Disclaimer: I own Ainsley and Jada, the rest belong to JK.
I slowly got up and followed everyone out to the stadium. When I stepped into the chill November air, I wrapped my Gryffindor colored scarf tighter around my neck. I scanned the crowd in the bleachers, looking for somewhere to sit. I spotted Jada sitting next to Draco close to the bottom of the bleachers. At that moment I didn't care anymore if someone saw a Gryffindor and a Slytherin being friendly. I just wanted to be with my friend. A friend who cared about me and would stick by me. I walked right over to them and stood there.
"What the fuck are you doing there?" Draco snapped.
Jada whipped her head around to face him and said, "Draco shut it!!" I made the whipping motion with my hand. He scowled as she turned back to me. She smiled and told the Ravenclaw boy sitting next to her to 'sod off'. When he got up and left, I sat down.
"Hi." I said.
"Hello love." She smiled.
"Love?! What the bloody hell is going on?" Draco asked.
"Draco darling. Meet Ainsley Potter. The most wonderful girl I've ever met." Jada said, turning towards him. He snarled at me. I returned the snarl, sarcastically, and squeezed Jada's arm.
"I'll never associate with a Potter." He said coolly.
"Oh Draco, don't be such a baby." Jada said and kissed him gently. I smiled and thought of Cedric. I turned my head towards the tent he and Harry were in at that moment.
"Fine." I heard Draco say. I turned my head back around. "Hello."
"I promise I won't tell Harry you spoke to me." I smiled.
"Whatever." He said, and turned to talk to Crabbe. I sighed.
"How are you feeling?" Jada asked me.
"Like I'm going to cry and vomit at the same time. But I'm glad you are here."
"I'll always be here."
"I know, and I love you for that."
"Bitch you know I love you more." She said. I could do nothing but laugh. "That's what I like to see." She laughed. Just then the crowd gasped as they brought out the first dragon. I stared, wide eyed at it. It was enormous and terrifying. Then the crowd began to cheer and applaud like crazy. I looked towards the field. Cedric was first. I inhaled sharply and Jada grabbed my hand. I watched, panicked, as Cedric did everything he could to get past the dragon. I thought I was going to break Jada's fingers. The dragon breathed fire at Cedric, causing him to dive out of the way. He wasn't fast enough, because the fire had just grazed his arm. I screamed and covered my mouth. He jumped up and ran around the other side of the dragon, snatching the golden egg. The crowd roared and I lept out of my seat to watch him get his scores and go to the medical tent. I sat back down and we watched Fleur and Viktor take their turns. Finally it was Harry's turn. Jada grabbed my hand again.
"Oh man. Please be careful." I whispered. As Harry took his turn, he summoned his Firebolt and mounted it. I felt a little better, because Harry was amazing on his broom. He zoomed around the dragon, trying to get at the egg. The dragon raised its enormous spiked tail and swung it at Harry. I watched as it hit Harry in the shoulder. "HARRY!" I screamed and jumped out of my seat. Jada pulled me back down. Harry kept flying, trying to get the egg.
"Shhh." Jada said. "He's fine. Look! He got the egg!" Everyone was screaming and cheering.
"I've got to go to them." I said. I hugged Jada tightly and stumbled down the bleachers towards the tents. I ran into the medical tent and found Cedric lying on a bed, his arm wrapped in a bandage that was healing his burn.
"How are you?" I asked sitting down on his bed.
"Better now that you are here." He smiled. I leaned down to kiss him. Harry walked in.
"Erm...I'm sorry." He said as Cedric and I broke away. Cedric blushed as I got up and walked over to Harry.
"Your shoulder! Are you okay!?"
"He'll be fine as soon as I put some of this potion on it." Madame Pomfrey said rushing into the tent. "Dragons! Honestly, what is wrong with these people!?"
Cedric, Harry, and I laughed as she put some of the purple liquid on his shoulder. It sizzled and smoked. Harry's face looked as though the wound stung.
"There." She said, backing away. His arm was healed. Hermione and Ron came rushing into the tent patting Harry on the back and giving him his congratulations. When I sat back down on Cedric's bed, he took my hand and kissed it. I began to run his dark hair between my fingers.
