All I need is You - Cedric diggory X reader

Chapter 27 : Date?

3rd Person POV :

(Y/N) lay awake that night, staring at the top of her four poster bed. Jessica came in nearly an hour later than she had, but she had pulled down the curtains of her bed, posing asleep. She was so tired, but she couldn't sleep. Her eyelids were heavy, But her thoughts were heavier. She waited for sleep to overtake her, but in vain. Eyes with no sleep, she was neither happy nor sad. She just felt numb with mind full of questions and heart full of fears. The night was silent but her thoughts were loud.

She got off her bed and walked towards the window. The night sky was lovely and owls hooted in the distance. And suddenly, she heard a growl. Not the sound of a deadly animal, but that of stray dogs she used to see and feed near her home. And then, she had a light bulb moment.

She remembered the pictures she had seen in her mother's school albums. Pictures with her mother, her DADA professor, Harry's dad James Potter and his godfather Sirius Black. And there were so many pictures with a black dog. And that moment was when it clicked to her, that whenever there was the dog, there never was Sirius. Once she realized this, it wasn't difficult to connect the dots. But she knew he wasn't a registered animagus because she would have known. They did check the list of the registered animagi for the Transfiguration project and his name was nowhere to be found.

'Maybe, he did it just for fun. He's Sirius Black after all.' She thought to herself. But one thing she realized was, that was how he escaped Azkaban. That was how he's still roaming inside the grounds of Hogwarts without being spotted. 'But why didn't he for the past twelve years then? What made him escape after these many years of I don't care attitude?'

Something in her wanted to find him that very moment. And always acting on impulse, she pocketed her wand and ran out of her dormitory and the common room and down the corridors. She didn't know where he would be, so she decided to check the grounds first. As she walked to the corridors, she heard footsteps and she hid behind a pillar, waiting for the person to pass her. But the footsteps halted near the pillar.

"What are you doing here at this time of the night, (Y/N)? You know we have a killer on the loose and he had broke in twice already?" Professor Lupin was now facing her and she looked up so fast.

"Twice?"

Lupin sighed. "Yeah, once today. In the Gryffindor common room. Anyway, back to the topic, why are you here?"

She panicked alright, but trainee aurors always know how to handle most of the difficult situations.

So she let out a deep breath, looked him in the eye and replied "I was searching for Cedric. He's doing his prefect rounds."

And despite himself, he smiled. He wasn't blind. He could see the way she looked at him. It was the same look her mother reserved only for her father. He knew the Diggory child had another girlfriend, but he was old and wise and he just saw the chemistry between them. Life had thought him so much. And with all those lessons, he could swear that they would get together.

"You can meet him in the morning. And if it can't wait till morning, then wait for him in the common room. Don't roam around. I'll know if you do."

She nodded and walked back to the common room praising her presence of mind but cursing her luck.

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The next day was full of people inquiring Ron about Sirius as it was over him, Sirius had held a knife. Again, she wondered why Sirius was standing over Ron. She knew he was innocent so what was with all the crazy attempts to get into Harry's dorm?

Professor Lupin looked more tired than ever. She realized that he got off sick, every month. She then looked carefully at his scars. There is another light bulb moment where she remembers page 394 of her third year DADA book And suddenly, she was rushing through her Astronomy books to find the calendar of that year and check the full moons. And then she remembers the ingredients she brought in at the start of the year. She remembers the bottle of Aconite she packed. And then the fact hits her with the force of a tsunami.

'Professor Lupin is a werewolf!'

That's why he goes missing and appeared tired once every month. That was how he found her last night. His senses were heightened.

'Poor fellow.' She thought to herself. She decided to buy him something comforting during the Hogsmeade visit the next day.

She was snapped out of her thoughts by someone calling her. She realized she was staring at her treacle tart. Dinner was always noisy in the great hall and it had just given her the perfect time to overthink.

Thankfully, Alex had snapped her out of her thoughts. And all of a sudden, an owl landed before her with a letter and a bouquet of flowers. She furrowed her brows when she saw her name on it. Everyone was staring at her. She opened her letter which just told "Turn left!"

She did so, to see Roger Davies, the Ravenclaw captain standing on the bench. She raised her brows at him and he shouted over the hall "Go on a date with me?" She looked at him incredulously, while the whole hall was watching them with batted breath. Cedric suddenly didn't like the taste of his chocolate cake. It tasted sour.

(Y/N) thought about it. Davies was being sweet and the one she wanted to date had a girlfriend. What was the harm in one date?

At last, she nodded. And he whooped, before winking at her and sitting down.

And then, girls and boys alike, were gossiping at this sudden piece of news.

Alex just smiled in encouragement. Because he found out what happened to her last night when she had at last opened up to him after so much of his pleading.

She just smiled at the smirks her friends gave her. They had decided to stop guessing who she actually liked and just left it at her being technically single.

Cedric wondered to himself. Why was he not wanting her to date anyone?

And his dumb brain replied, "You want your best friend for yourself, unlike her." And he chastised himself for being so selfish. She would be going on a date with Davies and he would be happy for her. But another thought crossed his mind. 'What about Alex?'