Hey guys! I re-read the last chapter I wrote and realized that it was absolutely TERRIBLE. I'm talking like; someone crapped and smeared it all over that chapter. So I'm determined to make this one better. I'm so sorry. Truly. :/

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"No, professor, I haven't." Cedric was still cradling me in his arms.

Moody's mechanical eye switched back and forth between me and Cedric rapidly. He stood there for a moment and observed us, making me feel very uncomfortable. He scratched his head and took out his flask once again. As he took a swig, I realized that his skin was sagging.

He finished and grunted while he walked off. What was wrong with Professor Moody…? Why the hell was his skin sagging like that? It was all very strange, and I doubt Cedric noticed.

I'm very perceptive. I notice things that normally, people don't. I guess that's why Professor McGonagall appointed me to this task.

While I was off in my little dream land, Cedric started kissing on my neck, which startled me.

I squealed lightly and he chuckled against my skin, making me shiver and hold onto him as his sweet breath tickled my skin. I thought that my knees where going to go out.

He chuckled darkly again and slithered his arms around the middle of my back. I gripped onto his shoulders and threw my head back, giving him more access.

"Cedric…honey, you have to stop. We're in public." He left me breathless. I felt weak in the knees and my pulse was racing.

He ignored my request and started to kiss me more violently. A slight moan escaped my throat, surprising him and myself.

He made a guttural animal noise and gripped at my backside. "Cedric!" I wrapped my arms around his neck and closed my eyes in pure ecstasy.

That seemed to add more fuel to the fire because he lifted me up and backed me into a tree.

I ran my hands through his silky locks and bit my bottom lip. If he continues like this, I don't know what will happen.

He hoisted my right leg up, making me wrap it around his waist.

Suddenly, he thrust his pelvis into mine. I gasped and moaned, making him do it again, getting the same reaction. He did this continually, always getting the same results.

"Ced-Cedric…babe, you have to stop. As much a-as I love this, you have to stop." I managed to say this through my moans.

He continued even though I told him to stop. "Cedric, please babe. If we keep doing this-"My sentence was interrupted by a third party.

"Ari, where are you? Oh! There you are!"

Cedric seemed to see that we had been caught, so he let me go. Still breathing heavily, I saw Hermione blushing and trying not to look me in the eyes.

"I'm sorry! I was looking for you, and then I saw you two…like this. Um, well, Ari has to come back to the common room. We're having a celebration party for Harry. Is that okay Cedric?"

She still couldn't look him in the eyes.

Poor girl, we probably scarred her virgin self. Not that being a virgin is a bad thing! I still am…but if Cedric and I had continued that way. Nope, I'm not going to think about that. I have more willpower than that.

He flashed his award winning smile, looking gorgeous even though he was slightly disheveled and his hair was a little ruffled.

"Yes, of course, Hermione. Let me just talk with Aria for a moment. Okay?"

She nodded. "I'll just be waiting by the tent…"

Cedric turned back to me when she was out of sight. He put his forehead to mine and smiled shyly. "I'm sorry about that, love. There's just something about you that makes me crazy." He kissed my nose and I giggled.

"It's nice to know that I have so much power over you."

He scoffed. "Let's not forget who was moaning. 'Cedric! Oh Cedric!'" He mimicked my voice, going up a couple more octaves than his actual voice.

I pushed his shoulder playfully. "Oh shut up, you douche." I smiled at him.

He kissed me lightly on the lips and held me close to him. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back. Soft, open mouthed kisses. It was so unlike the session we had before.

Soon after, we pulled apart and he put his forehead with mine again.

"I have to go." I said.

He nodded, looking into my eyes. "I know. Have fun, love." He kissed me again.

I ran off to find Mione, feeling Cedric's eyes on me. She was standing by the tent, just as she said she would.

She gave me a disapproving look as I came out of the forest.

"What?" I said as I approached her.

She had her arms crossed and she was tapping her foot. Oh, she didn't look like a happy camper.

"What? Did you just ask me that?" She asked me in a pissy manner.

"Yes…I believe I did. You're making it seem like I'm not allowed to kiss my boyfriend."