"I love you so much Ainsley." He said, still holding my hand.
"I love you too." I smiled. I heard Hermione sigh deeply and I looked over at her. She was staring at us. "Is something wrong Hermione?"
"Hmm? Oh, no." She said, coming out of her trance. She tilted her head. "I just want what you two have."
I laughed lightly. "I promise you Hermione, that you will be so lucky to have the boy of your dreams come into your life. He might be right under your nose. Mine was." She smiled and nodded as Ludo Bagman came bursting into the tent.
"Good show boys! Well done!" He exclaimed and Viktor and Fleur came into the tent as well. "Now I have more information for the next task." He looked at Ron, Hermione, and I. That was our clue to leave. I got up and the three of us left the tent.
"This is pretty silly. They are going to tell us when they get out anyways." I said. Ron and Hermione snickered. A short while later everyone emerged from the tent with their golden eggs in hand.
"Next task isn't until February 24th, so we have all Christmas holiday to not worry about it." Harry said, sounding rather relieved.
"Well that's a good long ways away." Hermione said. "Now we can all focus on our studies."
"Hermione." We all groaned.
"What?" She asked, looking around at us. The next week went by slowly and my patience was being tested. Why was my patience being tested? Try having lots of little girls stopping you and your boyfriend when you are trying to get to class and asking your boyfriend for autographs. You'd get pretty antsy too right? One Friday morning, I'd finally had enough.
"You should have seen the look on old Sprout's face, she was horrified. Kevin blew up the plant. I've never laughed so hard." Cedric was telling me as we walked to Potions.
"I wish I had been there –"
"Oh Cedric! Cedric?" I heard a voice squeal.
"Damn it." I cursed under my breath. We stopped and turned around. There was a group of five second year girls.
"Yes?" He asked. Like he didn't know what they wanted. Come on.
"Will you sign this picture?" One of them asked excitedly. I looked at the picture. It was a picture of Cedric and I. It was a picture of Cedric and I in which my half of the picture had been torn off.
"Where did you get that?" I asked heatedly.
"Daily Prophet. Rita Skeeter put it in her article about the tournament." The blonde retorted.
"BITCH!" I screamed in my head. But to the girls I said, "Honestly girls, we are going to be late for class. Can't this wait?"
"No No. Ladies, what do you need?" Cedric said, cutting me off. Then he turned to me. "You go ahead to class, I'll just sign this for them and meet you there." What the hell did he just say?
"What?" I asked quizzically.
"Nothing wrong with a little loving to the fans. Bye Ainsley! See you soon." And he basically waved me off. Oh no he did not.
"Well then Mr. Diggory." I said firmly, causing him to turn around and look at me. "Obviously the only thing you seem to care about is this tournament and your fame. Well you can take your fame and glory and fucking SOD OFF." I shouted.
"What did you just say?" He asked quietly.
"You heard me. I did not stutter. I said to sod off."
"What the fuck Ainsley?"
"Exactly Cedric, 'What the fuck?'. Why have you turned all of a sudden into this power hungry celebrity?"
"Power hungry celebrity?!" Cedric yelled. By now the girls were staring at us, wide eyed. "Honestly Ainsley, you could at least be happy for me."
"Happy? Cedric, all I've ever been is happy for you. You damn well know that. But I will not have you casting me off to the side and throwing me in the shadows when some little fangirls come squealing your way. Sure Cedric, let me hold your books while you kiss babies." At the sound of 'fangirl' the girls' faces went sour.
"What, are you jealous Ainsley? Jealous I took away some of your Potter fame?" I felt my body tingle, that hurt my heart.
"How dare you." I said calmly, a lump rising in my throat. He glared at me. "You wouldn't say something like that if you truly love me." I turned and ran towards the dungeons, crying.
"Ainsley!" I heard Cedric yell, running after me. I kept running. He caught up with me and grabbed my shoulder to turn me around. "Typical Gryffindor." He glared at me. "They'll say anything to make themselves look good." I stopped crying and my jaw dropped. I looked him in the eyes, scowled, and reached a hand up. I slapped him clear across the cheek. Hard.
