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A/N: Okay I got a little mixed up with which house Cedric was in. Forgive me but when I wrote it I didn't have the books to hand and it was a 50/50 chance I would get it right but I didn't. So can you just pretend for this story he is a Ravenclaw? Also I would love to thank everyone who has written a review. Please keep reading and reviewing my stories which are slowly growing. At the moment I am trying to work on a Sirius/Abby, one what do you think a prequel and an aftermath to their story right up until after OoTP? I'll be updating this as often as possible but I am back at university so it will be mainly weekend updates. Love you all Eisa XXXX
CHAPTER 15.
I couldn't help but keep my eyes on Oliver as we sat together. He was actually here with me. His hands were circling my waist and I couldn't help but feel them tighten as he looked over at Cedric. I had to smile at his hints of jealousy he knew I hoped that it was only him I wanted, the man I wanted forever.
"I missed you." He whispered softly in my ear as I looked over at Dumbledore who was smiling in a manner only he could.
"Perhaps we shall finish this tomorrow. Mr Wood can go to the guest quarters in the western tower. I think it is time we all retired to our beds. Mr Diggory I hope you now can sleep easier."
"Easier? How will I sleep easier knowing I have some odd old relation out to find me a wife?" I heard Cedric mutter, I was pretty sure Cedric would get very little sleep tonight. Looking at Oliver I was sure I wasn't!
I walked Oliver to where he was staying and stood outside the door. His hand was working up my arm tickling the soft skin at the joint of my elbow. He didn't say anything, he didn't have to, I drew closer to him slowly but yet almost instantly, our eyes never left each others, and his seemed dark and smoky. I knew I wanted to be with him then.
"I've missed you so much." He said as he kissed my neck. I couldn't help but feel as if I was floating whenever he kissed me.
"Miss Bell, I do hope you are just about to head back to your dorm." Professor MacGonagall's voice broke me from the spell Oliver's lips were casting upon me and I turned to face my teacher feeling my face burn red, my ears even felt if they were on fire.
"Of course Professor, I was just leaving now." I said a little to quickly as I brushed a stray lock of hair behind my ear. I turned to Oliver and sighed, the night would have to wait for another time when we really could be alone together.
"Well then Miss Bell of you go and I shall ask the fat lady if you have gone back to your dorm." The old professor said as she began her way back down the hall. I took a deep breath and looked back into Oliver's big brown eyes.
"I'll see you in the morning?" I asked, I didn't know whether or not he had to leave early for practise or not.
"Of course." He smiled as he kissed me goodnight. I watched him go up to his room and smiled as I turned and walked back to the common room. It was just so very nice to be under the same roof as him again. As I walked back I had to pass the library and I sighed as I saw a light on in the restricted section. I as a prefect was obliged to check out anything awry that went on after dark. So I went into the library expecting to find either Madam Prinse or Hermione Granger. I found neither. I stood at the end of the long row of tall bookshelves and watched the broad shadow sit against the stack and he sat there perfectly still a book open on his lap but I doubted he could even see it in the dim light that lit the aisle.
"Cedric?" I said softly, he looked up and I saw for the first time the dark rings that surrounded his eyes, obviously the thought of the first task was indeed making him lose sleep. I went and I sat down next to him, but he said nothing for about half an hour.
"Why didn't we work out Kate?" he asked suddenly, the sound of his voice seemed unusual breaking the solemn silence we had been sharing.
"I don't know, perhaps it was just because we were to different, we wanted different things." I said shrugging my shoulders, it was true, I could think of no valid reason for why Cedric and I had split up, but obviously there had been one.
"I'm afraid Kate; people have died in this tournament before. I'm only seventeen." His voice wasn't that I had expected, it was timid and frightened. I looked at him and for the first time I saw fear in his eyes.
"You won't die, Dumbledore wouldn't let anything happen to you or anyone else." I said but I couldn't tell if I was convincing or not. The thought now entered my head either Harry or Cedric could have an accident in the tournament and die. How would the world cope with the lose of Harry Potter, how would I cope with the lose of Cedric? No matter what happened I would love Cedric as one of my best friends and I valued his company dearly. He stood now and straightened his robes.
