy flashing across her face.

"Harry," I smiled lightly. We nodded and then moved towards that section of the table.

"Ahhh good morning ladies!" Suddenly a tall figure grabbed onto Adeline's shoulders lightly and walked her in the direction of Ron and Hermione. Fred?

"How was your sleep?" George asked while he placed his arm on my shoulder. They swept us both into their walk, Adeline and I next to each other, and the twins on opposite sides. I looked at Adeline confused and she seemed slightly annoyed.

"Well, it was fine but-" Adeline started before she was interrupted by Fred.

I turned my head to look back at Harry. I was happy to see Luna, Dean, Seamus, Neville, Ginny, and a few other Gryffindors join him. George lightly directed my head back to where we were walking. I huffed slightly and looked up at him with a bit of frustration.

Why did he have to be so tall? Just standing next to him made me feel like I was the shortest girl in the world.

"If you want to sit with pretty boy Diggory-" Fred began.

"-you're going to want to stay clear of Potter for a bit," George added in.

"That's ridiculous," Adeline rolled her eyes, "Cedric doesn't care who I'm sitting with."

"Sure about that?" Fred seemed to notice something by the entrance, which caused us all to turn around.

Cedric was standing next to the door looking at Adeline with a soft gaze as if waiting for her to make a decision. Pierre was standing next to him talking loudly to 'the shoe boy' not seeming to notice the tension. Lottie made eye contact with me with eyes that said, "I am uncomfortable with the energy we've created in the studio today."

Adeline took a deep breath in and stared back. Diggory didn't seem angry, or judgemental, he just seemed... unsure and even regretful. He glanced towards the Hufflepuff table that was cheering him on, telling him to join the group. I realized then that he regretted not choosing Adeline immediately, he knew it was wrong to not join a person because others disliked them at the time.

Adeline offered a smile and nodded at him as if telling him it was okay. At this, he turned to the huge group of yellow that cheered louder as he sat with them. He smiled and laughed as Pierre said something. I turned to see that Adeline was sitting next to Hermione and Ron.