Stone [Cedric Diggory]✔

hopelessly

His heart had skipped a beat when the familiar owl had soared into the great hall.
"Is that what I think it is?", Pansy gasps. The bird lands in front of Blaise and he takes the letter, inscribed with his name.
With his heart beating rapidly he turns it around, while his friends now are leaning over his shoulder. Upon seeing the sigil on the back Pansy loudly gasps. "She really wrote! Merlin, she wrote!", the girl gasps out, gaining attention from quite a few people.
"Ehm Ehm. What appears to be the ruckus about?" "I'm terribly sorry, Professor. But a friend of ours we almost deemed dead just wrote us back.", Pansy says. The pink clad toad grabs the letter, but upon seeing the seal she quickly hands it back. It appears that Achat Lapis had quite a reputation that even intimidated the sadistic bitch Umbridge. "Be sure to answer Miss Lapis then." Walking away she leaves Blaise to break the seal and pull out the letter from the envelope that smells just like the girl he adored.

He softly reads out the content of the letter to his friends. The words shattering their hearts. His, they pulverize. He gets up and walks over to the Hufflepuff table. "Free. You bunch should read this as well." Eleanor takes the letter and reads it out softly, but breaks off crying in the middle of it, leaving Nicholas to finish reading it out. "Thanks Zabini. Tell her we love her as well. And that she should tell us where she'll be after taking the exams so we can still write her." The Slytherin nods. "Look Zabini.. I know you love her. And I don't know how much longer she will be in their family home. If she doesn't give any of us her then to be address.. maybe you should just write her about it. Before you'll never get the chance.", Willa softly says to him, so that no one else but their small group do hear it. "You do?", Nicholas asks, surprised. Blaise nods once. "Pretty bad timing, hu..?" "Phrasing it mildly." "Look. I adore Chrys. And I was Cedrics best friend since day one. And I loved them together. But If you can somehow help her, stabilize her... I'd be happy."
"I'm trying." "More we can't ask of you. Chrys was our friend all these years. She is part of our family. And being this close to loosing her is horrifying to all of us.. Thank you.", Eleanor whispers out, her voice cracking as a few more tears leave her eyes. Willa leans over and hugs her girlfriend. Usually Eleanor was the strong one. Always feisty and defending her girlfriend against anyone and everyone. But this broke her. They all were hurting with and for Chrysoprase and could hardly do anything but pray that she'd overcome herself and find the strength to claw her way out of the dark pit she was thrown into. But they were old enough to know to be realistic. The chances were small.

That evening Blaise pulls together every bit of bravery left inside of him and writes the damn letter.

'Little badger,

I frankly do not know how to begin writing this letter. Much less do I know how you will feel about what I need to tell you, for I do not know if it will be for the better or the worse.
But firstly I'd like you to know that Theo is writing Estelle and telling her where to send her owl so you will be able to contact her as well. And Eleanor and your other Hufflepuff friends have read your letter. They asked me to make sure to tell you that they love and miss you as well. And that you'll better be telling all of us about where you are going to be after taking the NEWT exams. Salazar, I doubt you'd fail even if you did take them right now.
I was relieved to hear from you. Free even started to cry.
We are glad you are still with us, Chrys.
Now to the harder part.
I think it all began when I saw you catching a piggyback ride the first day back at Hogwarts. You were terribly tired, but still took it upon yourself to greet me with a hug, like you had begun to do during our Diagon Alley meetings.
You had asked me to be your potions partner the same second I asked you.
The next day when you were being questioned about it you were proud to say that we were friends. I was very much used to being shunned and isolated due to the house I was sorted into. You didn't care about it at all. And you even befriended my friends as well. You were our ray of sunshine. Salazar.. this sounds terribly cheesy but bear with me.
I liked the way you were so unapologetically yourself. Instead of covering your habits of not being able to walk straight when talking, you just went ahead and did it anyway, just holding onto me when doing so. I liked the way you got so excitable about little things like winged horses. I liked the way you even went as far as to verbally assault a teacher to help Draco out.
But I really only noticed when you went running for the med tent where he was being treated for a burn with tears in your eyes and you didn't return.
I was assured of it when I saw you in that dress and got to dance with you. You were breathtaking, Chrys.
And I knew it was true when I watched him carry you away after the challenge in the black lake.
It hurt.
It hurt because of one reason and one reason only that I need to tell you before you maybe disappear from the surface of the world.
I fell in love with you, little badger. With every little part of you.
And I truly hope that we'll see each other again.

Of course I know that you are still hopelessly in love with him. And I don't ask of you to return my feelings. I can't ask it of you because it would be unfair and it'd feel as if I'm either a rebound or taking advantage of your vulnerability. I just want you to know that I will be waiting.
We both know that my standards have been raised above and beyond every other girl by falling for you. So you have all the time you need to give me an answer.

I love you
B.Z.'