Chapter 8 Stupider
'Cho? Cho what's wrong?' Cedric wrapped to arms around the sobbing Chinese thing and she tried to smiled brave.
'Nothing, I'm fine,' she replied.
They had been together for over a few weeks now and it had been the happiest time of her life and than just like that, one letter came to disturb that happiness.
'Yeah, you know I'm not going to believe that,' Cedric said rolling his eyes, obviously not understanding why she still even tried to put on a brave face while the tears were streaming over it.
He looked at the letter in her hand.
'Bad news?' he asked. She nodded slowly.
'You can tell me,' he said gentle and pressed a soft kiss on her lips which calmed her down at instant. She took a deep breath.
'My parents are getting a divorce.' she said then and the tears came again. 'I don't understand!' she cried out.
'Oh, honey I'm so sorry!' Cedric said, wrapping his arms around her and rocked het comforting and Cho let him. 'They always were so happy, I thought. Of course they both worked a lot and I haven't been home much, but a divorce!' she sobbed.
Cho studied Cedric's face and he seemed truly hurt by the news, but Cho knew it wasn't as much the news that hurt him as the fact that something was hurting her. She got to know him over the weeks and he was very protective over her. David slowly had started to act normal again, but nevertheless Cedric tried to keep her away from him as if he was Voldemort itself. She didn't really mind, cause they were happy. She was truly in love and she could be herself around him. She was surprised herself how easy it was. She didn't have to be afraid to do something stupid, cause even if she would kill somebody Ced would think it was adorable. Cho smiled through her tears for a brief second through her tears thinking of that and Cedric stroke her satin hair and her mind wondered to a few days earlier, to happier memories, while Cedric kept on rocking her.
Two weeks before
'Cho Chang you are such a big cheat!' Cedric yelled laughing while running after her.
'I'm noooot!' she shrieked in defense while she laughing tried to escape him. She just totally had soaked him with her spell. They had agreed on a wrestle match. Cedric told her she would never be able to take him down. Cho gladly took that challenge and the first one who would throw the other one in the lake would have won. But Cho's impatience and knowledge of the fact she was going to lose that, she had taken her wand and wetted him.
'I will get you little monster!' he yelled.
Cho laughed and sought for security behind a tree.
'Now I will have you!' Cedric said, trying to decide which way of the tree to run to get her and Cho giggled. They were breaking the rules in every way possible. Not only were they skipping classes and swimming at the lake. They didn't wore much more of their uniform than their blouses and underwear. At least Cho was. Cedric was wearing pants and ran around in his bare chest, which was sparkling in the sun with the little drops of water. Cho had borrowed a blouse from Cedric. It was way too big and hung upon her knees and was sticking at her skin because of the little swim she made. She caught Cedric looking at her legs and body sometimes, but she didn't mind. He was her boyfriend and he was allowed and she wasn't able to keep her eyes of him either. He was so handsome.
'I won't surrender!' she yelled and tried to escape again, but this time he was faster and closed his strong arms around her and Cho laughed, kicking for her freedom.
'Nooo!' She yelled.
Cedric laughed quasi devilish and bit her neck soft.
'You will pay for this!' he said.
'Not the water!' Cho laughed.
'Not the water,' mumbled Cedric, determined to give her whatever she wanted even in their little game.
'Than I will have to come up with an even more crueler punishment!' he threatened and forced her to the ground. Cho laughed.
'Which is? Just admit it, you lost from a girl, there is no way of restoring your honor!' she chuckled.
Cedric huffed.
'That wasn't winning! That was cheating!' he called out and pressed her hands above her in the grass and Cho giggled again and she saw how Cedric got that tender look in his eyes, as always when she laughed and for a moment he seemed to forget what they were doing again. Cho coughed teasing.
'Euhm, Ced? Revenge?' she reminded him.
'Oh right, REVENGE!' he lifted up her blouse a bit and blew hard against her belly and Cho kicked around from laughing.
'NOOO STOP THAT!' she laughed.
'Never!' Cedric replied grinning, his head coming up, hanging above her face and then pressed his lips firmly on hers.
'Mhh…' Cho murmured.
'You punishment, my eternal kisses!'He said it as if it was something terrible and Cho snickered.
'That's not a bad thing!' she said.
'Oh you watch me girl,' Cedric wiggled his eyebrows and kisses her again and Cho chuckled against his lips, Cedric tickling her waist for a moment and Cho laughed.
'Alright, alright I surrender!'
'Ah nooo! Don't surrender! Let me keep punished you!' Cedric said brushes with his lips over her neck. Cho closed her eyes enjoying.
'Hmm, well you are really soaked though,' she grinned.
'Har- har…' was Cedric's answer and he licked over her face without a pardon.
'Ah Ced! Gross!' Cho wiped over her nose and Cedric laughed at her.
'Sorry, I could just eat you,' his defense was.
'Well get yourself another snack,' Cho said grinning going with her hands over his bare chest, watching his muscles.
