Lost in Blue

chapter seven

The sunlight beams through the curtains and into my eyes. I groan and wince as I feel a sharp pain in my head. Great.

The night replays in my head and I smile to myself, thinking about Cedric.

I quietly walk out of my room and into the common room. Almost everyone's still asleep.

"Malfoy?"

"Morning Delvaux" he says sipping on some coffee on the couch " you look terrible" he says as I come into his view.

"Oh shove off. You basically fed me alcohol last night, of course I look like shit" I roll my eyes at him.

"Where'd you go last night. I barely saw you at the party" he says sipping oh his coffee

"I was with Cedric" I chirp up.

"Seriously" he says staring at me

"What?" I tilt my head

"You get one guys attention and you throw yourself at him. Sorta pathetic don't you think" he laughs.

"What is your issue. You were completely fine with me last night and now you're back to being a complete dick" I snap

"Cause I was drunk. Don't think that just because I pitied danced with you means we're friends" he rolls his eyes drinking his coffee.

My heads to sore to deal with this today, so I just stand up and walk into my room.

Whiplash, that boy gives me. Whiplash.

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** three months later***

The months have gone by really fast. After the Yule ball we all went home for the holidays. I came back to a new term.

I've been giving Draco a bit of a cold shoulder lately. I don't think he realized that our little conversation we had the day after the ball stuck with me. I've been tired of him going from him being nice then five minutes later him being a complete dick to me. I was just tired of letting him treat me like that.

I spent a lot of time with Cedric. We decided that we weren't going to make anything official since we both still had school and he still had the tournament going on. It was too much for the both of us to deal with. We decided to just be friends for now and see where things go next school year.

I walk into McGonagalls office because she needed to see me before the second task started. Apparently from what Cedric had told me, the second task was to take place at the lake. Bloody hell it was April, who the hell would want to go in that water.

"Professor? You wanted so see me?" I ask opening the door.

"Yes come in dear" she says as I sit in front of her desk.

She pours me a cup of tea and I take the warm cup in my hands.

"So I wanted to talk to you about you grades. You're doing very well and I wanted to know what you were planning on doing with your future" she asks as she sips on her tea.

I do the same, but before I could answer her everything went black.

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Dracos POV

"Has anyone seen Stella?" Grace says freaking out as she rushes in the common room. "I haven't seen her all morning. She wasn't at breakfast or at lunch"

"It's okay she's probably just with Cedric" Lewis tried to calm her down.

I feel myself rolling my eyes at the mention of his name.

"No she isn't. I've seen Cedric and he doesn't know where she is either" she says panicky.

I straighten up, now wondering myself where the hell she could be.

The panic starts to set in and I know Lewis can tell.

"Okay well maybe she already went to the lake with Hermione and Ron and just forgot to tell you. She can't be gone anywhere to far" Lewis says looking quickly at me then turning back to comfort grace.

We all walk to the stands. I see Weasley but no sign of Granger or Stella.

"Ron have you seen Stella! I cannot find her anywhere. Was she with you earlier?" Grace says walking over to the brutally daft ginger.

"No, but same thing with Hermione. I woke up and she was gone. No idea where she is"

My heart starts to race and my throat gets dry. Why do I feel like this. I shake it off and walk up to the Slytherin side of the stands. I find myself looking around every now and then, looking for Stella.

"3...2...1.. Go!" They announce.

Krum, Delacour, Diggory and Potter jump into the cold lake. No one has any idea what they were set to do, but I think the task of jumping into that ice cold lake is hard enough.

"We still can't find Stella" Lewis says walking over to stand beside me.

"That's shit" I mumble keeping my eyes on the water.

"When will you stop? You act as if you don't give a shit about her but I know you do. We're all friends now, you don't need to keep acting like you can't stand her when it's clear that you can" he snaps at me.

"Whatever Lewis" I scoff.

But deep inside me, I know he's right.

Suddenly, Cedric comes out of the water with Stella beside him. I stand up and toss my body forward almost falling over the railing to make sure I was seeing things straight.

"Stella!" I hear Grace yell from behind me as she races past and down the stairs.

I lean over and I can see Stella and Grace
talking as Dumbledore throws a towel over Stella. Cedric arms go around Stellas body as he pulls her in a hug, keeping her warm. I feel a pressure in my chest and my stomach twists.

Is it jealousy? No it can't be.

I feel a hand pat down on my shoulder, snapping me out of my thoughts, it's Lewis.

"I guess the Trophy was someone who the competitor cared about" He says referring as Krum comes up with Hermione minutes later. All I can do is slowly nod as I see Cedrics arms around Stellas small and frail body, keeping her warm.

I barley pay attention to the rest of the competition. Something about potter getting second because he saved Fleurs sister.

We walk down and I meet up with Grace and Lewis who are walking with Stella.

Pansy pushes last me and walks over to Stella giving her a hug.

"What happened" Pansy basically yells in her high pitched voice.

Shut the fuck up Pansy.

"I'm not sure. This morning McGonagall pulled me into her office and said she needed to talk with me. Next thing I know everything's dark and then I'm pulled out of the water" she explains.

She looks up and her eyes meet mine. She gives me her small smile that makes my body feel ignited.

They walk off to the boats as I follow closely behind.

The anxiety in my chest I didn't realize was there starts to fade away as I can see her, there and safe.