A/N: Another day, another update. Thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, hope this one is up to snuff. I'm throwing in a disclaimer because I haven't had one since chapter one. Disclaimer: Though I wish I did, I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters, other than the ones I have created myself, and the views expressed are of the author...I don't know what that means, I've just seen it a lot at the beginning of movies. I credit you JK Rowling, for creating Cedric. Oh, and the whole Harry Potter series.

Heartbreak lullaby...
In the still of the night,
I can almost feel you lying next to me,
Like it used to be,
And its hard to let go,
When there's always something there reminding me,
How things could be,
I've tried to get you off my mind,
I've tried to play my part,
But everytime I close my eyes,
You're still inside my heart,
Why can't I laugh?
Why must I cry?
Everytime we say good-bye,
Why does it rain,
Here in my heart,
Everyday that we're apart,
Why can't it be,
Just you and me,
What will it take to make you see,
These are the words,
To my Heartbreak Lullaby,
Like the stars in the sky,
You still keep on shining down you're light on me,
But out of reach,
And I know that in time,
You will come back to your senses,
See the signs,
And change your mind,
I try to look the other way,
And keep my heart on hold,
But everytime I'm close to you,
I lose my self-control,
Why can't I laugh?
Why must I cry?
Everytime we say good-bye,
Why does it rain,
Here in my heart,
Everyday that we're apart,
Why can't it be,
Just you and me,
What will it take to make you see,
These are the words,
To my Heartbreak Lullaby,
Why can't I laugh?
Why must i cry?
Give me just one good reason why..
Why does it rain
Here in my heart,
Everyday that we're apart,
Why can't it be,
Just you and me,
What will it take to make you see,
These are the words,
To my Heartbreak Lullaby...

-A-Teens

Blue Roses.

Chapter six: Sing me a lullaby.

Skye ran down the corridor, her only thoughts were of Brayden. She ran down stairs, and SMACK into a suit of armor, which cursed at her as she continued running. She reached the portrait to the Hufflepuff common room, said the password ("Health and Harmony!") and stepped inside, breathless. She saw Brayden challenging one of his friends in a heated game of wizard chess, more of his friends surrounding him cheering as the chess pieces struck each other. Skye sighed, knowing that she felt bad breaking his apparent happiness. She stood at the door, staring at him momentarily, seeing him let out a loud cheer of excitement as he won the game. He stood up and walked over to her, his expression changing from ecstatic to upset as he saw the look on her face.

"Skye? What's wrong?" he placed a hand on her shoulder, and she felt electricity shoot through her arm at his gentle touch. She turned away.

"Can we talk?"

"Of course," he said, walking through the portrait hole. "What's up?"

"Its...its..." Skye looked down at her toes, a tear falling from her eyes. "Its Lynelle. She's..."

Skye began bawling uncontrollably, knowing she was about to break Brayden's eternal, perfect smile. His happiness that he spread to others. Being around him was a natural high, and Skye knew that was partially because of his perfect relationship with Lynelle.

Skye looked up into Brayden's bright blue eyes (A/N: Yes, Cedric's are grey, but I thought Brayden sounded better with blue) and said, "She's cheating on you."

- - -

Travis O'Grady walked up the stairs to the boys dormitories, before absent-mindedly lying down. He rubbed his forehead. He had a headache, and no memory of the past hour.

It must be a sickness, he thought. I'll go visit Madam Pomfrey tomorrow.

He had wondered how on earth he had showed up in Dumbledore's office, being told off for dueling, which he didn't do. He rolled over, wondering what on earth was wrong with him. This had been the second time this week he had had an odd blackout, and ended up in Dumbledore's office. He shut his eyes and was in a state of half-sleep when he heard a noise by his bed.

"I'm not done with you yet, Travis. Imperio ."

Travis's eyes opened, and they had turned an odd shade of light blue. He sat up quickly, and like a robot stepped out of his bed and down to the common room, a look of maniacal happiness on his face.

- - -

Brayden's face sank, a look of desperation in his face. He then broke into a smile.

"Very funny, Skye. Good joke. Is Lynelle gonna pop out of that suit of armor and wish me a Merry Christmas? Yeah! That's it! That's why you guys were talking earlier, it's all a plan! You're good, really good..."

"Brayden. This is no joke. This is real."

Brayden grabbed her by the shoulders, shaking her as if he were about to shake the truth out of her.

"Brayden, please..."

"Show me."

Skye grabbed Brayden by the wrist, and ran back past the suit of armor, up the stairwell, and down the corridor. She stopped when she was by the classroom. She heard moaning coming from it.

"Brayden, if you still don't believe me, you can open that door and have your heart ripped in two. Or, you can believe me, and deal with her tomorrow."

Brayden stared between the door and Skye, desperation in his eyes. He walked towards the door, and opened it slowly. Skye heard a feminine scream, and Brayden slammed the door, his eyes wide, face pale like a ghost. He fell to his knees, and fell onto the floor in the fetal position. He began biting his fingers, then clawing the floor. He managed to rip up one of the tiles, and he began to hit himself with it. He stood up, took the helmet off a suit of armor and threw it down the corridor. He took his wand, pointed at the suit of armor and began screaming at it, causing it to explode, and sending pieces of metal flying everywhere.

