^^^Disclaimer: I do not claim to own anything that is not mine. J.K. Rowling created this wonderful world and the characters within it and I am very grateful she did. I do however claim the original characters I have created which include; Deirdra and Annie. I partially claim Constance Reese but give credit to StupefyStunner ,who originally created the teenage version of her in a story that no longer exists.^^^

I cornered Dee, demanding her to have a conversation with me. Her illness had passed after a couple of days and now I wanted to talk to her about it. She glared at me as I cornered her in the sitting room.

"Annie, I don't want to talk about it. I've already had to deal with everyone else's accusations." She said sounding hurt. I frowned.

"I'm sorry Dee. I just wanted us to be friends and friends talk. Especially about stuff like this." I replied, hoping I sounded genuine and caring. She sighed and sank to the floor, pulling her knees up to her chin. I sat down on the floor next to her and put my arm over her shoulder. She leaned her head against me.

"I don't know what to do. Everyone thinks I'm pregnant. I'm positive I'm not though. I wish everyone would just leave me alone about it." She pouted, sounding ready to cry. My heart ached for her. It had been a dramatic scene. Mrs. Weasley had gone on a rant. She had yelled a George while everyone sat there uncomfortable and feeling sorry for him while Dee was upstairs puking. She had called Dee a hussy and demanded that she be sent away at once. She couldn't believe that George had merely fallen in love anymore. Surely, it was just the hussy capturing him with seduction. Mrs. Weasley had shocked me with how rude she was being. I hadn't been led to believe that Mrs. Weasley was that type of person. George had just stood there and let her yell. Nobody else said anything to either of their defenses, so I had stood up and yelled. I told Mrs. Weasley just how awful I thought she was being and defended Dee. George had taken the distraction of me yelling at his mum and ran off after Dee. Mrs. Weasley had been furious and demanded that Dee, my mum and I all leave. That's when Mr. Weasley finally grew a pair and stood up, telling Mrs. Weasley that she needed to calm down and that nobody was leaving. Mrs. Weasley had huffed but stopped yelling and spent the rest of the dinner time completely ignoring me and my mum. George and Dee hadn't come back to join us but still the dinner finished quickly since everyone was eager to escape the uncomfortable situation.

"Maybe we should do something to get our minds off of it. What do you want to do?" I encouraged with a small smile. Dee seemed in thought for a long moment before she suddenly smiled.

"I will go see my friend." She said simply. I gave her an affronted look, letting her know I was offended that she was leaving me to go see a friend, indicating that she didn't consider me a friend. She rolled her eyes at me and laughed. "Going to see another friend. You can come too, if you'd like." She offered. It didn't take me long to decide to go. It'd be nice to escape the Weasley household that was so tense. I nodded my head in agreement, a huge grin on my face. "Let's go then." She said and pulled me up to stand with her. We apparated away from the burrow.

As we landed, I fell to the ground, not used to the feeling of apparition. When I looked at Dee she smiled and seemed perfectly fine. We were in a dark, cool room.

"Well, hello there. I wasn't expecting any guests today." Said a male voice from behind me. Dee beamed a smile at whoever it was before rushing over to them. I stood up and turned to face them. They were hugging. The young man she was hugging was ruggedly handsome with spiky brown hair and twinkling eyes. The way he looked at Dee, told me that he was in love with her. This confused me slightly, since I knew that Dee and George were madly in love. Who was this young man?

Dee pulled away from the hug and turned to me, finally to introduce us.

"Annie, this is Cedric Diggory. Cedric, this is Annie Reese." She introduced. He smiled at me friendly, but reserved. I smiled back in the same way. His name seemed familiar but I wasn't sure why. I cocked an eye brow at Dee, letting her know my intrigue.

"Your name sounds familiar. Where have I heard of you before?" I inquired straight to Cedric instead. He smiled softly but the sadness in his eyes told me that the answer wasn't a good one.

"You probably heard about my death during the Tri-Wizard Tournament a few years ago." He said, almost casually. I gave him a confused look.

"I remember that now. It was in the news, but obviously you aren't dead now." I said, almost in question, hoping he would explain it to me. He gave me a grim smile.

"Yes, I am not dead now. Though, I did die. It's quite complicated. Maybe Dee can explain it to you more later. It is thanks to her that I am alive today. Though not many know that I am alive, thus, it is important that you not tell anyone about meeting me." He explained vaguely. I longed to growl in frustration at him but I held it in. I didn't want to frighten one of Dee's few friends. Besides, he really was quite handsome and something deep inside longed for the look in his eyes he had when he looked at Dee. If only he would see me… like that… I chided myself for being so foolishly girly and romantic. He's older than me and probably wouldn't even consider even thinking about looking at me in that way.

We continued our get together talking. Dee and Cedric discussed many books that they had read and several times they forgot altogether that I was even there. I pretended to them that I didn't care that they forgot about me but inwardly I really felt hurt. My tiger growled at my lack of courage to speak up and not let them forget about me. I shushed my tiger. I feel like I have to keep shushing her. Maybe I shouldn't…

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I punched the pillow before squashing it once more around my head trying to block out the sounds of Fleur's snoring. We were all sharing a room together and Fleur apparently snores. I had been trying to deal with it but I was starting to get grouching from the several nights of bad sleep because of it. I threw off my blanket and crept out of the bed. Looking around the room, Dee's bed was empty, I noticed, but everyone else was fast asleep. I slipped out the room and headed downstairs to go outside.

The house was dark as I traversed my way around but I had good night vision. I quietly went out the back door being careful that the door didn't creak as I closed it. The stars shined brightly in the sky and the nearly full moon illuminated the pathway to the garden. I made my way silently into the garden, trying to be careful not to step on any of the pesky gnomes. I found myself a spot next to a beautiful honeysuckle shrub. I lay back on the grass and stared up at the stars. They were so beautiful. I loved sleeping under the stars. I actually missed my room back at Dee's house. The tiger in me purred in happiness and I decided to transform into it. I curled up my orange and black furred body and fell asleep to a peaceful night under the stars.

***Yeah! A new chapter for this story finally. Hmmm… I hope people don't think I'm too harsh with portraying Mrs. Weasley's reaction like that. It seemed real to me. She does tend to overreact to things like that. Hope you guys liked it. Let me know. Please review. Thanks for Reading. =)