"I am NOT
spoiled!" Hermione Granger yelled as loud as she could.
"You
are too!" Cedric Diggory yelled back. He crossed his arms across
his chest, refusing to let her win this argument. He refused to be
scared by the dark hazel eyes, or the wild frizzy hair that was
currently acting as if it had a mind of its own.
"Am not!"
She said once more, glaring at him with the glare she normally
reserved for Draco Malfoy. "And I don't appreciate you saying as
much." She added with a huff.
"Do me a favor then. Name
one time in your life where you didn't get what you wanted."
Cedric challenged. A smirk started to form on his lips when he
noticed her struggling with the task.
"You can't, can you?
Your parents always handed you everything you always wanted."
"That's
not true. Just because my parents were more then happy to make my
life easy, doesn't mean that they handed me everything."
"Oh
listen to yourself Granger. Everything comes easy to you, school
especially. You've always gotten what you wanted, and when you didn't
get it at first, you argued or complained until you did."
"That's
not being spoiled. That's determination!" She said, still
glaring.
"No Granger, determination is when you keep working
until you achieve a goal. Being spoiled is when you complain enough
to get what you want. People give into you. You intimidate them. I'm
not sure how you do it, but there's something about you that just,
convinces people to do what you want them to do."
"Well,
obviously it doesn't work on you, because if it did, you would have
stopped talking a long time ago!"
"I'm not Harry, or
Ron. I'm not going to automatically do what you want me to do."
"You
will never be Harry or Ron." She said in an almost seething
tone. The hurt was evident in her face.
"Being mad at me
isn't going to bring them back."
Hazel eyes met with teal, as
she started him in the eye. "There was nothing you could do
'Mione."
"Don't you dare!" Hermione yelled, taking
a step back from Cedric. "Don't you dare sit here and tell me
that it's not my fault. That I didn't let them down!"
"Hermione,
listen to yourself! God, see this is what I mean! You cannot accept
the fact that everyone makes mistakes!" He practically yelled,
running a hand hastily through his hair. "You won't listen; you
won't let anyone try to help. Hell, I'm your husband for Merlin's
sake, and you won't even let me in! I've tried Hermione, I really
have." He said, sitting down. Hermione just stared at
him.
"You're right." She said quietly. He looked up,
shock written on his face. She looked at him with sad eyes and sat
down beside him. "I know it's not my fault. It's just, so hard.
I miss them so much." Tears started to spill from her large
hazel eyes.
"It's okay. I know it's hard. It'll get easier, I
promise. And no one is telling you that you have to forget about
them. But really Hermione, you've got to stop picking fights when
you're upset like this. Please just talk to me."
"I am
spoiled." She said suddenly.
"Excuse me?"
"My
parents gave me everything I wanted. If they sad no, I'd cry. My
father couldn't resist me when I cried. He would always say 'Now
buttercup, don't cry', and then he'd get me whatever I was wanting.
My mother wasn't much better. They always joked about how I would
probably marry the first person who told me no." She said with a
faint smile. "Turns out they were right."
"You're
joking. Am I really the first person to tell you no?" Cedric
asked with an amused look in his eye.
"Yes. And you are the
only person to tell me outright that I'm wrong."
"Mrs.
Hermione Diggory, you are far more spoiled then I thought you were."
He said, wrapping his arms around her shoulders. "And I happen
to love you just the way you are."