Lynelle stepped out of the room. "STOP IT!" she cried out. "STOP IT, PLEASE!"

Brayden stopped. He turned to her, a vicious look on his face. He pointed his wand at her. Skye reacted quickly.

"Expelliarmus!" she said. The spell hit Brayden in the stomach and sent him flying against the wall. He fell into a heap of robes, and didn't move for a moment. He slowly got up, and began walking down a darkened corridor, breaking into a run once he was in shadow.

Skye stared down the hall, a scared look on her face. She turned back to Lynelle, and gave her the dirtiest look she could muster, which Lynelle returned.

Charlie Weasley walked out of the classroom, buttoning up his shirt, his hair tousled. He looked at the girls' staring contest, and said, "What did I miss?"

- - -

Cedric flipped another page in his book 'Fantastic beasts and where to find them!' before closing the book. He felt unsettled; his best friend had taken his brother off and they had been gone for 30 minutes now. He knew it was too late to be out perusing the corridors, so he sighed and opened his book again, knowing there was nothing he could do. He continued reading calmly, when he heard a scream outside of the common room. He shot up out of his chair and quickly walked over to the portrait hole, opening it up. He saw Skye standing outside, yelling at the portrait, whom had changed the password 5 minutes ago.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T COME INSIDE?" she wailed. "YOU WEREN'T EVEN SLEEPING, YOU JUST DON'T LIKE ME! Oh, Cedric, hullo," Skye grinned a faulty smile at him.

Cedric had emerged from the portrait hole, knowing Skye's temper was unusually short. "How are you?"

"I'm fine," he said, "but apparently you aren't."

Skye's faulty smile faded, and her hair turned a dark shade of brown. Her eyes watered up, and she fell onto her knees, bawling.

"IT'S ALL MY FAULT!" she wailed. "IF I HADN'T GONE AND BEEN SO STUPID SHE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT!"

Cedric sat down beside her and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "What happened?" he asked consolingly.

Skye looked up at him with her watery eyes and said, "it was Lynelle. She cheated on Brayden."

Skye explained everything from Lynelle's warning, to seeing Lynelle with Charlie, to Brayden's reaction, and how she thought that everything, in turn, was her fault, because Lynelle was jealous of her time with Brayden.

"Skye, it's not your fault. Brayden's just like that, he connects to people. Who knows why Lynelle did an awful thing like that, but it's wrong. I don't hate you, and Brayden won't either. It was becoming a bit of a snore seeing them together all the time, anyway. Did you know she came to our house 3 times a week over summer break? It was like she was a fungus growing off the wall!"

Skye gave a sniffle of laughter, and wiped under her eyes.

"It'll be ok, Skye. Remember; everything happens for a reason."

"Everything happens for a reason," she repeated.

Cedric held her close and cradled her, as she rested her head on his shoulder, and slowly fell asleep.

- - -

Brayden ran into the Great Hall, clumsily bouncing off walls as he went. He was blind from the tears. What had he done wrong? Was he a bad boyfriend? A bad person? Why had she done that? It must have been him. Something he did wrong. Something...

He stopped to hit his head off a wall. He hit it continuously until he heard steps from down the corridor.

'Shit! It's 10 o'clock now! I have to be in bed! But who cares, now, I've lost her...I've lost everything...'

"You want me to help you with that?"

Brayden turned to the voice, and only saw a cloaked arm and a wand being pointed at him.

"Crucio."

Brayden fell to the floor, screaming and writhing as incredible pain coursed through his body. He felt like he could not take it anymore, like he should kill himself right then and there...

Then it stopped.

The body in the shadows began maniacally laughing. Travis stepped forward.

"Surprise, surprise, Mr. Perfect. Who's better now?"

"What…what are you talking about?" Brayden sputtered.

"You are the epitome of perfect. Perfect looks, perfect Quidditch playing, perfect friends, perfect marks, perfect girlfriend..."

"We're done now," Brayden said darkly.

"Ooh! Ickle Brady-kins and his perfect girlfriend are done? Was she just not good enough for you?"

"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!" Brayden snapped, standing up and pointing his wand at Travis. He was still curious why Travis would do this, he barely knew the kid, but he knew there were more important things to deal with right now.

"Funny," Travis said. "Funny seeing you so miserable. Like the pain? Crucio."

Brayden wailed as the curse hit him square in the chest, sending him on the floor, once again writhing uncontrollably. He felt pain, began to think of the dark aspects of his life, the things that brought him pain, he no longer wished to be alive, end this now, he couldn't take it...

The pain stopped, and Brayden saw darkness.

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A/N: Whoo! Another chapter done! Things are about to get a lot darker, gonna throw in some not teen drama issues. Hope you enjoyed it, it's not very long, but should be interesting and at some points, cute! Read, review, and put me on your favorite stories list because you love me.