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Chapter 12

NPOV

The days leading up to the lunch were a bit stressful. Cedric told me he would be coming back to day after tomorrow which thank god for that. At least he was keeping busy with something. Right?

I woke up Wednesday morning nervous as hell. I lay on my bed, just staring at the ceiling before my alarm goes off. I don't know how it'll turn out today. I have this funny feeling in my stomach and I wasn't sure if anything good will come out of this.

I got out of bed and shut my alarm off before it had a chance to go off. I walked out and into the bathroom. I looked like hell that's for sure. I guess that's what happened when I couldn't sleep last night. I heard movement coming out of the other room and saw that Becky was already up.

"You look like hell" she noted, as she came into the bathroom.

"Gee, thanks" I mumbled.

"Nervous about today?" she asked. "Sorry, dumb question."

"No, it's okay and who knew that having lunch with an old ex can be nerve wracking" I replied.

She gave me a small smile before she started to brush her teeth. I went into my room quick and picked out some clothes. I saw out of the corner of my eye that a small piece of paper was on my night table. I walked over there to pick it up. I opened it and I recognized the handwriting well.

Nikki,

Enjoy the lunch today. I have a feeling it will go fine.

Don't worry and enjoy.

Love,
Cedric.

I smiled and folded up the note and put it in my drawer. I wish he was here now but I would imagine how he would feel about going out to lunch with an ex boyfriend. But I want to get some closure once I see him.

Easier said than done, I know.

I threw on a black shirt along with a pair of jeans and I wore my favorite running sneakers. I put my hair up in a messy but nice bun. I decided not to put on some make up. I took one last look in the mirror before I took off. When I went to go grab my bag, I saw something floating in the corner of my eye.

"Petrificus totalus" I muttered softly. The book that was floating in the air landed on my bed.

I smiled to myself in the mirror one last time before I headed out for the lunch.

Here comes my impending doom.

I waited inside the café for at least ten minutes right now. Josh had texted me saying he was going to be running a little bit late. I was a little afraid when he said that but he knew that I was getting married so I shouldn't even worry.

However, I do beg to differ in this situation.

"Hey sorry I'm late" Josh's voice snapped me out of my day dream. "I hope I didn't keep you waiting."

"No you didn't. I got here awhile ago myself" I said in my finest polite voice.

"So how are you?" he asked.

"I'm fine, just planning the wedding is being a bit of a pain in the arse if you ask me" I replied.

"I bet. I remember when I had to help plan Sophie's wedding. I didn't know whether or not I was going to make it out alive" he said.

"Well be glad that your sister didn't kill you then" I said.

"Yeah so um when is your wedding day?"

"June 20th. I don't know if you should expect an invite" I replied.

"Why?"

"Well for one thing you're my ex boyfriend and I don't know how Cedric would feel about it" I said.

"Surely he wouldn't mind" Josh said sipping on his water.

"Where are you getting at?" I asked warily.

"What do you mean?"

"Oh cut the bull. There has to be a reason as to why you wanted to have lunch with me and not to catch up on the good old days before you screwed me over" I said. I saw him flinch a bit but I couldn't help it.

He sighed before he prepared to talk. What he was about to say; let's just say that I was somewhat expecting it but I didn't want to expect it.

"Nick, ever since we broke up, I've been thinking about you. I don't know why but I should've moved on and I did believe it or not. But when I found out you were engaged, I knew that I had to see you and maybe you can reconsider" he said.

"You want me to reconsider my engagement?" I asked incredulously.

"Maybe reconsider isn't what I was looking for, try thinking it over" he replied.

"You may not realize it but I'm happy where I am now" I said.

"Oh so you weren't happy when you were with me?" he asked in a pissed off tone.

"I was when I was with you until you screwed me over. I don't want to get hurt again. I've been hurt before and I don't want to go through that again. I've been through enough in my life knowing how it feels" I said.

"I know…."

"No Josh, you don't know. Until you know the feeling, you don't know" I said, placing my napkin on the table.

"I really do love you after all this time" he said. I sat there frozen. I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

"I'm sorry Josh. It was over then and it's still over now. I'm getting married to Cedric whether you like it or not. If you do anything to ruin my wedding or even attempt to crash it, so help me you'll regret it and I will call the police so they reserve a nice jail cell for you" I said.

"Fine then" he said. "Don't think that you'll see the last of me."

"Stay away from me and my fiancé if you know what's good for you" I said, standing up. I grabbed my purse and tossed some money on the table and left.

I walked out of the restaurant in a huff and walked towards my car. I got in and groaned loudly and slapped the steering wheel. How the hell could this have happen? No way can an ex still have feelings for you, especially when you're engaged.

But what did he mean by I won't see the last of him?

I tried getting some sleep later that night. But for some weird reason, I couldn't. I stared at the ceiling in my room, letting my mind wonder going towards what happened today.

Becky was in shock at what I told her after I got home. She said that I should get a restraining order just in case but I wasn't going to that extreme. Not yet anyways.

I started to fall asleep when I felt something on my bed. I laid there still hoping that whatever it was would stop and leave. It wasn't until I felt familiar arms wrapped around me that I felt as ease.

"I thought you were coming back until a few days" I said, turning over to face Cedric.

"Well, I got done a bit early so my dad let me come home" he said. "I missed you."

"You don't know how much I missed you" I said, hugging him.

"How did your lunch go?" he asked.

I was dreading whether or not to let him know about what happened. I was afraid to even know what his reaction was going to be.

"It went okay" I lied.

I wasn't ready to tell him just yet.

A/n: I'm so sorry I didn't update sooner. School and work have been literally kicking my ass so I've found time thank god to type this out on a Sunday night. Not to mention that my other story has seven chapters with the epilogue included so I've been concentrating on that for awhile.

I hope the lunch was what you expected. I wanted to try something different before but I went on this approach.

Hope you guys stick around for the next chapter. I'm not sure when I'll update but hopefully it won't be too long.

Signing out for now,
Spikeluver89