Snitches and Quaffles

Untitled Part 4

It was now time for the picking of the champions, which was a week after the Halloween Feast.

"Mr. Viktor Krum!" Dumbledore exclaimed, after snatching the first piece of paper.

Lisel gasped as her cousin stood up from the Slytherin table.

"Miss Fleur Delacour," Dumbledore continued.

A petite blonde girl got up from the Ravenclaw table and joined Viktor in the back room.

Lisel couldn't help but notice the Weasley twins and Lee staring at her. She couldn't help but wonder.

What was so special about her?

"Mr. Cedric Diggory," the Headmaster said finally.

Cedric stood up from the Hufflepuff table. After he bid his goodbyes to his housemates, unexpectedly, another piece of paper bursted out of the Goblet of Fire.

"Mr. Harry Potter," Dumbledore exclaimed in a rather grave tone.

There was complete silence. Harry was barely fourteen, how could that have happened?

After the feast, she caught up with Cedric, just outside the Great Hall. She knew her cousin had entered the tournament, but not her friend – or, as she liked to call him -, her not-yet-boyfriend.

"Diggory!" she shouted.

The brown-haired boy turned to his livid friend, smirking. At that moment, Lisel could have just slapped that smirk off his pretty face.

"Why didn't you tell me you were entering the tournament?"

"It was a last minute decision, Lisel," Cedric tried to explain.

For a few moments, Lisel stared at the boy before nodding hastily. She was on the verge of leaving him alone, when Cedric suddenly pulled her back towards him. The next thing she felt were his soft lips on hers. Despite it not being her first kiss, her knees went weak and her heart skipped a beat. She had dreamed about doing this with him since last term and it was finally happening.

"I've wanted to do that for so long," Cedric said, pulling away and resting his forehead against hers.

Lisel smiled sweetly at him.

It was the weekend, and the couple had gone on a low-key Hogsmeade date, though Lisel still kept getting multiple jealous glares from said admirers.

"I've had a lot of fun today," Lisel smiled while they were walking back from Hogsmeade, hand in hand.

"I'm glad, you deserve it," Cedric replied.

Lisel blushed. Part of her still couldn't process the fact that he chose her, out of everyone else. She was just a rather plain, bookish girl, while he was one of the most popular boys in school.

They continued their walk back to the castle, when somebody shouted after them.

"Lisel!" Joanna yelled angrily.

She turned to her best friend innocently, still holding her boyfriend's hand. Joanna glared at Cedric and tried to drag her best friend away from him.

"I was having fun with my boyfriend, what's your problem?" Lisel asked in an annoyed tone.

"How long has this been going on?" Joanna huffed.

"None of your business," Lisel dismissed.

Joanna looked taken aback for a second, but recovered quickly and said. "That boy is trouble and you know it."

"Cedric would be a perfect gentleman, if you'd give him a chance," Lisel pleaded.

Joanna continued scolding as they finally reached their dorm. "Cedric is just going to break your heart again."