She had a look on her face that looked like she was just slapped in the face. "I wouldn't call that kissing, Ari. That was sex with clothes on. Why didn't you stop him?"

Okay, what the hell?

"First of all Hermione, I told him to stop four times. I didn't want us to get caught. Second off, that is absolutely NONE of your business, and third of all, don't get pissy with me just because you're so uptight that you wouldn't ever do something like that. You're making it sound like I'm a whore and I make out with every guy within a mile radius of me."

She looked slightly hurt. "I didn't mean for that to come out that way. It's just, one minute you're talking about Fred…and the next Cedric."

I sighed. "I'm allowed to have feelings for two people you know. This isn't as easy as it seems."

"I know, Ari. I guess I just want to see you with Fred, that's all."

I sighed again. I've been doing that a lot lately.

"Sometimes, I wish the same thing. But Cedric makes me really happy. Fred never made a move. If he really wanted me, he would've told me."

She nodded her head. "Yeah, I guess you're right. Come on, we're going to be late for the party."

We were walking when someone called out my name.

"Cedric?" He was standing about 100 feet away from Mione and I.

"Yeah?" I yelled back. He started to run towards us at a jogging pace.

"If you two start where you left off in front of me…" Mione said under her breath.

"Never! That would just be awkward." I shuddered at the thought. Icky.

He stopped in front of us and started panting, putting his hands on his knees. I giggled.

"You need to do some more cardio, mister. Now what do you need hun?"

He stood and grabbed my hands. He smiled at me as his eyes started to sparkle. He said, in the softest and most gentle, loving voice he could muster, "I love you." And brought me into a hug.

He started to rub little circles in my back. I heard Hermione gasp. I was at a complete loss for words. He loves me? I like him, a lot! But I don't love him. That was the sad and simple truth.

"Cedric…" I started, but he cut me off.

"You don't have to say it back. In fact, I don't want you too. When and if you ever say it back to me, I want you to know exactly what you're saying. I want you to know that you mean it with every fiber of your being. I want you to feel all the same feelings as I feel whenever I'm with you. Aria Norman, I love you."

He said that with such confidence that it made me melt. I started to tear up slightly. "Cedric…" He put his finger up to my lips.

"Don't cry, sweet angel. No words. You know how I feel now. I hope you'll feel the same way about me soon, as well. I'll see you two beautiful girls tomorrow. I love you." He said, whispering the last part softly and giving me a chaste kiss on my lips.

He smiled one last time before jogging off ahead of us. Hermione and I were silent and unmoving for what seems like centuries.

"Mione?" I said, breathless. "Yes…?" "My life sucks." I said simply.

She chuckled dryly. "I know, Ari. I know. Come on. I think we're late now…" We headed off for the castle again, silent.

I felt dirty now for doing all of those things with him. He told me he loved me, but I love Fred, and yet I used him like that. Am I a bad person? I would hope not.

"Hey Ari, am I really that uptight?" I just chuckled.

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The party was crazy! Fred and George had Harry on both of their shoulders, chanting crazy things like "Potter rules, Diggory drools!" (This earned them both smacks in the head delivered by yours truly.)

What really won me over was when Fred managed to get me up there as well.

"Fred Weasley! Put me down!" I laughed.

"Never!" It seems that he and I have made up. I smiled to myself. I guess that was a good thing. A very good thing, in fact.

"We knew you wouldn't die Harry" George said, taking turns with his brother to speak.

"Lose a leg." "Or an arm." "Pack it in all together…" "NEVER!" They both said at the same time.

I giggled. "Way to give him some encouragement! You guys are some kick ass friends!" I said sarcastically.

The Twins just scoffed at me.

"Wait, why am I up here?"

Fred laughed darkly. "So we can…tickle you to death!" He released his hands, which were holding onto my thighs to keep me from falling, and started to tickle my belly.

"Stop it! You're messing with my chub!" I squealed between giggles.

Fred laughed goofily at me. "I love your chub!"

Harry heard this and laughed as well. "Yay, we're all friends again!"

Fred and I smiled at each other. "Yep!"

