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A/N: hello again this is getting a little bit more angst ridden maybe even
a little bit darker. And I am now Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
Chapter 23
"Do you like me?" he asked as I looked at him in what could only be seen as a state of horror waiting for him to ask me a question I myself didn't want to answer.
"Yes I do like you Cedric." I said as he held my gaze.
"Do you love me?" he asked softly in a small hoarse whisper.
"Of course, I love you."
"Why can't you be with me instead?"
"I love Oliver more." I see the pain flit across his face as if I had by my words wounded him deeply. He bowed his head and I felt awful.
"Diggory, Bell I want to actually hear your questions and answers. Louder!" Snape said in a thick booming voice.
"Katie, are you happy with Oliver?" Cedric asked the entire class turned around and looked at us. I could feel myself burning to answer the question; I looked at Cedric with horror in my eyes. What was the answer?
"I am." I said.
"Okay enough of this you pass. Now get out." Snape bellowed as he swished his way to the desk.
"Tonight? After patrol?" he asked taking my wrist gently in his large bruised hand as we made our way out of the dungeons.
"Yes. I'll see you there." I sighed rushing away from him before I said anything else before the potion wore off.
Thankfully I had two free classes after so I went to the library. There wasn't many students in it so I went to a table in the back. I was about to sit down when Cho Chang came and slammed her books down behind me.
"You think your clever don't you. Want to see how far you can get him to go before you truly humiliate him? Stop leading him on like a puppy." She snapped.
"I'm not leading him on." I sighed sitting at the table but I could see she was angry, angrier then I had ever seen her before.
"Don't give me that crap. I want you to know this Cedric is mine. I want you to leave him alone." She spat. Now I was starting to get angry.
"He is not yours. He can choose who he wants to see himself and I don't think he would choose you Chang if he could see you like this. I love him to much to let him get stuck with someone like you!"
"What is that supposed to mean?" She said grabbing my wrist, squeezing the bracelet into my wrist. She hauled me painfully from my chair; I could feel the diamonds cutting my skin and the blood begin to seep down my arm.
"Just leave him alone. Leave Cedric alone." She said as she let me go.
"Nice to see Wood is making money enough to buy you that bracelet. Isn't he enough? Your rich and famous Quidditch player."
"Just leave me alone will you." I said looking at the small rivers of blood pouring down my wrist.
"Sorry." Cho said as she saw me wince with pain as I touched the wounds, which were deeper, then I had first thought. As she said sorry I brushed past her and left for the hospital wing where I had spent so much time in the last few months of school. After having my wrist fixed by a very fussy madam pomfery I went back to the library for a bit of peace and quite. As I sat in the library with nothing but the sound of quills on parchment I suddenly felt more alone then anyone in the world. Why had Oliver beaten up Cedric? Why hadn't Oliver told me? I was going to find out what was going on tonight.
"When I go to meet Cedric, I am going to tell it to him straight the kiss meant nothing!" I said to myself.
"The kiss? What kiss?" I turned around and saw the look on Alicia's face.
"You kissed Cedric!" she gasped as she caught my arm painfully and pulled me to one side.
"Do you like me?" he asked as I looked at him in what could only be seen as a state of horror waiting for him to ask me a question I myself didn't want to answer.
"Yes I do like you Cedric." I said as he held my gaze.
"Do you love me?" he asked softly in a small hoarse whisper.
"Of course, I love you."
"Why can't you be with me instead?"
"I love Oliver more." I see the pain flit across his face as if I had by my words wounded him deeply. He bowed his head and I felt awful.
"Diggory, Bell I want to actually hear your questions and answers. Louder!" Snape said in a thick booming voice.
"Katie, are you happy with Oliver?" Cedric asked the entire class turned around and looked at us. I could feel myself burning to answer the question; I looked at Cedric with horror in my eyes. What was the answer?
"I am." I said.
"Okay enough of this you pass. Now get out." Snape bellowed as he swished his way to the desk.
"Tonight? After patrol?" he asked taking my wrist gently in his large bruised hand as we made our way out of the dungeons.
"Yes. I'll see you there." I sighed rushing away from him before I said anything else before the potion wore off.
Thankfully I had two free classes after so I went to the library. There wasn't many students in it so I went to a table in the back. I was about to sit down when Cho Chang came and slammed her books down behind me.
"You think your clever don't you. Want to see how far you can get him to go before you truly humiliate him? Stop leading him on like a puppy." She snapped.
"I'm not leading him on." I sighed sitting at the table but I could see she was angry, angrier then I had ever seen her before.
"Don't give me that crap. I want you to know this Cedric is mine. I want you to leave him alone." She spat. Now I was starting to get angry.
"He is not yours. He can choose who he wants to see himself and I don't think he would choose you Chang if he could see you like this. I love him to much to let him get stuck with someone like you!"
"What is that supposed to mean?" She said grabbing my wrist, squeezing the bracelet into my wrist. She hauled me painfully from my chair; I could feel the diamonds cutting my skin and the blood begin to seep down my arm.
"Just leave him alone. Leave Cedric alone." She said as she let me go.
"Nice to see Wood is making money enough to buy you that bracelet. Isn't he enough? Your rich and famous Quidditch player."
"Just leave me alone will you." I said looking at the small rivers of blood pouring down my wrist.
"Sorry." Cho said as she saw me wince with pain as I touched the wounds, which were deeper, then I had first thought. As she said sorry I brushed past her and left for the hospital wing where I had spent so much time in the last few months of school. After having my wrist fixed by a very fussy madam pomfery I went back to the library for a bit of peace and quite. As I sat in the library with nothing but the sound of quills on parchment I suddenly felt more alone then anyone in the world. Why had Oliver beaten up Cedric? Why hadn't Oliver told me? I was going to find out what was going on tonight.
"When I go to meet Cedric, I am going to tell it to him straight the kiss meant nothing!" I said to myself.
"The kiss? What kiss?" I turned around and saw the look on Alicia's face.
"You kissed Cedric!" she gasped as she caught my arm painfully and pulled me to one side.