She felt slowly his lips in her neck again, less teasing, his hands massaging her shoulders and she gasped softly as his mouth went down to her collarbone and crawled lower. But Cedric was a real gentleman and would never continue such thing without asking so stopped once reaching the first button of the blouse and pressed his lips on hers again. Cho ruffled her hands through his hair. Once the kiss got broken Cedric looked at her smiling.
'You are the most extraordinary creature Cho Chang,' He smiled and rolled a bit off of her to give her some space. Cho gave him his sweetest smile and could almost follow the melting on his face but then she looked teasing again.
'And you're the most soaked creature I've ever met!' she replied and ran away quickly before he could grab her.
' But not for long, when I catch you, you go straight into the lake!' he yelled and ran after her laughing.
One week after that
'You're stupid.'
'No, you're stupid.'
'No you are,'
'You are stupid!'
'Well you are…stupider'
'Is that even a word?' Cedric chuckled.
'I don't know,' Cho said, distracted for a moment. 'But that isn't the point! I said you were stupid first, so you can't just say it back!'
'Cho, let me explain it again,' Cedric began, trying to muffle his laugh. 'A library is to read books and not to call one another stupid,' he rolled his eyes.
'But I don't wanna be in the library!'Cho whined. 'I wanna go outside! Lets swim?' she pleaded with big puppy eyes. Cedric had decided he wasn't good for her school results, so now he forced her to make homework with him an hour every day.
'After homework we will go outside,' Cedric said.
'And that's why I think you are stupid.' Cho said.
'No you're stupid,' Cedric answered.
'No you ar….Ooh, you're good mister.' Cho frowned and Cedric laughed kissing her ear.
'Make your homework,' he said.
'No!' Cho said stubborn and closed her book as prove she wouldn't go further and Cedric sighed heavily.
'What to do with you?'
'You could kiss me?' Cho grinned and Cedric smiled, pressing his lips on her gentle.
'Will you now make your homework?' he asked once breaking the kiss.
'No.' and Cho smacked his head with her closed book and stood up to leave.
'And I still think you're stupider.' she said and Cedric had to laugh so hard they got both thrown out.
And a few days after that
'CHO? WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU TRYING TO PULL OFF? GET OUT!' Cedric yelled.
Cho looked down from the tree where she was climbing in.
'But my cat is in it!' she yelled back and looked at the face of the young boy so many meters under her who she was obviously almost causing a heart attack. She didn't want to make him worried like this, but he wasn't supposed to see this. He shouldn't have came outside for at least a few more minutes. But well, now he did see her and now he was probably running down the lists of spells in his head to get her out save, but as Cho once thought before, boys only reminded the spells which they could show of with.
'Cho, Cho….' Cedric tried to ease his breathing. 'Please, come out. We can find a professor, who knows some spell to get your cat out, but please, come out…' he begged.
Cho hardly could resist him, but she was so close and she could hear this little thing mewing.
'I'm almost there Cedric, I will be down in a flash,'
Well she was right about that. A loud crack of a branch and the next moment she laid at Cedric's feet, feeling dizzy and nauseous. Looking in Cedric's face that hung over her and was so pale, that it was like he was the one that fell out of a tree.
'Cho! Cho! Can you hear me? Baby?' She felt his hand under her head.
'SOMEBODY HELP!' he yelled.
Cho looked at him and giggled. 'You're pretty,'
Cedric stared at her as if he was deciding to laugh or to cry. Luckily professors came running in a minute and Madame Pomfrey got brought at the scene right away.
'She will be alright? She will be ok right?' Cedric panicked.
'Oh Mr. Diggory, just a broken arm and little bump on the head that's all.' Madame Pomfrey replied as if he was being a big cry baby.
'A BROKEN ARM?' Cedric yelled as if Cho was dying.
Cho grinned, she felt a bit dizzy which was giving her an cheerful feeling.
'Oh Ceddy, you are being so melodramatic!' she pointed out.
Cedric stared at her.
'Did you hear that?' he asked Madame Pomfrey.
'She just hit her head Mr. Diggory, will be gone in no time!' She lifted her wand and pointed on Cho's arms who made a satisfying crack and Cho squealed a little in pain when her broken arm healed again. Cedric looked like he was about to faint any moment.
'Well that's fixed, Mr. Diggory are you ok?' Madame Pomfrey asked.
Cedric nodded in silence, his mouth a bit open staring at Cho as if she was a dying person. Cho rubbed over her head and started to feel some pain there now.
'I think it's wise to lay down for a moment miss Chang, perhaps…'
'I will take her to her commonroom!' Cedric interrupted.
Madame Pomfrey blinked. 'Well alright than.' She stood up.
Cho wanted to stand up as well. But sweet little Cedric was such a drama queen, he would not let her. Lifting her in his arms as if she was from glass, pressing his lips against her forehead comforting as if she just went through the most traumatic experience.
'And then she calls me stupider…' he mumbled and Cho burst into laughter, receiving another kiss for that.
Present
'Cho?' Cedric stroked some hair out of her face and tried to catch her gaze.
'Hmm?' Cho looked up half, her tears slowly had been drying.
'I love you.'
'I love you too.'