"Go on Harry, what's the clue?" Seamus came up to him and handed him the egg.

"Who wants me to open it?" Damn boy is getting cocky.

The whole common room erupted with noise.

"You want me to open it?" It got louder.

"Harry, hurry up and open up the god damn egg!" I said.

He snickered and turned the egg open, causing the most annoying, loud, disgusting, nasty sound to come out of the beautifully carved egg.

Everyone covered their ears, including Fred, almost causing me to fall. "Close the god damn egg, Harry!" I shouted.

He closed it and everyone let out a sigh of relief.

"What the bloody hell was that?"

We all turned and saw Ron in the doorway. Oh, the tension. Ron was still angry at him, thinking that poor Harry put his name in the Goblet.

Fred was smart enough to make everyone look away. What a sweetheart that little ginger is.

"All right everyone; go back to your knitting. This is gonna be uncomfortable enough without all you nosey sods listening in." He shooed them all away, me still on his shoulders.

"Meh, careful Fred!" I was wobbling on top of his head, grabbing onto his hair to keep my balance.

"Ouch!" he yelled, loosing his balance and sending both of us crashing to the ground.

His head was on my torso while the rest of him was on my legs.

"Shit, that hurt." I mumbled. I propped myself on my forearms to check on Fred.

He looked slightly out of place and started to look around. When he realized his surroundings, he jumped up and started to apologize profusely.

"Ari, I'm so sorry, love. Oh my God are you hurt? Oh please don't bruise, I didn't mean too. Oh god I'm so sorry. Did you break anything? I'm so sorry."

I let him finish before I decided to speak. "Fred, I'm fine. You fell. Things happen." I laughed at his concern for me.

He let out an enormous sigh of relief. "Thank God, I was so scared."

We both walked over to the couch and plopped ourselves down.

He put his arm over my side of the couch. You know, like guys in movies? How they pretend to yawn but they're actually being smooth and kind of desperate? Yeah, he just did that. Not that I minded, of course.

"Hey Fred, can I ask you a question?" I fiddled with my thumb, waiting for his answer.

"Yeah, yeah of course you can Ari. Anything." He answered, obviously flustered. I giggled.

"Well, what made you start talking to me again? Not that I'm complaining! It's just, one minute you're acting like you hate me and the next we go back to being like it used to be. What happened?"

He stared at the wall for a couple of minutes. His hands started to ball into fists and he shut his eyes tight. It started to worry me.

"Fred…are you okay?" I put my hand on his shoulder and he seemed to calm down a bit.

"Um, well I guess that I was jealous." He put it simply, but it really did stun me.

"Why were you jealous?"

He turned and looked at me. His eyes held pain and hurt, it was too much to bear.

"I was, and am jealous, because of Cedric. He was going to steal you away from me. You're the best thing that ever touched my life; the best thing that will ever touch my life. He was going to take all of that away, so I just shut myself out of the world. But then I realized something. Who am I to take away your happiness? Just because I thought that he was going to take you away from me. It was selfish, really."

He looked away from me, embarrassed. Was he saying that he missed me…?

My expression made me look like a fish. My eyes were wide and my mouth was slightly open.

He looked back up at my face and blushed.

"I really miss you Ari. More than you will ever know. I miss my best friend. I want you back. Please?" He grabbed hold of my hands.

Did he even need to ask?

"Of course I will Fred!" I leaped into his arms.

He breathed in the scent of my hair and wound his arms around my torso.

That moment…it felt so right. We fit together, like two pieces in a puzzle. I curled up in his chest and listened to his heart beat. He started to stroke my long curly hair with his strong, yet gentle touch. This all felt so amazing and serene, it was almost as if the party around us wasn't even there. The only people in the room were me and him. That was all that mattered. I took in his scent, breathing it in like it was a drug. But in reality, it was. Fred Weasley is my drug.

"Hey Fred, if you don't mind me asking, what happened to Tamara and that Michael Nathan guy?"

He sighed heavily.

"Matt Nathan. And that was just a one time thing. She came crying back to me. But I didn't buy it. I don't want anything to do with that little hoe. Besides, I got you."

