The flight was amazingly decent. Apart from the annoying kid behind me, it was fine. Mum and dad were on one side and Cedric and I on the other. I hadn't seen the movie they played –shocker right? – and I somehow found myself waking up on Cedric's shoulder. Although that's hardly anything to be happy about. Hermione Granger you do not like Cedric Diggory.
Anyways when we landed mum and dad said goodbye and caught a taxi to their hotel while Cedric and I found our way to Yaya's.
I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard as I watched Cedric fall off of his donkey and down a few of the stairs. But soon enough we made it and my Yaya was fawning over me like she always does.
"Yaya, this is my friend Cedric Diggory, Cedric, this is my Yaya." I said, introducing them as I was finally released from the fawning and allowed to introduce him. I wish I could introduce him as my boyfriend. What? Where'd that come from? Stop it Hermione. You do not like him. And even if you did it's not like he'd like you. So, stop it. I told myself firmly.
"Yaya, can you show us where we're staying?" I asked her, hoping to stop her excited rambling on how badly we must need food.
"Oh, yes. Hermione, you'll be staying in your mother's old room, and Cedric you can take the one across from her." She said, leading us to the rooms so that we could finally put our stuff away. "Have you made any plans yet?" She asked me as we got to the rooms and she directed Cedric into his.
"Well I was thinking about maybe going swimming. Would you like to join us?"
"You know I don't like to swim Hermione. You two have fun. You know what time dinner is. Is there anything special you'd like?"
"Whatever you feel like making is fine with me Yaya."
"I think I'll make that penne pasta dish you like. Do you think Cedric will like it? He's not a vegetarian is he?"
"Yaya, I'm sure he'll be fine with it, and he's not a vegetarian. So you don't have to worry about that."
"Alright. I'll be in the kitchen if you need me."
"O.k." I said as she walked out of my room and I went over to Cedric's.
"Hey. I was thinking we could go swimming. If you'd like?"
"Sounds good. Give me a second to get changed." He said as I nodded and returned to my own room to throw on a swimsuit and a cover-up before grabbing a towel.
As I examined my chest in the mirror in the hallway I realized the scar wasn't so bad. Thanks to the magical cream Madam Pomphrey had given me it was nothing more than a faint white line. It was almost impossible to see unless you knew where to look. I was glad it had healed in time for our trip to Greece. It would have been terrible if it hadn't healed and I was cooped up inside while on vacation.
"You ready?" I hear Cedric's voice as I turn to see him in nothing but a simple pair of black swim trunks, and flip-flops with a towel slung over his shoulder. I felt my eyes widen as I took in the sight of him before realizing what I was doing and turning my eyes away from his chest and to his face. He was smiling. Stupid Cedric. I thought vengefully as I felt my cheeks begin to redden.
"Yeah. Let's go. There's a place I want to show you. I haven't been there in ages so I'm not entirely sure if it's the same as I remember, but I just want to show it to you anyways." I said, successfully hiding my blush by turning from him and walking out the door and into the hot summer heat.
"Alright. Where is it? I thought you said we were going swimming?"
"We are." I answered him simply as I turned and began the long walk down to the water. "Just follow me."
"O.k."
"Here we are." I said after nearly ten minutes. "We're going to climb down to that flat section there, and that's where we're going to leave all of our stuff." I said, pointing to a section not to high from the water.
"Where's the beach?"
"There isn't one. At least not close to here. Besides this is fun, trust me."
"How are we supposed to get back up?"
"We climb." I said as I made it down to the slightly flat area and took off my dress. I heard a gasp behind me and I turned to see Cedric just making it down to where I was.
"Can we take the donkeys back up?" I just smiled and kicked off my flip-flops before diving into the water.
"Come on! The water's great! It's not that far of a jump!" I cried as I watched Cedric looking from me to the cliff where he stood and back to the water. He took a deep breath and I appreciated what quiditch did for the male anatomy once more. Bad Hermione. Ahh… Who am I kidding? I love Cedric Diggory.
I was pulled from my musings as Cedric's splash into the water nearly drowned me.
"It wasn't so bad was it?"
"Nah. I guess not."
"Good. See that rock over there?" I asked him pointing to a rather large rock not far from where we were.
"Yeah?"
"That's where we're going." I said as I began swimming. "Race you!"
"You cheated!" I cried as I finally caught up to him. He'd beat me by a good stretch. Not fare. He had to have cheated somehow.
"I can't help it that you're such a small person." He laughed at me as I glared at him.
"Alright. Take a deep breath and follow me." I said, taking a deep breath and diving under the water. I followed the edge of the rock down a good ways before finding the opening and swimming through. My lungs were burning and I prayed we were close. I didn't know how much longer I could hold my breath. Finally my head broke the surface of the water and we were in my fort.
"You found this place?" He asked incredulously.
"No." I answered honestly. "I wish I could take the credit for that. My mother and her friends found this place back when they were little. But none of them come here anymore so it's all mine now."
"And you're sharing this with me?" He asked as he pulled himself from the water and further into the cave.
"You're my friend."
"Have you shown this place to Harry and Ron? Their your friends too."
"Yeah, they are. No, neither of them has ever been here before."
"And you chose me? Not either of them?"
"Well, you're my friend too Cedric." He nodded, his eyes darkening for some odd reason.
"Hermione I-"
"Cedric-" We both said at once before laughing. "You first."
"Hermione I can't do this anymore." What? "I can't keep pretending to be your friend." I felt my heart shatter.
"What?"
"Oh, Merlin!" He exclaimed as I angrily realized tears were pulling in my eyes.
"I have to go." I said as I turned to slip back into the water.
"Hermione no! That's not what I meant!" He cried as he grabbed my arm and spun me to face him to keep me from leaving.
"I get it. Why would someone as perfect as you want to be my friend anyways, right?" I asked as I mentally kicked myself for allowing the tears to fall.
"That's not what I meant!" He cried.
"What did you mean then?" I asked, my anger getting the better of me.
"I… I… This!" He nearly shouted as he pulled me to him and all of a sudden his lips were on mine. His perfect, soft lips were on my own, pressing urgently and I could do nothing but stand still in shock. It was as he was pulling away that I realized responding is what a normal person would do.
"No." I said as I pulled him back to me and I was kissing him back this time. His tongue probed my lips and I parted them eagerly. Cedric Diggory is a much better kisser than Victor Krum ever was. Finally, when air was becoming an issue we pulled apart but stayed in our embrace.
"I love you." He said and my heart soared. "You're my everything Hermione Granger. I can't believe you thought I didn't want to be your friend anymore."
"You love me?"
"Very much so. I know it's early and all, and I don't expect you to say it to me, I just realized and I couldn't keep it to myself." He said as he hugged me tighter.
"Cedric?"
"Yes?"
"I love you to." I said as I reached up for another kiss.
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I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters that you recognize.
A.N. Yaya is the greek word for grandmother. I chose Mya for Hermione's nickname because if you pronounce Hermione slowly the mi sounds like my.
Also, I'm a premed student so I don't have much spare time but I'm trying my best to get a chapter out once every week or so. So, here's the next chapter, I'm sorry it took so long.