Cedric,
The tournament's over now. You're co-champion. I just wish we were all celebrating instead of mourning. I wish you were here with us. I do believe you and Harry and Dumbledore about Volde…you- know- who. I just WISH you were here to fight the nonbelievers, the Ministry, the WORLD! But you're not. I'm not really sure what happened to you guys in the Third Task. All I know is you entered the maze, and hours later Harry showed up with your lifeless, dead body. I didn't know what to do.
We all cried of course. Me, your dad, McGonagall. I think some of the Slytherins were even upset. Harry felt really bad. He thinks it's his fault! Poor kid. We had a ceremony for you, and Dumbledore gave a speech. You wouldn't have believed a word he said about you. But he said perfectly what everyone thinks of you. Well, almost everyone. I always knew there was more.
Now I've started thinking about everything I should've said to you. All the feelings I should've told you about instead of keeping them inside. I know I'll never get the chance to, but I need to get it off my chest. So here it goes.
I love you Cedric Diggory. I know we've said it before, but that was like brother and sister. And I'm being serious now, so don't laugh. I think I've loved you ever since I've met you, I just didn't know it at the time. But I truly love you. And I love everything about you. Your gorgeous smile with your perfect teeth. That little piece of hair that always falls in your face when you're working. I love how you always push it back, even though you know it'll just fall again. I love how you rub the back of your neck when you're nervous, especially when you were talking to girls…or ministry workers. I love you always had an ink smudge on your face after History of Magic, and how you always took off your robe to make a potion. I love how you always wore the friendship bracelet we made when we were nine, everyday even to play quidditch. I love how you messed up my hair when we joked, and how you pushed me more than anything on the quidditch pitch, and how you kissed my forehead when I cried… and oh, Cedric, I just love you! And I wish you were here now because I was going to tell you after you won the tournament but then you-
I don't know how I'll get through next year without you. You were my confidant! You were the only one who knew I want to be a Healer instead of working at the Ministry like my parents. You were going to be there with me when I told them! How can I do that now? I won't have any support…from anyone.
I wrote you more of these letters. I was going to show them to you, but I guess now I can't. I might give them to your parents. So I guess this is goodbye. I'll miss and I love you more than you could ever know or imagine. Just know, I'll never forget you Cedric Diggory.
With all my love,
Presley Caroline Carter
