A/N: One shot for Cedric Diggory.
This was supposed to be a good year. It was supposed to be our year. It was our last one here… together. Best friends since we were toddlers, never had we spent so much time apart. This year destroyed our special bond and now there will never be a chance to rebuild it. It was all because of that stupid tournament. All because the Minister of Magic didn't want to come off as a coward. All because of Voldemort. That wizard had been terrorizing people for years. And now he took away the best part of my life. He took my best friend. I was completely and utterly alone. He wasn't just my best friend, I loved him. He was my air, my rock, he was my everything. I never told him and now it's too late.
Tears streamed down my face as I looked out at the black lake. Just hours after Dumbledore's speech about how he died. The calm, peaceful air around the lake did nothing to ease my pain, my sorrow. I stood there, by myself for what seemed like ages. I spoke to no one.
"Why did you have to leave me? You were all I had, all I ever needed and now you're gone."
Footsteps behind me alerted me to the presence of another.
"He didn't want to."
"But he still did Harry."
He came to stand next to me, eyes locked on my figure.
"When I was in that graveyard, my wand and Voldemort's connected. When they connected, four ghost appeared around me. The four most recent victims of Voldemort. My parents were two of them. And one was Cedric."
I turned my gaze to Harry. Now hanging on his every word.
"He told me to take his body back to his father. But he also told me something else."
Anxiously I watched Harry, waiting to hear what he had to say.
"He said 'Tell Jessica I love her.'"
He watched my reaction. The tears now poured out of my eyes with a new vigor. But instead of a frown a soft smile graced my features. Harry smiled at me; he knew how I felt. I'm sure everyone did, except Cedric.
"Jessica, he loved you and I'm sure if he were here now he'd tell you himself."
"Thank you Harry. For telling me."
"You're welcome Jessica."
Harry walked away from me, his footsteps fading on the grass. Turning my face to the sky, I let the warmth of the sun wash over me.
"I love you Cedric Diggory, always and forever," I whispered to the sky.
I thought that I would be speaking to nothing, but in response I felt the wind kick up. The breeze brushed across my face like a soft warm hand caressing my cheek. It was then I realized that I wasn't alone. Because I loved him, Cedric would always be with me. In my heart and as long as I didn't forget that I'd never be alone ever again.