He snuggled into me and I laughed.

"Always!" I felt him smile into my hair.

"You know, you always smell really good." He poked me in the side, making me squirm.

"Would you rather for me to smell?" I poked him back. He looked thoughtful, fisted hand on his chin and everything.

"Eh, no." He smiled.

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I woke up the next morning feeling refreshed and happy. Fred and I are on talking terms again! We're best friends again, just like it always was. Although I'll always want more from him, I'll always enjoy the time I spend with him.

I hurried to get dressed that morning, eager to sit next to my favorite boys: Fred and Cedric.

I threw on my robes, wet down my hair a bit to bring the spring back to my wild curls, and applied my makeup, which isn't much.

Some foundation and mascara usually does it, but sometimes I go all out with eyeliner and eye shadow.

I raced out of the room Mione and I shared and ran full speed towards the Great Hall. I maneuvered through the crowd of people that gathered in the common room.

Some of the girls that were in the corner where talking in low whispers, but when they saw me they all started to break out into hushed conversation and pointed at me. This confused me to no end, but I was in too much of a hurry to even care.

I waited impatiently for the Fat Lady on the other side of the door to open.

When it did, I ran down the corridors, on the enchanted stairwells, which I love, and down the main hallway headed towards the Great Hall.

I was almost there when someone I absolutely despised stepped in my way.

Draco Malfoy, the most disgusting creature in the history of disgusting creatures.

"Oh, look here. Its little Aria Norman. Is it true what everyone is saying?" He had a smug little smirk on his rotten face.

"What is everyone saying…?" I asked skeptically. He just laughed and walked away.

I stood in my spot for a couple of seconds before I entered the Great Hall.

When I walked in, all of the eyes were on me. Glares, looks of shock, smirks, and giggles were some of the things that greeted me.

I was frozen in place for about a minute before I made a beeline for the Gryffindor table. There was a spot in between Fred and Cedric, just like I had expected.

I huffed as I sat down.

"Can someone tell me what the hell is going on?" I slammed my hands down on the table.

Cedric and Fred put their hands on my shoulders at the same time.

Fred sent Cedric a light glare that I saw out of the corner of my eye.

"Why don't you ask the guy who started this whole mess." He said, still glaring.

I directed my attention to the handsome god on my left, giving him a confused expression.

Cedric gave Fred a glare right back.

"How many times am I going to have to tell you? I didn't start this rumor!" He sounded exasperated and angry.

"Someone tell me what the problem is before I kill both of you!" I growled.

They both sighed simultaneously. Cedric and Fred opened their mouths to speak, but Sam stopped them.

"Okay, both of you shut the hell up. I'm telling her what happened." She snapped, saving me from confusion and possible humiliation.

They both agreed after some hesitation.

"Alright then. Someone spread a rumor about you and Cedric, saying that you two had sex after the First Task yesterday outside." She was blunt, and quite frankly, that was all I needed.

I automatically turned towards Hermione. She was about to defend herself, but I stopped her in her tracks.

"I'm not saying you did it. You would be the last person that I would expect. Was anyone else there when you saw me and Cedric?" She was about to answer, but Fred had to interrupt.

"Are you saying that it's true?" He looked hurt and angry, very angry.

I sighed. "No Fred. She caught me and Cedric kissing…passionately."

He still had that appearance that made him look like a kicked puppy, but it softened as I told him I was still a virgin.

Hermione took this as her chance to speak.

"Now that I think back, I do remember the bush rustling a bit. I just thought it was a rabbit or something of the sort." I nodded.

"So, someone was watching us while we were snogging. That's very disturbing." Cedric said, shuddering a bit.

"Maybe Draco did this. He confronted me in the hall today." I said thoughtfully.

"I doubt it. If he did it, then he would've spread the word that he started it." Harry said.

"Then who did it?" Sam and I said at the same time.

As soon as we said that, an all too familiar nasty giggle emerged from behind us…

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CLIFFY! :DDD AGAIN! I promise I'll tell you guys what McGonagall said soon, okay? :DD I'm really proud of this chapter. I don't know why, I just think its better than the other ones xD