The common room was louder than it was during a quidditch party because of the first task, and Cedric hadn't even won. I was sitting on a chair in the corner while everyone else stood around Cedric. I couldn't even see him there were so many other people, I don't even think they were all Hufflepuffs.
I closed my eyes and rested my head on my hand, trying to get rid of the thumping headache which had come on.
" Come on Amy, lets dance," Melissa said, grabbing my hand and trying to pull me up.
" No thanks, I think I'll go to my bed, I've got a sore head," I said.
" Do you want me to come with you?" She asked.
" No, stay and enjoy yourself. I shout if I need anything," I said, standing up and walking to my dorm. I changed into my pyjamas and lay on my bed. It felt like my heart was in my head and it was going to jump up. I closed my eyes and tried to concentrate on sleep.
" Amy, wake up." I opened one eye and saw Thea's head in front of mine. I shook my head and pulled my covers around me tighter. " Come on. You'll miss lunch at this rate." I opened my other eye and nodded.
" I'm up," I mumbled, sitting up and pushing my hair from my face. I climbed out of bed and changed into a pair of jeans and a violet jumper. I pulled on shoes and looked at Thea.
" Ready," I said, with a smile.
" The twins are already down. I think everyone's down already. We are late today," she said, as we walked into the common room.
The hallways were empty as we walked up to the Great Hall. It seemed like everyone was having a late breakfast because the hall was so full. Maddie waved and we walked down. I sat and grabbed two pancakes from a plate on the table.
" Where're the boys?" I asked.
" Still in bed," Melissa said, very quickly.
" I thought you said everyone was up?" I said, looking at Thea.
" Did I? I was wrong, I usually am," she said. I nodded slowly, something wasn't right.
" So have you done that Defence homework?" Maddie asked.
" I've half of it done. I was too busy with Cedric and the first task," I said.
" Well that's half more than I've done," Thea said.
" That doesn't surprise me," Maddie said, smiling.
" I hate homework," Thea moaned.
" You haven't even started it yet," I said.
" So we'll go up to the library then?" Melissa asked, looking at Maddie and Thea. They both nodded in agreement, there was definitely something going on, they never agreed.
" What happened?" I asked.
" What do you mean?" Thea replied.
" There's something going on and you aren't telling me." They looked at each other and then looked at me.
" I don't think we're the right people to tell you," Thea said, poking a piece of bacon with a fork.
I slurped the last drop of milk from my cereal bowl and stood up.
" It's a nice day. Don't suppose any of you will play chaser for me?" I said, looking up at the ceiling which showed a blue sky.
" I will. Will we go down now?" Maddie asked.
" Ok," I said.
" We'll come down and watch," Melissa said.
" Anything's better than homework," Thea said.
" I don't know why you hate quidditch so much," I said, as the others stood up.
" It's confusing," she said. I rolled my eyes as we left the Great Hall.
It was quiet as we walked down to the qudditch pitch.
" Let's go the long way," Maddie said, grabbing my arm as we came up to the bridge.
" Maddie, we're practically there. I'm not going back to school to walk all the way down again," I said, walking on to the bridge.
" It looks like it might rain. Maybe we should go back inside," Melissa said.
" There isn't even a cloud. What is wrong with you today?" I said, folding my arms and staring at my friends.
" Nothing," Melissa said.
" You can tell me if something's happened," I said.
" Alright, but not now," Thea said, quietly. I nodded and walked on to the bridge. I turned the corner and stopped. He didn't see me. She did. They kissed. I heard my friends behind me.
" Amy," Melissa said. She put her hand on my shoulder but I pushed it off and ran. I ran along the bridge and down to the quidditch pitch. I could hear them shouting my name but I concentrated on the sound of my trainers hitting the ground. I passed the quidditch pitch and only stopped once I reached the forest. I slid down and sat against one of the trees. I pulled my knees to my chest and closed my eyes. Maybe I was imagining it.
" Amy?" It was Maddie, I didn't need to see her to know that. " We're sorry. We didn't want to tell you. We didn't think it would happen again. We thought it was just last night."
" Cedric said it would never happen again," Thea said. One of them had taken my hand. I opened my eyes and Melissa immediately handed me a tissue, even though I wasn't crying. Yet.
" You should have told me," I whispered.
" Cedric told me that he was going to talk to Cho. To tell her it was a mistake," Thea said.
" We thought it would be over and he'd tell you himself," Melissa added.
" What happened last night?" I asked.
" After you went to bed one of the seventh years took out a couple of bottles of firewhiskey. Cedric had a good few glasses. There were a few Ravenclaws in the common room last night. Cho was one of them. Cedric wanted to go to bed but she got him and they kissed. I don't think he knew what he was doing," Maddie said.
" He said he was going to tell you," Thea repeated.
" I.. I don't care. It doesn't matter anyway," I said, drying my eyes quickly.
It had been two weeks since I had spoken to Cedric or any of the boys. I didn't blame them, it was just that they were always with him.
The nine of us had always been close, from our first day at Hogwarts, this is the longest I had gone without talking to my friends. The twins thought I was right to ignore him, Thea gave him the benefit of the doubt and Cedric wasn't giving up.
I walked to Herbology alone, I used to have Cedric. Liam said that we chose the same subjects so we could be together in most classes. I think he was right, but I can't get away from him now.
" Have you done the homework?" I ignored him and sped up slightly. " It was a pretty tough one. Wasn't it?" I opened the book I was carrying and tried to concentrate on the pages as I walked. " Which plant do you think is the most dangerous?"
" Shut up Diggory," I said, not looking up.
" You're talking to me now. That's an improvement," he said. " What do you want me to do Lia? Get down on my knees and beg?" I walked into the greenhouse and sat down beside Angelina Johnson, we became good friends after she threw a quaffle in my face in third year.
" Still not talking to him?" She asked, and I shook my head.
" And I won't as long as Chang is still following him around," I said.
" So have you heard about the Yule Ball?" She said, changing the subject.
" Yeah, but I'm going home for Christmas. I promised my little cousins," I said.
" You should stay, it'll be fun," she said.
" I don't like balls," I said, as Professor Sprout walked in and we ended our conversation.