Title: Braces?
Author: Me. Uh duh.
Beta reader: Her. Not you. :p
Rating: K
Pairing: Cedric/OC
Summary: 429 word drabble. Maddie gets braces and Cedric is confused. Also written in Spanish and German in two additional chapters.
Note: Don't own Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling and Warner Brothers own that right. I only put the language as 'English' because it's the first chapter and you can only have one language.

Cedric Diggory's girlfriend, Maddie Lewis, was hiding something. She wouldn't open her mouth (period), something she never did, as she was always smiling or talking. She also seemed to be running her tongue over her teeth and wincing, with a hand over her mouth, in pain occasionally. Usually, Cedric would have noticed long before, but it was only very recently that school had started, and, despite living almost next door to each other, they didn't see each other often over the summer. Finally, Cedric couldn't take it anymore.

"What's wrong with your mouth?" Cedric asked. Maddie shook her head 'no', as if saying 'nothing'. She then returned to her Divination homework. It seemed boring.

Cedric couldn't stand not knowing. He changed tactics. "Sweetie, I'll do your homework for you if you smile." He knew how boring she thought this particular class was. However, Maddie smiled politely, not showing her teeth, and again shook her head 'no'. He thought that would work. Just the year before she complained how boring Divination was. Now she refused to let him help with homework?

"Can I have a kiss?" he asked. If there was something wrong with her teeth, he'd know it if she kissed him. She smiled and nodded but unfortunately kissed his cheek and went back to her work. It was time to try something else.

"If I rearranged the alphabet, I'd put 'u' and 'i' together," he tried. She stared at him curiously for a moment and giggled, covering her mouth. This was getting ridiculous. He decided to try something very drastic. Triple checking to make sure no one was watching, Cedric started to tickle her. Unable to control herself, she immediately broke into peals of laughter, revealing her teeth. She had purple metal squares on them. Did she know they were there?

"Angel, what's that on your teeth?" Cedric asked. Immediately she stopped laughing and attempted to cover her mouth.

"Um, braces," she said.

"Braces?" he repeated.

"Well, they're a Muggle invention to make your teeth straight. You know Mum's Muggle born, she made me get them...you know, basic parents." She shrugged.

Immediately Cedric was filled with questions.

"Do they hurt? How long do you have them for? Can you get rid of them? Do you like them? What color are they?"

"Well, let's see if I remember everything...I can't get rid of them, no. I don't really like them. I have them until next Christmas holiday, I think. They don't really hurt, but they're a little uncomfortable. And they're purple," she finished.

Cedric smiled. "Next time get yellow."

I was inspired by FallenForTheDraco's story 'Dramione AZ', so they'll be a little similar. If you like I can write more drabbles. I like them.(: I will also be putting this up in German and Spanish in different chaps (because I'm taking Spanish I and need to write a story in Spanish, and because I want to take German next year and want some practice).

Please review. If you don't feel like reviewing, tell me about your experience with braces (if you have/have had them).