AN - Hey guys, we got some Lilly Draco fluff for ya! Enjoy dear friends!

Lilly nervously sat down on the wooden floor, waiting for him. She knew by now that Draco would come on any regular day, but today wasn't a regular day. It was the day of the first task. Rose had told Lilly that Cedric had to face a dragon, and that they had some sort of plan, but Lilly was still scared for him.

She heard the familiar thump, thumps of Draco's steps, and sighed in relief. She could use some comfort and sweet words today, but she doubted she could get them from him.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?" was the first thing Draco asked.

"First task today, duh. I'm worried about Cedric," Lilly replied.

He sat in front of her like he had been doing for the past month.

"Diggory will be fine, I'd be more worried about Potter," Draco sneered.

Lilly suddenly felt like a terrible person. She had forgotten about her other friend, Harry, in the midst of it all.

"Harry! What must he be thinking?" she wondered.

"That's he's about to die?"

"Maybe…"

They stared at each other, Lilly biting her bottom lip. They had, partially, become friends over these Sunday visits. Lilly enjoyed them very much, and she figured that he must as well if he kept coming back.

"I… maybe we should head down," Lilly said.

"Soon," he replied, "we still have time,"

"Did you hear about what the first task was?"

"Yeah, a friend of Krum's told me."

"Do you think they'll be okay, Cedric and Harry, I mean?"

He paused for a moment, thinking.

"Cedric will be okay."

Silence met them again, but it wasn't so awkward these days, just quiet. Draco crawled over to where she was sitting, and slowly placed an arm over she shoulder. Lilly froze for a moment, before relaxing into his rare and wonderful touch.

"Harry, too."

Lilly smiled widely into his side. He had never called Harry by his name in front of her, or probably anywhere else as well.

"Thanks," she whispered.

He squeezed her shoulders softly before standing up. Lilly rose, too, and they walked out of the clock tower together. This was the only part of the system that Lilly didn't like. Right about now, he would walk away from her completely, like he hadn't even just talked to her for an hour, or at all.

Lilly went her own way as well, to meet up with Ginny. She was waiting at the entrance doors, Fred and George were by here side, collecting bets.

"What are you two doing?" Lilly asked.

"Making a bit of money," Fred grinned.

"Some one will win," George grinned, too.

"Someone will lose,"

"We win either way!" they said together.

Lilly laughed, shaking her head at the immature boys, walking past them to Ginny. Ginny didn't look too pleased with her brothers, but smiled and pushed the door open. It was a bit of a walk to the stadium where the task would be, a little up hill, but everyone managed okay. Next to the large stadium was a grand tent, in which Lilly imagined the champions were in. It took around ten minutes to find good seats in the bleachers, but once seated the two girls really took in what was happening.

The place was a buzz, banners lining the walls and cheering fans were painted different colors, it was an amazing atmosphere. Ginny managed to get some popcorn, and they shared it.

The only question was where was Rose?

Rose was yelling at the man who was standing guard at the entrance to the Champions tent.

"Champion's only!" he yelled back.

"But I'm his girlfriend!" Rose was seething now.

"Who is making all this noise?" Rose heard a deep, Russian accent asked.

The curtain door was pulled back, to reveal Victor Krum. Rose beamed.

"Oh, could you please let me in, Victor? I'm Cedric's girlfriend!" Rose asked sweetly.

"Yes, yes, of course. Why didn't you let her in before? The man is going crazy in there," Krum hurried her in, glaring at the guard.

Rose smiled again as she passed him, looking into the tent. Fleur was pacing, muttering things in French, Harry looked like he wanted to pull his hair out, and Cedric had a very serious, determined look about him. Though, when he saw Rose, he face broke into one of pure relief and panic. They quickly came together, embracing in a tight hug.

"Rose," Cedric breathed into her ear, kissing her neck, "I thought you hadn't come."

"As if I couldn't, I'm you're girlfriend," she said for what felt like the hundredth time.

"Yeah, you are," she could feel him smiling against her skin.

"How are feeling?" she asked stepping back.

Before she could answer, there was a flash of blinding light. Rose blinked a few times, and then saw the mouse like face of Rita Skeeter.

"How wonderful! Our strong faced champion has a little girlfriend!" she cooed.

"Little girlfriend?" Rose repeated.

"We've been together for a year," Cedric said.

Rose realized she and Cedric hadn't celebrated their first year together, but she didn't really think they were that kind of couple.

