Scarlet Eyes

Ch. 13: A boyfriend to dump

A/N: I feel kinda bad for the way I have portrayed Cedric in this story, so I just wanna say, that I don't think of Cedric in this way at all, he is a great character 

Also, lots of conversations have ended up happening around the common in this story, oh well lol

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Y/n made her way down towards the entrance hall, where she was hoping she would find Cedric. She was walking quite fast, a small proud smile on her face. She was finally going to get this lying cheater out of her life. 

"Y/N!" she slowed down and turned to see who had called. "Lee, hey. What's up?"

"Nothing, I was just wondering where you were going in such a hurry?" he smiled

"Oh um, well actually, I was on my way to dump Cedric." she said proudly

Lee beamed, "Really?" Y/n nodded in reply. "Well, good for you. I see the chat with George went well then." he said wiggling his eyebrows. Y/n blushed. "Shut up." she whispered.

"Anyway, I better be off. I've got a boyfriend to dump."

Lee smiled as she walked away, a spring in her step. But then he frowned. What was Fred going to think of this? Lee knew he also really fancied y/n, and if her and George started dating, he wasn't going to take it very well. Fred wasn't as good at controlling his emotions as George was, and it would take a lot to move on. 

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Y/n  kept walking towards the entrance hall. When she reached it, she looked around, and it didn't take her very long to see Cedric. He wasn't difficult to spot either, as he was snogging the same ravenclaw girl as she had seen him with the week before. Y/n walked up to him, and tapped him on the shoulder, clearing her throat. "Excuse me Diggory, do you mind if we talk for a moment?" she said politely, but her voice was laced with ice. Cedric looked at her in surprise. "Y/n, look I can explain-" he started

"No need Diggory, we're done. Over." she hadn't broken eye contact with him, so she had no idea that almost everyone in the entrance hall was now watching them, including Fred, who was standing with Katie and Angelina near the entrance to the great hall, and George, who was standing with Lee at the bottom of the staircase. 

"What, just like that?" the girl he had been snogging was now side-stepping away from the pair.

"Yes just like that. I take it you weren't too committed to the relationship either, we've barely spoken in weeks. Also you've been spending quite a bit of time with her anyway." she said, tilting her head towards the other girl. 

"I know you never were. You've always had a thing for those Weasley twins, haven't you. Or one of them at least." he smirked at the blush rising up her cheeks. "You weren't committed from the start." he said

"Me? Me!? You're the one who was going around snogging other girls. I was completely committed Ced. I, I loved you." she trailed off. Cedric looked at her in surprise.

Over by the doorway, Fred was watching the conversation awstruck. Y/n had a thing for him or George? If it was him, he wasn't going to let Cedric get in the way. "I'm going to go over." he said to Katie and Angelina. "No no Fred wait!" they whispered, but it was too late, he was already half way across the entrance hall. 

"Well, I think this discussion is done now don't you?" said Fred, slinging his arm over Y/n's shoulder. "This doesn't involve you Weasley." said Cedric through gritted teeth. "Yeah, Fred's right. We're done here." said y/n walking towards the great hall, pulling Fred with her. 

"No, y/n wait! I'll make it up to you! I'll do anything!" Cedric called as the two walked into the great hall, y/n grinning. 

"Well that went well." said Katie as they sat down opposite the two girls. George came and sat next to Angelina. Lee was sat next to Y/n, so she was sitting between the two boys. Y/n smirked in response, "You could say that. At least I'm rid of him now." y/n said, smirking at George, who smirked back. This exchange went unnoticed by everyone else, who had started tucking into their food. 

As the six of them finished their food, they all got up and began to walk back to the common room. The three girls walked ahead, talking animatedly about end of year exams. The three boys walked behind, also discussing the end of year exams, but more in the light of how they were sure of their failing marks. 

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As they reached the common room, Fred pulled Y/n to the side, and whispered, "Can I talk to you for a mo'?" She nodded, looking back at George and the others, unseen by Fred. 

He led her around a few corners into a deserted classroom. "You okay?" he asked. "I'm fine Freddie. Completely over him."

"Good. He was never good for you." he said raising an eyebrow seriously.

"Yeah, yeah. I've already prepared myself for the I told you so's." she smirked. "I assume you didn't just bring me to here to ask if I'm okay." 

"Uh, no. No I didn't." Fred said, a small blush creeping up his neck. He stepped closer to her, and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. (if possible)

"F-fred, what are you doing?" y/n muttered. 

"What Diggory said, is it true?"

"Is what true?"

"That you fancied one of us. Me or George I mean."

Y/n looked at him, shocked. She stalled for a moment before responding. "Y-yes Fred it is." Her heart was beating incredibly fast now. She had an idea of what was about to happen, and she didn't know how to feel about it. 

"Do you want to tell me which one of us it is?" he asked

Y/n shook her head in response. She was shaking a little now. Fred was scared now too, he didn't know whether or not Y/n fancied him, and, well, he saw only one way of finding out if she wasn't going to tell him. 

The two of them were very close now, and y/n could feel Fred breath of her nose. 

"I'm sorry." he said.

"What for?" she asked

"For this." and he lent in, and kissed her softly. 

And y/n didn't know why, but she kissed him back.

The classroom door swung open, and crashed against the wall behind it, revealing a stunned George. "Y-y/n?" 

The pair broke apart, "George!" y/n cried but it was too late, he had run off. Y/n tried to run after him, but when she reached the doorway, he was out of sight.

Fred stood there, staring at the girl silhouetted in the doorway, and he could see a few tears trickling down her cheeks. "It's him, isn't it. The one you like." he said it more as a statement than a question. 

Y/n responded just by looking back at Fred, tears still trickling from her eyes. "Then why did you kiss back." he asked.

"I don't know." and she ran off down the corridor, in the opposite direction that George had.

Fred sunk against the wall and held his head in his hands. What had he done? Tears began to fall from his eyes too as he sat leaning against the cold stone wall. 

What had he done?

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A/N: welp, that happened.

Gotta say, not overally happy with my writing at the beginning of this chapter, but oh well, I'm too lazy to fix it right now.

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