Author's Note: So…here is the chapter that reveals it all….hope you like it, more on Saturday 

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"You're perfect...I...I mean I'm..." she stuttered, blushing as the words slipped out of her lips before she could stop them. Cedric grinned somewhat shyly and looked up at the sky, grinning.

Snow started to fall from the sky and he looked back down at her. Suddenly, she wrapped her arms around his neck and said, "Kiss me, it's beginning to snow."

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Cedric's heart skipped a beat as he slowly leaned his head down, hesitating for only a moment to make sure he wasn't dreaming before softly pressing his lips on her own.

Faye had to stop herself from screaming as she felt his warm, moist lips on hers. She leaned her head to the side and deepened the kiss as he pulled her closer.

She had waited so long for this moment to happen, and finally, after nearly 4 years, he was here, kissing her! And it was real this time...not just another dream. She pulled back a moment later, as if to remind him that this WAS only her first kiss, and smiled at him.

"I love you," he whispered, and she stared at him, wide-eyed.

"W-What?" she stammered.

"I love you Faye," he repeated, "I love you, I love you, I love you."

She suddenly fell against him and started crying. "What...what is it?" he asked, holding her in his arms.

"You can't love me...you can't!" she cried brokenly against his chest, tears gushing out of her eyes.

"Why?" he asked, holding her tighter. "Why can't I love you?"

"Oh Cedric...it's awful," she sobbed, "I can't love anyone...I can't...and I can't let you love me, it wouldn't be fair for you," Faye mumbled, running her words together.

"Why?" he asked again. She shook her head and continued to cry.

After a few moments, she mumbled brokenly, "I have AIDS."

"You...you what?" Cedric asked, his voice alarmed, pulling back from Faye to look her in the eyes. Faye sobbed even harder, sinking down onto a log and burying her face in her hands.

"AIDS...Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome," she said, her voice muffled by her hands. "I was born with it...my grandmother had it and passed it down. That's why...you can't love me, no one can love me!"

When Cedric was silent Faye realized her worst fears were coming alive, he was afraid of her now. She knew that he would back away the moment she told him, and yet she had hoped that maybe she was wrong...

"Please, say something," she mumbled, looking up at him.

He kneeled down beside her and whispered, "I don't care."

"But think about it Cedric...we won't be able to have a normal relationship...and if we do, in the future, end up married, we'll never be able to have kids, or...do anything!" Faye exclaimed.

"I don't care," he repeated, taking her hand in his. "I love you...no disease is going to change that."

She smiled at him but shook her head. "I can't do this to you," she whispered.

"Let me decide what happens to me Faye," he whispered, placing a hand on her cheek, "Do...do you know how long?"

She shook her head. "The doctor said that I could get sick at any time...it's so unpredictable," she told him, loving the warm feeling of his hand on her cheek.

"Ok, then we need to make every minute count from now on," Cedric said, standing up and pulling her up with him.

She smiled and hugged him tightly; resting her head on his shoulder. "I love you," she mumbled.

Cedric smiled and kissed her temple, pulling her tight to him, "I love you too Faye," he whispered, a few unwanted tears springing to his eyes.

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"I told him!" Faye exclaimed, pacing the dorm. She was telling Faye all about the visit to Hogsmeade. "And he said he didn't care!"

"Oh Faye!" Hailey exclaimed, smiling broadly at her friend, "And just to think...if it weren't for me this would've never happened."

Faye brushed off what Hailey said because she knew all along that she was setting them up. "I love him so much," she sighed, falling back onto the bed and closing her eyes.

Hailey took this moment to steal away and give Faye some time to herself. "Oh my god, what am I doing here? I should be with him!" she exclaimed to herself, but then she saw that it was almost midnight and sighed.

Hailey walked downstairs into the common room and saw Cedric sitting by himself in front of the fire. She walked over and sat beside him. "So...you heard," she said.

"Yeah I did," he told her quietly, "And to tell you the truth, I'm scared out of my mind."

"Of course you are," she replied. "I would be too...but you love her, right?"

He nodded. "Of course."

"I love her more than I thought possible Hailey, words can't even describe the way I feel" he said, staring off into the fire.

"You'll figure something out then," Hailey told him, patting him on the shoulder.

He nodded. "I'm just afraid that...you know she could die any minute without warning," he said quietly, tears springing to his eyes.

"So am I," Hailey whispered before getting up and walking back up to the dorms to find Faye sound asleep, a content smile on her lips.