"Do you want me to walk you back to your common room?" he asked as he helped me to my feet. I shook my head and played with the snitch pendent as I contemplated life without Cedric to talk to. Suddenly as we reached the door of the library a violent cramp over came me and my knees buckled. I would have fallen except for Cedric, who caught me around the waist and lifted me into his arms.
"I'm taking you straight to the hospital wing." He said but his voice sound as if he was a thousand miles away and underwater.
"Oliver." I gasped as I slipped further under the water I felt which was pressing me down and I was going to be lost to the sea.
There was a blinding flash of pale blue light and I felt my lungs fill with air as if I had indeed been deep under water. But when I opened my eyes I was not in the hospital wing safe in a Hogwarts bed, no I was standing in what can only be described as an expanse of pale blue. I was dressed in the pale blue dress robes which I had bought in Madam Dumas's shop in Diagon Alley. The silver rope belt was tided a little to tight for my liking but wouldn't loosen when I tried to fix it. The air was still but the robes seemed to be caught in a gale and were whipping at my legs.
"You and I are friends aren't we my dear Miss Bell?" Dumas appeared to me again in the guise of the beautiful young woman.
"Why can't you ever leave me alone? Cedric doesn't want me, I don't want him. Why can't you just let me go?"
"Let you go! My dear you were the one who came to me! Remember, you were the one who came into my shop. You were the one who looked into the Mirrors of Avalon. What you saw I am most curious to learn but I shan't ask. You are the one who wears the bracelet. My dear you chose me." She said as she circled me like a shark does an injured seal, her low voice echoing in the vastness of the expanse.
"No I did not choose this. All I want is a normal life. I want to be happy. I want Oliver."
"You shall never have him." A new low hissing voice called from some unseen corner of the vacuum where we stood. The voice sent icy shivers through me as I slowly turned to see who else was there. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw who the new figure was standing there tall and slender.
"You!" I gasped as I felt my heart freeze.
A/N: Okay I got a little mixed up with which house Cedric was in. Forgive me but when I wrote it I didn't have the books to hand and it was a 50/50 chance I would get it right but I didn't. So can you just pretend for this story he is a Ravenclaw? Also I would love to thank everyone who has written a review. Please keep reading and reviewing my stories which are slowly growing. At the moment I am trying to work on a Sirius/Abby, one what do you think a prequel and an aftermath to their story right up until after OoTP? I'll be updating this as often as possible but I am back at university so it will be mainly weekend updates. Love you all Eisa XXXX
CHAPTER 15.
I couldn't help but keep my eyes on Oliver as we sat together. He was actually here with me. His hands were circling my waist and I couldn't help but feel them tighten as he looked over at Cedric. I had to smile at his hints of jealousy he knew I hoped that it was only him I wanted, the man I wanted forever.
"I missed you." He whispered softly in my ear as I looked over at Dumbledore who was smiling in a manner only he could.
"Perhaps we shall finish this tomorrow. Mr Wood can go to the guest quarters in the western tower. I think it is time we all retired to our beds. Mr Diggory I hope you now can sleep easier."
"Easier? How will I sleep easier knowing I have some odd old relation out to find me a wife?" I heard Cedric mutter, I was pretty sure Cedric would get very little sleep tonight. Looking at Oliver I was sure I wasn't!
I walked Oliver to where he was staying and stood outside the door. His hand was working up my arm tickling the soft skin at the joint of my elbow. He didn't say anything, he didn't have to, I drew closer to him slowly but yet almost instantly, our eyes never left each others, and his seemed dark and smoky. I knew I wanted to be with him then.
"I've missed you so much." He said as he kissed my neck. I couldn't help but feel as if I was floating whenever he kissed me.
"Miss Bell, I do hope you are just about to head back to your dorm." Professor MacGonagall's voice broke me from the spell Oliver's lips were casting upon me and I turned to face my teacher feeling my face burn red, my ears even felt if they were on fire.
