Heirs to Something Greater (d.m)

5: Dancing in The Moonlight

A/N: Hello Lovelies, this one is extremely different from Adeline's POV. I would recommend reading both ofc, no TW enjoy :)

Dinner was over quite quickly but I was caught up in my conversation about Quidditch with the girls. We were discussing the world cup and Viktor when I noticed Adeline approaching the table awkwardly. I waved her over with a smile and I noticed Lottie and Maryann doing the same. Most of the people had already left but we must have been too distracted to notice.

"Hey, I just wanted to give you your bag before I leave. McGonagall said I needed to choose someone to show me around so the twins have accepted that position," Adeline said with a slight annoyance in her voice, while handing me my bag over the table. I set it underneath the bench with a grateful smile, but not before I slid my willow wand out of the front pocket. I had almost forgotten all about it!

"Oh, Cedric will probably show you around since he's a prefect," Maryann said while shifting her gaze to the boy. I assumed one of the older prefects had taken the younger Hufflepuffs because they were nowhere to be found.

"Uh yeah sure!" I smiled at them again before turning to Adeline who stood like a stick. She was super uncomfortable but I wasn't entirely sure why "Thanks for bringing my bag."

"Yeah, of course, are you doing okay?" She lowered her voice in seriousness again and looked at my friends in wariness. Adeline, a very trusting creature that one...

"Oh yeah, I'm good. Glad to be here," I smiled while the girls next to me chuckled, I gave them a quick little glare before turning to Addy again, "Are you okay in Gryffindor?"

"Yeah definitely. The twins are nice to have, aside from the constant teasing," She said with a smile. I giggled a bit as I, of course, knew what it was about. I checked and saw Cedric still laughing with his friends a few meters down the table.

"You mean the Cedric teasing?" I said with a bit of an eyebrow wiggle. She looked at Lottie and Maryann with an uncomfortable smile. She really shouldn't be so worried, they were quite kind... and it wasn't exactly a secret.

"Yeah...that teasing," she blushed slightly and a smile appeared on her face.

"Wait! You like Cedric?" Lottie said with an excited smile, eyes darting back and forth between Cedric and Addy.

"More like Cedric fancies her," I said with a bit of a smirk, Addy smiled awkwardly again.

"Ooo the new Gryffindor and the Hufflepuff prefect, how exciting!" Lottie said again with a mischievous smile.

"Uh, yeah...anyway, I should get going. I have the twins waiting in the hall, I just wanted to make sure you were comfortable," Adeline said, desperate to leave the situation. She was quite awkward around people, and I gave her a sympathetic smile.

"Yeah, I'm all good! I'll see you later Adeline." I said as she quickly rose from the bench she had perched on a few minutes before. My eyes widened as I realized that she was about to run into a certain someone. I brought my hand up and began to say something before she had already collided with the tall figure. Cedric looked a bit taken back as he brought his hands down to steady her, but he quickly smiled at the sight of her face.

"Sorry Adeline, I was coming to get Juliet for the tour," He was laughing a little in between his words and it only made Adeline's blush deepen. She stood there not saying a thing and Cedric stood there waiting for any sort of response.

"It looks like Cedric isn't the only one crushing," Lottie whispered into my ear and I covered my laugh with a bit of a cough.

"Are you okay?" He asked while looking down at her with a bit of worry on his face. Addy seemed to realize just then that she was actually supposed to speak to the boy and she was able to push out a weak response.