A week has passed since Hermione's display in the Great Hall. Cedric had made it apparent that he wasn't please with her by insulting her in every possible way. Just this morning he had called her fat. Well, he hadn't exactly said the magic word although; he implied it by giving her a South Witch Diet book. And, that infuriated her to no end.
"Hannah," Hermione called the young Hufflepuff. "Can you give this to Cedric; tell him it's from Hermione Jane Granger, with love." She held out a small box. Her smile promised nothing but trouble.
"Alright," Hannah Abbott reluctantly took the box from her.
"Thanks!"
An hour later, a frightened yell was heard at the Hufflepuff's boy dormitory.
"That Granger," Cedric grumbled. "She'll pay for this." He had thought that snakes, spiders, worms, or cockroaches would be inside the box. But instead of freaky creatures, it was a clown that came out of it. And, Jack in the box had scared the daylights out of Cedric. One point for the book worm!
"You…you…scream…like a…girl," Scott managed to gasp out while clutching his stomach. Peter wasn't faring much better. He was on the floor rolling with laughter. It seemed that the girl could bring out the side of Cedric none had ever known.
"I do not!" The two idiots just ignored his indignant reply and continued on making fun of him. Humiliated and angered, Cedric left to search for Hermione. He ran to the library and was disappointed to find that she wasn't there. He'd looked everywhere he could think of but still no sign of her. Fortunately, he saw Ginny Weasly coming out of the Gryffindor common room and had asked her where Hermione was. The youngest Weasley had told him to try the Astronomy Tower. So, there he was now standing and staring in awe at Hermione, who was looking out the scenery seeming like a goddess under the moonlight.
'She truly is beautiful,' he thought. He was stepping forward as if in trance when Hermione suddenly turned around. Cedric became more captivated. Her eyes looked like they were begging him to come closer. And so, he did. Unable to resist himself, he touched her rosy cheek and caressed it softly with his thumb while Hermione watched him curiously. Then, her eyes closed flutteringly in bliss and Cedric leaned forward and captured her luscious lips with his own. Then, as if the spell was broken, they pulled away from each other.
"Why are you doing this?" Hermione asked thoroughly confused with Cedric's behavior for the past week and for the sweet kiss he just gave her.
"I want a real clown for my birthday," Cedric said with a serious face. He left quietly leaving Hermione thinking 'What the hell had just happened?"
A/N: Thank you Dark-Days and Setsuna Bu. And, forgive me for my grammar. I still feel uncomfortable writing in English.