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Chapter 8: Oh the Drama!

Cedric quickly said goodbye to Harry after they returned to Hogwarts from the bowling alley, and walked back to the Hufflepuff common room.

"Cedric!" Cho exclaimed with a stern look on her face, "Where have you been all this time? I've been looking all over for you!"

"I don't want to talk about it right now, ok Cho?" He replied coldly.

Cho stared at Cedric in utter disbelief as he started to make his way up to the boys' dormitory.

"Cedric! We need to talk. We can discuss what you've been doing over dinner."

Dinner? How could he think of food at a time like this.

"Cho, you're acting like we're married or something. Don't expect me to discuss everything with you, some things are none of your business!"

The room became quiet. Cho looked around nervously, now aware that everyone was watching her.

"Cedric…are you—" She began.

"What!" Cedric shouted, "Am I seeing someone else? Is that what you were going to ask me?"

"Are you!" She shouted back.

"NO!" Cedric screamed, "BUT YOU'VE BEEN SNOGGING DANNY SMITH AND DEAN THOMAS BEHIND MY BACK, HAVEN'T YOU!"

Cho's mouth dropped open and her face turned practically purple. Gasps and giggles rippled throughout the room.

"AND THAT'S NOT ALL!" She screamed, "I'VE SNOGGED HARRY POTTER AS WELL!"

That's a lie. She had to be lying. Before he could stop himself, Cedric ran down the stairs and went for her.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" He bellowed as he knocked her off her feet.

"GET OFF OF ME! STOP PULLING MY HAIR!" Cho screeched, arms and legs flailing.

The entire room erupted into chaos, people screaming, laughing or attempting to get the extremely athletic Hufflepuff off the poor girl.

"Cedric!" Zeera, a seventh year Hufflepuff Chaser exclaimed as she walked into the common room, "What the hell are you doing?" She walked over to Cedric and Cho pushing everyone else out of the way. "Let me do it," Zeera ordered two Hufflepuff guys who were pulling on Cedric. She grabbed one of Cedric's arms and easily pulled him off of Cho.

"Zeera! Get off of me!" Cedric exclaimed as he struggled to get away.

"NO! Leave her alone Cedric! What's gotten in to you?" She threw him to the floor and he whimpered. Her arms were the size of his thighs.

"You alright, Cho?" Zeera asked as she helped her off the floor.

"Y—yes, thanks Zeera," Cho stuttered as she held Zeera's strong, but smooth hands.

"Come on, I'll take you up to the dormitories and we'll let Cedric calm down a bit," Zeera instructed. Cho complied, and the two of them went up to the girls' rooms.

The room became quiet again, and people headed out to the great hall for dinner. Peter, one of Cedric's closest friends, however, stayed behind.

"You ok?" Peter asked his friend who was still sitting on the floor where Zeera had left him.

"Yeah," Cedric mumbled, "I'm fine."

"Sorry about Cho…" Peter began, "I know you really liked her."

"Liked her?" Cedric laughed, "Well maybe I did a little, not really."

"What do you mean?" Peter asked sitting down next to him.

"I only dated her because she was one of the most popular girls in school."

"To make yourself feel even more popular?"

"Something like that."

"Well just forget about her Cedric, she's not worth it. Let's go to dinner."

By the next day, everyone knew what happened between Cedric and Cho.

"I can't believe it!" Harry overhead Angelina talking to her friends in the hall, "They were such a cute couple!"

Harry couldn't help but feel happy. Cho was out of the way. Now he just had to convince Cedric that he wasn't dating Hermione. If only he could see Hermione with someone else…

"Harry!" Hermione exclaimed from behind him, "What are you doing standing in the middle of the hall? We're going to be late for Defense against the Dark Arts!"

"Oh, right, let's go," replied Harry. "Wait a minute, why are you late Hermione?"

"I….I was, I mean I had some last minute revisions to make on my paper…" She answered as they ran up a set of stairs. Her hair was unusually bushy--she was definitely not working on her essay. Could she have been with Ron? No, Ron was already in the classroom, sitting in his usual spot.

"Hiya Harry," Ron said without looking at Hermione. She rolled her eyes and found a seat in the front row.

"What's going on between you two?" Harry demanded. He couldn't stand it when his two best friends weren't speaking to each other.

"I found her with Krum the other night. They were all over each other," Ron stated mechanically.

"Sorry Ron…I had no idea, especially after she kissed you…"

"Yeah, well I'd never thought I'd say this, but Hermione is—"

"A HO," Mad-eye began his usual lecturing in an excessively loud voice, "Is a little bugger, but an extremely dangerous one!"

"Exactly." Ron said under his breath.

Harry felt bad for his bestfriend, but at the same time was glad that Hermione had been seeing someone. All he had to do was find out when they would meet again, and somehow get Cedric to walk in on them. Harry tuned Moody out, and began to plot—by the end of class, he had a plan.

"Are you going to lunch?" asked Ron.

"Uhh, no, I need to go to the library." He replied. Harry knew Krum would be there.

"Alright, see ya,"

Harry made his way to the library and easily found the bushy eye-browed Triwizard champion sitting in a corner.

"Hey Krum," Harry said cheerfully as he sat next to him.

"Ah, it is you Harry…you are not going to ask me questions about the next task?" Krum asked sternly.

"No," Harry laughed, "I just wanted to talk to you about Hermione."

Krum's face lit up and turned a shade of pink.

"Hermyowneee? What about her? Does she talk about me to you?" He asked.

"Uh, yeah all the time! She really likes you. But she does complain that you've never taken her up to the astronomy tower."

"Vhat? We went to astronomy tower yesterday…"

"Oh, well you know how she likes the stars, I bet she'd like it if you took her again tonight…err" Harry said stupidly. This plan was not working well.

"Actully, I vas going to do that anyway…" Krum said turning redder.

"OH, ok well then…err have fun." Harry stood up to leave, then remembered something,

"Er, what time are you taking her up there so I can tell her?"

"She knows, but if she is forgetting tell her 9:00," Krum said smiling.

"Ok, great."

He did it. Now all he had to do was get Cedric to go to the astronomy tower. Harry walked over to an unoccupied table, sat down, and began to write a note:

Come for information regarding the final task—Astronomy Tower, 9:15.

Now who would give Cedric the note? The answer hit him like a ton of bricks when he heard a boy with a squeaky voice talking about the properties of Dragon spleens. Colin Creevy. Of course.

"Hey Colin,"

"Harry!"

"I was wondering if you could give this note to Cedric for me." Harry said as he held out the roll of parchment.

"Anything for you Harry! I know you're going to win the Triwizard tournament, I just know it!" Colin exclaimed.

"Uh, thanks Colin. So make sure you get that to him, I really appreciate you doing this for me."

"NO, thank YOU," Colin said hugging Harry around the waist.

"Erm I've got to go, thanks!" Harry tore away from Colin and quickly walked out of the library. Eight more hours, Harry thought to himself, and then he'd find out if his scheme would work.

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