I slowly got up and followed everyone out to the stadium. When I stepped into the chill November air, I wrapped my Gryffindor colored scarf tighter around my neck. I scanned the crowd in the bleachers, looking for somewhere to sit. I spotted Jada sitting next to Draco close to the bottom of the bleachers. At that moment I didn't care anymore if someone saw a Gryffindor and a Slytherin being friendly. I just wanted to be with my friend. A friend who cared about me and would stick by me. I walked right over to them and stood there.
"What the fuck are you doing there?" Draco snapped.
Jada whipped her head around to face him and said, "Draco shut it!!" I made the whipping motion with my hand. He scowled as she turned back to me. She smiled and told the Ravenclaw boy sitting next to her to 'sod off'. When he got up and left, I sat down.
"Hi." I said.
"Hello love." She smiled.
"Love?! What the bloody hell is going on?" Draco asked.
"Draco darling. Meet Ainsley Potter. The most wonderful girl I've ever met." Jada said, turning towards him. He snarled at me. I returned the snarl, sarcastically, and squeezed Jada's arm.
"I'll never associate with a Potter." He said coolly.
"Oh Draco, don't be such a baby." Jada said and kissed him gently. I smiled and thought of Cedric. I turned my head towards the tent he and Harry were in at that moment.
"Fine." I heard Draco say. I turned my head back around. "Hello."
"I promise I won't tell Harry you spoke to me." I smiled.
"Whatever." He said, and turned to talk to Crabbe. I sighed.
"How are you feeling?" Jada asked me.
"Like I'm going to cry and vomit at the same time. But I'm glad you are here."
"I'll always be here."
"I know, and I love you for that."
"Bitch you know I love you more." She said. I could do nothing but laugh. "That's what I like to see." She laughed. Just then the crowd gasped as they brought out the first dragon. I stared, wide eyed at it. It was enormous and terrifying. Then the crowd began to cheer and applaud like crazy. I looked towards the field. Cedric was first. I inhaled sharply and Jada grabbed my hand. I watched, panicked, as Cedric did everything he could to get past the dragon. I thought I was going to break Jada's fingers. The dragon breathed fire at Cedric, causing him to dive out of the way. He wasn't fast enough, because the fire had just grazed his arm. I screamed and covered my mouth. He jumped up and ran around the other side of the dragon, snatching the golden egg. The crowd roared and I lept out of my seat to watch him get his scores and go to the medical tent. I sat back down and we watched Fleur and Viktor take their turns. Finally it was Harry's turn. Jada grabbed my hand again.
"Oh man. Please be careful." I whispered. As Harry took his turn, he summoned his Firebolt and mounted it. I felt a little better, because Harry was amazing on his broom. He zoomed around the dragon, trying to get at the egg. The dragon raised its enormous spiked tail and swung it at Harry. I watched as it hit Harry in the shoulder. "HARRY!" I screamed and jumped out of my seat. Jada pulled me back down. Harry kept flying, trying to get the egg.
"Shhh." Jada said. "He's fine. Look! He got the egg!" Everyone was screaming and cheering.
"I've got to go to them." I said. I hugged Jada tightly and stumbled down the bleachers towards the tents. I ran into the medical tent and found Cedric lying on a bed, his arm wrapped in a bandage that was healing his burn.
"How are you?" I asked sitting down on his bed.
"Better now that you are here." He smiled. I leaned down to kiss him. Harry walked in.
"Erm...I'm sorry." He said as Cedric and I broke away. Cedric blushed as I got up and walked over to Harry.
"Your shoulder! Are you okay!?"
"He'll be fine as soon as I put some of this potion on it." Madame Pomfrey said rushing into the tent. "Dragons! Honestly, what is wrong with these people!?"
Cedric, Harry, and I laughed as she put some of the purple liquid on his shoulder. It sizzled and smoked. Harry's face looked as though the wound stung.
"There." She said, backing away. His arm was healed. Hermione and Ron came rushing into the tent patting Harry on the back and giving him his congratulations. When I sat back down on Cedric's bed, he took my hand and kissed it. I began to run his dark hair between my fingers.
