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A/N: okay this will be a short one but it is important as you have guessed Cedric is now a pivotal character, here I am trying to show that life is not as rosy for him as you saw in Goblet, I want this chapter to show light on his state of mind.
Chapter 18
I went out into the gardens when I finished playing with my breakfast. Cedric was heavy on my mind, he loved me! How many girls in the school dreamt about this situation? All of them, I am the only girl in the school that thought this was a nightmare. I went down to the lake shore and sat on the damp grass on the bank. I could hear foreign accents all around me; I had almost forgotten we had two schools visiting. French and what I thought was a mixture of German and Russian, all I wanted was silence and now I had all these distractions. I stood and ran from the lake and to the one place I loved most in the entire school, the Quidditch pitch. As I walked out onto the pitch I saw him standing there, my first thought was to run back to the school, but my legs took me too him.
"Hey." I said softly as he turned and smiled at me.
"I can't wait to play you on this pitch. You'll kick my ass." He said smiling softly. I sat on the grass and smiled as he sat next to me. He sat close but for that moment I didn't care, I was resolved to talk to him about what he had said to me in the Great Hall. His eyes were large and deep enough for me to drown in.
"I thought you were thinking of going out with Cho?" I asked as he shifted uneasily beside me.
"Yes, but." he started.
"But what?" I asked; my voice was soft and deep. He moved so he was sitting not next to me but right in front of me. He stayed quite for a while.
"Simple, I want you. Kate I know you love Oliver, but you loved me once too. Couldn't we try again?" he said taking my hands in his. I froze as if he had preformed a binding spell on me. Before I knew it he was kissing me. The kiss was soft and gentle but I froze and I pulled back.
"Cedric, you can't do that." I said looking at my hands which were shaking wildly.
"Why not?" he asked softly trying to take my hands back in his, but I wouldn't let him hold them.
"Christ Cedric, I love Oliver." I said as I looked Cedric in the eye I could see his heart breaking as I told him we couldn't get back together.
"Cedric, you are one of the few men in this world I do love and I trust you more then anyone of them, I have known you as long as I have known Oliver. You are my best friend; I do want you in my life, always. But I am with Oliver. Do you understand?" I said as I took his hands in mine. I looked at him and smiled.
"I love you though Kate never ever forget that. No matter where you go in the world. No matter what happens to me, I love you." He sighed putting a strand of hair behind my ear, it was such a slow innocent movement, but at that second it felt more intimate then any other touch I had ever before felt.
"Hey now, Cedric nothing is going to happen to you." I said my voice trembled a tiny bit, there was another nagging point in the back of my mind, this tournament was dangerous and I was worried for him and for Harry.
"Can you promise me that? There was a god damn Dragon there at the first task! What will they have next? I wanted you to know how I feel just in case something happens to me. I am sorry if I put you in an awkward position." He said standing. I stood up and I hugged him. This man had been my friend for so long and now I saw that he was more then worried, he was scared.
A/N: okay this will be a short one but it is important as you have guessed Cedric is now a pivotal character, here I am trying to show that life is not as rosy for him as you saw in Goblet, I want this chapter to show light on his state of mind.
Chapter 18
I went out into the gardens when I finished playing with my breakfast. Cedric was heavy on my mind, he loved me! How many girls in the school dreamt about this situation? All of them, I am the only girl in the school that thought this was a nightmare. I went down to the lake shore and sat on the damp grass on the bank. I could hear foreign accents all around me; I had almost forgotten we had two schools visiting. French and what I thought was a mixture of German and Russian, all I wanted was silence and now I had all these distractions. I stood and ran from the lake and to the one place I loved most in the entire school, the Quidditch pitch. As I walked out onto the pitch I saw him standing there, my first thought was to run back to the school, but my legs took me too him.
"Hey." I said softly as he turned and smiled at me.
"I can't wait to play you on this pitch. You'll kick my ass." He said smiling softly. I sat on the grass and smiled as he sat next to me. He sat close but for that moment I didn't care, I was resolved to talk to him about what he had said to me in the Great Hall. His eyes were large and deep enough for me to drown in.
"I thought you were thinking of going out with Cho?" I asked as he shifted uneasily beside me.
"Yes, but." he started.
"But what?" I asked; my voice was soft and deep. He moved so he was sitting not next to me but right in front of me. He stayed quite for a while.
"Simple, I want you. Kate I know you love Oliver, but you loved me once too. Couldn't we try again?" he said taking my hands in his. I froze as if he had preformed a binding spell on me. Before I knew it he was kissing me. The kiss was soft and gentle but I froze and I pulled back.
"Cedric, you can't do that." I said looking at my hands which were shaking wildly.
"Why not?" he asked softly trying to take my hands back in his, but I wouldn't let him hold them.
"Christ Cedric, I love Oliver." I said as I looked Cedric in the eye I could see his heart breaking as I told him we couldn't get back together.
"Cedric, you are one of the few men in this world I do love and I trust you more then anyone of them, I have known you as long as I have known Oliver. You are my best friend; I do want you in my life, always. But I am with Oliver. Do you understand?" I said as I took his hands in mine. I looked at him and smiled.
"I love you though Kate never ever forget that. No matter where you go in the world. No matter what happens to me, I love you." He sighed putting a strand of hair behind my ear, it was such a slow innocent movement, but at that second it felt more intimate then any other touch I had ever before felt.
"Hey now, Cedric nothing is going to happen to you." I said my voice trembled a tiny bit, there was another nagging point in the back of my mind, this tournament was dangerous and I was worried for him and for Harry.
"Can you promise me that? There was a god damn Dragon there at the first task! What will they have next? I wanted you to know how I feel just in case something happens to me. I am sorry if I put you in an awkward position." He said standing. I stood up and I hugged him. This man had been my friend for so long and now I saw that he was more then worried, he was scared.