Purposefully Hating Cedric

19

I'm a Cold Heartbreaker
Fit ta Burn and I'll rip Your Heart in Two
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"Y-you," I sputter, pointing at Cedric accusingly as I take a step back so our faces are no longer inches apart.

"I-I what?" he taunts, quirking an eyebrow with a cat-like smirk plastered to his lips.

I wish I could wipe the stupid smug grin off of his face.

"I-I thought you were-"

"Hm?" Cedric twirls me under his arm as the next song begins to play. I guess I'm stuck with him for another dance. Lucky me. "You thought I was Gold? I assumed as much." He chuckles.

I scoff, appalled and repulsed. "Is this some sort of game to you?"

Cedric clicks his tongue. "It can be whatever you want it to be, sunshine."

"I want it to be nothing," I snap. "I want nothing to do with you or your stupid games."

Cedric hums. "It didn't seem like that five minutes ago."

"Because I thought you were someone else!" My voice is beyond exasperated. "How did you know it was me, anyway?"

"You're pretty distinguishable from your peers, sunshine," he says. "After talking to you for a minute, it couldn't have been more obvious who you were."

I frown, recalling back to the things Cedric said that made me think he was Will. I guess there wasn't anything Cedric said that made me think he was Will, but rather just the way I was feeling. I should've known that Cedric was the only person that could make me feel the way that I did. Will won't ever have that effect on me, no matter how much I want him to.

My frown turns into a look of confusion as my mind grazes over some of the other things Cedric said. He'd openly admitted wanting to go to the dance with me, but he knew that he shouldn't because my "heart belongs to someone else". Obviously he still thinks I'm dating Will, which makes sense as we haven't exactly made our "breakup" public yet. However, my stomach fills with dread as Cho's face flashes before my mind. How many times do I have to tell Cedric to stop flirting with me whilst he has a girlfriend?

"Diggory, you can't say things to me like how you have been." My voice is firm, but it's not a yell. "You have a girlfriend."

"Ah, what'd I tell you about calling me that?" He tsks. "You know I hate it."

My face flushes at the memory of that night. Although, I know that I shouldn't be the one embarrassed by it. He's the one who was absolutely shit-faced and confessed many drunken feelings.

Though, he only confessed ones of attraction and lust. Not actual feelings.

"And besides," Cedric continues, pulling me closer. I can't find the will to back away as our chests press together, faces only inches apart. "I don't have a girlfriend anymore."

I step back to get a better look at Cedric's face, both immensely shocked and beyond confused. You'd think the news of The Triwizard Champion and his lover breaking up after nearly three years of dating would spread around the school like wildfire, but apparently not.

I quickly recover myself, stepping back into rhythm with the song as I speak. "So, Cho finally realized what a shitty boyfriend you were and broke up with you, huh?"

"I guess I deserve that." He sighs. "But no. I broke up with her. You made me realize that what I was doing wasn't fair to her, so I wasn't going to continue subjecting her to a shitty boyfriend who's heart only partially belonged to her."