"Young love, beautiful, beautiful…," she rambled on.

The group heard a rustling and turned to see Hermione Granger hugging Harry. Rita took the chance and snapped a picture. They broke apart, blushing slightly. Rita went to attack them and Rose pulled Cedric aside.

"How are you feeling?" she asked again.

"Good, confident… average," he shrugged, "I think the plan will work."

They had decided that, seeing as Cedric was so good at Transfiguration that he would try to change something to distract the dragon, then attack, if the purpose was to kill or stun.

"Champion's, gather over here please!" called Barty Crouch Sr.

Rose gave Cedric a nervous look, and he brought his head down to kiss her tenderly.

"Be safe," she whispered, he nodded.

"I love you."

"Love you, too."

The kissed lightly again, before Cedric turned and walked to where the others were standing. As it turned out, Cedric got the Hungarian Fire bolt, as you can guess it liked fire. Also, Cedric was to go first. He didn't have time to say goodbye to Rose, so she hurried out to the bleachers to watch.

Rose watched as Cedric dodged the flames, gripping his wand tightly. He saw his opportunity, and threw a spell at a near by boulder. It turned it a pitch-black dog and ran around the dragon's leg. The large beast tried to swipe at it as it cried its annoyance. Cedric snuck around and grabbed his golden egg, holding it up victoriously.

"DIGGORY! DIGGORY! DIGGORY!" the crowd was cheering loudly, and Cedric let the glory in. The dragon was restrained, and Cedric was hurried into the tent to be taken care of. He hadn't gotten off scot-free; he had a few burns and scratches that Madam Pomfrey could heal.

He was lying back in he's bed, watching Madam Pomfrey wave her wand about, as Rose came running in, a gorgeous smile on her face.

"You got great scores, Cedric!" she cried happily.

"Good, good, I'm just happy I wasn't burnt to a crisp," he replied.

Rose leaned over a kissed his cheek, avoiding the scar that was below it on his strong jaw.

"Everyone is so proud, and happy, me too! And just…ah!" she squealed, throwing her hands in the air, "that was just so cool!"

Cedric chuckled as he took her hand, rubbing circles on her palm.

"How's Harry?" he asked.

"A bit nervous, nothing his mates can't take care of, he's going out now."

"Think I have a chance at winning?"

Rose smiled warmly, touching his cheek wit her hand.

"Definitely."

It was a few hours later that they did find out that Cedric had indeed gotten the most amount of points. Rose was running around the library crying 'Diggory! Diggory!' as Madame Pince chased her out. Cedric was just happy he was still alive.

The next day!

"So, are you going to the Yule Ball?"

Lilly looked up at Draco and away from her book. What was all this about? Lilly was planning on going alone if anyone didn't ask her. The topic hadn't been bought up until now, and Lilly wondered if maybe he was going to ask her like he did in her silly daydreams.

"I, um, yes, I am going," she mumbled.

"Who with?" he sounded so sure of himself, Lilly was sure that her attraction to him was unwanted.

"No one, right now…"

Draco smiled. Lilly counted each smile as a blessing. He'd stopped smirking a few days ago, and was grinning with her now, except for when they were outside of the clock tower. He completely ignored her then.

"And you?"

"Going with Pansy."

Lilly snorted.

"Honestly? She's so… grotesque," Lilly scrunched up her nose.

"Rack off, she's alright," Draco chuckled.

"Good enough for the all mighty Draco Malfoy?" she taunted.

"Almost."

They laughed a little, the sound bouncing around the wooden walls. It had been one week since the first task, and Lilly hadn't a glimpse at Cedric and Rose since. Three guesses as to what they were doing.

"As long as you don't go with Weasel or something," it was Draco's turn to scrunch his nose up.

"Oh please, Ron's just a friend. Plus, he totally wants to go with Hermione," Lilly rolled her eyes.

"They hate each other," Draco said automatically.

"Not really, it's just they way they are. Trust me; they'll get together one day."

Draco have her a disbelieving look before shrugging and flipping through her books. He laid down on his back, holding her Hogwart's, A History above his face.

"Got dress robes already?" Lilly asked.

"Yeah, got sent a few days ago, what about you? Dress all sorted, then?"

"Not quite, I haven't picked one yet. Rose is supposed to take me shopping in an hour, if she comes up for air."

Draco snorted loudly before sitting up.

"Do you ever think they're moving too fast?" he wondered.

"In what, the physical stuff?"

"Yeah."

