"The Durmstrang champion is...Viktor Krum!"

Everyone clapped for Viktor as he got up and shook Dumbledore's hand briefly before retreating to a room behind the Great Hall.

Next Dumbledore announced that Fleur Delacour was to be the Beauxbatons champion, the girl walking into the backroom a moment later. The whole Great Hall grew silent as they waited to hear who the Hogwart's champion would be.

"The Hogwarts champion is...Cedric Diggory!" Dumbledore exclaimed and the whole Hall erupted into loud cheers.

Faye clapped as Cedric got up from their table, a smile shining bright on his face as he walked down the aisle, his eyes briefly meeting Faye's before he continued on.

"I knew he'd get it!" Hailey exclaimed quietly as Dumbledore spoke to them once more. Suddenly, everyone was quiet again as another paper shot out of the Goblet of Fire.

"HARRY POTTER!" He yelled after a moment. Faye's eyes darted to the young boy sitting over with his friends.

She couldn't believe it. Harry was going to take all the glory away from Cedric. He received a glare from almost all the Hogwarts students before following the other champion's footsteps into the backroom.

She sighed as the Hall started to thin out, students all walking off to their dorms to discuss this. She didn't know why she was angry at Harry...it wasn't like she was on good terms with Cedric at the moment.

That night there was a huge party in the Hufflepuff common room that kept everyone up until three in the morning.

Faye remained in the corner with her book pretty much the whole time, trying to drown out everyone's cheering and laughing, but it was hard. She sighed and wished she could be like Hailey and Lissa, who were having a blast, flirting with everyone, dancing with everyone, but she wasn't.

A few times she saw Cedric out of the corner of her eye, gazing at her. Sometimes she would peek up from her book and gaze intently at him. She just couldn't help herself.

At around 12 o'clock she overheard her name in a conversation and her ears perked up as she tried to listen for more.

"...Faye still really likes you," Hailey was saying to Cedric. "She's just been afraid ever since that day on the train."

Faye let out a silent gasp and squeezed her eyes tightly shut, hoping she was just hearing things...Hailey wouldn't do this to her...she knew how shy she was when it came to Cedric!

"Why did she say no?" Cedric asked and Faye felt her heart begin to race.

There was a silence until Hailey said softly, "I can't tell you."

Faye let herself breathe again and she got up, going over to the bookcase and putting the book back as a hand was placed on her shoulder. She looked around to see Zacharias Smith behind her.

"Hey, Zacharias," she said, staring at him questioningly. She had no idea he even knew she existed.

"Hey Faye, there's a Hogsmeade weekend coming up, I was wondering if maybe you wanted to come with me?" he asked, not sounding nervous at all. He was a 5th or 6th year...Faye could never remember.

"Um...I don't know you...at all," she said slowly, catching Cedric looking over at them from where he stood with Hailey.

"Exactly...maybe we could get to know each other a little better," he said, his hand still on her shoulder. Cedric was still staring at them and she felt the color rise in her cheeks.

"C...could I maybe think about it?" Faye asked, slightly stuttering, and very nervous, seeing how close they were to each other.

"Sure," he said, moving away slightly. "Just let me know about it, ok?" She nodded and waved goodbye before hurrying up the steps.

Once she was in the safety of her room she sighed and sat down on her bed, her brow furrowed in thought. Why would he want to go out with her anyways?

A few minutes later, Hailey came into the room. "Well?" she asked expectantly. "What did you say?"

"I told him I needed to think, what was I supposed to say Lee?" Faye said, still thinking, "Why did he ask me anyways...and WHY were you talking to Cedric about how I felt?"

Hailey sighed and sat down next to her. "He wanted to know what was going on with you," she began. "Don't worry, I didn't tell him anything," she added hurriedly, seeing the look on Faye's face.

"Thank you Lee...now, about Zacharias...what should I tell him? I mean I flat out refused Cedric when I'm head over heels with the boy...and yet here I am contemplating this guy's proposal when I don't even know him!" Faye exclaimed quietly.

Hailey averted her eyes and said, "Yeah, I think you should do it." Faye looked at her suspiciously. "What aren't you telling me?"

She frowned and looked at Faye, opening and closing her mouth as if she wanted to tell her something. Finally she opened it, "Well..." she started to say.

"It's a setup, isn't it?" Faye asked. Hailey wouldn't meet her eyes and Faye sighed. "I should have known!"

"W...why would he do that?" Faye asked, her voice laced with hurt as she gazed at Hailey, "Lee, tell me!"

Hailey sat down on the bed and looked over at Faye. "Cedric and Zach have had it all planned out for about a week...ever since the Hogsmeade trip was announced," she said and Faye sighed. "I've been in on it basically the whole time."

"But what did they plan to accomplish by doing this?" Faye demanded, jumping up from the bed and pacing the floor in front of where Hailey sat.

"Zach was going to try and find out what's wrong with you," Hailey began. Faye laughed a little and shook her head. "It took me 5 years to tell you, what makes him think I'm gonna tell someone I've never met!" she exclaimed, still pacing.

"Faye, understand, they don't even know how deep it goes...they think it's something as simple as you don't like Cedric's hair or something," Hailey said, sighing.

"If only it were that simple," Faye mumbled, looking down at the floor.

Hailey stood up and walked over to Faye, placing her hand on her back and rubbing it up and down, "It's ok Faye," she whispered.

Faye sighed and looked up. "So should I tell him yes? No?" she asked, but before Hailey could reply she continued, "You know what? I'm going to go down there and tell them both to fuck off!"

Before Hailey could stop her, Faye was halfway down the stairs. She saw Zacharias and Cedric sitting in front of the fire, talking.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before walking down from the stairs and straight over to them before she lost her nerve.