For the past week Cedric has been avoiding me. The kiss was just a little peck on the cheek for God's sake! It's not like he snogged me! But I'm a nice person so I have not cornered him, yet. Exactly a week after the 'kiss' I'm at the Gryffindor table, eating breakfast. That's when I get tapped lightly on the shoulder. "Can I sit down?" Cedric asks me.
"Of course you can!" I reply. Finally he's talking to me again.
He sits down and turns to look at me. "I'm sorry about what happened that night." He says with worry filled in his eyes.
"Cedric, you only kissed me on the cheek. Get over it!" I say.
He lets out a breath of relief. "I'm glad you're not mad."
"Boys." I mutter under my breath. He starts to pick out some food to eat.
Why was he so worried about it? Does he have feelings for me? Of course not! We're best friends and we're only eleven, why do I care about age so much? So many questions and I can barely answer any of them. The scary thing is he can have almost any girl. Practically every first year girl likes him except for me and I even saw a second year girl checking him out. Here's another question, why do I care? I just need to focus on school.
Somehow the people at the party didn't get caught, their music was hurting my ears and I was outside! Anna was there and she said she had a good time. I think she's lying, why? Because she probably doesn't even remember the party. When I came back after the sit with Cedric she was passed out on my bed. So I had to drag her off and put her on her own bed. Fun!
Weeks go by and we're just getting closer to Easter break! Maybe this time my parents will bring me home! Or I'll just force Cedric to stay for the long weekend if he's parents plan on taking him home. I can't stand being so alone; it's funny because I barely have any friends. Isn't my life amazing? If you didn't catch the sarcasm then you might want to get help. Just kidding, sort of.
You know what I forgot to mention, my birthday is March 23, oops. So today's my birthday, I'm now 12 years old. No one noticed, so I'm peacefully eating breakfast. A bagel with cream cheese, yummy. I notice Cedric come in, oh shoot. "Happy birthday Emerald!" he yells while running towards me with a huge grin on his face. Well at that moment everyone has their eyes on him, when he sits next to me, their eyes go on me.
"Cedric! I didn't want anyone to know." I whisper furiously to him.
"Oh come on Em, relax. They don't have a huge cake and they most likely don't even care."
"And that makes me feel much better." I say sarcastically.
"Well here's your present." He hands me something wrapped up.
"Thank you." I say.
"Open it after classes are done though." He says then gets up and goes over to the Hufflepuff table. People go back to talking and thankfully they ignore me.
After classes, I enter the Gryffindor common room and pick a cosy looking chair far away from everyone else. I unwrap the present. Inside is a necklace, its silver with a little circular orange stone. It's so pretty! I don't usually wear jewellery but I'll be wearing this necklace all the time.
When I enter the Great Hall for supper Cedric is seated at the Hufflepuff table. I run over to him. "Thanks for the necklace!" I say while showing the necklace around my neck.
"I'm happy you like the necklace." He says. A girl sitting a few people down looks jealous. Does she really think we're dating and that the necklace is a random present? I hope not. He's my friend and this is a birthday present.
"Well I'll see you later." I say.
"See ya." He says while eating some meat.
During dinner quite a few girls at the Gryffindor table complement me on my necklace. It's weird having people look at me. I'm just not a confident person I guess.
