Chapter 4: Good to be Back

Chapter 4: Good to Be Back

The rest of Dumbledore's speech past without further delay. Rose would not be able to tell you what he said because she was lost in her own thoughts, lost in fear. She could not put her finger on it but the thought of the Triwizard Cup at Hogwarts was somewhat frightening. As Rose sat there transfixed in her own thoughts she had not notice that the students had got to their feet and were leaving the Great Hall

"Rose, come on. . ." Cedric said pulling her arm, and pulling her back into reality. There were only a few people left in the hall now, at the top of the hall the teachers all seemed deep in conversation. Rose got up and headed towards the queue of people that were all pushing there way out of the Great Hall with Jessie and Cedric.

Once they were in the torch lit entrance hall the three of them crossed it heading towards the corridor that leads towards the kitchens, they stepped down the three steps which leads them towards the Hufflepuff common room. They past the portrait of a bowl of fruit, the entrance of the kitchen, and round a corner to face a large dated painting of a young man and woman dancing in a clearing of trees near a lake with a large familiar castle in the background. People have guessed through time that it was Hogwarts in the eighteen hundreds-

"Hem hem" interrupted Jessie, disturbing the dancing couple, "Witherbloom" and the picture swung open, revealing a square hole and crowded common room behind it.

"How did you know the password?" asked Cedric when they had clambered though the hole

"Oh, I bumped into Jack Cromwell on the train and he told me" said Jessie, who for some reason was blushing. Cedric looked confused at this but left it at that. Rose had not paid attention to them because she was taking in the surroundings of the Hufflepuff common room, the fires in the fireplace ablaze warming the room, the large Hufflepuff crest hanging on the wall was glowing in the flickering firelight, groups of people of people sitting in the gold comfy armchairs and the comfy black sofas scattered around the room chatting brightly to one another. As Jessie, Rose and Cedric crossed the room they would catch snippets of conversations, the new and most common topic was the Triwizard cup. The three headed towards the group of their friends.

"Ah it's good to be back" Cedric sighed as he flung himself down into an empty chair.

"Cedric my man" said James Maguire looking up from his game of exploding snap he was playing with Ivana and Charlie Vaughan, another seventh year "shame about the Quidditch wasn't it?" His concentration now turning back to the game.

"Ah . . . I suppose so James" Cedric said, pulling Rose onto his lap "but I'm sure the Triwizard cup will be worth it"

"Are you thinking of entering Cedric?" asked Violet innocently. Jessie snorted at that, and Rose shot her a 'stop-flirting-with-my-boyfriend' look, she then rested her head on his shoulder and nuzzling her face in his neck.

"Fancy yourself as champion Ced?" Asked Charlie with a grin on his face

"Oh I might do" smirked Cedric "Or I might not"

"Oh per-lease" said Jessie, who was sitting on the sofa opposite with Violet "as if you would get selected"

"Jessie . . ." Warned Rose, glaring for a second at her friend "Play nice"

"I was just saying" she muttered before picking up a copy of Witch Weekly and hiding behind that

"Well I think it's a good idea" chirped Ivana, whose hair was now singed at the ends as her cards had just exploded "Bring some fame to Hufflepuff"

"Yehh . . . Yehh, I think I might go for it" said Cedric

Rose, who had been quiet on the subject quickly jumped to her feet,

"Right, I'm gonnah go to bed . . . long day. ." she told Cedrics questioning face

"Do you want me to come with you?" asked Cedric with a grin on his face; although he already knew what the answer would be it didn't stop him from asking

"No, not today . . . No … Not necessary today" said Rose

"Oh . . . wont it now?" said Cedric who was pretending to be disappointed, he was now on his feet.

"Nope." Mouthed Rose, who was now walking away backwards. Cedric ran at her, Rose giggled as he chased around the nearly deserted common room after her. Rose squealed as her captured her around the waist and pulled her body close to his. She glanced around his shoulder to check if the others were watching, she saw they wasn't, she then looked up into Cedrics deep brown eyes, she closed her own blue eyes as he leaned down and kissed her, his soft lips upon hers, fireworks exploded in her mind. Their lips moving swiftly in time with another's. She wrapped one of her arms around his neck, her other hand was running through his hair, He had one hand placed on her waist holding her close, the other holding her delicate face. She did not know how long she stood there kissing him; it felt like hours, days, months, years. Though it was probably only a few minutes.

She then pulled away from him to breath. Her body ached for more as soon as she did so,

"Goodnight" he breathed into her ear; she then opened her eyes and found his brown eyes looking down again at her,

"Goodnight" she whispered back, she placed a kiss upon his lips once more,and again she broke apart, Cedric groaned as she did but let go of her waist. She walked across the common room towards the tunnel that leads to the Girl's dormitories. She waved over to the others that Cedric had now rejoined before disappearing of to bed.

Although Rose did not feel the least bit tired she pulled on her Pyjamas, climbed into her bed, pulled the curtains around her four-poster and lied down. Rose tried to get to sleep, but the battle of her thoughts disturbed her,

He could die

He hasn't even entered it yet.

But he could die if he does.

He won't get selected even if he does enter

But he could get selected and he could die.

You're just worrying over nothing.

She sighed and rolled over onto her side trying to clear her mind of all thoughts, she heard the other girls come in the dormitory a hour later and someone call out her name, she decided not to answer. A little while later she heard Izzy's baby snores, not long after she dropped of too.

A/N: sorry about the delay, i shall be putting on another chapter soon . Reveiws Welcomed :)