Chapter 2. Cedric Diggory.
Cedric pulled his heavy cloak on, pulling it over his shoulders and fastening it meticulously. He couldn't get the lovely picture of Cho Chang out of his mind. Not that he really wanted to...her beautiful black hair, shimmering blue and deep... But not matter how gorgeous the picture, they just weren't helping him as he tried to concentrate on practicing for Quidditch. Even though there was no Quiditch this year... But he still found no better place to escape to than the sky.
Her image pleasantly haunted his mind, her soft eyes sparkling with a smile. He sighed, but a Ravenclaw wouldn't go out with a Hufflepuff if her life depended on it. Well, a Ravenclaw might...a Slytherin probably wouldn't. Then again, Cho wasn't a Slytherin, so Cedric's heart rose in his chest, maybe he had a chance!
But how could he be worrying about girls with the second task pressing in on his mind? He sighed again as he thought about the little golden egg. It was a puzzle all right...a Ravenclaw would figure it out easily...Cho was a Ravenclaw...
That's all his mind seemed to be able to do lately, circle around and around Cho Chang. She was a virius, but a sweet one at that. Cedric shook his golden hair out of his eyes and mounted his broom. He pushed roughly off of the ground. His cloak flapped behind him as he took a few rounds of the Quiddtich pitch.
"You want me to let it go now?" a fellow Hufflepuff Quiditch player yelled, trying to be heard by the young man soaring above his head.
"Sure, anytime you're ready." He called back, trying to focus on the muggle golf ball the boy was bewtiching to fly around like a Golden Snitch. The boy nodded, pleased with his work, and released the golf ball. It dissapeared from sight instantly.
"Thanks!" Cedric bellowed, the boy nodded and trooped back inside, out of the cold.
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"OH! Look it's Cedric!" Angelina squealed, smoothing out her hair and tugging on her shirt so it showed off her figure better.
Cedric didn't hear anything, he was too busy trying to make up his mind whether or not to ask Cho to the Yule Ball... He walked past Angelina and into the Great Hall for dinner.
Fred Weasley huffed, "So what if it is?" He wasn't pleased lately that Cedric was getting so much attention by his female friends.
Angelina smirked at him, "You're just jealous."
"Of what!?" His flashed with green fire.
Angelina smiled knowingly and flounced off, Fred followed after her, pestering her for an answer.
Cedric plopped down at the Hufflepuff table, breathing deeply, he began collecting his meal. He didn't hear the giggles and whispers the girls were eargerly passing around behind him. Mark Brennan, a fellow Hufflepuff and friend of Cedric's sat himself down beside Cedric.
"Yo Ced..." he began.
Cedric didn't answer.
"Cedric!?" He waved a hand in front of his friend's face.
"Oh! Hey Mark," Cedric smiled at his friend. "I was off in La-La-Land."
Mark chuckled, "Ah, don't worry about it, everyone has their moments. So..uh.. ya asked her yet?"
Cedric sighed and shook his head.
"Man! She's going to get asked by aother dude, and then what?" Mark pushed Cedric's shoulder. "Then what!?"
"I don't know!" he snapped at Mark, tired of his constant badgering...
"Well," Mark said matter-of-factly. "This is what'll happen if you don't ask her soon. You'll have to go to the ball with a little, probably not as nice as Cho, girl, who only wants to be on your arm because she's been convinced by all of her little friends you're hot... not that you're not one hot man..." Mark shrugged. "You know what I mean... But! That's not the worst part. The ENTIRE night of the Ball, you'll have to watch the girl you love in another man's arms, being happy....Do you REALLY want that?"
Cedric shook his head, "No, of course not."
"Good!"
Cedric sat silent for a minute.
"WELL!?" Mark yelled in his ear.
"Well, I'm getting bloody tired of you!" Cedric stood up and stormed off, abandoning his dinner and friend. Mark's laughter rang in his ears all the way out of the Great Hall. He stomped through the halls, and around corners until at one corner he rammed into a girl. She almost fell over, but Cedric had a seeker's reflexes and quickly caught her.
Not until she was in his arms did he see exactly who it was. Cho Chang's face was complete shock. Cedric gulped and helped her stand up, quickly withdrawing his arms from around her. Even though they ached to hold on.
"I'm sorry." They both blurted.
"It was my fault." they said together again.
They both let out a nervous giggle.
"I'm sorry, I should have been looking where I was going..." Cedric finally said, a smile growning on his face.
Cho shook her head, "It's just as much my fault."
They stood in silence for a few moments, when Cedric heard someone saying,
"Would you go to the Yule Ball with me?" It took him a few moments to realize he'd said that...and to realize she had answered.
"I'm sorry. What?" He said, listening this time.
Cho smiled and nodded. "I'd love to."
"Oh."
