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

Chapter 32

It seemed like the year had flown by when the end of May had approached.  As I looked back and reflected on the past few months I was overwhelmed with gratitude.  At my lowest point I was determined to rise back up and that's exactly what I did.  I managed to fix almost every single one of my problems.  I made up with Draco and Cedric, I was no longer being bullied, and Cedric and Cho weren't a thorn in my side.  The only thing that loomed over me was the thought of Barty Crouch.  It had been weeks and we still hadn't heard anything.  The only thing found at the scene was a small bone, which was not useful at all.  I wasn't too happy about Cedric having to do the third task when there was an attacker on the loose, but I knew that as long as Dumbledore was around he was sure to be safe.

I sat in the courtyard on that Wednesday afternoon.  I had just had Transfiguration that morning and Draco told me that after school on Friday a carriage would be outside to pick us up.

"It's ministry issued," he boasted, "So the school is allowing us to leave for the weekend."

Draco's birthday was on Thursday, tomorrow actually, however the school would not allow him to leave during the week as they didn't want him missing out on his classes.

I noticed a familiar owl flying overhead and went to check the owlery to see if I had received anything.

The owl I recognized had been my aunts, perched next to a few barn owls.  Behind her there was a small package.  I flipped it upside down and picked off the small note attached to it.

To my niece,

Lucius informed us that he would be having you at the Malfoy Manor, so I purchased you a nice dress to wear.

Love, your aunt.

I was delighted.  I was seriously about to go to the Malfoy Manor in the dress I had worn to the Yule Ball.  I ripped open the parcel and was amazed at the quality of the stunning velvet fabric.  I unraveled the dress to see that it was a large, green ball gown.  If a night at the Malfoy's meant I was going to be getting dresses like this, I'd have to come more often.

I turned around as I heard someone step inside.

"That's a nice dress."

Hannah Abbott.

"What do you want?"  I spat.

Even though we were roommates I rarely ever saw her.  Ever since Fred and George's birthday party I wanted nothing to do with her.

"I was just trying to be nice.  We used to be such good friends, what happened?"

I scowled, "Oh nothing, just that you looked through my belongings and then proceeded to give a very personal letter of mine to Cho Chang, so she could publicly humiliate me at a party.  No big deal."

"Well when you put it like that-"

"Why?"  I blurted, "Why did you give it to her?"

"Don't you understand?  You must be blind?"

"Excuse me?"

"I'm in love with him."

"Draco?"  I asked.

"Not not Draco, Cedric!"

I covered my mouth to stop myself from verbally announcing how shocked I was.  Hannah Abbott was in love with Cedric Diggory?

"I've been in love with him since my first year.  I'll never forget the day we met, I was sitting on the train alone and he came by and sat with me.  And then you followed him inside."

I didn't say anything, I was too astounded.

"It has always been you.  The two of you were inseparable.  Do you know how annoying it was seeing the boy I love with another girl all of the time?  And then you two finally split up, just for him to date Cho Chang!"

"Then why did you help her?"

"I'm not an idiot!  I know that Cedric will always love you more than he'll ever love Cho."

"That's not true..."

Hannah sneered, "It is!  I've been jealous of you for years because of it!"

"Hannah, I'm sorry I had no idea.  But it's no excuse for what you did."

"I know, I know. But you seriously have no idea how upset I was at that point. I was there the night of the party. I saw him with you. I saw you-"

Her voice broke and she began to cry, I couldn't help but sympathize with the poor girl.  I knew exactly how she felt.  Cedric and Cho had barely dated for a year and I couldn't stand it for one bit, I could barely imagine going through that for years.

"I'm really sorry about the party," She said after regaining her composure, "I don't know what came over me."

Jealousy is a disease bitch, get well soon.  I thought, however I knew that was probably not the best thing to say at the moment.

"I've realized that taking too long to forgive people has been the cause of my problems recently, so I'll just let this go."

She wrapped her arms around me and squeezed me tightly.  I smiled and hugged her back before letting go so we could both leave.  Before she left she turned around and faced me once more.

"I hope things between you and Cedric work out.  You two seem to really love each other."

I blushed, "Oh, uh- thanks.  I'm sure one day you'll meet someone special as well."

She half-smiled before finally leaving the owlery.  I wasn't expecting my run-in with Hannah today, but I was glad we finally sorted things out.

Was it true what she said, though?  Did Cedric really love me more than Cho Chang?

I had to remind myself that it was I who told Cedric that I only wanted to be friends.  I had to stop entertaining the fantasy that he had these feelings for me.

But if Hannah was right, then maybe I was making a huge mistake telling Cedric that we should just be friends.