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Chapter 9: Twinkle Twinkle
Those eight hours went by faster than Harry thought they would, and before he knew it, the clock struck nine. Harry checked the Marauder's map and saw that Krum and Hermione were up in the astronomy tower, and Cedric was walking down the stairs from the Hufflepuff common room. His plan was working. Harry grabbed his invisibility cloak and ran out of the room—he wanted to make it there before Cedric did.

When Harry arrived at the tower, he was presented with a slight problem. How was he going to open the door to the room without being noticed? He put his ear to the door and distinctly heard the sound of lips smacking. They wouldn't notice. Harry slowly pushed the door open and walked in.

"Did the door just open?" asked Hermione in a daze.

"It vas just the vind my darling, kiss me!" Krum said as he wrapped his arms around her.

Harry was having extreme difficulty suppressing a laugh. For some reason the sight of these two snogging was beyond hilarious. Breathe, Harry kept on telling himself, Cedric should be here any minute. And he was right. Exactly one minute later, Cedric walked through the door and Krum and Hermione pulled apart, making a sound like someone who had just successfully unclogged a toilet with a plunger.

"OH!" Cedric exclaimed, "I didn't know, I…Krum, were you the one who gave me the note?"

"VHAT? VHAT NOTE?"

"Oh…um is that you Hermione?" It was dark and he couldn't quite tell if it was her or not.

"Y—Yes, and I didn't give you a note either…"

"Oh, well I'm sorry to bother you then…I'll just be leaving…"

Cedric headed toward the door, but then unexpectedly turned around.

"Wait a minute…I thought you were going out with Harry, Hermione…"

"VHAT?" exclaimed Krum, nostrils flaring.

"No! It's not true, we're just friends!" She cried, giving Krum a worried look.

"I'LL CRUSH HEEM!" Krum screamed.

"NO!" Cedric and Hermione shouted simultaneously.

Harry's heart raced.

"You better not touch him," Cedric said fiercely.

Krum took out his wand and pointed it at Cedric.

"Nobody tells me vhat to do!" He spat.

"Viktor, put your wand down" Hermione instructed.

Yes, please put the wand down, Harry thought to himself.

"Step out of the vay Hermy, ahem, CRU—"

"EXPELLIARMUS!" shouted Harry as he threw his cloak off. Krum's wand went flying across the room and hit Cedric right in the middle of his forehead.

"Ouch!"

"Sorry Cedric" Harry apologized.

"HARRY!" Hermione exclaimed, "WERE YOU SPYING ON US?"

"What? No! I—I was here because I had to tell Cedric something about the final task, I had no idea you two would be here…"

"But I—" Krum began angrily.

"You were the one who gave me the note?" Cedric asked Harry.

"Er, yeah."

"Notes? You are passing notes about final task?" Krum asked in outrage.

"You better tell him as well," Cedric said calmly, "Otherwise he'll get us both into trouble."

"Yes, you better tell me or I will get you both een the trouble!"

"Well, I—I've heard that it's going to be a…um, a maze," Harry said. He couldn't think of anything else to say.

"VEE ALREADY KNOW THAT!" Krum shouted, "You eeediot!"

"Krum, calm down!" Cedric ordered, "It's not a big deal! Let's just forget about all this."

"I'm sorry." Harry said quietly.

"It's ok Harry, we appreciate you telling us that, really."

"No, I'm stupid."

"Yes, he is!" Krum exclaimed.

"I must admit Harry, I agree with Viktor…even I knew it was going to be a maze." Hermione added.

"HARRY IS NOT STUPID!" Growled Cedric.

Hermione and Krum looked frightened.

"Come on Harry, let's leave these two alone so they can start snogging again," he added sarcastically.

Harry apologized again to Hermione and followed Cedric out of the astronomy tower and out into the garden. The stars were beautiful.

"I'm really sorry Cedric, I had no idea they were going to be up there."

"Don't worry about it Harry, shit happens."

A warm breeze bathed their bodies. Harry wanted to kiss Cedric so badly, but he couldn't. So he talked instead.

"I—I actually wanted to tell you something else, I mean, I wasn't going to tell you that the final task was a maze because I knew you knew and—"

"I know," Cedric said, his eyes twinkling brighter than any star, "I know."

Harry didn't respond. He knew? Did Cedric know that Harry had set this all up so he could see Hermione with someone else? Harry didn't really care—Now Cedric knew the truth, and was treating Harry like they were bowling buddies again.

"Well, we should get some rest Harry, the final task is only a few days away!"

And with that, Cedric walked away towards the Hufflepuff dormitories.

"I love you…" Harry whispered to Cedric's shadowy figure as it walked away. Harry really did love him. He had no idea how he was going to win this tournament if he had to compete against him.

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