The stars (Harry Potter fanfiction)

Chapter Thirty-Four

I was sitting by the Black Lake, playing with the Charmed necklace I got from Luna last year. Tears are falling out of my eyes, as I stare at the lake.

I miss Cedric I won't lie. I miss him terribly, I will never get to talk to him in the common room again, while we sit by the fire eating chocolate. Never again will Cedric be there to help me with the classwork I don't understand. He won't be there to hear me complain about Harry.

It just fully hit me. He will never be here again, he is completely gone. It's not a joke, he's not just going to appear.

Never again will I hear his stupid laugh.

I lost the only Hufflepuff friend I had. All those years I spent hating him. I will never get back.

It hurts so bad.

How can someone be gone that fast? it was like he was just here. And now he's gone. Merlin, I wish he was still here, so I could slap him for making me feel like this.

I start to cry harder, tears and snot getting all over me. I can't stop, I've been crying so much lately. I don't know how, I haven't run out of tears. I'm crying as loud as I can because it's not like anyone can hear me.

I take off my robe to blow my nose on it. Hermione would definitely not approve of this, but who cares she's not here is she.

I bring my robe up to my nose and blow as hard as I can. While still crying.

"Athena?" I hear from behind me, I quickly turn around and see Harry. I turn back around and cover my face with my hands.

"Don't look at me! I look like a mess!"

Trying to wipe all the tears and snot from my face, I feel someone sit next to me. I know it's Harry, he pulls me closer to him while rubbing circles on my back.

"Hermione, Ron, and I have been looking for you," Harry tells me, I just move closer to him while trying to wipe my face on his robes to clean all the tears and snot from it.

"Athena, stop it."

I just groan while continuing to wipe my face on his robes. Harry soon pulls my head up so I'm looking at him. "Do you want to talk about it?" He asks me, I just stare at him. It's silent before I open my mouth and say.

"Before we became friends, and when the tournament was being introduced. He told me he was going to join, I said he was crazy. And you know what he said... He said it's not like he'll die."

I tell Harry while bursting out into more tears, Harry only pulls me closer to him. I rest my head on his chest listening to his heartbeat, at least his is still beating. Unlike Cedric's.

"You'll be fine Athena. Because someone once told me, everything will be fine. As long as we have each other." I smile because I'm the one who said that.

I told Harry that. Because it's true, everything will be alright if I have him.

"I'm guessing the person who said that is very brilliant," I say, Harry only chuckles and says.

"Yes. yes, she is. I was also wondering if I could ask this brilliant girl something."

"She's listening." Harry takes a deep breath before he starts talking again.

"Seeing how everyone acted when Cedric died, made me realize I don't want to lose you. Or anyone I care about. But say I just so happen to lose you, or you lose me. I want you to know how I feel about you."

I look up at Harry because I have a feeling I know what he's going to say.

"Athena. I like you. But not in the way friends do. I love you but not how friends are supposed to love each other. I look at you and just want to kiss you! I want you to be my girlfriend."