𝚃𝚘𝚛𝚗- Cedric x Reader x Draco

The Hogwarts express

"𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙤."𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙝. 𝙃𝙚'𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧. "𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚?"𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙠𝙨. 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜. "𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚."

„Y/n! Wake up, Sleepyhead!"
Cedric carefully touches my hair and I start to realize where I am. „Are we at Hogwarts already?"

I let out a sleepy groan and start positioning my head. „Not yet. But Malfoy just walked by and...he gave us a look that could kill both of us." I raise myself up from his lap and stretch my arms to the ceiling, trying to get rid of the feeling of a night sleeping on a bunch of stones.

Or my best friend's lap.

„I got you. You just want me to get up because you're uncomfortable." „Never." he chuckles. „Well. Maybe." „And...why did Draco just walk by? I thought he'd be sitting with Pansy and...yeah, the other Slytherin- students."

I notice I don't know anything about Draco's friends. „Blaise. Exactly." Cedric laughs and I can see how the fact that I'm not stalking Draco makes him smile. „Hey. Why should I know his friends? I barely know him."

„Mhm." Cedric nods. „Come on" „you don't just „barely know him" „you and him went on a date."
Cedric changes his position aggressively and makes me raise myself up from his lap.

„Even if we went on a date. Or two. Even if there were 3, even if we would be a freaking couple. Why would you care?" Ced raises his eyebrows. „I don't care." Ouch.

„Anyways." he gets up. „I guess I'm gonna...talk to some people. Cho is probably already wondering where we are, right?" the way he says her name makes me freeze. Cho. My best friend. And Ced's ex. „Yeah. Bye, then."

I'm alone now. And I need to think about what just happened.

I spent the autumn break, two weeks, with Cedric and his Dad. We went home and spent a few days together. And I must say, it was pretty cool, like always with Ced and Amos.

But since it is just us, it's weird.

To be honest, the whole last year was weird, but I thought changes would be normal. For years, it was just Cedric and me. Ced and his Dad kind of adopted me.

Cedric was always like a magnet for people, he always had a big friendgroup, but it was nothing against our connection. I wasn't even questioning it. It just happened.

Why can't a boy and a girl just be friends? It worked so well for the past years. Even when Cedric started to become „interesting" on another level for all the girls in school.

I always said I knew him to well to love him. And that's exactly how it is, and how it was, always.

But then, about a year ago, Cedric started dating my best friend. At first, I was so happy for them.

Don't get me wrong. I was always happy for them. But we kind of distanced from each other. I thought that was completely normal, again.

Cho and Cedric broke up 2 months ago. Well, the first time they broke up was almost a half year ago, and it wasn't fair in the end.

I don't know what exactly happened, and I don't want to know. The only thing I know is that he hurted Cho, a lot. But they refuse to tell me more about it.

And I'm standing in between them, it hurts. For the last two weeks, everything was okay. But now?

It wasn't the first time sleeping on Ced's lap, it's a pretty normal thing. But this time, it felt different. We left the group yesterday, at night. Ced knows I can't sleep good in the train.

„Y/n?" Cho opens the door and kindly smiles at me. „Cho! Sorry I wasn't there. I...we were sleeping." „no problem. But can I stay with you? I have cookies. And a card game."

I nod, immediately. „Sure. Just sit down." I rub my eyes and grab a cookie, while Cho is mixing the cards. „We'll be at Hogwarts in a few hours. Did you sleep well?" she asks. „Yeah, it was...okay. Cedric woke me up harshly."

„yeah. he isn't very...careful." I can see Cho is still hurting and change the subject.

„I'm already exited for the big meal in the evening." Cho eats a Cookie. „Yeah. Same!" „Sadly we won't sit next to each other."

she gives me a sad look. „Come on. The Ravenclaws aren't the same without you!"

I take her hand and reach over the table for that. It would be one of my biggest wishes to be in the same house as Cho, but, like I always said, „I'm just not smart enough for Ravenclaw."

„And I'm not kind enough for Hufflepuff." we laugh, and I look at her.

„To be honest, you would be kind enough. You are the kindest person I know." she gives me a soft smile, her rosy cheeks and her honest eyes are smiling with her.

„I need to...yk, go to the toilet." I stand up and break the weird silence. I don't need to go to the toilet. I just need some time alone. Why does Cho's sadness make me feel so guilty? I don't even have a reason for that. Nothing changed.

She nods and I open the door. I breathe in the fresh air and make my way up to the toilet.

„Y/n. You could say hi. Polite as always." shit.

„Draco." I look up and blush. He's taller. „You missed me?" he smirks. I can't say anything. „You missed me." he taps on my shoulder and makes his way to the back of the train. I'll just stay here. I'm not able to move.

Draco Malfoy. It wasn't a dream. He knows my name, and he said hi.

„You good?" Cho's laughing wakes me up. She's standing behind me. „Come on.Let's play another game." without saying anything, I come with her.