-=- End. -=-
Cedric pulled his heavy cloak on, pulling it over his shoulders and fastening it meticulously. He couldn't get the lovely picture of Cho Chang out of his mind. Not that he really wanted to...her beautiful black hair, shimmering blue and deep... But not matter how gorgeous the picture, they just weren't helping him as he tried to concentrate on practicing for Quidditch. Even though there was no Quiditch this year... But he still found no better place to escape to than the sky.
Her image pleasantly haunted his mind, her soft eyes sparkling with a smile. He sighed, but a Ravenclaw wouldn't go out with a Hufflepuff if her life depended on it. Well, a Ravenclaw might...a Slytherin probably wouldn't. Then again, Cho wasn't a Slytherin, so Cedric's heart rose in his chest, maybe he had a chance!
But how could he be worrying about girls with the second task pressing in on his mind? He sighed again as he thought about the little golden egg. It was a puzzle all right...a Ravenclaw would figure it out easily...Cho was a Ravenclaw...
That's all his mind seemed to be able to do lately, circle around and around Cho Chang. She was a virius, but a sweet one at that. Cedric shook his golden hair out of his eyes and mounted his broom. He pushed roughly off of the ground. His cloak flapped behind him as he took a few rounds of the Quiddtich pitch.
"You want me to let it go now?" a fellow Hufflepuff Quiditch player yelled, trying to be heard by the young man soaring above his head.
"Sure, anytime you're ready." He called back, trying to focus on the muggle golf ball the boy was bewtiching to fly around like a Golden Snitch. The boy nodded, pleased with his work, and released the golf ball. It dissapeared from sight instantly.
"Thanks!" Cedric bellowed, the boy nodded and trooped back inside, out of the cold.
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"OH! Look it's Cedric!" Angelina squealed, smoothing out her hair and tugging on her shirt so it showed off her figure better.
Cedric didn't hear anything, he was too busy trying to make up his mind whether or not to ask Cho to the Yule Ball... He walked past Angelina and into the Great Hall for dinner.
Fred Weasley huffed, "So what if it is?" He wasn't pleased lately that Cedric was getting so much attention by his female friends.
Angelina smirked at him, "You're just jealous."
"Of what!?" His flashed with green fire.
Angelina smiled knowingly and flounced off, Fred followed after her, pestering her for an answer.
Cedric plopped down at the Hufflepuff table, breathing deeply, he began collecting his meal. He didn't hear the giggles and whispers the girls were eargerly passing around behind him. Mark Brennan, a fellow Hufflepuff and friend of Cedric's sat himself down beside Cedric.
"Yo Ced..." he began.
Cedric didn't answer.
"Cedric!?" He waved a hand in front of his friend's face.
"Oh! Hey Mark," Cedric smiled at his friend. "I was off in La-La-Land."
Mark chuckled, "Ah, don't worry about it, everyone has their moments. So..uh.. ya asked her yet?"
Cedric sighed and shook his head.
"Man! She's going to get asked by aother dude, and then what?" Mark pushed Cedric's shoulder. "Then what!?"
"I don't know!" he snapped at Mark, tired of his constant badgering...
"Well," Mark said matter-of-factly. "This is what'll happen if you don't ask her soon. You'll have to go to the ball with a little, probably not as nice as Cho, girl, who only wants to be on your arm because she's been convinced by all of her little friends you're hot... not that you're not one hot man..." Mark shrugged. "You know what I mean... But! That's not the worst part. The ENTIRE night of the Ball, you'll have to watch the girl you love in another man's arms, being happy....Do you REALLY want that?"
Cedric shook his head, "No, of course not."
"Good!"
Cedric sat silent for a minute.
"WELL!?" Mark yelled in his ear.
"Well, I'm getting bloody tired of you!" Cedric stood up and stormed off, abandoning his dinner and friend. Mark's laughter rang in his ears all the way out of the Great Hall. He stomped through the halls, and around corners until at one corner he rammed into a girl. She almost fell over, but Cedric had a seeker's reflexes and quickly caught her.
Not until she was in his arms did he see exactly who it was. Cho Chang's face was complete shock. Cedric gulped and helped her stand up, quickly withdrawing his arms from around her. Even though they ached to hold on.
"I'm sorry." They both blurted.
"It was my fault." they said together again.
They both let out a nervous giggle.
"I'm sorry, I should have been looking where I was going..." Cedric finally said, a smile growning on his face.
Cho shook her head, "It's just as much my fault."
They stood in silence for a few moments, when Cedric heard someone saying,
"Would you go to the Yule Ball with me?" It took him a few moments to realize he'd said that...and to realize she had answered.
"I'm sorry. What?" He said, listening this time.
Cho smiled and nodded. "I'd love to."
"Oh."
-=- End. -=-