"Not really. I mean, they love each other, and stuff."

"It's just… Well; I worry about Rose sometimes, what with everything she's been through. You understand, right? You're her friend, too."

Lilly 'awed' in her head. That was just too cute. She placed a hand on his knee, and she swore she felt him shiver.

"I do care, but if there was anyone to trust her with, it would be Cedric."

Draco nodded, placing his hand atop hers. They gazed at their hands for a moment. Draco's was larger, with longer fingers, and Lilly's were smaller and definitely more feminine, with her fingernails painted a light pink.

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

The sound of loud, thundering footsteps came from the old staircase off to the right. Lilly jumped up, quickly collecting her books as her face flushed.

"Lilly, you're up here, yeah?" came the voice of Rose as she came into view from the stairs, "Malfoy?"

Draco seemed to become alert at his name, and leapt away from the ground, a sneer coming across his features.

"I came to get some quiet, something I failed on achieving," he glared at Lilly, but she could see the silent apology in his eyes.

The Slytherin boy pushed pass the girls and ran down the stairs. Rose looked at Lilly.

"What the fuck?" Rose said almost laughing.

"I'll explain later."

Lilly walked with Rose out of the school, and onto the snowy path that led to Hogsmeade.

"Is it later yet?"

Lilly sighed.

"Okay, so I was in the clock tower one Sunday…"

She continued to tell Rose all about how she and Draco had been hanging out and actually getting along. Rose was gaping by the end.

"Why didn't you tell me you loved Malfoy?" she cried.

Lilly slapped her arm lightly, telling her to be quiet.

"Oh come on, why didn't you tell me?" Rose asked again as they came into the town central.

"Because I knew you'd react like this," Lilly hissed angrily. "And I don't love him, there's a big defference between fancying and loving, you should know that.

"Fine, let's forget about it! Oo, what about that place over there? I love that color…," Rose murmured off, pulling Lilly into a store.

"What color do you want?" Rose asked.

"Any, except yellow, it clashes with my hair to much," Lilly replied.

"Yeah, true."

Rose pulled out a few lovely dresses, but Lilly just couldn't really get any of them. None fit her right, or weren't the right shade of red, or…

"NO!"

"Why not?" Rose whined.

"It's purple! Purple is shocking on me! You try it on, it would suit you!"

Rose rolled her eyes, but entered a changing room. She was still in there after ten minutes.

"Rosie, are you alright?" Lilly asked.

"Yeah, I just…" she sounded nervous.

"Come on, it can't look that ba.,"

Rose opened the door, and Lilly felt the air leave her. She looked absolutely radiant in the gown; Lilly knew she just had to get it.

"That's the one, right there," Lilly nodded furiously.

"You reckon? I was going to wear something shorter…"

"You know, just because something is short, doesn't make it beautiful," Lilly whispered, she was afraid of Rose's reaction.

Lilly always had this feeling that Rose wore her clothes short because she believed that would make her beautiful, or good enough, whatever you'd like to call it.

"Do you think…do you think Cedric will like it?" and Rose was, once again, an insecure girl who wanted to impress her boyfriend.

"He'll love it, and if he doesn't, I'll personally cut his balls off."

Rose laughed, that throaty, sensual sound that was so purely her and no one could ever impersonate.

The dress cost a pretty penny, but they both knew it was worth it. Now, all they had to do was to find something for Lilly. After a few more shops, Rose caught sight of a nice shade of blue in the back corner of a store. She looked at the dress, and fell in love with it.

"Oh how I wish Oscar de la Renta would come and give me the most amazing dress."

"Lills, I found it! Oh and that would never happen" Rose sang, running to her friends' side.

"Oh, I like that!" Lilly agreed.

Rose pushed Lilly into a stall. The Ravenclaw tried to dress on, and was so sure of it that she knew she would buy it. Rose gasped as she came out of the dressing room.

"My god, Lilly, it's perfect!" said Rose.

"I know! How much?"

Lilly turned around and Rose checked the tag.

"300 gallons,"

"WHAT?"

"It's cool, I'll pay for it."

"No way!"

Lilly turned back to face Rose, a stern look on her features.

"You're not paying for my dress."

"I am, you don't have enough and I do. Plus, I think you're little clock tower buddy would like it," Rose smirked as Lilly blushed.

Too easy.

AN - GO CEDRIC! DIGGOY! DIGGORY! GIDDORY! GIDDORY! WOO! Anyway, this chapter was uber long, the longest I think!