The maze closed up and she couldn't help but scream a little. It looked as though the maze was going to swallow him up.
She squeezed Hailey's hand tightly as they waited and waited.
The first to come out of the maze was Fleur Delacour, then Viktor Krum. Faye let out a shaky sigh, looking over at Hailey with worried eyes.
Suddenly she got lightheaded, gasping for air and clutching her chest. She could hear the screams from Hailey and various people in the crowd but all she felt was the ground as she fainted.
"Oh, my god!" Hailey screamed. "SOMEONE HELP!" Immediately, a few students and teachers offered to take Faye to the hospital wing but told Hailey she had to stay behind.
They ushered her out of the stadium and Hailey began to cry, worrying that her best friend would die. She looked back into the maze, hoping that Cedric would get back soon.
After about a half hour, red sparks were shot up from the center of the maze and Cedric emerged. Hailey immediately jumped up and ran to him, tears spilling from her eyes. "CEDRIC!" she shouted.
The teachers held her back as she tried to go out to him, Hailey struggling to get away from them, but to no avail, "CEDRIC!" she cried again, this time louder.
Cedric hurried toward her. "Hailey!" he exclaimed as the teachers got out of the way. "What's wrong? Where's Faye?"
"Cedric she...she," she stuttered, not able to say it.
"Hailey, concentrate! What happened?" he asked, taking her by the shoulders and looking her in the eyes, forgetting about the pain in his side.
"She fainted...halfway through the task," she sobbed. "And she's sick...she's really sick!"
Cedric felt a pit drop in the bottom of his stomach at that moment, his face growing ghostly pale as he made a dash for the school, shoving past anyone who tried to stop him.
He ran straight up to the hospital wing and over to Faye's side. "Oh, God," he mumbled, seeing her hooked up to all sorts of tubes. "Faye...oh God."
Mr. Diggory you shouldn't be in here!" Madame Pomfrey scolded, walking over to him, "It's you who caused this in the first place."
"I'm not leaving her!" He cried, touching Faye's hand but immediately withdrawing it. "She's freezing...why isn't anyone doing anything to make her warm?"
"Mr. Diggory we are doing all that we can! You've caused enough trouble already!" Madame Pomfrey exclaimed, drawing the curtain around Faye.
He backed away and sank onto the bed next to Faye's. Hailey came running into the Hospital wing and walked over to him. "What does she mean, I caused this?" he asked softly.
Hailey's eyes grew wide as she sat down next to Cedric, placing her hand on his shoulder. "You see..." she started, pursing her lips as she tried to think of the right words.
She took a deep breath and told him everything Faye had told her that morning. By the end, Cedric was in tears, leaning on Hailey for support.
"Why didn't I notice? Why couldn't I restrain myself?" he sobbed, his face blotchy from crying so much.
"Shhhh, Shhhh, there was no way for you to know Cedric," Hailey whispered, letting him cry into her chest.
"And now...she may die...and it's all my fault!" he cried, his shoulders shaking with the intensity of his sobs.
"Cedric..." came Faye's voice from behind the curtain.
He immediately jumped up and threw back the curtain. "I'm here, baby," he mumbled, kissing her forehead. "I'm here."
"Please don't blame yourself, please don't," Faye whispered, her eyelids heavy as sleep threatened to take over her again, "I wanted it just as much as you did," she choked out, tears forming in her eyes.
He couldn't bring himself to say anything. "Cedric, hold me," she mumbled. He leaned down and held her in his arms.
Tears fell down his cheeks and into her hair as she slowly fell asleep in his arms. "Mr. Diggory, may I suggest you go and...clean up, since you insist on staying here with her?" Madame Pomfrey asked a few hours later as Cedric watched Faye sleep.
He reluctantly nodded, kissing Faye's forehead lightly before leaving. When he got into the common room, he found Hailey sitting in front of the fire, crying silently.
"Hey, is she alright?" Hailey asked, wiping her eyes as dry as she could.
"She's no worse than she was before, let's just put it that way," Cedric said, sighing, "I'm going to take a shower, you know, clean up."
Hailey nodded. "Listen, Cedric...it isn't your fault," she began and Cedric nodded.
"I'll be back down in about an hour," he mumbled before running up the stairs.
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Cedric walked quietly into the hospital wing, looking down on Faye as she sat, reading a book. "Hey you, do you feel better?" he asked, sitting down besides her and smoothing the hair out of her face.
"Yeah...I still gotta stay here...Madame Pomfrey's going crazy," she said, smiling at him.
"You look so much better," he said, cupping her cheek. She smiled up at him, her eyes bright even though her skin looked somewhat sallow.
"I love you," she said. "And I have no regrets."
He smiled back at her. "I love you so much," he replied, kissing her lips softly.
"You should get to sleep, it's late," Cedric mumbled, standing up. "Where are you going?" she asked, her voice having a sense of urgency in it.
"Back to my dorm...Madame Pomfrey will have a fit if I stay," he replied. Her eyes grew wide.
"Stay with me," she pleaded.
He sighed and looked over to her door, shrugging before setting himself down in the bed next to Faye, "I'll be here love, I promise," he said, reaching for her hand from across the small distance.
She smiled and closed her eyes, squeezing his hand slightly. "Thank you," she whispered before falling into a dreamless sleep.
Cedric closed his eyes, laying his head back on his pillow before trying to fall asleep, but it was hard, he kept worrying about Faye. In the end, he sighed, getting up and scooting himself in next to her.
He saw a small smile grace her lips as she snuggled closer to him. He wrapped his arms around her and rested his head on hers and finally falling asleep.