Snitches and Quaffles

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It was a few nights later and Lisel was working on some homework on the Hufflepuff couch, when Cedric came up to her.

"What do you want, Diggory?" she asked, glaring angrily at her boyfriend.

"Adam told me what he did; I'm sorry for everything. Just like Lin... err, I mean, Joanna is protective of you, I suppose Adam is protective of me in a sense."

"I guess I can relate."

Cedric glanced at his girlfriend, giving her the puppy dog eyes, begging for forgiveness.

"You're lucky I have a hard time saying no to you," she said, her face softening into a smile.

Cedric smiled and sat down next to her and asked. "What're you working on?"

"Potions," she groaned.

"Maybe I can distract you," Cedric smirked, leaning in to kiss her.

Lisel took his Hufflepuff tie and began twirling it around her fingers flirtatiously. Cedric smirked and they began their snogging session.

After the snogging session, they went to their separate dorms.

It was a couple days later when Lisel caught up with her first year friend, Emily. Despite the age difference, they got along pretty well. They chatted about school and family; Emily was a muggleborn. She reminded Lisel vaguely of herself when she was a first year.

It was now Valentine's Day, and Cedric and Lisel were at Madame Puddifoot's Tea House. She was enjoying her date with him. Earlier before their date, Cedric had received a note from little Emily, saying she fancied him. Lisel knew that she didn't fancy him, since she had found out that she didn't actually send the note; it was her friends. Though, it wasn't an issue.

The couple walked out of the Tea House.

"Did you have a good Valentine's Day?"

Lisel nodded. They walked back to the castle, hand in hand.

Nine days later

It was now the night before the second task, and Lisel was walking with Joanna when Professor Sprout walked up to her.

"Good morning, Professor," she greeted.

"Good morning, Ms. Epstein, we need to see you in Dumbledore's office."

Lisel said goodbye to Joanna and followed Professor Sprout dutifully to Dumbledore's office. Once there, she walked in. She noticed a familiar redhead, but she couldn't recognise the woman or the younger girl right away.

"Ah, Ms. Epstein. It's nice of you to join us."

Lisel sat down between the woman and Ron.

"What are we here for, Dumbledore?" The woman asked.

"Mrs. Diggory, the four of you are the objects that each of the champions would dearly miss."

Lisel looked over at the woman. She hadn't recognised her, despite the fact that she had spent most of the summer before her second year over the Diggory house.

It was the next morning, and Joanna was looking for Lisel everywhere. She couldn't find her anywhere though.

"Have you seen Lisel?" she asked from the duo of boys.

"I haven't seen her," Viktor said worriedly.

"I haven't either," Alfons shook his head.

Joanna frowned. Where could her best friend be?

The trio started walking out to the lake, still worried about their best friend, cousin and secret crush, respectively.

Cedric and Harry dived in the lake first and then Viktor and Fleur. Viktor swam towards his precious item. He wasn't shocked to see Lisel tied up; he would definitely miss her the most. He untied her and swam up towards the surface, holding his cousin. Once on the surface, she clung to him pathetically, which she hasn't done since she was much younger. He sat her on the dock and began drying her off with the help of Joanna and Alfons. After Cedric finished drying off his mum, he walked over to his girlfriend to check on her.

"I'm glad you're okay, love," he smiled, hugging her.

"Thanks, Ced."

Before anyone could respond, Harry came up with Ron and Fleur's little sister, Gabrielle. Harry got the first place with Cedric getting second.

Two Months later

It was now the late April more specifically April 25th, which also meant Viktor's nineteenth birthday. The threesome were celebrating during a Hogsmeade weekend.

"So, how is it going with Joanna?" Lisel asked Alfons.

The older boy answered. "She's a great girl, but we're just friends."

Lisel nodded as Viktor eyed his best friend suspiciously.

It was now after the celebration, Viktor and Alfons were walking back to the Slytherin Common Room while talking.

"Do you fancy my cousin?" Viktor asked.

"Is it that obvious? I didn't think you'd notice," Alfons blushed.

Viktor smirked and said. "It's quite obvious; you look at her just like I look at Hermione. I'm just surprised, because I thought you two were like siblings."

"I started to fancying her when she introduced me to Cedric. Though, she seems happy with him so I won't mess it up."

Viktor nodded and patted his best friend's back sympathetically, because he knew what's it like to pine for a girl who was taken or practically taken.

It was a few days later, and the girls were having a girls night. Currently, they were playing drunk truth or dare, or rather, drink or dare. Delia and Anjali were significantly tipsy; both girls were at legal drinking age as was Joanna, but Lisel, being the youngest only had butterbeer.

"What's the farthest you've gone with a guy, Lisel?" Delia asked drunkenly.

Lisel blushed; she never talked about her sexual encounters with anyone but Joanna. She hasn't gone that far with Cedric.

"I'm waiting."

"I lost my virginity to a muggle boy last summer."

Delia nodded. The game continued. The four girls eventually fell asleep.

The next morning, Lisel woke up first, not surprisingly. She shuffled around the dorm and got dressed. She figured that her other three roommates wouldn't wake up for a while. She took a quick shower and sauntered down to the Great Hall for breakfast. She ate some breakfast and went to the library to work on her Charms essay.

A few minutes later, Cedric joined her. And apparently, he was in the mood.

He didn't say anything, he just began kissing her. Sure, they've had a few passionate snogging sessions over the last few months, but never in a public location like this.

"Cedric, I'm trying to finish my paper; I don't want to snog right now," she said, breaking away from Cedric and turning back to her essay.

The brown-eyed boy pulled away from her, taken aback. He simply got up and left the library. After she finished her Charms essay, she went back to her dorm, not surprised to walk into the sound of retching, coming from both Delia and Anja.

"Hey, Lisel," Joanna greeted.

"Hey Jo, did you just wake up?"

The girl in question just threw a pillow at her best friend.

"I'll take that as a yes," Lisel smirked.

Joanna looked at the clock that read '1:00 pm.'

"I was in the library, working on my Charms essay," Lisel said, sitting on her bed.

"Figures."