"Of course Professor, I was just leaving now." I said a little to quickly as I brushed a stray lock of hair behind my ear. I turned to Oliver and sighed, the night would have to wait for another time when we really could be alone together.
"Well then Miss Bell of you go and I shall ask the fat lady if you have gone back to your dorm." The old professor said as she began her way back down the hall. I took a deep breath and looked back into Oliver's big brown eyes.
"I'll see you in the morning?" I asked, I didn't know whether or not he had to leave early for practise or not.
"Of course." He smiled as he kissed me goodnight. I watched him go up to his room and smiled as I turned and walked back to the common room. It was just so very nice to be under the same roof as him again. As I walked back I had to pass the library and I sighed as I saw a light on in the restricted section. I as a prefect was obliged to check out anything awry that went on after dark. So I went into the library expecting to find either Madam Prinse or Hermione Granger. I found neither. I stood at the end of the long row of tall bookshelves and watched the broad shadow sit against the stack and he sat there perfectly still a book open on his lap but I doubted he could even see it in the dim light that lit the aisle.
"Cedric?" I said softly, he looked up and I saw for the first time the dark rings that surrounded his eyes, obviously the thought of the first task was indeed making him lose sleep. I went and I sat down next to him, but he said nothing for about half an hour.
"Why didn't we work out Kate?" he asked suddenly, the sound of his voice seemed unusual breaking the solemn silence we had been sharing.
"I don't know, perhaps it was just because we were to different, we wanted different things." I said shrugging my shoulders, it was true, I could think of no valid reason for why Cedric and I had split up, but obviously there had been one.
"I'm afraid Kate; people have died in this tournament before. I'm only seventeen." His voice wasn't that I had expected, it was timid and frightened. I looked at him and for the first time I saw fear in his eyes.
"You won't die, Dumbledore wouldn't let anything happen to you or anyone else." I said but I couldn't tell if I was convincing or not. The thought now entered my head either Harry or Cedric could have an accident in the tournament and die. How would the world cope with the lose of Harry Potter, how would I cope with the lose of Cedric? No matter what happened I would love Cedric as one of my best friends and I valued his company dearly. He stood now and straightened his robes.
"Do you want me to walk you back to your common room?" he asked as he helped me to my feet. I shook my head and played with the snitch pendent as I contemplated life without Cedric to talk to. Suddenly as we reached the door of the library a violent cramp over came me and my knees buckled. I would have fallen except for Cedric, who caught me around the waist and lifted me into his arms.
"I'm taking you straight to the hospital wing." He said but his voice sound as if he was a thousand miles away and underwater.
"Oliver." I gasped as I slipped further under the water I felt which was pressing me down and I was going to be lost to the sea.
There was a blinding flash of pale blue light and I felt my lungs fill with air as if I had indeed been deep under water. But when I opened my eyes I was not in the hospital wing safe in a Hogwarts bed, no I was standing in what can only be described as an expanse of pale blue. I was dressed in the pale blue dress robes which I had bought in Madam Dumas's shop in Diagon Alley. The silver rope belt was tided a little to tight for my liking but wouldn't loosen when I tried to fix it. The air was still but the robes seemed to be caught in a gale and were whipping at my legs.
"You and I are friends aren't we my dear Miss Bell?" Dumas appeared to me again in the guise of the beautiful young woman.
"Why can't you ever leave me alone? Cedric doesn't want me, I don't want him. Why can't you just let me go?"
"Let you go! My dear you were the one who came to me! Remember, you were the one who came into my shop. You were the one who looked into the Mirrors of Avalon. What you saw I am most curious to learn but I shan't ask. You are the one who wears the bracelet. My dear you chose me." She said as she circled me like a shark does an injured seal, her low voice echoing in the vastness of the expanse.
"No I did not choose this. All I want is a normal life. I want to be happy. I want Oliver."
"You shall never have him." A new low hissing voice called from some unseen corner of the vacuum where we stood. The voice sent icy shivers through me as I slowly turned to see who else was there. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw who the new figure was standing there tall and slender.
"You!" I gasped as I felt my heart freeze.