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Chapter 14

I didn't know whether or not I should be freaked out or not. I got another note from Cedric this morning thanks to Patches, saying that he'll take care of it. Not the best answer for me at this point.

Thank god Dylan and Paige don't know who he is really. Otherwise, I would be dealing with a whole lot of explaining to do. As for what to do with Bellatrix, I had made a final decision on to hunt her down and kick her ass. Where she is right now? I have no clue.

It was only Wednesday, meaning I was going to spend the day with Paige and go wedding dress shopping. How fun. Not. Well, technically it's bridesmaid dress shopping since she ordered her dress awhile ago.

"What do you think of this color?" she asked me while I was looking at some dresses at the bridal boutique.

"Go for a darker color" I said, looking at the dress. It was a light red with spaghetti straps on.

"Really, why is that?" she asked me.

"Well think about it. Your color scheme is red and black right? In my opinion, I would go with regular red for the bridesmaids and a dark red for the maid of honor." I said.

"Thank god I didn't order the dresses yet, Nikki, you may be right" she said.

"Do you mind if I look at some dresses?" I asked.

"Huh? Oh yeah sure, I need your measurements quick" Paige said. After I gave her the measurements, she was talking to one of the saleslady while I looked around.

Some of these dresses looked pretty. Probably way nicer than the ones back home, not that I have anything against that. I was looking at the bridal dresses. Why I have no idea myself.

I came across this bridal dress which was way to beautiful. It was a floor length dress with short sleeves that cut at the shoulders. The beading on it went down towards to the end of the dress. I let my hand touch the dress, my fingers going along the beaded design.

Then I thought about me and Cedric. I know he wanted our relationship back and we are working on it slowly, but sometimes I do wonder about it. Not that I'm regretting it or anything, but one question does bother me however.

Does he really want to be with me forever?

I sighed and walked away from the bridal dress. I did imagined myself wearing it and it looked beautiful on me, I'm pretty sure some lucky girl would be able to wear it.

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"I think that idea will work, I hope they don't screw up the sizes" Paige said as we were heading back to the flat.

"What are you going to do if that happens?" I asked.

"I'm going to get my money back and then go somewhere else" she replied.

"When is the wedding anyways?" I asked.

"It's going to be in late February" she said as we got into the elevator.

"Okay cause I wanted to make sure with school and all, plus work I'm going have to take the rehearsal day, the wedding itself and the day after off" I told her.

She nodded in agreement as we got to our floor. We walked down the hallway just talking about what was to come with the wedding when I spotted a vase full of roses by the door.

"Gees I didn't think my cousin was such a romantic" I said as I walked into the flat with Paige in tow holding the flowers and reading the card.

"Actually these are for you" she said. I looked at her with my eyebrows raised. I grabbed the card from her and walked into the living room and sat down on the couch. I ripped opened the envelope and saw that the card had Cedric's elegant writing on it.

"Is it from lover boy?" Paige's voice echoed from the kitchen. She knew that it had to be Cedric.

"Yeah it is" I said with a stupid smile on my face, stuffing the note in my pocket.

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The next day, Dylan and Paige had to run some errands. I stayed at the flat awhile after they left. I got into a pair of black capri pants and a light purple tank top and my sneakers and left the apartment with my key, cell phone and a note on the table.

To be honest, I had no plans on where I was going today. I'm dreading tomorrow. How in hell am I going to tell Dylan about Cedric? This is going to be so harder than I thought.

I decided on going downtown and explore. I haven't gone towards that part yet. I walked down the street and saw that there was a bunch of people walking and point out at things. Tourists.

I kept walking until I came up short on an alleyway. I rather not risk it after what happened when I went into an alleyway. However, there was witnesses so if anything was to happen to me. Not that I was hoping on it anyways.

I looked around and I made my way in the alley. I walked down quickly and fast which then turned into a run. As I was running, I could've sworn I saw flashbacks of the third task being taken place.

It was a blur of green, four people running and a bunch of debris, leaves and a cool breeze that was flashing through me.

I made it out of the alleyway and leaned against the wall, trying to catch my breath. It wasn't easy but somehow I survived.

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I stood in front of a building that I've gotten to awhile ago. I stood there, debating whether or not to go in. Then, I came to the conclusion that I wouldn't know if I tried, right?

I walked into the building, which turned out to be a small little shop. It was empty and it seemed to be no one in here.

"Hello? Anyone here?" I called out.

Nothing. No voice. No sound.

I continued to look around the store. It had a register at the back of the store, with little statues of figurines in a row. Some of those were really pricey, seriously who would buy them?

I wasn't paying any attention to what was behind me until a voice spooked me.

"Need help with anything?"

I jumped and turned around and saw that there was a woman who looked middle aged behind me. She had dark brown hair that was short, her skin was pale but not to pale like a vampire's skin, her eyes was dark green mixed with blue.

"Actually I was wondering if there was a book here that you sell" I said.

"We do sell books, any specific topic you need?" she asked me, going towards the shelf of books that was kept.

"I wanted to know about how do I keep these flashbacks from coming to me" I said.

The woman stopped for a moment. Was it something I said? I didn't know how long she stood there until I saw her sigh and spun around.

"I knew that one day you would show up here" she said.

"Who told you that?" I asked.

"No one. I just had a feeling." she replied.

"Are you a psychic?" I asked nervously.

"Sort of, now if you don't mind, do you want to head back towards my office, so we can talk?" she asked me.

I nodded silently and followed her. Should I be scared or not?

We sat in her office which consists of a medium sized round table with three chairs. I sat down quietly and looked at my phone, just in case I've gotten any texts or missed called. I haven't thank god.

"Want something to drink?" she asked me.

I shook my head. I couldn't think about having anything to drink as of this moment.

"So, you've been having these flashbacks huh?" she stated.

"Yeah but what do they mean, I want to know how to get rid of them" I said.

"Why don't I try and get into your mind? That is if you don't mind at all" she said, getting out her wand.

"Go ahead, do what you need to do" I said with some determination in my voice.

"Okay, but I want you to close your eyes, so that way I'll get a hint of what's going on" she said.

I closed my eyes and took in a deep breath. I heard her say something and then I let her do whatever she needed to do to figure out what's going on.

A/n: Relax the shopkeeper is not evil! I'm letting you know that right now. You'll find out what happens in the next chapter I promise.

I've decided to so a sneak preview of the chapters to come. Here's a glimpse on what will happen in the next two chapters:

"So Dylan as you know I've got a date tonight" I announced to Dylan

"Really? With who?" he asked.

"Cedric, an old boyfriend before Josh came into the picture" I said.

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I walked up the sidewalk gripping on to Cedric's hand. I was a little scared to know what would be behind that door.

Then all of a sudden, I felt my body going on to the sidewalk as a girl with blonde hair attacked me.

"Oh my god Nikki is it you!"

"Hannah?!"

There you go. That's all I can give you for now. If you want me to give previews like these, let me know.

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