The Forbidden Kids || Harry Potter x An Original Storyline

Part Four: Gift Wrapping

(Gabriella's POV)

Wrapping presents with Cedric was a nightmare. Tape was everywhere, on my knees, my hands and even in my hair, not to mention that half of the wrapping paper that was put aside to be disposed of, was now all over Cedric himself. 

"Remind me to NEVER  wrap presents with you ever again" I huffed, pulling out a piece of scrunched up tape that was caught in my wavy hair. 

Directly from across me, Cedric pouted and his hands had stopped wrapping the present he was currently working on wrapping up. As soon as he stopped, the part he was currently wrapping, slipped from his fingers and unravelled, Cedric was now the one to be huffing. 

"This is getting ridiculous. Remind me why I got so many presents for people once more?" Cedric sighed, his hands flying upwards in a giving up motion. 

As I watched the frustration start to come through, he threw himself back and laid on the floor, his arm now draped over his forehead and the other across his stomach. Jokingly, I grabbed some spare wrapping paper that was to be disposed of, and began to wrap it around his ankles and calves, taping as I went along. Instantly, his head shot up and he propped himself up on his arms. 

"Gabbie, what're you doing?" He asked, a smirk forming on his face. 

"Well, since I couldn't obviously wrap my presents up from you, I thought I'd wrap up the best gift I have" I replied and chuckled as I continued to tape the paper together. 

He began to struggle and eventually, the wrapping up that I had done ripped from his legs and the next thing I knew, I was tackled to the floor and he was now hugging me. I laughed and squealed as his fingers started to tickle my stomach and sides. 

"Cedric, Stop! Oh my gosh" I laughed as he continued and just as I asked him to stop, the tickling got more intense and my laughter grew louder and louder with each passing second. 

My legs started to kick out in strain and wrapping paper began to fly everywhere, pieces of it falling over the both of us as we laughed in sync, Cedric reached over and I heard the roll of tape spin, and then the tape was cut. I watched as the piece of tape in his fingers landed on my nose and he officially stuck it down. 

We both were now laying on the ground and I was trying to catch my breath from all the laughter that Cedric had brought to me. He too, was catching his breath. For a moment, we both laid together staring up at his ceiling, where all the multicoloured lights danced and flickered on it from the tree lights. Breathing in deeply, I took a moment to memorise this scene in as much detail as I could, whilst I could. 

Turning my head to face Cedric beside me, I found that he was already staring at me. Looking him in the eyes, I watched as they glittered against the lighting and in this moment, I took in every detail about him. The way his hair stood up and curled gently back on itself, the way his pupils re-expanded when he looked at me after every blink he took, the way his lips were a beautiful natural pink and plump and the way his jaw always looked so sharp, no matter what face he pulled. 

"You're so beautiful" I heard him whisper as his hand found mine and our fingers automatically intertwined. 

A smile broke from me, and I felt myself falling even more in love with this boy with every ticking second. The room seemed to fall quiet around us and all that was left to be heard was the ticking of the wall clock above his fireplace in the living room and the beating of my own heart in my chest and ears. 

"The light makes you look angelic, it surrounds you beautifully" He continued and every word made my smile grow bigger until my cheeks were hurting. 

Gently, he pulled my knuckles to his lips and placed a soft kiss upon them, before pulling me into his side and wrapping his free arm around the back of my neck. The same smell emitted from him just like it did the day he asked me to be his girlfriend.

The smell of lemons and sherbet. 

I took this moment in the palm of my hand, and rested my head upon his warm chest. When listening closely, I could hear the pure sound of his heart beating beneath my ear, and with every beat, my heart seemed to dance in time. Closing my eyes for a few minutes, I thought of all the memories we had made so far, and how many more there were to make. Smiling, I let the memories fill my head freely. 

Until a memory I didn't want to have, broke through.

Frowning, I felt my heart stop ever so slightly as the memory of the vision I had about him and the Triwizard Tournament's final task wormed its way into my head, and swirled around it like a vicious tornado, the same image of me trying to jump in front of the curse cast by the unrecognisable figure repeated, only for the curse to go straight through me and hit Cedric in his chest and he flew backwards, hitting the ground with harsh force. 

My hair was suddenly stroked and I found myself coming back to the moment, only to find that Cedric had propped himself up on one arm, and was calling my name. 

"Gabbie, my love" He called gently, and jumping ever so slightly, my eyes began to open. 

"What's wrong?" He asked, gently lifting my head off of his chest and pulling me to sit up with him. 

Turning to face him, I felt the confusion set in and I looked at him as if I didn't know what he was talking about. That was until his thumb made its way to my under eye and wiped away at a tear that I didn't even realise was about to fall. 

"You're crying, angel. What's wrong princess" He asked, genuine concern filling his voice. 

"Oh, n-nothing" I tried not to stutter on my words as I forced out a smile. 

Looking over at the still unwrapped presents that were left, I looked back at him and gently placed my hand upon his cheek, making sure to stroke gently with my thumb, before looking into his eyes, and feeling my true smile come back. Carefully, I leant in and placed a soft kiss on his lips, he too, returned the kiss. 

"Now, I think there's some more presents to wrap" I suddenly chuckled sweetly, and jerked my head towards the unfinished pile. 

Cedric too, smiled in response and nodded his head, his hair slightly beginning to fall out of its style and into his face, I pushed the loose strand out of his eyes and began to head back over to the pile, taking his hand and pulling him with me. 

"Now, where were we?" I asked jokingly, laying my eyes upon his sparkling ones once more. 

He pretended to think for a few seconds before chuckling to himself. 

"I believe I was trying to wrap a present up, and you were whining about never wanting to wrap presents with me ever again" He responded, a small cocky smirk forming. 

Playfully, I slapped his arm and laughed at him. He leant in and raised an eyebrow.

"And yet, here you are wanting to continue wrapping presents with me once more" He commented and I shook my head as I tried to hide my smile. 

"Well, we'd best get to it before I change my mind, Diggory" I replied cockily, a smirk forming on my face too now. 

He leant back and began to continue with the present he was wrapping before he gave up, and gently I placed my hand upon the present, holding the wrapping paper in place for him and began to help him by starting others once the tape was placed down. He looked up at me once more and started to chuckle again. 

"What? I'm being helpful!" I whined and watched as he continued to chuckle to himself.

"It's not that" he replied in between chuckles and I tilted my head slightly to the side in confusion. 

"Then what is it?" I asked patiently.

"This" He said, reaching out and removing the tape that was still stuck to my nose and holding it up to me. 

Instantly, I snatched it from his hands and reversed the card on him, now placing it on his nose and making sure it was stuck down nicely. All of a sudden, he removes it and I feel myself pout slightly, only to find that he pulled the tip of his nose up and placed the tape on it, sticking it down against his nose bone. 

"Now i'm the grinch" He announced, and I erupted with laughter. 

"I love you" I managed to get out between laughs.

"I love you too, sweetheart" He replied, before leaning over the wrapped gift and kissing my forehead, my eyes closed at the feeling of the contact.

This was the night that I knew I wanted to keep as one of my favourite memories of us together.