You Know I Love You, Right? (Cedric Diggory x Reader)

Chapter 14

I arrived at the party at 11 o'clock on the dot.  I wore a Hufflepuff crewneck with jeans and a pair of yellow converse.  I grabbed a drink and joined a group of Grffindors who were watching Ron Weasley play against Seamus Finnigan in a game of wizard chess.

A few moments later a group of Slytherins arrived at the party.  I saw Pansy Parkinson, Crabbe, Goyle, Blaise Zabini and none other than Draco Malfoy.

They all wore Slytherin apparel, the boys in black khakis and Pansy in a black skirt.  They went to grab drinks and sat with a few Ravenclaws.  Seeing Draco reminded me of how my father's job was in jeopardy because of him.  I began to feel stressed, and I stepped outside onto a small balcony to clear my mind.

Without warning, a voice appeared out of nowhere asking, "Mind if I join you?"

I knew that voice, it was Draco Malfoy.

"Go away Malfoy."

"Don't worry I'm not going to take up too much of your time.  I just came here to apologize."

I turned my head towards him in awe, was Draco actually apologizing to me?  I had to be dreaming.

"I shouldn't have threatened you with your dad's job.  I never told my father about that night and I never will.  I'm so sorry."

"Draco I'm the one that should be sorry, I waited too long to be honest with you about how I felt. You loved me and I should've loved you too."

Draco paused, "That's the thing, I don't think I loved you either."

I stared at him in bewilderment.  If he hadn't been in love with me why was he so mad when I hadn't as well?

"The thing is, I wanted to love you, and I wanted you to love me back, but truthfully, I'm in love with someone else."

I clasped my hand over my mouth, I couldn't believe that I spent all of that time trying to matchmake Cho and Draco when he was already in love with another girl.

Draco continued, "I didn't want to love this person though, I tried to tell myself I didn't.  I bullied them so that they would hate me and that I would hate them back."

"Draco if you love this person you should tell them, bullying them isn't going to get you anywhere."

"I want to tell them I really do, but if I were to date this person I'd bring shame to my family.  And besides, they probably don't feel the same way..."

Oh my goodness.  Draco was in love with Hermione!  It was so obvious, he constantly picked on her and dating her would bring shame to his family because she's muggle born.

"Draco, you're talking about Hermione aren't you?"

He shook his head, "No, I'm not talking about Hermione."

I was confused at first, but then I came to a very strong realization.

"You're not talking about a girl at all-"

Malfoy put his head down in shame and sighed, a tear falling down his cheek.

"You're right.  I'm not.  I'm in love with him and I don't want to be." He pointed his head towards a lonely Harry Potter, standing by himself in the corner of the room.

"Draco, you should tell Potter how you feel.  If not you're going to regret it for the rest of your life."

"It's not that easy.  You on the other hand, you can tell him you love him and nobody will judge you.  You're lucky for that."

"Draco I'm sorry but I don't know what you're talking about."

"You know damn well exactly what I'm talking about.  You're in love with Golden Boy Cedric Diggory and you just won't admit it!"

"I am not in love with Cedric!"  I shouted.

"You are and you know it.  Have you ever noticed that every time the two of you are close to each other your cheeks turn red?   Or the fact that you get tense when he puts his hand near you?  And when you catch a glimpse of him your face brightens and your eyes twinkle?  You're madly in love with Cedric and haven't a clue!"

I didn't argue back, instead I took a moment to truly grasp Draco's words.  He was right, I did exactly those things when Cedric was around me.  Did that mean I was in love, or just happy to be his friend.

"Draco, what does love feel like?"  I asked.

"When you're in love, the world becomes colorful when you're with the person that you like, it gives you a sense of meaning in life- ambition if you must.  You become jealous of everyone around your person, and when you finally have a moment with them you can't stop thinking about it for the rest of the week.  Everything feels like milk and honey when you see them, and there's nothing more in life that you want than to just be by their side forever.  That's what love feels like."

For some reason I knew exactly what Draco was describing, I'd felt all of those emotions before, experienced everything he said...  And then it finally dawned on me.

I was in love with Cedric Diggory.

"I think I need to step outside-" I said to Draco as I exited the balcony, swiping another drink before I left the common room.  I ran outside with no idea as to where I was going, all I knew is that I needed to leave.

I stopped at the courtyard, chugged my drink and yelled out into the night sky:

"I'm in love with Cedric Diggory!"

Birds flew away from the trees, wind blew in my hair, and my heart raced.  It felt so good to be in love, or at least to realize it.

I guess it is true what they say, nobody (not even myself) could resist falling for Golden-Boy Cedric Diggory.

A/N Sorry guys, I couldn't resist the urge to put Drarry in this! Now that the reader knows she loves Cedric, is she going to tell him how she truly feels?  Find out when the next chapter is published ;).  Also thank you guys for 500 views!  I had no idea that anyone was going to read this!  Please vote if you want to see more, I'm having so much fun writing this story!

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