So I've had this story sitting around for awhile, and after major revisions, decided to put the first chapter up.
Depending on how popular/unpopular this gets will determine if i continue this or not, as I haven't written hardly any of the chapters.

Without further ado, enjoy A Lovely Shade of Grey

Anna Minsley sighed as she gazed around the Hufflepuff Common Room. The sixteen, almost seventeen, year old decided that her life was quite boring. Sure, she had a boyfriend, but that still didn't mean her life was spectacular. She sighed again.

"Would you please stop with the bloody sighing already!" Holly Murray, one of Anna's best friends yelled.

"I second that!" May Harris, Anna's other best friend said in agreement.

Holly came from a close knit Scottish family. She had russet colored hair and rich brown eyes. She was a little rough around the edges, as having grown up with two older brothers. Matthew graduated last year and John was in his seventh year. Holly was blunt when the occasion called for it, and her Scottish accent became more prominent when she argued – which was often. No one dared to tell her that, however, as she would just argue over it.

May had blonde hair and blue eyes and she was the most rational of the three. She was the one who was able to keep Holly in line, and Anna assumed it was from having three younger siblings – Jacob, Mary, and Allison.

"Sorry," Anna said simply as she brushed her dirty blonde hair out of her mossy green eyes. She got up from her chair, and shouldered her book bag. "I'm going to the library," she added.

"Okay, see you at dinner," Holly said as she returned to her dreaded Potions essay. Even though she loved her friend to death, her sighs were becoming way too distracting.

"Don't get too distracted. We don't want you going to the Kitchens after curfew because you were so busy reading a book," May added, smirking.

"Yes, mother," Anna rolled her eyes as she left the Common Room.

xxx

"Hey Brady!" Anna shouted down the hallway to her Ravenclaw boyfriend.

"Anna!" Brady said as he walked towards her. Once he finally reached her, he gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.

Anna inwardly sighed. He hasn't properly kissed her in awhile, but she quickly brushed it off as nothing.

"What are you up to?" he asked her.

"Just going to the library. What about you?" she said.

"Oh, I was just heading back to the Common Room to meet up with the guys," he said sounding rather rushed.

"Okay, I won't keep you. I'll see you later, yeah?"

"Yeah, I'll definitely see you later," Brady said as he gave her another peck on the cheek and ran off again.

Anna frowned. He's been hanging out with his friends a lot lately, and the Ravenclaw Common Room was in the other direction…

She wasn't stupid, she knew he was up to something, but she had no idea what that something was.

She continued on her way towards the library, completely absorbed in her thoughts of Brady. She was having doubts about their relationship.

"Maybe it's just a rough patch that we're going through. Yeah, that's gotta be it," she thought.

She was so busy trying to reassure herself that she didn't notice she was walking straight towards something. Well, more like someone.

"Oomph!" she said as she fell to the ground.

The body turned around. "Oh, I'm sorry!" the male voice said.

"No it's my fault. I wasn't paying attention to where I was," she paused mid-sentence when she looked up. Mossy green eyes met grey ones.

"Going," she finished, immediately mentally slapping herself for getting so caught up.

He grinned, which was lopsided. He held out his hand to her and she gladly took it. He helped her up.

"Thanks," she said as she looked down to straighten her shirt and skirt.

"You're welcome…" he trailed off, making it painfully obvious that he didn't know who she was. She felt a little insulted that he didn't know who she was. She was, after all, a fellow Hufflepuff who was in the same year.

She also happened to be his Potions partner in first year.

She looked up. "Anna. Anna Minsley," she said, hopefully thinking that would jog his memory.

He smiled at her, "I'm Cedric. Cedric Diggory."

It obviously, didn't. She stopped herself from rolling her eyes. She already knew who he was, but decided being polite was the best option.

"Boys. They can be so daft," she thought wryly.

"Well, Cedric, I've got to go," she said as she glanced down at her watch, thinking about her Herbology essay she had to write.

"Oh, okay. I'll see you around, yeah?" he said, stuffing his hands in his pockets.

"Yeah, I'll see you around," she said as she walked past him and continued on her way towards the library.

xxx

Cedric stared at the retreating back of Anna. She seemed oddly familiar. He continued walking, thinking about where he had seen her before.

He suddenly stopped walking, as realization hit him. To bystanders, he must have looked absolutely ridiculous, standing in the middle of the corridor by himself with a look of shock on his face, but he really didn't care. He was thinking about his first year.

xxx

Cedric walked into the Potions classroom with two other boys he had met last night. The three had been discussing the rumors they heard about their Potions Professor, and not one of them they had heard was pleasant.

"Bloody hell, we've got a seating chart," Max Weatherly groaned as he looked at the chalk board at the front of the room.

"Oi, Travis! We sit next to each other!" Max said excitedly as he walked over to his seat.

Travis Watson smiled sheepishly at Cedric. "Sorry mate," he said.

Cedric shrugged, he didn't really mind that much. He located his spot and sat down, realizing that his Potions partner hadn't arrived yet. Rather bored, Cedric decided to look through his textbook.

Not five minutes later, he heard a frustrated sigh as he heard someone sit next to him. Looking up from his textbook, he saw her.

She was pulling out her supplies for the class, and once she finished she swiped her dirty blonde hair away from her mossy green eyes.

She chanced a glance at him, and realizing that he had been watching her, she flushed.

He smiled, and introduced himself, "I'm Cedric. Cedric Diggory."

She gave him a small smile, "Anna. Anna Minsley."

Just then, a side door banged open, and Professor Severus Snape made his dramatic entrance.

After listening to him speak for a couple of minutes, he and Anna shared a look of bewilderment and fear.

He had a feeling that he wasn't going to be enjoying Potions class over the course of the next seven years.

xxx

Cedric smiled, not believing he had forgotten her. Well, she was a rather quiet girl, and at that time he wasn't really interested in girls, either.

But now he remembered her and he wanted to get to know her. Whistling a random tune, he made his way towards the Common Room.

xxx

"Hey Anna, Cedric Diggory has been staring at you for the past ten minutes," May said nonchalantly while the three girls were eating dinner.

"Really?" Anna said as she turned to look for Cedric. Once she spotted him, she realized that he was, in fact, staring at her.

After staring back at him with a curious expression on her face for at least thirty seconds, he finally noticed that she had caught him staring. He quickly looked away while he blushed faintly.

Anna looked back towards her friends. "So?" she asked with an arched eyebrow.

"Oh come off of it! Why is he staring at you?" Holly practically yelled.

"Well, on my way to the library, I accidentally ran into him," she said as she placed a slice of apple pie on her plate. She absolutely loved apple pie.

"Well, you certainly 'knocked' some sense into him," May said, obviously bemused with the whole situation.

"Oh haha. Look, can we talk about this later? I've been dying to take a bite of this apple pie," Anna said, annoyed with her two best friends.

Holly huffed in annoyance and rolled her eyes, "Fine."

xxx

"You were his potions partner in first year for Merlin's sake! Why would he not remember you?" Holly said as she collapsed onto her bed.

Anna sighed. "I don't know, but I'm not so concerned about Cedric staring at me. I've got a boyfriend, remember?" she said halfheartedly as she crawled under the covers, suddenly very tired.

"We'll discuss Brady another time," May said staring pointedly at Holly. She knew that she wasn't exactly fond of the Ravenclaw, and now was not the time to bring it up.

Anna snuggled into the blankets and said goodnight. She heard the two other girls murmur their goodnights as well, and she soon fell into a deep sleep.

That was the first night she dreamt about Cedric Diggory since first year.

A.N: Reviews are appreciated oh and I don't own anything, except for the OCs.