"I love you so much Ainsley." He said, still holding my hand.
"I love you too." I smiled. I heard Hermione sigh deeply and I looked over at her. She was staring at us. "Is something wrong Hermione?"
"Hmm? Oh, no." She said, coming out of her trance. She tilted her head. "I just want what you two have."
I laughed lightly. "I promise you Hermione, that you will be so lucky to have the boy of your dreams come into your life. He might be right under your nose. Mine was." She smiled and nodded as Ludo Bagman came bursting into the tent.
"Good show boys! Well done!" He exclaimed and Viktor and Fleur came into the tent as well. "Now I have more information for the next task." He looked at Ron, Hermione, and I. That was our clue to leave. I got up and the three of us left the tent.
"This is pretty silly. They are going to tell us when they get out anyways." I said. Ron and Hermione snickered. A short while later everyone emerged from the tent with their golden eggs in hand.
"Next task isn't until February 24th, so we have all Christmas holiday to not worry about it." Harry said, sounding rather relieved.
"Well that's a good long ways away." Hermione said. "Now we can all focus on our studies."
"Hermione." We all groaned.
"What?" She asked, looking around at us. The next week went by slowly and my patience was being tested. Why was my patience being tested? Try having lots of little girls stopping you and your boyfriend when you are trying to get to class and asking your boyfriend for autographs. You'd get pretty antsy too right? One Friday morning, I'd finally had enough.
"You should have seen the look on old Sprout's face, she was horrified. Kevin blew up the plant. I've never laughed so hard." Cedric was telling me as we walked to Potions.
"I wish I had been there –"
"Oh Cedric! Cedric?" I heard a voice squeal.
"Damn it." I cursed under my breath. We stopped and turned around. There was a group of five second year girls.
"Yes?" He asked. Like he didn't know what they wanted. Come on.
"Will you sign this picture?" One of them asked excitedly. I looked at the picture. It was a picture of Cedric and I. It was a picture of Cedric and I in which my half of the picture had been torn off.
"Where did you get that?" I asked heatedly.
"Daily Prophet. Rita Skeeter put it in her article about the tournament." The blonde retorted.
"BITCH!" I screamed in my head. But to the girls I said, "Honestly girls, we are going to be late for class. Can't this wait?"
"No No. Ladies, what do you need?" Cedric said, cutting me off. Then he turned to me. "You go ahead to class, I'll just sign this for them and meet you there." What the hell did he just say?
"What?" I asked quizzically.
"Nothing wrong with a little loving to the fans. Bye Ainsley! See you soon." And he basically waved me off. Oh no he did not.
"Well then Mr. Diggory." I said firmly, causing him to turn around and look at me. "Obviously the only thing you seem to care about is this tournament and your fame. Well you can take your fame and glory and fucking SOD OFF." I shouted.
"What did you just say?" He asked quietly.
"You heard me. I did not stutter. I said to sod off."
"What the fuck Ainsley?"
"Exactly Cedric, 'What the fuck?'. Why have you turned all of a sudden into this power hungry celebrity?"
"Power hungry celebrity?!" Cedric yelled. By now the girls were staring at us, wide eyed. "Honestly Ainsley, you could at least be happy for me."
"Happy? Cedric, all I've ever been is happy for you. You damn well know that. But I will not have you casting me off to the side and throwing me in the shadows when some little fangirls come squealing your way. Sure Cedric, let me hold your books while you kiss babies." At the sound of 'fangirl' the girls' faces went sour.
"What, are you jealous Ainsley? Jealous I took away some of your Potter fame?" I felt my body tingle, that hurt my heart.
"How dare you." I said calmly, a lump rising in my throat. He glared at me. "You wouldn't say something like that if you truly love me." I turned and ran towards the dungeons, crying.
"Ainsley!" I heard Cedric yell, running after me. I kept running. He caught up with me and grabbed my shoulder to turn me around. "Typical Gryffindor." He glared at me. "They'll say anything to make themselves look good." I stopped crying and my jaw dropped. I looked him in the eyes, scowled, and reached a hand up. I slapped him clear across the cheek. Hard.