Chapter 14: Birthday Gift
LYRA'S POV
Cedric's birthday is tomorrow, and of course, I don't know what on earth to give him. Melody was not much help with this either, suggesting one thing after another until I told her to stop and that I seriously needed some peace to think about this.
Time wasn't helping much too, neither were the Professors. The homework pile was getting higher and higher with every lesson I attended.
Then night time came, signalling the end of the day and my mood was no better. Until something completely unexpected happened, Joy flew into my room with a note attached to her leg. I untied the note and gave her a treat, and then she flew off again.
I read the note, it said: Meet me at the astronomy tower tomorrow night Lyra. –Cedric. I was surprised that he would even want to try sneaking out again, especially to the tower, where we almost got caught during first year. But seeing as I had no present, it pretty much left me with no choice but to fulfil his request and go to the tower tomorrow night. The chances of getting caught aren't really that high right? We escaped Filch and his terrible cat once, I'm sure we can do it again.
Whatever they taught during classes the next day didn't really go into my head. My thoughts kept drifting off to a certain Hufflepuff student sitting behind me. The only class that was actually successful in catching my attention every now and then was Defence against the Dark Arts, thanks to the smell that seemed to be coming from Professor Quirrell's turban.
Night time came sooner than I expected, I waited until the others were asleep before sneaking out. When I reached the astronomy tower, Cedric was already there waiting for me. I wished him a Happy Birthday and apologized for the lack of a present. 'Well, a present isn't really that necessary.' Cedric said.
(A/N: Okay, back to the Author's Point of View, if you don't mind :D )
'Actually I really didn't know what to get you.' Lyra said awkwardly. Then she looked into Cedric's grey eyes, his face inches from hers. 'But I know now.' She said and smiled. Then before Cedric could register what was happening, Lyra leaned in and kissed him, square on the lips. Cedric's body reacted on its own, he kissed her back, one of his hands was on her waist and the other got itself tangled up in her hair. Lyra was full of relief; she was worried that Cedric wouldn't like her back. Then her arms wrapped themselves around his neck.
They stood there for what seemed like days, weeks (maybe even several sunlit days) before they broke apart. Both found themselves at a loss for words. Until Lyra broke the silence, 'You liked it?' she asked, her voice barely above a whisper. In answer Cedric kissed her again. Then they heard footsteps walking up the tower. They broke apart in shock, but this time they knew what to do. They hid in the shadows, this time not as lucky as it was a crescent moon.
But it wasn't Filch that appeared, wasn't Mrs Norris either. (Of course it wasn't her paws wouldn't have made a sound)Instead it was Melody, with Morgan following close behind her. Both Cedric and Lyra sighed in relief at the sight of the twins. 'Are you sure they're here Morgan?' Melody asked. 'Positive, I saw Cedric write the note before heading to the owlery.' Morgan replied. Cedric made a mental note to find a more private place to write letters. 'We're here.' Lyra said to Melody and Morgan, before emerging from the shadows.
'Lyra Chen, I swear if I ever catch you out of bed again I'll find a way to glue you onto your bed.' Melody said, her anger rising. 'Same goes for you Cedric.' Morgan chimed in. 'Morgan White, if I ever catch you reading my letters over my shoulder, I'll find a way to curse you into oblivion.' Cedric countered. Morgan laughed a bit at this. Then Lyra cut in 'If you all would like to get caught by Filch and his stupid cat, be my guest.' And then she walked out of the scene to her common room, followed by Cedric.
'Typical lovebirds.' Melody said under her breath. 'Oh she likes him too?' Morgan asked his sister. 'Well what do you think?' Melody snapped at her brother.
A/N: THEY FINALLY KISS! I was saving it for next year but, I guess this year works as well. And I paragraphed the first chapter (The insides are still the same don't worry.) And, CALLING ALL HUNGER GAMES FANS! Have you checked out Tale of Woe yet? Oh and umm…those that want the disclaimer, it's in my profile. Reviews? :)